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PEf ' Grants ouflinéd for new arena Orono ; Weekly Times, Wednesday, August 11th, 1976 AT THE GROUNDS Council holding special arena meet Rumors have been circulating circulating the forepart of this week that the Newcastle Village arena may be closed as has happened to the Orono arena. Further rumors have also been heard of real problems to be faced at the Bowman* ville arena. In speaking with Mr. Bud Fanning of the Town of Newcastle Recreation Department Department he has denied such rumors over the closing of the Leighton and Kidd at a recent meeting of council were given authority to come forth with specifications for repairs in the two buildings. Prior to this report being filed the engineering firm were to .supply additional information to the Ministry of Labour who in turn would make their final report on the Newcastle building. It appears frpm a former letter that the Ministry Ministry was not satisfied with the two 1 arenas. He did point out: initial report on the New- the Mayor has called a castle arena by the engineers, special meeting of council for It is possible this, report Wednesday evening to dis- may be available at the cuss the present situation Wednesday evening meeting over the two arenas. of council. The Recreational director At the present time such said he is very concerned and that both arenas are in dire straights at this time. The engineering firm of reports have not been received received from the engineers norjias further information been received received from the Ministry of Labour. The Durham Central Fair prize list is now available and being mailed to all members of the Society. The prize list contains a complete list of all classes in which persons can exhibit their work or animals in competition with others from the area and district. These lists are available not only to members but also to anyone who wishes to compete compete in the annual exhibition being held this year in Orono on September 9, 10 and 11th. Anyone wishing a list may obtain such by contacting either the fair mànager George Carson or the secre : tary-tresurer, Mrs. Jackie Mathwich, Orono. Classes in competition range from ntimerous horse 1 and pony classes, to cattle, beef and dairy, to sheep, goats, poultry, rabbits and pets for the children. As well persons may compete in needlecraft, art, domestic science, • farm and garden produce, apples and other fruits and flowers. There are numerous classes for school children, 4-H Clubs and Junior Junior Farmers as well as competition in parade floats and decorated bicyles. If you want to be part of the Fair at Orono you will want to receive the prize list which not only lists the areas of competition but also outlines the rules and regulations for competition for all classes. You make the fair a better fair by taking part in - the competitions. Arena closed dance cancelled happenings... 1 NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS . * Mr. and Mrs. James Lowery returning along Highway - umber 2 from visiting their daughter, Lorna, in the Osiiawa V- leral hos P ital suffering injuries from an auto* accident were themselves involved in a car mishap with another vehicle just east of Bowman ville. Both wqre treated for'cuts ' and bruises at the Bowmanvillé hospital and released Considerable damage was done to thè Lowery automobile We are pleased to report that Lorna is progressing in intensive care at the dshawa hospital. FIRST ORONO BASBEBALL GA1NÎE UNDER LIGHTS The Kendal Junior Royals and the Oshawa Junior Club will face one another tonight, Wednesday, under the newly • (continued to page 2) Orono Athletic planning winter hockey program Due to the condemning the Orono Arena the Pine Ridge Kinsmen have had to cancel their Rock 'n Roll Revival to be held in the arena this Saturday evening, August 14th. Word was received on Monday that the dance had been cancelled since it had been unable to relocate the activity in the immediate area. In speaking with Tom Berry he pointed out that it was not possible to hold the dance ei ther at the Newcastle Hall ah it has been booked or at Brownsdale as _it is too small. As a result the promotion which is an annual affair of the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen Club has been ' totally cancelled. According to Mr, Berry a 'large crowd was expected as sortie one hundred couples had already purchased tickets tickets for the event. Money is being refunded to those already already made purchases. Such parties are to contact their sellers for the refund. it is also, understood that similar conditions will exist for other dancing activities in the arena providing no remedial remedial repairs are made in the immediate future, if such arc possible and if undertaken. . Mr. Berry said they would now have to wait until next year for this event. . Last Friday afternoon a meeting called and chaired by Mr. Doug Moffatt,' MPP for Durham East, was well attended being held in the present Orono arena and attended by members of the Agricultural Society, Orono Amateur Athletic Association, Association, members of : council, representatives of the engineering engineering firm of Leighton and Kidd as well as provinicial government representatives. The chief concern of the meeting was the holding of the 1976 edition of the Durham . Central Fair in Orono as well as the construction of a new arena in the community. The meeting stemmed from a closing order of the Arena building received by the Fair Board on July 29th from the occupational safety branch of the Ministry of Labour. Mayor Rickard pointed out that it was the responsibility of the Town to call for the inspection of the building and as such \yere Concerned over thé results of the inspeption. He pointed to the present position of the fair board due to the fact that the annual fair _was to 'be held in early September. He suggested the possibility of reinforcing the building so that the board could make use of it for the annual event. ■The Agricultural Society are to consider bracing of the building as a possibility of using the arena for the fair. This failing, and it must be approved as well by the Ministry of Labour, the board would make use of large tents for the inside exhibits. The possibility of using a bubble to encompass the present building building was also mentioned at the meeting but not considered due to possible damage and vandalism, as well as high cost of some $22,000 a year. In the matter of grants for a new building it was pointed out that if the Agricultural Society was to .build the structure a maximum grant • of $48,000 would be available from the Ministry of Agriculture Agriculture and Food. Other grants would not be ava" . u to the Society as ■ uy w< ■ ! for the Municipality. If thy. Municipality were to undertake the construction of an • arena and community -, centre complex a total grant of $150,000 would be available from the Ministry of Recreation Recreation along with a one-third grant from Wintario which in the case of a $542,000 complex would amount to approximat ely $133,000. With these two grants the remainder of $266,000 would have to come from the municipality or a combination of public subscription subscription and muneipgl funds. It was pointed out at the ( Continued on page 3) National Trot Record The Orono Amateur Athletic Association held a meeting on Sunday evening when the topic for discussion was the winter program related to hockey, after some discussion a motion was passed that the Association would carry-on with the regular program with the possibility of ice time being available in other centres in'the Town of Newcastle. The problem for the local Association arises from the fact that thte Orono Arena has been declared unsafe for public use. A committee of the Athletic Association has been set-up to meet with the Recreation Department for -the Town of Newcastle to make arrangements for ice time'in one of the three existing arenas or at all three, Newcastle Village, Darlington and Bowmanvillé. , , In speaking with Mr. Fanning he said that time-would be made available in the three arenas for the Orono group but that at this time no details had been settled. He said it was quite possible that cuts would have to be made in the program of the other centres. Portia Lobell owned by John Hobey of Orono trotted to an impressive victory in the feature of the Grand Circuit harness 'racing at Vernon Downs, New York on August 4th. 1 , i The winner, Portia Lobell, was clocked in 1:59.4 to equal the National season record for 3 year old trotters set by Ambro Regina on July 22nd. Portia Lobell and Jqpa alternated in the lead with quarter times of 28.2,1:00 and 1:30.2. Ip the stretch, driver, Ron Waples got the edge with a time of 29.2 for the last quarter. It was the seventh win in twelve starts for Portia Lobell.