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' - - ■ i (I H Vill direct you anywhere in Region Published Every Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, July 9th, 1980 Local politicians and those involved with the tourist industry throughout the Central Central Ontario Travel Association Association region were present to ! assist with the official opening opening of the Orono Travel Information Centre Monday morning. Pictured above are, Walter Beath, chairman of the Region of Durham, Mark Breen and Sheri Yeo, operators operators of the Information Centre, Mayor Garnet Rickard Rickard of the Town of Newcastle . and Sam Ctfreatz, M.P.P. for Durham East. No resolution of library cutbacks Beath, Rickard and Cureatz were all given a tour of the centre and its available information for the travelling public. The centre is located at the New Dutch Oven Restaurant on Highway 115, north of Or'ono. A joint meeting of council and the Newcastle Library Board last Thursday evening changed nothing as to the restraint program being exercised exercised by the Library Board. The restraint program has reduced open hours at the Orono and Newcastle libraries libraries from 31 hours to 17 hours and at the Bowmanville Library from 57 hours to 51 hours. The reduction of hours has also brought about a reduction in staff with part- time staff being eliminated 'and one permanent employee having her employment terminated. terminated. The restraint has also exercised a cut-back in hook purchasing for the year. The library board, as it was pointed out by Bill Montgomery, Montgomery, chairman, had considered considered four alternatives to reduce their expenditures in accord with their reduced budget. He said the board was unanimous in their decision to reduce staff, cut open hours and shave some off the book budget. He said they felt this would have the least impact on the service they provided in the Town. Mrs. Schon, head librarian, said they would be using more 'pages' than in the past (school children to shelf books, etc.) but that this was in no Way to be taking jobs away from staff nor was it responsible for the lay-offs. Mayor Rickard in speaking at the meeting pointed to the legislation under which the Board operated and also made mention of the fact that . the Board could not charge a membership fee under present present legislation. He said the province had not increased their grants to libraries over the past three years. He said the Town's grant had increased increased over a number of years along with the provincial provincial increases from '74 to '76. "We went beyond this in subsequent years", he said. Town funding for the library dropped some $8,000 for 1980 from 1979. The meeting was informed the cutback in staff was a saving to the board of some $13,000.00/ They also pointed ■'out that inflation was taking its toll in many of their fixed costs', especially in book purchasing and general operation. operation. . Members of the library board defended their recent set of-,charges for the downstairs downstairs room of the Bowman- O.P.P. asking public assistance On Saturday, June 28, 1980, at approximately 1:45 a.m. a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle as he was walking east on King St., (Hwy. 2) in the Village of Newcastle, east of the Fire Hall. The Colour of the wanted vehicle is now known to be blue metallic. We are attempting attempting to locate any full size Chrysler product, 2 dr. hardtop hardtop 1974 to 1976, painted this colour. We are not ruling out ■any other type of vehicle painted with this paint at this time. We are asking anyone that saw the victim, STRICKËRT, Norman, age 44, while he was walking on King Street,' to call O.P.P. Detachment Newcastle Newcastle 987-4060 or 623-3384. Mr. Strickert was dressed as follows: black dress pants, white short sleeve shirt with blue stripes, white cardigan sweatér-, brown cowboy boots, and a white cowboy hat. We are also asking anyone that knows of or has seen a blue metallic Chrysler product product vehicle 1974-1976, with damage to frontend and hood to obtain the licence number. and call O.P.P. Detachment Newcastle 987-4060 or 623- 3384. All calls will be kept confidential. ALL-STAR SOCCER GAME THIS WEEKEND The Men's Darlington Soccer League is holding its annual All-Star game at the Orono Park on Saturday, kick-off 7p.m. Supporters are invited tio come out and enjoy the game and dance to follow at Community Hall. WERE STILL NEGOTIATING ' Negotiations were being carried out the later part of last week between the owner of 1 the burnt-out block of stores in Port Hope and the local Architéctural Conservancy of Port Hope in an effort to save the street scape of the downtown area through the reconstruction of the stores damaged in the May 20th fire. An offer'of $85,000 from the Conservancy had been turned down by the owner, Russell. Negotiations followed this offer and a final decision was expected the first part of this week. Russell has- said he wants the stores, in operation by the middle of September and that the return of the third floor of the facade would cost in excess of the offer made by the Conservancy. POLICY SPOKESMAN ON OFFICE OF SOLICITOR-GENERAL