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(e-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 27th, 1980 At the Pines Renovations cost from hall sale During town budget discussions discussions last Friday it was stated that the sale of the presently used fire hall and land on Main Street, Orono, would be used to pay the costs of renovating the Orono Hydro Building as a new fire hall in Orono. It is anticipated that renovations renovations to the Hydro Building would be in the range of $30,000 to $35,000 and it was pointed out by staff that such funds for the renovations could come from the salé of the existing fireball. The use of the Hydro Building on Church and Park Street by the Orono fire department has been proposed proposed by- fire chief, Chief Hayman. The matter is being considered by the Town Manager and a report is expected within the next couple of weeks. During the discussions on Monday Counc. Barr said he understood that there was some objection to the use of the Hydro Building in Orono as a fire hall but had yet to see this objection. Counc. Hobbs said the Town had to have a new fireball in Orono. Students at the Pines Senior I Public School have been busy | in competing in public speak- I ing not only in the schools but in other competitions in the area. The above students competed in the Bowmanville Legion contes j (bottom row), Steven Orme, Lisa Men- donca, Greg Barraball, Jim Brown and Dave Brown. (Back row) Miss C. Martelli, L.R. Bolton, principal and Mrs. S. Merry. (Claims library (budget request (too high ! In a preliminary budget I report by staff to the Town of | Newcastle finance committee lit was suggested that the | request from the Newcastle (Library Board was in excess I and could not be justified. j ; ? | It was pointed out that in i 1979 the board received from the Town a sum of $122,530 from taxation plus an additional additional $25,000 for their current operations. This amount in 1979 totalled to $147,530. The library board is seeking seeking an operation budget of $185,370 for 1980 plus an additional $125,000 to set up a branch library to serve the Courtice area. Thp Board is seeking the additional $125,000 both for 1980 and 1981. The finance report states that council has allocated a sum of $75,000 from the parks reserve fund for the Courtice Library expansion. Staff recommended to council and the committee that this is the wrong time to go ahead with existing library services expansion and also that for the Courtice area. Staff said it could not be justified. Town of Newcastle Elderly Persons Tax Assistance Program To providefinancial assistance to elderly homeowners, .the Council of the Town of Newcastle is considering a tax credit of $100.00 against the 1980 taxes imposed on residential property, provided the following qualifications qualifications are met: THE OWNER, OR SPOUSE OF.THE OWNER MUST: A. Be 65 years of age or more by March 31, 1980 B. Be in receipt of the Monthly Guaranteed Income Supplement provided under the Old Age Security Act (Canada); C. Occupy the property on which municipal taxes are imposed, and, D. Have been continuously assessed as the owner of residential property in the Town of Newcastle for not less than 5 years immediately preceeding March 31, 1980 Application must be made not later than March 31,1980 Application must be made each year for this assistance, and if you believe you qualify for this assistance, apply at the Tax Office, 40 Temperance ♦ Street, Bowmanville, Ontario, for an application form. R.C. Bryden, Tax Collector. 115 attend Parent-son Mayor supports "Pay as you go" On Saturday evening the Group Committee of the Orono Scouts, Cubs and Beavers held a Parent and' Son Night which was held in the basement of the. Orono United Church. One hundred and fifteen were in attendance attendance to enjoy the banquet, entertainment and social outing. outing. ' Mr. Willis Barraball, chairman chairman of the Orono Group committee, welcomed those present. Mr. Gord Burnham proposed toasts to the Queen and to Lord Baden Powell. . Rev. B. Long said Grace. Mrs. Marie Lycett introduced introduced the section leaders for the Scouts,-Cubs and Beavers who in turn introduced the leaders in the various sections. sections. In recognition of the work undertaken bÿ the leaders the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen presented all leaders leaders with a "Proud to be a Canadian" pin. Mr. Ed. Millson was honoured honoured at the banquet with a presentation for his five years as chairman of the Orono Group committee. The presentation presentation was made by Mrs. Betty Charland. One of the highlights of the evening was the presentation of a Gold Cord to scouter Michael Ball. The presentation presentation was made by his scoutmaster, scoutmaster, Le's Garrison. Mr, Lynn Brown then conducted a sing song which was followed by the Scouts, Cubs and Beavers presenting skits and musical numbers. Mr. Bill " Tomlinson, then showed a film of the 1977 Jamboree held in. Prince „Edward Island.' . Head tabje guests wëre: Willis Barraball, Ruth Ye,o, Nancy Barry, Marie Lycett, Gord Efurpham, Rev. "and> Mrs. Long, Bob .Williams, 1st vice president of District Council, Donna Edwards and Marg Edwards, secretaries of District Council and Ed. 'Millson. . . In considering the capital budget for the Town .of Newcastle on Friday of last week, Counc. Clarke asked what action was to be taken to improve Newcastle Village •and Orono Main Streets. He also asked about funding for some solution to the Leskard road problems. Mayor Rickard said the Towh had been on a 'Pay as you go' system since its inceptioh in 1974 and he wished to sqe this continue. He said the new fire halls and other works had been paid for out of current revenues and had not required the issuing of debentures. He said he was opposed to debenturing. The Mayor said one of the main reasons of the regional system was to provide a suitable tax base and he felt that the Town of Newcastle was now flexible enough to carry out improvements without without debenturing. He said it became a matter of priorities. Mainstream Canada Bigger May Not be Better By W. Roger Worth • Governments in several provinces are taking a second look at the economic and social impact of the-massive shopping centre developments that have'permanently changed the face of the Canadian landscape. landscape. Prince Edward Island, for example, has passed legislation legislation that places a moratorium on hew melt developments. Nova Scotia has tightened regulations relating to new shopping centres and Quebec and provinces in Western Canada are not far behind. Roger Worth is Director, Public Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, , The reason for tall the activity: activity: shopping mall developments developments have proliferated to the point where overbuilding has become the order of the day in even' the Smallest of Cana- * dian communities. One, successful, reasonably-, sized shopping centre, it seems, results in an even larger unit designed to win sales from the original development. Then a third mall may enter the competition, competition, many times ensuring there isn't enough business to go around. 4 ' Meanwhile, traditional independent independent businesses in the downtown cores of Canada's communities are caught in the middle of the shopping centre fray. Mall developers aren't seriously interested in having them as tenants (more than ijOVo of the businesses in shopping shopping centres are owned by major major national companies) and the odds are stacked against smaller downtown retailers. In survey after survey, independents independents represented by the 55,000-member Canadian Federation of Independent Business contend they are being being treated unfairly, which is ' one reason some provinces are placing restrictions on new shopping centre developments. One shopping centre in a small community may increase competition. A second may ,be viable. But the overbuilding overbuilding of shopping centres based on the bigger-is-better syn- dromeMs creating horrendous problems. It's time every provincial government in the country reassessed reassessed pdlicies on such developments. developments. Canada's traditional traditional independent merchants deserve to, be treated fairly.