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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 24th, 1979 Presented with watches George Sikma, Newcastle Imperial Bank of Canada 1979. The presentations were and Pauline Taylor of Dar- watches last Saturday night made by Paul Kelcéy, Man- lington Township were pre- for the top 4-H girl and top 4-H ager of the Branch in Orono. sented with the Canadian boy in Durham County in "i-iu'-'-y? ' Will circulate highway petition opposing change A meeting was held last was decreasing on the high- Wednesday evening in the way and that the Ministry of basement of the Orono Town .Transportation was pulling a Hall in which some sixty wèré red heirring through the issue The October meeting was in attendance. The purpose of by referring to the proposed held at the home of Elaine the meeting was explained by safety factors. The petition Haines on October 18th. Mrs. Pat Irwin who read a also objected to the concrete We would like to congrat- draft of a petition to be barrier to run the full length ulate Stephanie Hood, one of circulated throughout the from 401 to Enterprise elimin- our Senior skaters, on passing area in opposition to the ating left-hand turns on the the Novice Competitive Test expansion of Highway 115 to a highway, in. Peterborough on October four-lane highway with a David Bryn-Jones asked if 13th. She was tested on the centre barrier. The develop- the petitioners had consid- sixth figure for this test. She ment being opposed runs ered any alternatives and will be competing in the from Highway 401 to the said that the Highway depart- Eastern Ontario Sectional in intersection of Highways 35 ment was going to do some- Pembroke on November 23 . and 115 at Enterprise. thing. Mr. Fred Irwin said and 24. Good luck Stephanie! In reading the draft of the" that they had not considered The Skating Club has a petition Mrs. Irwin outlined a • any alternatives and that that registration of 109 boyfe and number of reasons for which was the duty of the Ministry girls this year. Junior test they were opposed to the He also said upon question days will be the first Thtu*s- -proposed development of that the group was consider- day of every month. The Highway 115 within the next ing hiring a lawyer to assist carnival will be held on April five years. The petition ad- with their opposition but that 5, 1980 with 2 shows, 2 p.m. dressed itself to increased such would cost money, and 7:30 p.m. ' traffic, noise, fumes, loss of It was also pointed out that We will be selling Christ- agricultural land and the the petition should contain mas cakes again this year. general development of the facts and it was questioned if There will also be a highway for those living traffic was decreasing at the Christmas draw on December outside of the area of the present time on the highway. 23 for fund raising Tickets Town of Newcastle. Irwin said that figures were will be available soon. The petition pointed to the coming- but said he under- Diane Shetler was hired as regional aspects of the high- stood that traffic had dee- the music person for ' 4hë way to service people within reased by 600 cars a day. coming skating seas 0 " the Town of Newcastle and Irwin also said the proposed The next meet- ■ stated that this service should development was of real ing is on November 15th at thé continue on. this basis. The (Continued page 4) home of Donna Hutton. petition stated-that traffic Skating News . It's 'Star bright' to me by Sheri Yeo There has been considerable considerable excitement in the Orono area over the past couple of weeks. What with Lee Majors being around and a TV commercial being shot at the Orono race track last week, I think we're becoming Canada's Canada's Hollywood. > I can see it now. In Cornish's you'll meet Candice,, Bergen doing her weekly shopping, andin Armstrong's it'll be Farrah Fawcett- Majors. And of course buying flowers at Gerri's will be Lee Majors, attaching a card picturing a man in* a dog house, to his bundle of posies. Life in Ororiowood would be - different from the past. It would be commonplace to meet your favourite T..V. or movie star walking down the street and chinwagging at Matt's over a cup of coffee. If these past two weeks are any indication of the future, it sure looks 'star' b"*??»* to me 500 plant Year of the Chi Id forest Fatal accident on Highway ,115 Five hundred children along with their parents and in many cases with cub, brownies and beaver leaders took part in the planting of the International Year of the Child Forest in the Gan- araska Saturday afternoon. Weather conditions for the outing were perfect as 1000 young red pine were planted to establish the Year of the Child Forest. They came from points as far east as Cobourg and as far • west as Scarborough and Oshawa as well as from the watershed area of the Gan- araska. They travelled in buses, vans and cars to the ' location north of the eighth," line of Clarke north-east of the Oshawa Ski Hill. . Larry Aikens, co-ordinator at the Ganaraska Forest Centre under whos'e expertise the event was organized claimed the event "a, -great' success and one to be remembered for years to come by both the staff of the Authority and by those who (jappentngs... ARRIVING IN MONTREAL TODAY The first East Indo Chinese family coming to Orono under the sponsorship of the Plydesign group will be arriving in Montreal today, Wednesday. They are expected to arrive in Orono within a week. Preparations are well underway for their entry into Orono. MISSION FESTIVAL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY A Mission Festival will' be held at the Orono United Church Saturday afternoon and evening as well with special speakers for the Sunday services. A special Sunday School presentation will be open to the public Sunday afternoon. OPEN HOUSE RESCHEDULED * Open House at Orono Public School has been rescheduled for October 29, 1979 at 7:30 p.m. CALLS COUNCILS REQUEST RIDICULOUS Mr. Price at council on Monday called the proposal of the Planning Committee ridiculous when at their last meeting they deferred their decision for rezoning of land in Leskard until the committee, had receipt of a warning registered on title to be submitted by the applicant. participated in the project of planting the 1000 trees. Using the side hill of the rolling terrain as an amphitheatre amphitheatre the crowd were addressed addressed by Ed Haines, chairman chairman of the Information committee committee of the Authority, Sam CUreatz, M.P.P., Russell Rowe, M.P. and Roy Forrester, Forrester, chairman of the Ganaraska Ganaraska Authority and Mayor Garnet Rickard. They all spoke of the symbolism between the roots of the young trees being planted and the roots to be established by the youngsters in their Canada Canada and the world. v MP Allan Lawrence, keynote keynote speaker, read the United States declaration of the rights of children adopted by the UN in 1959 promoting affection', love, understanding, understanding, care, free education and the right to recreation and work. He also noted -the special acre for the handicapped handicapped and that all children are to be brought up in the' spirit of peace- and brotherhood. brotherhood. One of the highlights of the afternoon other than the planting of the Year of the Child Forest was a comedy skit put on by members of the Forest Centre staff. The skit, in a most humorous On Thursday October 18, at the corner t>f Somerville Drive and Hwy. 115-35, an accident occurred that took the life of a young father. According to the O.P.P, the first vehicle, a 1969 Beaumont, Beaumont, northbound on Hwy 115, driven "by the deceased, George Jean Bourdage, was attempting to make a left hand turn onto Somerville Dr. at 3;00 p.m. The second vehicle, a Ford 'boom' truck, also northbound, northbound, driven by 18 year old Vincent Frumusa of Fort Erie Ont. was attempting to avoid. collision with the deceased vehicle. Unable to avoid the first • vehicle, the truck rolled on top of the car and; into the west ditch, hilling the 24 year old man of 29 Mill St. Oshawa. Passengers in the car of the deceased were his wife, Linda Ann and their daughter Tammy Tammy Lee Ann, 4 years old. The two received only minor injuries. ' The left hand turn is felt to have been toe cause. The accident is still under investigation. investigation. (Continuedpage4) Fatal accident on Highway 115 The above auto was com pletely destroyed last Thursday Thursday at Ihe corner of Somer-* ville Drive and Highway 115. Following the collision on the highway the truck rolled over tm top of the car in the west ' with his wife and daughter ditch just at the intersection, receiving minor, injuries. An Oshawa father was killed - • <