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4 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, October 28, 2009 BUDGET Continued from front page to cut bands, according to Hendrikx. The committee is actively seeking sponsors to fill in the gap left by the bill from the municipality. "How do you tell kids that Santa isn't coming because the town needs the money?" Committee member Joan Kimball told the Times. John Greenfield of the Bowmanville Legion said he phoned the Mayor's office when he received notice from the municipality informing him that the Legion would have to pay for road closures if the Remembrance Day parade was to fall on a weekend. Greenfield told the Times he informed the Mayor there would be no more Remembrance Day Parades if they had to pay. The mayor assured him there was no need to worry as Remembrance Day did not fall on a weekend this year, according to Greenfield. Budgetary cuts resulting from the August 31st council meeting trimmed $2 million off the estimated shortfall. Elimination of overtime and weekend service to community groups by the Works Department from October 1st to the end of the year created a savings of $5,000. Cuts made to the 2009 budget were for the current fiscal year only. photo by A. Harley From left: Mayor Jim Abernethy, Siobhan Stutt, Matt Cain, Jane VandenHeuvel, Robin Blake and Councillor Willie Woo celebrated the inauguration of the Gift of Art Scholarship Fund with a pumpkin carving event on Saturday.