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2-- Orono Weeklv Times. Wednesday. October 15th. 1975 , mm****** au éditorial ■Ihte----- --i---- di ■ PARKING LOT LIGHTS WOULD HELP The use of Clarke High School during the evenings may be somewhat hampered by the lack of lighting in the parking lots. At the present time these lots are dark and not conducsive to use. If one is to compare the difference between the lighting around the Orono Public School one would note a considerable difference with the Orono School a more desirable site to visit during the evening and night hours. It would seem logical to instal some lights in the parking lot around the Clarke High School to at least give a safer appearance and making it more desirable to visit during the dark hours of the day. A DOUBLE COST TOORONO TAXPAYERS The Region of Durham Public Works Department has found the twenty acre old dump site formerly operated by the Village of Orono of no use to them. A study of the site has termed it unsuitable for a disposal area due to the fact that there could be leakage into the Wilmot Creek through the granular type of material at the site. It is commendable that the department is concerned about the Wilmot and one must support their decision not to make use of the site as a disposal area. On the other hand it has been suggested that if the municiplaity should want to make use of the land they may do so and it was recommended that the Town of Newcastle may like to pay the present day value for the land, $7,500.00. This appears to be a one-way street with everything going to the Region. In the first place the taxpayers in the Village of Orono paid for the land through garbage costs. With the formation of the Region of Durham the property was turned over, and properly so, at no cost to the Region. Now the Region is willing to turn it back and is asking that taxpayers in the Town of Newcastle cough up $7,500. This is in effect asking the taxpayers in Orono again to purchase the land along with other taxpayers in the Town. It is not a reasonable request especially since the land is of no value to either party, except as Mayor Rickard has stated ... to reforest. Perhaps it should be turned over to the Ministry of Natural Resources or to the Ganaraska to manage due to its proximity to the Wilmot creek. HOW TIMES CHANGE It was not long ago, during the last Federal election to be exact, that Robert Stanfield, federal Conservative leader, was traveling this country from sea to sea trying to sell the idea of price controls. It was to no avail and the electorate gave their support to the party being in exact opposition to his proposals. Today we have in essence wage and price controls. The same happened a number of elections ago when John Diefenbaker was about to scrap the mighty Bomarc missile located on Canadian soil. Likewise the electorate turned down his proposal only to see the liberals take similar action a year or two later when they were in power. Circumstances do change and in our society today it does not take too long for complete refersals. The announcement by Prime Minister Trudeau last Monday night was a case in point. It would appear that most segments of the country are now willing to accept the wage and price control concept, excepting organized labour. They have been most vocal since Monday night over the move by the government and seem bent on not bending. The Prime Minister was right when he pointed out that it is the concern of every Canadian to make the controls work and without this help there can be no success in controlling the ever increasing inflation factor. Certainly there will be some hardships but no matter when the plan was started such would have been the case. The government has taken a stand and one which the general public must support. THOSE MINORITY GROUPS WHITTLE AWAY Minority groups within every faction of the country's business continue to whittle away at one project or another and in general come up with considerable success. We believe the case of the Pickering airport is one such case where a group of some 1500 to 2000 have succeeded in having the scheme shelved at great financial cost to the country and especially this area of the province. It is difficult to believe that both the federal and provincial governments would have proceded on the project without good sound reason. It can well be said that the province did not use the same reason in closing the door on the project. Since the closing of the airport project the silent majority has created somewhat of a whisper lamenting the loss to the Toronto area and to the province as a whole. Again this segment of-the populace was too late with too little. The case of the Oshawa airport where politicians over the past few years have been asking for a relocation of tne airport no doubt spurred on by local area residents, have heard the message from the silent majority and have now reversed their plans. The Oshawa airport is to remain in its present location and no doubt due to the fact that such men as the president of General Motors and other presidents of other Oshawa industries have spoken up for the need of an airport. Of course costs had something to do with the final decision but one cannot discharge the voice of those who have over the past few years been ARE HOUSES THAT HARD TO COME-BY The need and construction of residential dwellings has been a subject which we have all become very much aware of over the past few years. There has been many sure-fired plans to put more housing on the market. The schemes featured more mortgage money, public housing, goverment development and servicing of land, to mention only a few proposals which have been placed before the public. Max Rice at a meeting at the Pines School told the audience that he is being held up in providing housing by either some planning committee or some council. All his land he said is ready to be developed, but we cannot make a move. In making this statement he gave no indication that there would be any problem for them in the matter of developing the land or providing the living quarters. In fact he was confident that they had the expertise to carryout his plans. Mayor Rickard has also stated that he has "developers coming out of his ears." This, no doubt is the case, for the Mayor can sight proposal after proposal of developers wishing to build in the Town of Newcastle. There appears no financial problems for the developers, in fact some would finance the hard services and even some of the soft services if only they would be allowed to procédé. It could well be there is a very simple solution to the housing problem, if such a problem does exist and we are beginning to doubt the very existence of any problem in housing. SCHOOL BUS CAN NOW STOP ALONG THE SHOULDER The Transportation Committee Committee of the Northumberland and newcastle Board of Education Education has solved what was a temporary problem with school busing along highway 115 at Enterprise. The bus driver of route 51 which picks up student along portions of highway 115 in the Enterprise area had been checked by the OPP for stopping his bus on the shoulder of the Highway rather than on the travelled portion of the highway as is the regular practice. The transportation committee committee reported that the matter had been checked with the legal department of the OPP. As a result of the danger from trucks and other vehicles coming down the hill from the north at Enterprise the driver of the school bus may now stop on the shoulder of the road to pick-up and discharge students. The driver must, however, activate his flashing lights as if he was on the travelled portion of the highway. highway. Poem from Leskard Fear of Foreign Power Americans control our resources, resources, Our minerals and our wealth, Their plans and their actions, Effect our country, and our health. As foreign investment keeps increasing, Our Canadian indent!ty will be lost, The Foreign investors will gain control, And we will pay the cost. The Grey Cup Game will be the next to leave, Our NHL has gone, And maybe, when this happens, happens, We'll realize that we're wrong. wrong. The buoycots for American grapes, Just won't have a prayer, Instead of being independant, Foreign beliefs, we will share. Nellie Buckley, Leskard, 115 HIGHWAY CONTRACT LET IN AMOUNT OF $395421 Minister of Transportation and Communication has announced announced the awarding of a contract for grading, drainage, drainage, granular base, paving. Hallowe'en^ Danced Newcastle Town Hall Sat., Oct. 18th ADMISSION $6.00 per couple Music by B&H Sound Lunch Supplied Sponsored by the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen Club OPEN FORUM OVER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAYS An Open Forum is to be held at Spring Valley Public School concerning professional activity activity days. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 22nd. Most of the chatter over the Professional Activity Days is coming from the eastern sectorod the board area. A delegation of two was present at the last meeting of the Board of Education. The Board has now directed that the subject be discussed at a forthcoming Curriculum Com mittee meeting. BOARD OF EDUCATION SUPPORTS PROVINCE+ WIDE BARGAINING The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education Education last Thursday decided to call for province-wide bargaining bargaining with teachers over salary negotiations. The members members approved that delegates delegates from the local board , ' attending the Ontario School ; Trustees of Eastern Ontario conference in Ottawa later this week be authorized to support this move. and illumination of Highway 115 from Highway 401 northerly northerly to Enterprise at variuos locations. The contract has been awarded to Harden and King Construction Limited of Co- bourg at a cost of $395,421. These improvements were recommeded in a Ministry study on possible factors contributing to the high collision collision rate on this stretch of the highway. SOCIAL PLANNING COUNCIL TO MEET The Social Planning Council of the Town of Newcastle will meet this October 16th at 8.00 p.m. in the new Court Chambers in Bowmanville to which all interested persons are invited. Mr. Jim Webber, executive director, Big Brothers of Oshawa will pursue the possibility of inaugurating the Big Brother movement within the Town of Newcastle. This is in repsonse to requests from service clubs in the area. Mr. Webber will supplement his talk with movies. Do come - - you might find being a big brother more stimulating and rewarding than "the box", the hoceky "ring" or whatever. CLARKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT'S COUNCIL CAR WASH ORONO Rahm's Garage, Main Street NEWCASTLE Newcastle Community Hall and at Clarke High School Sat., Oct. 18th t From 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Price .75c "COME TOGETHER" for a Special Anniversary Service of Beautiful Music Outstanding Guest Soloists at I Orono United Church October 19th at 11.15 a.m. Phone 983-5693 Check your HEATING SYSTEM NOW! 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