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H M-».5;:::".y'< ^V;:?■S-.T:--.'-- : .y Hope yoü never caught this green frog with its yellow spots hopping thru your back yard. It finally came to rest at beside- its numerous toad- iams, Kendra Kemp, Wayne stools. Left to right are: Zoschke, Tracy Doxtater, George Popadich, Kevin Ta I- Kathy Boyle, Kevin West and sma, Sherry Nancekievill, Steven Bob. Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 26th, 1975 Library budget doubles over 74 expenditures The. Town of Newcastle Library Board set their budget budget for 1975 which when finalized will be doubled the expenditures of 1974. The total budget is expected to amount to $130,000.00 which compares with an expenditure of $62,220. in 1974. ft was pointed out that the Town's share of this budget will amount to some $2.42 a person for the 29,600 residents of the municipality. Some revision is to be given to the budget before it is presented to council. This is expected to be done on March 3rd. The board emphasized the need for increased book expenditures in all libraries and especially in the Bowmanville Bowmanville library in the junior and non-fiction sections. The- ere is also a great need in Bowmanville for additional help. A motion carried at the last meeting giving the head librarian the authority to advertise for additional fulltime fulltime librarian. In the year end reports for the three libraries it was pointed out that a total of 55.000 books were loaned from the Bowmanville Library, 26.000 from the Clarke-Orono library and 11,000 for the Newcastle Library. Although the budget had increased considerably over the previous year the board felt that the per capita costs to the municipality was much lower than those allotted in other area centres such as Oshawa, Whitby and Pickering. Pickering. B Scaled Airport To Cost $204 Million The federal government 'nounced last Thursday that ;y will proceed with a ed-down version of the Jeering airport. A price tag of $204 million has been placed on the project. Land acquisition costs for the 18,000-acre site will total $94 million, Transport Minister Minister Jean Marchand said; while the construction cost "is estimated to be $110 million in 1974 dollars." Sculpturing Miss Dineen, head librarian r the Town of Newcastle orary Board announced at a recent meeting that a sculpture sculpture display had been arranged arranged to be shown at the Bowmanville Library from March 3rd to March 27th. The work is that of Gord Zimmerman of Amhurstburg and is of plastic, aluminum and plaster. It will include some seventeen pieces of various sizes. It is called Bar Pointe '75. The runway will be 11,600 feet long and capable of handling 'the heaviest aircraft aircraft flying the longest routes, while the passenger terminal will be a "simple basic structure" which could later be converted to another use or continued in that function. Related construction will include a control tower, maintenance facilities and a fire-rescue station. The transport minister said that "with the co-operation of the provincial and regional governments," adequate road access can be provided through through Hwy 401 at the Brock Rd. interchange, the proposed widening of Hwy 7, and "other improvements" to the arterial arterial road system. Transport officials also noted noted that Environment Canada has provided environment design guidelines. They said the ministry will work closely with environment officials and provincial authorities to protect the environment both during construction and after ( Continued Dace 3) Withdraws from Meeting Councillor Ken Lyall dawned dawned his hat and coat at a meeting of council a week ago Monday when council passed a motion to go into committee. Councillor Lyall said there was no reason why council could not stay in open session for business to be carried out. Lyall walked out with reporters. reporters. Following the closed session Mayor Rickard is reported to say that council was discussing discussing land purchase by the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Conservation Authority in the Town. Mr. A.M. Thompson represented represented the CLOG A at the closed meeting. Mayor Rickard also has been reported to have said that he did not favour the closed sessions stating that the language in closed session was shocking and that councillors councillors often start levellling personal criticisms at each other. , The CLOCA is involved in discussion for the purchase of the marsh area on the Bowmanville creek near the lake as well as other Town held lands south of No. 2 highway which could be used as a Conservation area. Art Shew Commencing with March 25th, 1975 à total of fifty-five paintings and drawings by Mr. A-A. Drummond of Orono will be on exhibit at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa. The Oshawa exhibit will continue until May 11th at which time some twenty of the paintings will be brought tc the Orono Library for exhibition exhibition for a two week period commencing May 14th. Following Following the Orono showing the exhibit will then be placed in the Bowmanville Library for a two week period. The paintings to be displayed displayed are mostly watercolours by the artist'some dating back to 1909 and as recently as 1972. The exhibition