Hon. Allan Lawrence of the Durham Northumberland riding has been appointed official policy spokesman on the office of the Solicitor-General for thè Progressive Conservatives Opposition Caucus. The appointments were made by leader of the opposition, Joe Clark. TERRY FOX Terry Fox, who has lost a leg due to cancer and who is running from coast to coast in Canada in aid of cancer research is expected to pass through Orono today (Wednesday). Terry was travelling pn Highway 115 Tuesday after leaving Peterborough and late Tuesday afternoon had reached the Dur ham-Victoria boundary on Highway 115. Residents of Kirby we re eager Tuesday to greet the young runner but were forced to hold off until today. Fox will visit Bowmanville where Mayor Rickard will present him with a cheque from the Town in the amount of $100100. He then travels to Oshawa for a gala event planned by the city. Fox started his running trek in Newfoundland on April 12th and expects to arrive in Victoria, B.C. late in October. His goal is to raise $1 million for concer research. As of last week a total of over half that sum had been raised. He runs ' some 42 km a day. » * ESTATE RESIDENTIAL CLARKE LASHES OUT AT DECISION REFERRED FELLOW COUNCIL TO JULY 21st MEETING MEMBERS The Town of Newcastle Counc. Clarke lashed out at Planning committee has con- fellow council members on ferred with a request of the Monday when they', were owner of a proposed 26 lot receiving a report from their estate residential develop- Long Range Planner, RTerry ment in the north of the Edwards, relating the 1980' former Township of Clarke National Confernece for Plan- and will consider the matter ners. on July 21st when the owner In his report Edwards said can make further présenta- this year's confernece held tion to the committee. special relevance for the The planning department Town of Newcastle particu- has made recommendation to larly in respect of the issues the committee that the Town associated with nuclear pow- ■Of Newcastle inform the er, the social implications of •Region of Durham that the land use planning and Parks 'Official Plan amendment to and Recreation Master Plans, allow this development be Clarke said he could not denied understand the small minds Counc. Barr said it was of some people on this council time the committee made a who would not allow the Town decision on the matter. to pay for someone to go the Planning Director Don the conference. "They are Smjth he was not opposed to still laughing at us", he said. the two week delay in a -- decision being formulated but already turned down for the did point out that the matter site. had been before council for a Smith said he would not like number of months. ■ to see the matter go beyond He further pointed out that the July 21st meeting, development of another na- The proposed site is north of ture for single family dwell- the 35-115 intersection on the ing of 173 units had been west side of highway 35. A TWENTY PERCENT RETURN In speaking with the Director of Planning, Don Smith, for the Town of Newcastle we were informed that twenty percent of the questipnairres sent to residents in the Village of Orono have already been returned with further, questiqnairres being returned on a da'ily basis. He said Mitchells Corners and Hampton questionairres have been returned to almost one-third of those sent to* the two areas within the Town of Newcastlp. ' » TO DEDICATE DESIGNATION PLAQUE AT KIRBY just before going to press we learn that the Ideal LACAC committee in conjunction- wityi the Clarke Museum and Archives will be erecting and dedicating a designation plaque at the Kirby School Museum on Thursday, July 24th. The Kirby Museum will then open to the public on the following Sunday and be open on Sunday afternoons for the remainder of the season from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. ' Will seek council seat Diane Harare, a resident of all ages. Shç said Community Orono, and retiring co-ord- Care had been great training inator of Community Care in and as well had been an the Town of Newcastle, has opportunity for her to become announced she will be a aware of the concerns and the candidate in the municipal needs of- people in the area. November elections seeking , Harare sgid the drop-in the position of Regional centre is being patronized by councillor for Ward Three, all age groups who do express Mrs. Hamre said it would be a their .concerns of municipal natural evolution for her from ■• and regional affairs. She said Community Careito represent this has given her a good people in thç ward on council. • insight into the problems Harare has been co-ordin- people are facing in the Town, ator of Newcastle Community •. She said she wants to Care since itsiinception three continue to be of service to years ago, and has. beep people in the Town and the instrumental in the operation * best'course is through local being-onfe of the best.in the council and that at the Region.' She said in making Regional level, the decision to run for council Harare points out that it gave her the opportunity to betides 1 Community Care she rea'ch out further into the --has been involved with the community to help people of (Continued page 4)