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V 'i t. ' ■ ' ■ ; 2-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday. January 16th, 1980 Orono Weekly Times MAKES A GOOD POINT In the agenda of the Town's minutes appears a copy of a, letter from some residents living on Somerville Drive in Orono. The letter is addressed to the Ministry of ' Transportation and Communications and deals with the intersection of Somerville Drive with the new proposed Highway 115-35. The letter points out that in the original plans for changing Highway 115 to four lanes it was proposed to close out any entrance to or from the highway by way of Somerville Drive. The letter also points out that several safety reasons were given to limit this direct access to the highway. However on November 29th at a second information meeting the plans revealed that Somerville Drive would havè access to and from Highway 115 on the south-bound lane. Residents along Somerville Drive now ask if cost and safety can be justified to keep the intersection at Somerville open. These residents encourage, the closing of (he intersection and there appears to be every justification for such action by the Ministry. * The closing of the entrance would certainly add to the safety factor of the highway and surely the cost is not justified when one considers as the residents have that Station Street is to remain open. Further it is not that far to the south of the Village for another entrance into Orono. It would appear that the Ministry of Transportation has bent over backwards to satisfy some* complaints at the original information centre and in so doing have overlooked some of their principals as to safety features and even that concerning costs. The Ministry could also said to be guilty of the same approach at the north of the Village. The safety and free movement of traffic should be the first concern of the Ministry not withstanding should they forget the financial implications of their plans. ' DO NOT BELIEVE IN PROVERBS It seems quite apparent that the Town of Newcastle council does not believe in old proverbs especially the adage of "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you". Last week council passed a resolution in that they will make a bid to the Province for the 100 acres and fifteen buildings at the Pine Ridge School in Bowmanville. For this property they are willing to open the vault to scurry for a two dollar bill. What generosity on the part of council. But when the shoe is on the other foot and the Town considers selling unopened road allowances to Hydro the price per acre is at least market value and possibly above. They drain every ounce of blood from the soil seeing it turn into dollar bills and just not the single two dollar colour. Well the province of Ontario must also consider the concerns of their electorate and the give-away of land and property is not in the best interest of the province and especially when the Town has no real purpose for the land. Further the Province does^equire the Boards of Education to sell surplus property at the going rate and there is no give-aways. ■ Surely the province tiiust exercise some credibility in their dealings with financial implications. "Whats good for the, goose is good for the gander". 1 pppentnp •F ITNE.SS !now! If you think fitness is a distant goal, consider this : you can walk all the way. . . Sinclair Stevens asks .. 1 cent a mile too much to pay? BLOOD CLINIC COMING FEB. 6th The committee for Blood Donor Recruitment in this area has been very , pleased as the number of donors increases with each clinic. At the November clinic they were surprised to have over ijO new donors who registered as* total registration went over 400. The committee hopes to raise that number at the next clinifc in February, and are asking public to "come again, and bring a friend! ", The next clinic is Wednesday, February 6th from 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Bowmanville Lions Centre <jn Beech Ave. Sinclair Stevens, president of the Treasury Board, in speaking at Allan Lawrence's nomination last Wednesday asked his audience if a penny a mile was too much for Canadians to pay for oil self sufficiency. At the time he was defending the Excise Tax of 18 cents a gallon on gasoline as placed on Canadians Canadians by the conservative government in Ottawa. Stevens further said it was time Canadians paid their way and that the Canadian people will , so reflect in returning a conservative government- government- to power on February February 18th. Stevens said Trudeau had allowed the price of gasoline to rise at the pump but when we asked for an eighteen cents jump in the excise tax it was termed all wrong by the Liberals and NDP, Stevens said this Campaign was going to be one of communications and felt if the conservatives sat down with every voter to explain their budget there would be no doubt that Joe Clark would be returned as Prime Minister. Minister. During the course of his address to the meeting Stevens Stevens referred to Pierre Trudeau Trudeau as 'Little Caesar' and 'The Emperor' and he claimed claimed that even the Argos in Toronto had not had as bad a team as that which the 'Emperor' would Come up with. He said there was no way the Canadian people wanted to elect Trudeau back to power. Stevens said that in 1970 the current account of the country was in a surplus position but in 1979 it had reached a deficit of, $12 billion along with an inflation factor of 9.2 percent. Stevens said the Clark government was the first government since confeder ation who wanted to give a four to five year overview. "We wanted to show the facts", he said. In speaking of the budget Stevens said