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Chamber collects $3900 for new lights Orono'V The Great Kinsmen club and the associated associated Kinettes. have played their part in a sizeable donation to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Recently the Kinsmen Clubs of District 8 donated a total sum of $98,483.25. to the foundation. District eight has foundation foundation since 1964. Approximately one in every 1800 children born in Canada have the disease. Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disorder affecting the kings, the digestive system and the sweat glands, as well as other body. The Great Pine Ridge club donated a sum of $1500.00 to the -fund while the Kinette Club of the Great Pine Ridge donated a sum of $211.00. The local organizations support support the foundation through the many activities they sponsor in the area. fluid producing glands in the Wants council to soft-pedal Eldorado Mr. John Veldhuis, chairman chairman of the SEAP organization organization fighting against the use of the Eldorado dump in Port 1 Granby approached council on Monday asking council to holdoff in their pursuit < Continued page 2) fjappentngsL. of I ORONO YOUTH DROWNS Carlos Costa, son of Domingos and Louisa Costa, R.R. 1 Orono, drowned in the Severn River near Orillia on Sunday. Carlos was in his 22rid year and had been a student at the "University of Toronto. Requiem Mass was held Tuesday morning in St. Joseph Church. Interment will be made in Portugal. » -• < READY TO PROCEED WITH NEW ARENA At a meeting of the Durham Central Agricultural Society on Monday evening authorization was given to ntoify the Orono Athletic Arena committee that the fair board was ready for the arena board to proceed with the construction of a new arena on the fairgrounds, the fair board do favour locating the new building on the site of the present arena building. • . . 'V_4EY NO MEETING . The Town of Newcastle council approved a proposal from the Committee of the Whple to the effect if thé Tcwn does not receive a key for the Town Hall in Newcastle they would discontinue to hold their second regular meeting of the month in the hall. > QUICK ACTION BY COUNCIL .: Two requests were made Monday evening to council for the establishing of beer gardens in the Town of Bowmanville. Both requests were given instant approval. Reguests came from the Bowmanville JCs who will hold a week-long celebration and from the Bowmanville Kinsmen who wish to operate a beer garden for a two-day period. The greates concern espressèd by the council was the use of a swimming pool in one case and acess to property by the fire department if certain portions of roads are closed off. Drug abuse program elementary schools The days of preaching to high school students on the evils of alcohol and drug , abuse .are over. , In Durham, drug education is being concentrated on public school students, with prevention being the main goal rather than finding an (Continued page 2) MOBILE HOME PARK FUTURE UNCERTAIN The future of a motple home retirement park for south Newcastle is still uncertain after the Region of Durham plànning board refused to designate this area special study in its official plan. The park will be developed by Rice Construction. Counc. Ivan Hobbs moved to have this area placed in a special study area Wednesday, Wednesday, during the second dqy of the planning board meeting because its future is dependent dependent on a mobile home impact study now near completion. WILMOT COVE This mobile park, known as Wilmot Creek Cove, has received approval in principle principle from the Newcastle council. Coun. Clark Mason (Ajax) Chairman of the planning and development committee, said lands are only placed in,a special study area when its "land use" has not been predetermined. The lands are now zoned for agricultural use. SPECIAL STUDY Coun. Hobbs asked how this area could not be classified- a special study area when a study determining its future has not been completed. Director of Planning for Durham, Dr. Mofeéd Michael, Michael, pointed out it's not the land that is being studied. The study deals only with the impact of mobile homes in the region on a yearly basis said the planning director. . Directors of the Orono and Area Chamber of Commerce held a special meeting on Monday evening at which time discussion centred a- round the installation of the' new lights at the Orono Park. In speaking with Mr. Doug. Simpson he stated that the lights should be turned on this week. Reports have it that the installation is completed except except for turning the switch. The total cost of the installation has no\v been set at $15,200.00 of which amount •the Chamber now has $3,900 in donations. The total donations donations include $1000. from the Kinsmen and $1000 from the Chamber, " Mr. Simpson , stated that they Had yet to hear from Wintario ,and he expects some $6,000 from this source to assist with the financing of the project. It wâs also reported at the meeting that the Chamber -had been gifted with a Morgan -horse and although plans are not completed it would appear that the Chamber Chamber would hold a draw for the horse. The draw would be held during the last day of the Orono Fair. Mr. Simpson stated he felt everything would be alright in the financing of the lights even though at this time donations were somewhat slow in coming in. He pointed out that revenue from the horse draw as well as from the annual Barbecue could be ' enough to almost complete the financing of the lights. The president also stated that they would be making an appeal to the membership of the Chamber for funds. At the meeting the directors set August 18th as the date for the annual beef barbecue which will be held as usual in the Orono Park. Final Newcastle plan at Regionallevel The drafting of the Offical Plan - for the ' Region of Durham is to continue today, Wednesday, with finalization expected this week. Last week 9 bid failed to hold off final drafting of the plan at the Regional meeting and for two days the regional members members considered the plan. , Most of t;he agenda will now contain decision in the Town of Newcastle planning area and with its completion the final drafting can be completed completed to be sent to the Ministry of 'Housing for their considera tion. Delegations at the meeting last week in the region were mostly concerned with planning planning in the Town of Newcastle. Newcastle had more delegations delegations than any other municipality municipality in the Region. One of the most vocal was Jerry Sprackman, developer of a proposed shopping centre m the Waverly Road and Base Line Road area in west Bowmanville. He told the regiohal meeting that he was not satisfied with the designa- ( Continued page 3) Clarke Museum records local historv PAY $20,632.50 for waste disposal areas The Town of Newcastle council approved the payment of $20,632.50 to the Region for the use of the Hale and Couch disposal areas for the period from January 1st to June'SOth, 1976.*The Town is to notify area residents that a change in policy has been taken and that payments will not be made to either the Hale or Couch enterprises for the use of their "sposal areas for municipal purposes. "Council will note the cation of the Town Disposal site. , CORRECTION • * Last week in the Orono Public School pictures were noted Bill Tate as receiving the Grade 5 improvement Award. It should have read Denise Maher Two prints hang in the hallway at the Clarke Museum Museum which outline the main theme at the museum th^s year. The prints were donated for the year by Mr. Clare Grant of Leskard and depict Pioneer days in one and fifty years later in the second .print. Ttfis theme is carried out. throughout the various " displays in six rooms and two hallways, ' 1 . The Clarke Museum 1 is locate^ above the 'Clarke Public Library and uses to great effect the character of the building which was built in the 1880s. The museum is open Thursday and Friday 1 afternoons, 2,00 to 5.00, Thursday Thursday evening from 6.00 to 8,30 p.m. ns welj - as Sunday afternoon from 1.00 to 5.00 p.m. . • Everyone is invited tb visit the museum and only a small charge is levied to view the exhibits that abound in the building. Miss Dyana Layng, curator at the museum, welcomes all with a cordual and pleasing manner. The above picture depicts the pioneer home complete with open fire place, period furnishings, utensils and even to the twin cradle displayed in the foreground. There is, much to see in this room of Mhe pioneer era when the log cabin was the centre of home life. ' - ■ '