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s f I i i "TK Courtice Pathfinder Receives Canada Cord w a rv mi The t'.in.nli.ui Statesman, liowmanvilln. January II. 1!)S!I Advisory Board Calls for Better Maintenance Policy by Chris Clark Newcastle Town Council should change radically the way in which structures it owns are maintained and managed. That was the overwhelming message message from the Newcastle Community Services Advisory Board which met January 4 to compile its recommendations recommendations concerning the municipality's municipality's grants to community groups in 1989. The NCSÂB unanimously passed a motion asking Council to "consider centralizing the management of all town-run property and structures, regardless regardless of operator, to capitalize on economies of scale and expertise." During debate over the requests for funds of the Clarke Museum and the Visual Arts Centre, former Chairman Chairman Milt Dakin told the committee, "there apparently isn't anyone in this Town who can do a building inspection." inspection." He said the municipality tends to wait for a disaster to happen before it performs the needed maintenance. "Every town-owned facility should get an inspection at least once a year, and it really should be twice a year - in the spring and fall," Mr. Dakin added. The discussion was sparked by the Visual Arts Centre's request this year for a $40,000 grant. One member of the committee, Randy MacGillivray, echoed the thoughts of the group: "We cannot keep pouring money into the Visual Arts Centre indiscriminately. indiscriminately. Unless the building is repaired or they are moved to a suitable location they shouldn't be given any more money." Several board members came to the defence of the Arts Centre and other cultural boards in the Town, indicating indicating that the board members were not responsible for the condition of the buildings they occupy. Mr. Dakin stressed that many Town-run facilities also are in poor shape. Besides the Darlington Arena, he mentioned the Enniskillen Community Community Hall, now condemned, the Orono Town Hall, and the Bowman- ville Library. The NCSAB has no authority to grant money to community groups. It simply makes recommendations which town council may or may not implement. At the meeting last Wednesday the Board voted by a 4-3 margin to recommend recommend a grant for Clarke Museum of $34,500. New chairman Bob Allen was forced to break a 3-3 tie amongst Board members. In response to the Visual Arts Centre Centre request for $40,000, the Board will recommend to Council that $30,000 be granted immediately for operating expenses and that the remaining $10,000 be held in abeyance until an engineering feasibility study of the VAC building is complete. This, too, passed by a 4-3 margin. Both recommendations were adopted adopted with the stipulation that Council seriously seriously consider the Board's motion regarding the maintenance and management procedures used at all of its facilities. Traffic Conditions To be Improved at Bowman ville Mall Lions Club Members Treated to Exhibition of "Whelanese 95 fi ■Z- On Thursday, January 5th, an impressive Canada Cord ceremony took place .'at Courtice United Church when Julie Griffin of 1st Courtice Pathfinders was 'honored. She is pictured above holding her citation and wearing her new cord. ; She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Griffin, also in the photo. pro no Streets to be Clean With New Sweeping Policy Orono streets may soon be clean again, thanks to the persistence of the Orono DBIA. Roy Forrester, on behalf of the DBIA (downtown business improvement area), appeared before Newcastle Council in October of 1988 to voice the concerns the association association had regarding main tenance of the downtown. Major concerns at that time were parking enforcement enforcement and street sweeping. Mr. Forrester met with Don Patterson, manager of Operations with the works department, on December 13 to discuss these subjects. And the results of the meeting were reported in the KiClOlft' ,_ r ...nmutf' 1 M?» 00 m ILE SUPPLIES iASI Elmira Stove Works general purpose and administration administration committee agenda on January 9. During 1989, street sweeping will be scheduled in Orono on a trial basis every every third week each month. Regarding parking enforcement, enforcement, the report said the part-time enforcement officer has been reinstated in Orono since the full-time position position has been filled in Bow- manville. Another concern of the DBIA had centred on the condition of street signs in the town. The report .stated that many of the signs fall under the jurisdictioijlpf.the Region which has agreed to replace the signs in poor condition and revciw all that. are substandard. substandard. Councillor Diane Harare commented on the report at the committee meeting Monday, Monday, saving that over the years Mr. Forrester has reminded reminded her of a wife "nagging "nagging her to death". She added added that he had every right to nag because the street sweeping needs to be done. Thanks to the suggestions of Bowmanville resident, Reg Land, traffic conditions near the Bowmanville Mall will be improved. Mr. Land suggested the use of directional lines to lessen the congestion at sections sections of King Street near the mall. Director of Public Works, Walter Evans, submitted a report to the Newcastle general general purpose and administration administration committee on Monday recommending approval of these suggestions. Mr. Land wrote to Newcastle Newcastle Council in 1987 to suggest suggest ways of easing the traffic traffic on King Street. In the letter, he said he has lived on King Street for 34 years and has noticed the volume of traffic increase over the past year. Two key areas, he said, needed to be examined. These were at the corner of King Street and Simpson Avenue and at King Street and Mearns Avenue. He said that there have been "rear enders" and hundreds hundreds of near misses at the Mearns Avenue turn-off because because of the increasing number number of cars turning there. Mr. Land told The Statesman Statesman that over the last few years there have been a number of very close accidents accidents at that corner. He live./ about 400 yards from there. He said "as a safety measure" measure" he wrote to the Town to make his suggestions. In his letter he proposed turning one of the three lanes approaching Mearns Avenue from King Street into a centre turning lane. He mentioned that Newcastle Newcastle has plans to widen the highway in two years but that this would help ease the problems now. The lane would allow castbound traffic to turn at Mearns Avenue and westbound westbound traffic to turn at the mall without halting cars continuing along Highway Two. In his letter to council, Mr Land wrote "I hope somebody somebody gives this serious consideration consideration because the price of yellow paint plus labour is minimal compared to the frustration and danger to a great number of motorists." He also suggested clearly marking the turning lane from King Sheet onto Simpson Simpson Avenue as a combination turning lane and through lane. He said the situation, as it is now, also "impedes the flow of traffic." 1-Iis suggestions will be implemented in the spring of 1989, the report to the committee committee said. The committee approved the recommendation of staff. 111 li 'M I i ipîilil Sliisps» ■ills *- y si;'> ■ i ' Former Minister of Agriculture Eugene Whelan was the special guest speaker at Monday's Bowmanville Bowmanville Lions Club meeting. He heartily defended the Canadian agriculture sector in a speech mixed with amusing stories and expressions of grave concern over the future of the Canadian agriculture industry. 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