that John Crosbie had wanted to cut the deficit in half by the year 1984 and not to pass on a bankrupt legacy to our children. children. Stevens said the conservatives conservatives were in power for only a few months but during that . period had cut back expenditures expenditures by $400 million and had reduced the civil service by 12,000 without any firing of employees. The speaker warned his audience against the prospect of the rebirth of an alliance between the NDP and the Liberals, as, he said, existed from 1972 to 1974. During this period, said Stevens, spending spending in Ottawa jumped some fifty percent when Trudeau- would do anything to stay 'in j power. Stevens claimed the Trudeau Trudeau government had left Canada dependent on foreign oil and had not in the past set, forth a transportation system into the maritime provinces for oil and gas. He stated that imported oil in 1973 had cost $3.87 a barrel while just last month this had risen to $24.00' a barrel. He said that this cost was not entirely paid fpr by those living east of the Ottawa Valley. Stevens stated that -the oil deficit amounted to $1.5 billion , and that this amount should be paid as we go along. 4 Ask Trudeau what his policy is, said Stevens. Stevens said the country had to get back to basics and had to harness the free enterprise system. He said the country had a winner in Joe Clark that no other party had and that all that was needed was a majority conservative conservative government in Ottawa. Ottawa. Join the majority the non-smokers PBRjicipacTiam The Canadian movement lor personal litness. A Canada-wide effort for clean lungs and healthy bodies will be featured during ' the week of January 20 to 26 when thousands of Canadians will JOIN THE MAJORITY, the ranks of the non-smokers. The. Bowmanville and District District Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society urges smokers smokers to plan ahead to bqtt cigarettes for good at the start of National Non- Smoking Week. The objectives of National Non-Smoking Week are to influence young people not to start smojting and to persuade persuade and assist smokers ,to Kendal News By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after • receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. Hebrews 11:8 Ori January 11th we had our January thaw. Then on Jan. 12th it turned extremely cold and windy. Now the week of the fourteenth will be mild again they tell us. Cisterns are full, no need to buy water for the cattle this year. On Sunday morning there was a very large attendance at Sunday School. Pamella' and Patricia Frank sang, "In the Valley He restored my Soul", accompanied by David Frank and Mrs. K, Wood.. Then Mrs. R. Frank told the children the story of the earthworm. After the Sunday School went out to their classes, Miss C. Stewart introduced the speaker Mrs. Evelyn Redpath of Oshawa secretary of the Bay of Quinte Presbyterial who then took over the service. She installed the officers of Kendal United Church Women, then the congregation sang the hymn, "I}ise Up Christian Women". The last verse of which is "Let us undivided, walk the • path He trod ' Help to bring the wanderer, nearer to his God Help the poor and hungry, blind t and lame and weak Care for little children, who their Saviour seek." ' Then'Mr#. Redpath gave, her message. Her scripture reading' was first Thessalon- 1 ians verse 14-18. Someone .-has said people might t>e divided into two groups, "The groaners" and "the praisers", The praisers meet every problem with à smile. They take their problems problems to Jesus. Let us dare to believe that tomorrow will be a better day. She, stressed the need to support our missionary missionary and servipe fund. When disaster happens anywhere in , the world our United Church is there next morning with aid. She stressed the import ance of being a good exampler be positive, be happy. We have a.story to fell. Next Sunday, January 20th Mr. Denzil Dale will be the special speaker followed by a lunch of sandwiches and cookies: Then our annual meeting will be held in the afternoon. Glad to report Rev. A. Tizzard is improving gradually. The Honourable Flora Mac- donal when speaking on the Betty Kennedy program said she had been calling on families in her riding of Kingston the previous Saturday, Saturday, and she noticed that nearly all of them were cooking their dinners on wood stoves, doing their part to conserve energy. If your home is, like mine with the front door at the north side, of the house just turn the key in that door and use the south doors in the winter time. A north door opening and closing closing can lower the temperature temperature several degrees. Ladies who wish to be warm should wear slacks in winter. Sf. Saviours ANGLICAN CHURCH Orono, Ontario Regular Sunday Worship Service-10:00a.m. Rev. Allan Haldenby B.A. L.Th. UNITED CHURCH Orono Pastoral Charge •Minister Rev. B.E. Long 1 B.Th. Organist and Choir Director David Gray- Sunday, January 20,1980 ORONO UNITED CHURCH. Sunday Church School 10 a.fti. Morning Worship 11:15 a.m. . ANNUAL MEETING Tuesday, Jan. 22 , 7 p.m. MainHall KIRBY UNITED CHURCH Sunday Church School 9:45 Morning Worship 9:45 quit. Giving up a bad habit is difficult so for those who need a hard and fast date to begin, they can plan to quit on WEEDLESS WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23. A ' federal government government study links, smoking to five main causes of premature premature mortality: lung can- icer, various tyfces of throat cancer,' chronic bronchitis and emphysema, heart disease disease ,and cerebroVaseular disease. If you consider these facts and quit.for one day - you might want to make it a. habit!