is being arranged by Mrs. Margot Samuels of Bowmanville. Three Girl Guides of the Second Orono Troop received their Canada Cord on Monda j evening at a special meeting of the Pack held in the Kirby Public School. Pictured above are the three recipients (1 tc r) Gail Youngman, daughter GARDEN EQUIPMENT SERVICE Durham College will offer a garden equipment servicing course beginning March 3. The course covers servicing garden tractors, lawn mowers roto-tillers and power gardening gardening equipment. Emphasis will be on pre-season servicing and safe operation. Cost of the 30 hour course is $30. It will run Mondays from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. starting march 3. of Mr. and Mrs. R. Youngman of Kendal, Janice Heard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A1 Heard, R. R. Orono and Rose-Marie Tax, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tax of R. R. 4, Bowmanville. The Canada Canada Gord is tjie highest award now availablé in guiding and the three girls are to tx congratulated. During the course of the. evening ot Monday badges were als< presented to a number o other guides in the Troop. Tht meeting was attended b> parents of the girls in the Troop. Father Son banquet featured in Orono The growth and success of the Scout movement in Orono was well on display last Saturday evening with the holding of the Father and Son banquet in the basement of the Orono United Church. All Beaver, Two Months for Swimming Program The - Orono Water Swimming Swimming Safety Club held their annual meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 18th at the Orono Public School. The following were the elected officers:- President - Sandra Hudson 1st Vice- Barry Hazelden 2nd Vice- Irene Konzelman Secretary- Beryl Clark Treasurer-Cathy Smith Assisted Trea. Ruth Grady Also Directors:- Marj Kemp, Sherry Richards, Threatened Jean Bambrick, Sharlene Roberts, Roberts, Lorna Atkins and Alt Jakeman. This year there will be two months of swimming in the months of July and August. Also Bronze Medallion and the Bronze Bar. Registration will be on May 29th, 1975. Cub and Scout members of the Orono groups were ir attendance with their fathers for the evening's activities and banquet. Mr, -H. E. Millson, Chairmar of the Orono Group Committee, Committee, welcomed the gathering to the banquet and stated that "we believe parents have ar important investment in theii sons both personally and foi the future of the country". He said the future of the country would be in the hands of these young boys. "We wish tc share with you this investment", investment", said Mr. Millson. The head table quests were introduced being Rev. Basil Long, Bob Nicholls, District Commissioner, Mrs. Ellie (Continued page 4) School Closed Due to Flooding with gun the Orono Public School Jeff Westbrook, - Lynn Will- A 19 year old woman was threatened on Saturday evening evening with a gun at her head when she visited at the home of a relative just west of Newcastle Village on Highway Highway No. 2. Police state that the woman was returning to her uncles farm when the incident occurred. When she entered the front door of the house she was grabbed and a gun pointed at her head. The police said the gun was a ,38 pistol. At the time of the incident no one was in the house but the woman was able to talk the man into letting her go. Later two male friends of the family also arrived at the house and were told that a youth in the house had a gun. The two men finally jumped the youth and seized the gun. The OPP were then called and Gregory Opsitnik of Bethany has been charged with unlawfully being in a dwelling house and in possession possession of a dangerous weapon Students at the Orono Public School were given a half day holiday on Monday due to a flood of water into the classroom area of the school. About an inch of water covered a section of the carpeted floor in the school thus necessitating the closing of the school until the water could be cleaned up. m The water apparently came up through the floor of the school due to the freezing of storm pipes carrying water away from the school. With the use of vacuums the water was taken off the floor. A steam jenny was also used tc clear ice out of the drainage pipes. LOVERS AND OTHER STRANGERS The Bowmanville Drama Workshop start their theatre season off this coming week-end with a comedy play, Lovers and Other Strangers. A series has been set for later on this spring. The play is being presented in the Bowmanville High School Theatre with starting time 8.15 p.m. A NEW FEATURE ON THE MAIN STREET For the past week Barlow's Furniture Store has taken on a new look with a display of antiques in the front section of the store. Startin on February 27th Mrs. Jenny Norton and Miss Lorna Dean will have their antiques on display. The collection of glass and china will be for sale. The display and sale.is for a limited time only. MEETING POSTPONED The Planning Advisory Committee of the Town of Newcastle had to postpone their scheduled meeting at which they were to finalize their Interim District Plan for approval by council. It appears that the Committee has received some twenty-six briefs in connection with the plan and staff has not had sufficient time to go over all the briefs in this connection.