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2-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday. November 17th, 1976 Candidate claims more should walk THERE'LL BE SOME,CHANGES MADE New faces will be prevalent on the 1977 council for the Town of Newcastle even without the electorate passing their judgement on December 6th. With two present councillors, Kirk Entwisle and Bruce Tink stepping aside at the end of the year and with another two members viewing for the Mayor's ' seat it is easy to contemplate at least three new members will sit around the council table in 1977 and 1978. The electorate may have more to say about further change. On the school board at least three familiar faces will reappear in Wordan, Werry and Creighton and it is only in Bowmanville and Clarke that change could occur. At the present time the greatest interest appears to be directed toward council by the electorate and it is in this area that the most criticism is directed with the greater portion being justifiable. It is needless to say that planning has been a shambles and the Town still is deep in the woods even after the spending of thousands of dollars and a period od three years. Direction of council has never been defined or at least not apparent and this has lead to waffling decisions such as the case for expropriation of lands for a storm sewer as well as the recent case of Miss Anderson where six months ago thèy required a zoning change for the establishment of a Day Nursery but then all of a sudden, and within what has been called à broad term of reference such zoning change was not needed. The deplorable state of planning is a definite result of a wandering council. Council has also been bereted over new water and sewer rates especially in Bowmanville and Newcastle. But in this council is not all to blame for many factors-as previous deficits and increased-costs of operation have played their part. Council has not worked as a team and this has been true of almost every member and it has brought about a lack of respect for one another which no way enhances the position of this council. Most of the interest and talk to this' point has been directed towards the two-way race for the mayor's chair and no doubt the race could be an intersting one with both parties having definite decisions especially in development and hard services. Many to date would like to have seen three contend the sea t. The electorate have now to make their decision and their choice and dependent on this will be the outcome of the new council. INCREASE TOO GREAT , One could hardly help but agree with local M.P.P, Doug Moffatt when he complains about the exbotitant increase in telephone rates being asked by Community Telephone Company for service in the Orono area. • Such increases ranging up to seventy percent are surely not in accord with the Anti-Inflation Board regulations and this Board should take a hard look at the request. As far as the service we have never had any great complaint and are quite willing to* pay for those long distance calls rather than have it spread over a greater area through an overall service rate charge. This satisfyies a few but is an added cost for manv. • Letters to the Editor * pear Sir: ^ Mr. Lowes' letter in yotir paper last week concerning the Rickard rescinding motion motion at Town Council'goes off half cocked on an untenable 'position based on insufficient information. , ' ■ Mr. Lowes is a man whom I admire as a sincere fighter for the cause of protecting productive farm land and other conservation measures. However, he is off base and unfair with regards to his blast directed against the Town of Newcastle Council less Entwisle and Rickard.- The gentleman wrote as if the Rice Development proposal proposal was the only item concerned in the Rickard rescinding motion. This stand is inaccurate for the Rice ' thing was only one item in an omnibus motion concerning seven previous motions, passed passed by Council that Rickard wanted wiped off the books. Mr. Rickard wanted to rescind motions C76-1134, C75- 113<, C75-986, C75-987, C76-448, CW 76-473 and CW 76-474. This motion was a real dog's breakfast and any other Council woüld never have accepted it as a proper motion. Now for a little background. The Town of Newcastle imput into the Region of Durham Official Plan w^p nil' - zilch, nothing. This was due to lack of leadership in , the Town fff Newcastle Town Hall during the formation of the Durham Official Plan. Realizing this, a Ms. Bergman Bergman of the Ontario Government Government during the month of August 1976 gave the Town of Newcastle the last opportunity opportunity for. some imput into the Official Plan providing the Town forwarded the imput by the October 8th deadline. Council with Mr. JRickard in the chair, then gave Planner George Howden orders to prepare a report to be sent into the government and this was done and action confirmed confirmed by motion C76-1134. Though Mr. Rickard was present when Mr. Howden was given instructions, Mr. Rickard was not present when C76-1334 passed. So at the following meeting Mr, Rickard requested his now famous rescinding motion motion that not only would have gutted the other six motions : including the Rice Development Development motion - but he would have halted any possibility of the Town having any imput into the Durham Region Official Plan as the deadline for such action would have been long passed. Here was the position that Councillors Cowman, Hobbs, Lyall and Allin were in. The Councillors had to oppose the Rickard motion to ensure that the Howden Report containing the Town's only imput into the Durham Region Official Plan went to the Ontario Government's Official Plans Branch. However However as it was an omnibus motion, with seven motions included - the whole seven motions had to be accepted. Dig this. The Rickard motion was defeated not only by Cowman, Hobbs, Lyall and Allip but Councillor Tink, who had also missed the previous meeting, cast his vote against the Rickard rescinding motion. motion. There was a way out had the Rickard motion been divided so Council could deal with each of the seven motions individually and a motion by Councillor Tink was made to do just that. However Mr. Rickard or Mr. Entwisle did not second this motion to divide ' and the Council had to take action to accept all the seven motions - including the Rice thing - or accept none. As the Howden Report on the Durham Official Plan had to go forward, the Council had not alternative and Mr. Rickard's rescinding motion was defeated 5-2. If any electoral raspberries were to be handed out according to the suggestion of Mr. Lowes, the raspberries should be directed to Garnet Rickard for bringing in a motion that was not acceptable acceptable to five-sevenths of the Council. Further six of the seven motions were passed while Mr. Rickard was in the position as Chairman of Town meetings. In conclusion for anyone, to say that Ken Lay 11 would now or ever support the Rice Development if there was any, choice in the matter this person fails to consider his previous stands on the subject. subject. I have always voted against the Rice deal and I always will. Sincerely, Kenneth E. Lyall. Orono Electric Herb and Gerry Duvall 983 5168 ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING ELECTRIC HEATING Electrical Appliances T.V.-COLOUR T.V. ' RADIO-HI-FI' WESTINGHOUSE RCA ELECTROHOME Guaranteed Service At a meeting held in Newcastle Saturday night Marg, Ibbotson outlined her election plans to a small group. Mrs. • Ibbotson plans to stress three main issues during the election campaign. The three issues that will be stressed are transportation costs, administration and total total school board costs, and the quality of education within the Northumberland Newcastle Newcastle Board of Education. Transportation costs, Mrs. Ibbotson sait}, have continued to increase each year as more and more students are being transported to the schools in our area. The school board policy states specific distance that pupils can walk to school and yet more and more pupils are bused distances that very easily could be walked. The location of the Pines Senior Public School, on what is probably the most dangerous dangerous stretch of road in Ontario has exposed our children to undue danger as , well as 1 , increased the transportation costs. No pupils walk to either i Glarke High School or the Pines because of their location. location. Why did our local trustees allow this new school to be built in such a hazardous location. Administration costs. I'm aware that our board's adm- instration costs are below hher boards but they are also above many other school , boards. What can be done to reduce the size of bureaucracy bureaucracy in the board offices in Cobourg., Mrs. Ibbotson went on to question how accountable are, the top administrators of this board and to whom are they accountable? Is it possible that some of thé fat at the board office could be reduced by having less chiefs "and more Indians? On the quality of education Mrs. Ibbotson questioned what provisions were being made to provide the smaller rural schools with the same equipment that the larger schools have. Mrs. Ibbotson stated 1 that many of the problems that are being experienced in the seconderj schools with smaller classes and more support staff such as, remedial teachers. Primary, Primary, According to the dictionary dictionary means of first importance - why doesn't primary educat-, ion in our board become the •first in importance? Hydro asks moderate Christmas hydro use As the province heads into winter, Ontario Hydro warns that consumption of electric power goes into high gear, and asks for moderation and conservation. The return to standacd time, shorter daylight periods and colder weather bring, almost overnight, a dramatic jump in daily demands of two to three hundred thousand kilowatts, according to H. K. Wright, Hydro's Director of Energy Conservation. 'This is the time too, when plans are made to brighten the early winter with Christmas Christmas lighting displays. While not wanting to reduce the -spirit of Christmas, Hydro points out the need to moder ate the size of the lighting display as part of its conservation conservation program. It has also adopted the slogan of "Off until 7 p.m., and' off again at bedtime," regarding indoor and exterior lighting displays for homes, Stores and offices. Hydro does not anticipate a problem in meeting Winter power needs this year, but points out electric power consumption continues on a rising curve. Last winter, for instance, five all-time record peak demands were set in successive months. Any savings savings along the way, such as with Christmas displays, help to keep these increases more moderate. Council Briefs $1,500.00 TO SWIM PROGRAM It was recommended to Council and approved that the request of the Orono Swimming Swimming Club for $1,500.00 be accommodated. The Orono Club provided two three-week swimming programs during July and August at the local bark pool. to the roof of the same, fire hall requested three prices for the work be obtained at which time they would consider consider such a program. TO INSTALL ALUMINUM WINDOWS Town council on Monday gave their approval for an expenditure of $180.00 for the installation of aluminum storm windows at the Orono Fire Hall. Council regarding repairs PAYMENT OF ARENA COSTS Council approved thé payment payment of $1,333.04 which had accrued over the repairs to the Newcastle arena. Also in connection with L. Newcastle Arena, the treasurer treasurer was authorized to pay the operating accounts which have been presented and advance the arena board the money they need to carry on for the balance of the year. Moffatt sendÿ letter complaining increased telephone charges Mr. W. E. McDougall, Secretary Registrar, Ontario Telephone Service Commission, 3625 Duffer in St., Ste. 200, Downs view, Ont. ■ Dear Mr. McDougall: With . reference to your letter of October 29, 1976, file number CTC-7.6-5, I wish to make the following comment. The letter outlines the propos ed rate changes for the community telephone exchange exchange in service in the Orono district in the Town of, Newcastle. The proposed increases increases exceed the AIB recommendation recommendation for our economy and on (pat simple, matter alone shotild _ be rejected, However, I wish to make further comments with regard regard to the operation of, this telephone facility and hope that they will* be considered. If service, reliability, and availability, of the telephone service in the Orono area werè Criteria to be considered in the establishment of. telephone telephone rates I would submit that the present rates being charged bV the Community Telephone Co. are indeed out of line. The people in the Orono area have access to no other exchanges other than Newtonville and Newcastle pnd are not permitted ,to call ' any of the other exchanges, ,such as Bowmanville, Ponty- ■pool, Garden Hill,'Port Hope, even though all these exchanges exchanges lie well within the sphere of influence where these people live. Wë, as a matter of fact, all live within the Region of Durham and «for any person in Orono to call the Region of Durham requires the calling of the Oshawa, office and going through a long distance operator. I have been as a member of the legislature interested in having a private line because a number of my constituents call me at my home and I am on a multi-party Tine and for well over a year now have been asking for such a service and nothing has been done to establish that service. It seems to me that the kind of service which the people in the area receive from the community telephone system •is not of the sort that we should expect today. I would ask that if great increases be proposed that they be denied and if it is possible to keep the present rates with • extended service then that be considered. ; X. Yours sincerely, Doug Moffatt, . M.P.P., Durham East.