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The group of three presented the many features of special education carried out over the area and especially at Orono at a general meeting of the Orono Home and School Association. March 19th 1980 BACK IN 1932 MEMORIAL BELL MISSING FROM PARK The old school bell dedicate^ last September at the Alex Carruthers Memorial PEtrk in Garden Hill is missing and without a trace as to its present domain. The bell was donated to the park by John Weight. It was formerly used at the former Pine Grove Public School of which Alex Carruthers was a one time principal. ROBINS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED John Shetler of Orono south reported the sighting of a robin in the south of the Village this week. A similar sighting was reported also from* the Orono Estates in the north of the Village. Spring must be on its way. THEY ARE FROM THE ORONO TREE NURSERY Anyone visiting the Sportsman Show in Toronto and viewing the Ministry of Natural Resources display will note spring wild flowers and some shrubs in bloom. The flowers, Trilliums, Ferns, May, flowers along with shrubs, and Dogwood and Silver Fir were all started at the Orono Tree Nursery some six weeks ago to get them, ready for the show. The plants and shriibs were taken out of cold storage and forced along in one of the greenhouses at the local nursery. CELEBRATES 91st BIRTHDAY f Mr. Cal Myles, a long time resident of Orono, celebrated his 91st birthday on Tuesday, March 18th. He now resides at Strathaven Rest Home. A commendation was supplied to the Times dated January 2, 1918 at which time Mr. Myles was honoured as a member of the Orono Oddfellows with the presentation of a ring. The presentation was made not only in respect of his membership in the Lodge but also for his service of distinction on the field of action for bravery and being decorated by two governments, France and Britain. JAM MAY RETURN Canada Jam which was held at Mosport Park in 1978 may return to the park this July. At this point details are sketchy but the promoters have approached Durham Regional Police to ask about police requirements if a festival was to be held. PETERBOROUGH MAN WINS MICROWAVE OVEN A The Orono Horsemen's Association held a successful x .ice on Friday evening in the Orono Community Centre and during the course of the evening held their annual draw ... the price a Microwave Oven. The holder of the winning ticket was Thomas Longford, R.R. 3, Peterborough. < Still a long way from final budget After a twb further sessions dealing with the 1980 budget on Thursday and Friday of last week the Town of Newcastle has a considerable distance to go to finalize the annual event. Most of the time last week was spent on specifics of the lire department budget which from a staff report originally came in with a figure of $652,855, Even with the deletion deletion of some capital expenditures expenditures the budget was found to be some 47 percent above the actual figure of $297,208 for ,1979. Although councillors gàve approval of individual items in the fire budget during the two sessions they failed to approve the total. Mayor Rickard said he would not approve any budget that showed a 'forty-seven percent increase., After council council had cut some $200,000 from the budget it was still $140,000 over that of last year. Counc. Holliday also voted against the budget stating he could not support putting aside $50,000. this year to be applied agaiiist the purchase of a new aerial ladder truck. Council had voted to set aside a sum of $50,000 per year over a three year period for the new truck which is, estimated, to cost $168,000 and which the fire chief has said has been needed in Newcastle for a number of years. Counc. Barr, also voted against approval of the fire ■ (Continued page 2) The Durham Central Agricultural Agricultural Society on Monday evening at a regular meeting of the directors unanimously passed a motion in which the, Society has pledged a sum of ; $22,000 to be paid to the Orono Arena Fund Raising Committee. Committee. It was noted in the resolution that this would bring the total cast contribution contribution to the fund from the Fair Board to $25,000.00. The issue was first discussed discussed a month ago by the directors when the matter was tabled for a month. On Monday the resolution again came before the meeting and after considerable discussion was passed by the board. It was considered by a number of members at the meeting that the Agricultural Society had benefited greatly from the construction of the new building and that the Society should show their support through a sizeable contribution to the project. In speaking with Ray Dickson, Dickson, treasurer for the Arena Fund, he stated that the Fund had already contributed $174,000 to the Town for the building apd as well had a sum of $3,000 in the bank. 1 Matching -this with $28,000 still to come in through pledges he said there has been a total of $205,000 raised in the community for the new complex. Dickson said the $22,000 -pledge 'from the fair board would now place the total contributions towards the arena at $527,000. The object ive of the fund to meet the public commitment is $262,000. Another local organization, the Orono Amateur Athletic Association, also intends to make a sizeable donation to the fund with the final decision to be made near the ,end of September. In speaking speaking with Gord Lowery, president president of the Athletic, he said the Association would b? making a donation but as yet the final amount had not been settled. He said the decision would be made prior to October 1st. Dickson said with all known donations in he felt the fund raising fund was still some $15,000 short of its objective. He felt that the committee would reach its objective by the target date of October 1st, 1980. The arena complex is operated for the Town of Newcastle through an appointed appointed Board of Management. Management. The Board of Management Management has turned the operation of the arena and community centre over to the Orono Amateur Athletic Association who just recently submitted their first financial statement. statement. This statement showed an operating surplus of over $8,000 for the first, sixteen months of operation. Under an agreement the Durham Central Agricultural Society has use of the complex for a one month period for the staging of the annhal fall fair in Orono. The recent Olympics held in Lake Placid brought back memories for Dane Found of , Bowmanville and .former sports promoter in Orono, of a former Olympics held in Lake e Placid in 1932. ' . At that time Found 'was managing the then Oropo Arena and came upon an opportunity to feature a Miss Jean Wilson, a native of Toronto, who was returning from Lake Placid having won the World Championship in Speed Skating. As it happened Jean Wilson did make, her first Canadian appearance following her championship win in the Orono arena and Dane recajls' they packed some 500 to 600 in th,e arena for the occasion and all at a charge of twenty-five cents. .« Found recalls it was a rush job to get the posters printed and to ' qiake arrangements with the late John Morris' to give a number of general calls' over the Orono Telephone Telephone system advertising the- event, The program tor the night included local events as well as the appearance of Miss Wilson. These events included skating sprints and races r including a one-mile event and the then popular barreljumping barreljumping contest. , Found recalls Viola Nodena and Dorothy Rowe took part in ' thfe speed skating from Orono" and as' well Gordon Watson was a contestant in the'barrel-jumping feature of the evening. Barrel-jumping , used to 'be a feature of most carnivals held tin tl?e arena.