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Close forced road over Hampton pond The Town of Newcastle has closed the forced road in Hampton which passes over the berm of the former Hampton Mill dam. The measure is a temporary measure until such time as the Central Lake Ontario. Conservation Authority addresses addresses itself to proper maintenance maintenance of the Mill pond based on good engineering practices. The Town wants the pond and dam maintained to accommodate accommodate any flood conditions conditions and that this be undertaken undertaken by the Conservation Authority. The Town of Newcastle Newcastle in correspondence with the Authority will point out that the Town accepts their responsibilities as far as the force road over the. dam berm. Counc. Holliday pointed out that the Conservation Authority Authority has a planned project for the area but that it is in limbo. Some time ago area citizens opposed the planned project of the Authority and since that time no further action has been taken. There was concern on two occasions recently that the dam may give way due to water volume at times of rain storms. The pond at present does not hold any water with logs being removed in the dam. Town will finance half cost Newcastle Christmas lights The Town of Newcastle new Christmas lights in the year. Counc. Holliday and council on Monday gave Village. The Town will pay 50 other councillors stated that approval to assist with the percent of the cost up to a the Town's funding was to financing of new Christmas maximum of $3,000. come from the 1980 budget lights on the main street of It was pointed out at the ^ n d Counc Clarke had no Newcastle Village. The total meeting that this procedure is sucCess in moving the funding cost of the project has been in accord to a former practice to 1979 It was po i n ted out estimated at some $6,000. when the Town assisted the Through the resolution pas- Bowmanville merchant by if the Village wished to sedonMondaytheTown isto providing 50 percent of the proceed this year they could include a sum of $3,000 in the funding of Christmas lights. do so but would have to carry 1979 budget to assist the Counc. Clarke said it would the $3,000. through a loan until Newcastle and District Chà- be a black Christmas if the the 1980 budget was establish- mber of Com*merce to erect funds were not available this ed. Ask further report up and Down re gravel extraction Bol ,"" lcks The Planning Committee at their meeting on August 24th will entertain a further report and recommendation from the planning staff as to an Official Plan Amendment to allow gravel extraction from lot 32, concession 10, in the former Township of Clarke. The report and recommendation recommendation will take into account views presented at the public meeting called last Thursday , by the Town of Newcastle to hear comments on an application application by Salco Sand and Gravel to amend the Durham Regional Regional Official plan to redesignate redesignate some 66 acres of land from "Major Open Space-Oak Ridges Moraine" to "Extractive "Extractive Industrial" to permit the extraction of sand and gravel. It was pointed out by D. Smith, Planning director, that the amendment of the Official Plan would allow the extraction of sand and gravel at lot 32, concession 10, Clarke. He said that comments comments would be sent from the Town to the Regional Planning Planning and Development > coin- mittee and that the Regional council would have further discussion on the matter. The , Town of Newcastle have yet to pass their comments along to the Region. Rita Ball asked the meeting if a truck route had been picked out as yet for the new pit. Thé Planning Director stated that the Town had initiated a feasibility study as to a possible truck route to the present Salco pit north of Leskard. He also pointed out "that the Pit and Quarries Act - is about to be atnended to* provide regulation for the establishment of truck routes. He said the new pit would be licensed under the new regulations. regulations. He said at the present ' time trucks are free to travel on afiy road. Later in the meeting Mr. Bellamy from the Regional 1 Works Dep irtment said that ■ >ads are built for use and it V--a Regional Policy to accept all traffic. He said by-laws would have to be passed if trucks were to be prohibited on certain roads in the Region and he did not feel this would . happen. Mr. J. Storey asked if the feasibility study would include include the feasibility of a private road for 1 trucks. Mayor Rickard said this would have to be at the expense of the owner and would be far too costly. Mri Ballantine, an area resident, said that the Ministry Ministry of the Environment had not taken into consideration the concerns expressed in the resident's previous letters and said there was a need for an Environmental assess-# ment study. Mrs. Smith, a resident of County Road 30, said there was excessive traffic on the road starting at 5:30 a.m. and also said the road was not wide enough to properly handle this traffic. Mrs. Sue Richards, living on the Leskard. Road, al$o said truck ' traffic starts at 5:30, and affects some 100 families ion the road and asked if there had been a tonage increase in the past couple, of years. Mr. Billings from the Ministry suggested that the tonage of 350,000 had riot changed since the granting granting of the election in 1973. Mr. Timoll living east of the Salco ( operation north of Leskard complained of the' noise and dust and asked what precautions would be taken if another licence is granted. Mr. Smith again pointed to the site plan which is required before a licence is granted by the province. Counc. Cowman, chairman of the Planning and Development Development Committee, at which the public meeting was held stated that further consideration consideration would be given by the committee at the next meeting meeting on August 23. At the same time a further report will be submitted' by the planning staff. Thursday, August 16th, 1979 ADULT Sherlock Bones Tracer of Missing Pets by John Keane Keane (a true story of a pet detective, for ariimal lovers lovers The Monster Butler by Norman Norman Lucas (The butler really id it! Murder that is!) Glazes for the Potter by Emmanuel Cooper (making (making and applying glazes) Terrorist Chic by Michael Slezer (an exploration of violence in the seventies) Intruder by Louis Charbon- neau (crime by computer) Quicksilver by Norman (a novel of the power of big business arid governments. Good reading) The Legend of the Thirteenth Pilgrim by Jessica North (novel of intrigue and menace) Sothern Cross by Terry Coleman Coleman (historical novel set in Australia) JUNIOR Bigfoot by Ian Thorne King Kong by Ian Thorne (more monsters from the movies) Houses by Anne Siberell (shelters from prehitoric time to,today) The Love of Monkeys and Apes by Dali Freeman (fabulous photographs) EASY READING & PICTURE BOOKS The Cake Story by Patty Wolcott Sam who Never Forgetk by Eve Rice The Big Honey Hunt by Stan and Jan Berenstain The Shapes of Me and Other Stuff by Dr. Suess Madeleine Hadley Orono Weekly Times, August 15, 1979 -3 WHITE, \ FOOD / STORES B 6* 0) z => H 00 U 44 0 ü £§ 8 eL is.! 0 m CD S N CM 0 ,4-- -, O O .5 0> < CD Q Û 73k a, Sunspun Pink or Reg. Frozen 12 Woz. tin LEMONADE 3/$1.00 Monarch Added Touch • #z CAKE MIXES .69 Shopsy's New Formula Quality WEINERS 1.29 Swifts Store Sliced COOKED HAM ^ Aylmer Brand Rasp. or Straw. 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