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On Saturday afternoon the Durham Central Agricultural Society held their annual meeting in the basement of- the Orono United Church. Mr. Harold Ransberry was elect- the next two years with Mr. Aleck Moffat 1st vice-president vice-president and Mr. Don Welsh, 2nd vice-president. In accepting the chair Mr. Ransberry expressed the ap- of the Society to CALLS SUPPORTING PRESENT PHONE SERVICE Local telephone ratepayers ratepayers Assoc, for med According to Harry Irwin, R.R. 2, Orono a Telephone Ratepayers Association has now been formed to deal strictly with telephone service service in the Orono area. The 1 meeting forming the Association Association was held shortly after .thé first of the New Year. An executive has been formed however it is expected that more-local citizens will , > fjappentngd... FIRST ROBIN OF YEAR ALREADY HERE Mrs. Dorothy Holmes of Leskard has reported the first robin of the year. The robin was being fed by Mrs. Holmes during the first week of January and returned again last week to devour the menu being offered. Mrs. Holmes stated the bird is healthy and fat. We shant be misguided by the robin for spring is still a long way away. 1200 AT FOREST CENTRE Cross country skiing activity broke forth on Saturday with close to 1200 being at the Ganaraska Forest Centre to enjoy the 25 kilometers of groomed ski trails. On top of this the outdoor skating rink was much in use by the Orono Brownies who were spending the weekend at the camp. Other residents were also making use of the free skating at the Centre. Even with the snow storm on Sunday over six hundred had made their way to the Centre to enjoy the winter activities. WINS $300.00 JACKPOT Mrs. Frank Brady of Newcastle was the winner of the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen bingo on Tuesday, January 9th. The bingo, held in the Orono Town Hall every two weeks was again attracting a good crowd on January 23rd. Give the ' local club a boost and attend «the bingo onTuesday, February 6th. past president Gordon Barrie who had held the position of president for the past two years. The president pointed out tl^at many • accomplishments accomplishments had been achieved (Continued to page 2) be placed on the executive in order to spread the member- .ship over the entire Orono .calling area. \ Mr. Irwin said he had a good response in attendance at the meeting having over thirty-five present. He said the main thing out of the meeting was the restrictive small dialing area for Orono telephone customers. He said the Orono customer can only call Newcastle and Newton- ville while Newcastle customers customers of the Bell can call Bowmanville as well as Oropo and Newtonville Irwin said a Bell private line in Oshawa eosts $7.12 a month and gives free calling not only to Oshawa, but also Whitby, Pickering, Ajax, Sea- grave, Bowmanville, Hampton, Hampton, Brooklin and Port Perry, He said his private line costs him $14.95 and he can only make calls to Newcastle and Newtonville with all other calls demanding long distance distance charges. The $14.95 cost - is made up of the general charge for a Calpak service. Irwin said the Ratepayer^ Association will be holding an advisorily meeting within the week. Mr. Irwin said he had ( Continued"to page 2) Mayor Rickard-helped to kick off the "Bowl for Millions" campaign last Saturday Saturday in Newcastle. The campaign running from February February 10th .to February 17th is in support of fatherless boys. The promotion is being, sponsored locally by the Big Brothers Association of Newcastle. Newcastle. For further information information phone 623-6646. in motion The'planning and development development committee of the Town of Newcastle passed a recommendation recommendation on Monday which if approved by council would set the wheels in motion for the development of the Armstrong Armstrong Shopping Centre in Orono. The recommendation to council is that a development agreement be negotiated to fulfill all the concerns and requirements as set out by the various agencies, prior to the rezoning by-law being passed by council. The recommendation was moved by Mayor Rickard and seconded bv Counc. Prout. Ornno Weekly Times. Wednesday, January 24th, 1979 Harold Ransberry elected president Approve Residential estate lots The Planning committee has recommended approval of seven estate residential lots on the lakefront east of Newcastle. The application was made by Jack Jacobsen Construction Ltd. The land is a narrow strip south of the Lakeshore road and north of the lake. The land was classed as Agricultural land 1 and the Ministry of Agriculture and* Food strongly objected to the rezoning but the Planning Director commented that the 16 acre parcel was fragmented fragmented from other land holdings and he felt it whs suitable for estate residential development. The development agreement agreement is to contain such items as the cost of the supply of water and design as well as "adequate drainage of the area. The developer must also enter into agreement with the Town over road construction, egress routes and entrances as well as lighting of the intersections. When agreement is' reached on the development agreement agreement council would then be asked to rezone the property in the north-east of the Village to allow the commercial development. During the brief discussion of the proposal which has had prior airing by council and the committee Chairwoman Cowman said she still contends contends that prior to any such development a district plan should be implemented. . In speaking with Bill Armstrong Armstrong he said that if it is possible, to settle an agree-, ment this spring they should know where they are going by the fall. It was pointed out that up to this time he had nothing to offer a prospective tenant as it was impossible to determine the cost of the proposal. He did point out that money costs were high at this point but that plenty of money was available. "We do have parties interested in locating in the plaza", he said. In speaking with Norma Forrest at the planning department department she said it would take a good month to come ùp with a development agreement. agreement. It was pointed out that much depended on how quickly quickly a set of full plans could be submitted to the planning department. Town to come to grips with housing ministry Members of the planning and development committee on Monday were shocked to find that progress in 1 the planning had hit another road block. They found to their amazement that the Minister of Housing had placed a road block in their development plans "for the Town. Planning Director Leslie Kristof stated that he had met with the'Ministry of Housing and that the ministry now wants tin overall district plan for the Town of Newcastle completed' before they take Kick off for "Bowl for Millions action with any approvals of individual district plans such as for Orono, Bowmanville, etc. He said everyone was lead to believe that the Ministry would consider individual individual district plans but this was hot to be the case. "They want the whole package at one time", he said. Kristof did say that through negotiations with the Ministry they have agreed'to soften their position to allow the Town to submit an urban district plan for Bowmanville (continued to page 2) > >