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RONO WEEKLY lIMES GST ln clod Wednesday, February 4. 1998 ern Kenal Kiby Lekad ewcastle, Nwovle Orntrkil sne3 Orono Arena expansion tund Ray Bester, president of the for $15,000 from the Orono Orono Amateur Athletic Arena Improvements and Association (OAAA) received Projects Fund Committee to the first donation to the pro- kick off the campaign. posed arena expansion. Blaine The addition planned for Moffat handed over a cheque the westerly portion of the Happenings ... LASAGNA DINNER, SILENT AUCTION, VARIETY SHOW Lasagna dinner, silent auction and variety show, Orono United Church, Saturday, February 7, 1998. Dinner 5:30 p.m. and variety show 7:00 p.m. For tickets call 983-9107. TEEN DANCE Teen dance, Saturday, February 14th, Orono Town Hall, 7 - 10 p.m., ages 12-18, tickets $4.00 at the door. Put on by the lst Orono Scouts and the Orono Town Hall Board. CO-ED VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT The Oshawa YWCA is offering a CO-ED Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, February 14, 1998. Limited spaces are available. Cost is $100.00 per team. The event will run from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Deadline to register is February 7, 1998. Cali the YWCA in Oshawa at 723-9922. CLARINGTON OLDER ADULT CENTRE COMMITTEE The program for Clarington older adults on Tuesday, February 10, 1998, wili be from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. atthe temporary location: Memorial Park Community Hall, 120 Liberty Street South, Bowmanville. Play Bridge or Euchre from 10:00 a.m. - noon. A film or travelogue will be shown at 10:30 a.m. Square dancing from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Low cost lunch at noon and transportation for a nominal fee can be arranged when ordered in advance by Monday noon. Phone Community Care at 623-2261. DURHAM SKI FOR HEARTH PLACE Durham Ski for Hearth Place at Craigleith Ski Resort fundraising event for Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre. Limited tickets still available. $100.00 includes transportation, ski lift, ski races, Apres ski, dinner and prizes. Cal 579-4833 for more info. existing arena will include a meeting room, two dressing rooms and an enlarged equip- ment room. Mr. Bester explained at the Agricultural Society's annual meeting on Saturday, that currently girls who play hockey have to change in the washrooms. This is not a good situation stated Bester, and with the growing popularity of girl's hockey, they need their own dressing room. The project was approved in principle by the Society. The price tag for the expan- sion is set at $210,000. Construction will begin as soon as half the money is raised. Bester hopes the addition will be completed within two years. Preliminary drawings of the expansion were prepared by Bel-Can Engineering of Belleville, the contractors who originally built the arena. The OAAA has held discus- sion with Fred Horvath, the building facility manager for the Municipality of Clarington. Horvath has agreed to the completed project and will ensure the contractors meet all necessary requirements and build to code. A public information meet- ing is scheduled for Tuesday, February 1 7 at the Orono Community Centre at 7:00. Ail are welcome. A bank account has been set up at the Orono branch of the CIBC called "Orono Arena Building Fund." Feelings run deep regarding Lishman proposai It took three hours for ail the received numerous technical residents to have their say "for" studies with respect to the pro- or "against" the Lishman posai. The Agricultural Impact Proposai at Monday's General Study was found to be accept- Purpose and Administration able by the Region of Durham Meeting. Seven people spoke and the Ministry of Agriculture in support of the proposai to Food and Rural Affairs. In rezone a 20.54 hectare portion addition the Phase 1 of land on Taunton Rd. west of Environmental Site Assessment Leskard Rd. from permanent has been found to be accept- agriculture to a zone that would able by the Region of Durham permit rural employment. and the Ministry of the Those speaking in favour of the Environment. However, the proposai cited jobs for area res- submission of additional infor- idents and the economic mation is still required prior to growth it would bring to the considering the Officiai Plan area as being major benefits of Amendment and rezoning the plan. applications and subsequent to The Municipal Planning that, a site plan approval appli- Department have issued their cation. initial report on the proposed Eighteen residents stood up rezoning. In that report they to speak in opposition to the conclude that "Staff have (continuedpageo) Jaws of lite at ai four tire stations Fire Fighters Mark Ladouceur and Norman Tillson receive "jaws of life" training. The municipaiity recently purchased two additional res- cue devices. Now each of the four Municipal fire stations is equipped with the 'jaws of life.' The purchase price included instructional classes for rescue workers. Pictured behind fire- fighter Ladouceur and Tilison is instructor Cary Slote. Orono's Fire Fighters received training on Saturday afternoon. Volume 62, Number 5: