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Report $12,000 saved on local well Four men justly proud of Tyrebal, operators, Lloyd their accomplishments in the Murray, water supply techn- construction of Orono's sec- ician and Art Leitch, plant pnd well for the Region are operation manager. The new -Barry Christie and Anton pump house and well is MORE CHANGES ON MAIN STREET Work is now underway at Midtown where Mr. and Mrs. Swan are renovating the front of the building to include a second store front and entrance to their gift shop. In the near future Midtown Confectionery and Swan's gift shop will have separate entrances along with separate show window space. GREETED WITH OPEN ARMS The Town of Newcastle council on Monday evening received with opèn armsia proposal that may place a new production plant for Eldorado in the municipality. Council is to encourage the construction of the plant in the south-east corner of the former Township of Clarke where Eldorado now holds an opinion on some 600 acres of land. The company is requested to make representation to council and to the Region. It was also moved by council that the Region be asked to make this area à special study area. Comic. Lyall* opposed the, move wondering what will happen with ah Eldorado plant in the east and the Nuclear Hydro plant in thé west. It appears Eldorado is considering a number of sites for a new production plant. VANDALISM AT ORONO PARK Mr. Bud Fanning, recreation director, pointed to some vandalism at the Orono Park earlier this year and suggests it individuals trpat this property as they would their own. repairs to become costjy to the local taxpayers. 1 1 ORONO HIC AUCTION THIS SATURDAY The Orono HiCs are holding an auction this Saturday at the Orono Fairgrounds commencing at 10.00 a.m. They already have a host of articles for sale and urge you, if you have a suitable donation for the sale to get in touch with them. Suppor this local group in their endeavour on Saturday COUNTING NOSES Counc. Lyall has begun to count noses likely in' preparation for the forthcoming municipal elections. He reports some 7901 familys in the Town of Newcastle. Lyall states he will make his bid for Mayor. ANOTHER JAMBOREE ON THE HORIZON The Recreation department of the Town of Newcastle is holding a Country and Western Jamboree on Sunday, May 30th in the Darlington Sports Centre. Fay Adams and the Country Hits will be house band with a noted slate of artists performing. NO MENTION OF CHANGE OF NAME ♦ M.P.P. Doug Moffatt of Durham East informed the Town of Newcastle council on Monday that Bill 55 had been introduced in the legislator, a bill to make some changes in the regional set-ups. On question Mr. Moffatt stated to council that there was no mention of a change of name for the Town of Newcastle. Mayor Rickard outside of council stated that he felt it was becoming m<5re noticeable that the Municipality should be called the Township of Newcastle rather than the Town of Newcastle. located in the south of Orono the north of the building. just east of the Mill pond. The Th ® site of the second pump . , .... . house in Orono is in a interior of the .building is somew hat scenic setting amo- much more spacious than n gst trees and with the mill that of the first pump house in p 0 nd m the background. Little growth anticipa anticipa ted in Orono area Last week a major servicing servicing report was tabled at a joint meeting of the region's public works, planning and development committees. The report affected hamlets and villages throughout six of the eight municiplaities in the Region of Durham. Bob Richardson, regional commissioner of public works said the study is an important contribution to the make-up of the region's first official plan which is due to be completed next month. The study touched on terrain terrain features, land slopes, drainage, soil types, water supply, sewage disposal and service limitation of each ,area studied. Some politicians were quick to grasp on the fact that all small hamlets or villages were not included in the study. Mayor Rickard has been reported to note that some areas in the Town of Newcastle were excluded from the stqdy which he felt should have been included. Limited growth w'as recommended recommended for the Village of Orono as well as for Kendal. Orono now with a population of some 1250 would be expected to increase in population population to no more than 1500. It was noted in the report that a local pollution, problem ; did exist in the Orono Estates and that a sewage system for the Village of Orono would cost some 1.2 million dollars. The full report will come, before the Region and at the present time few reports have been circulated. Limited growth is the key word in most areas. $2,235,000. wher is it being spent For a period of time on Monday evening council appeared appeared somewhat baffled over over the expenditure of some $2,235,000.00 in the Town of Newcastle. The matter came before council as a copy of a letter from the Ontario Municipal Board to the Region of Durham authorizing the Expenditure Expenditure of $2,235,000 in the Town of Newcastle for a 0.9 million gallon per day water supply plant, watermains and purchase of land. 1 ■ The question was asked It was revealed last Thurs- . day by Mr. Art Leitch, plant operation manager for water, Region of Durham, that the second well for Orono, now in operation, had been engineered engineered and constructed for a/' sum of $38,000.00. The cost of . the'well was $12,090 under the' original estimate and a lot less than wells are being constructed in other centres within the Region. The second well, according to Mr. Leitch, is now in full operation and capable of supplying 144,000 gallons of water per day. This compares with a daily production of 108,000 gallons by the initial well at the north of the Village. Total production on a daily basis for Orono water users now amounts to 252,000 gallons. In the summer of 1975 it was necessary for the Region to eliminate the use of water for lawns and gardens due to the limited supply from the first well. Mr. Leitch now states there will be plenty of water for the area and even for lawn watering. The quality of water in the second well is as good aS that in the first well with water from neither well requiring treatment. Although Although the water does not need treatment facilities have been included at the second well for chlorination only to be'used if ever required. The .engineering and construction construction of, the second well in Orond was completely engine- 'ered and constructed by the water department of the Region of Durham. It was also their first full venture into this field. Mr. Leitch credited the savings over the estimated cost was mainly due to the fact that the Region had done the work themselves rather than having outside engineers and construction. He felt that the Region would now' be doing more of this' type of work in the future due to the success of the project in. Orono. The plant manager stated that one of the big features of the second well is that Orono will now have a stand-by well in the event, that, something should happen that one of the wells should have to be closed down for repairs. He also noted that the extra water supply would enhance fire protection in the Village. It was pointed out that both wells were interconnected. It is possible to set which well will cut in first with the second well following if necessary. necessary. It allows for a lot of flexibility in the operation, said Mb. Leitch. He stated the Orono system had few problems problems accept for the scarcity of water last summer otherwise otherwise the system had been operating most efficiently. It is interesting to note that the cost of the second well $38,000 matches exactly with the surplus turned over to the Region from the previously operated Orono Water system under the Orono Hydro system. system. Wants Newcastle to withdraw plan A letter . from Regional planner Dr. Michaels stirred a debate at Monday's council meeting when it- was stated that it appeared that the Interim Plan did not. now . relate the thinking of council. Counc. Entwisle stated that the letter was a complete ■ distortion of the truth in his opinion. He also said that "This council is being torpedoed torpedoed both by the Province and the Region. It would appear from th*e discussion that both the Province and the Region are intent on having Newcastle withdraw their Interim Plan application. Counc. Cowman said she understood both the region and the province wanted Newcastle to withdraw their ipplication. The Interim plan now before the province for approval, is putting a hold On the three areas in this municipality and not a stick or brick can be turned, 8he said. She also said the (Continued oil page2) for Clarke addition what this expenditure was really for. Counc. Allin stated it ,was , for the intake pipe at Bow- manville. Counc. Entwisle hinted it ' ipay be for a new water plant Newcastle Village'to which Mayor Rickard Rickard stated he knew that was inot^he case. He did state that it was 1 a regional matter and, had • been' before council before. "It is intriquing that we have fotir members here on regional council and no one 1 < ontiniied on page 2>. On Tuesday evening the 1 Northunaberland and New : castle Board of Education accepted a bid of $1,378,300 from Elrose Construction, Scarborough, fur .the new addition to the Clarke High School. < Clarke pigh School, built to accommodate 350 now had 585 students with the use 'of eleven portables. The new addition is expected to have accommodation for 800 students.' students.' • . " , Thfe construction .of the addition is expected to take 40 weeks and should be ready for occupancy September 1,1977. Changes to the present structure structure would be carried -out during the summer months to avoid disruption of the school program. The Elrose bid was the second lowest with a tender by ' Tacher Construction of Oshawa being thrown out due to the fact that the application was not totally completed. ■ The Elrose tender must now be approved by the Minstry of education. In addition to the bid a sum of $19,000 must be added for hardware. The architect felt that on revenue of the plans that $50,000 should be able to be parred without affecting the complex. This would bring the ' total cost to $1,347'300 exclusive of architect architect fees, furniture and etiuip- ,. , t ment. 1