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Dewdrops" coming to Orono by Kari Lewins Fall is just beginning to end. There are 32 more days before the first day of winter. The last of the vibrant autumn leaves are falling to cover and protect the earth from the heavy blanket of snow soon to come. Then there-will be perhaps three long cold months of snow covered trees, Christmas cheer and winter sports. Three very cold months before spring sunshine will struggle to peep its face • through the cloudy skies. .Along with spring sunshine and anticipation of the summer summer to come, "Dewdrops" will put a sparkle into many a childs eye. For many children 64 pages of short stories will brighten the wet muddy months of spring, entertain ing them and taking them on exciting trips of adventure. Mrs. Victoria Ullman, author of "Dewdrops", has recently signed a bookpublishing bookpublishing agreement with Carleton Press. The expected release of the book is in February, just in time to lighten the last days of winter and brighten the first days of spring. Mrs. Ullman had not intended intended for her stories to be published, but on a whim she answered gn ad by Carleton Press, sending them copies of her stories, Carleton Press immediately accepted them and soon a book was in the making. Mrs. Ullman and her husband, husband, residents of Orono for three years, have four children children and five grandchildren. "Dewdrops" is Mrs, Ullman's first book and she doesn't intend to write anymore. anymore. The book contains a series of short stories intended intended for children between the ages of 10 and 12. The author chose the title, "Dew- drops" herself, using intuition as a guideline. Mrs. Ullman has written her stories in colourful detail. Describing the beauty and elegance of many things. The stories, for the most part, take place in Germany during the war years. Mrs. Ullman first wrote her stories in German and then transcribed them to English. She has written them in such a way that a person may actually feel like he is in Germany, the events becoming a reality. Ganaraska Chalet-remain open Excitement ran high in the received word that a series of Ullman household in Orono her short stories were to be recently when Mrs. Ullman published and on sale some time in February of 1981. Congratulations. The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority on Thursday evening of last week voted to keep the Ski Holliday which would have cleared the way for a by-law permitting Mobile Home development development along the lakeshore of Lake Ontario in the Town of Newcastle came when council was dealing with a letter from Ridge Pine Park Limited and following a presentation to council py Andrew Orr on behalf of Ridge Pine Park! Both the letter and Orr called for council to ratify a by-law in connection with the proposed Mobile Home development. development. .It was apparent that council, council, in the majority, was ready to pass the necessary by-law to rezone lands along the lakefront to allow the development development of 867 mobile homes on the 213 hectors of land owned by Ridge Pine Park |iimijted.. The decision by Mayor Rickard, using the municipal act, to call the resolution ultra vires and thus declining to accept the resolution, resolution, had most of council, upset. The disposition of the correspondence will come again before council on Friday. Friday. Mayor Rickard in referring to the municipal act said that a council could not pass a by-law between the date of an election and termination of that council unless the by-law had approval of the Municipal Board and if not less than three-quarters of council had been returned to office. He said the proposed by-law bad not the approval of the OMB and less than three-quarters , of council had been returned to office by the electorate. At this point in the proceedings proceedings council asked for a five minute recess. On return of • (Continued page 2) NEWCASTLE SENIOR LODGE ADDS TO PERMIT VALUE Value of building permits to the end of October in 1980 amounted to $14,577,918 in the Town of Newcastle, this amount compares with $7,516,376 in 1979. During October .the largest value of a permit was issued to the Newcastle Sehior Citizens Lodge where 44 units are to be constructed. The total value of the permit was $966,907 for the lodge. Chalet open this winter and to operate a snack bar in the chalet. This was part of a resolution that restores the level of program at the Centre comparable to that of 1979. The membership of the Authority is evenly divided on the issue with the initial vote ending in a tie. It required the chairman to exercise his right to vote a second time. With his second affirmative vote as to Çhe résolution, Gordon Carruthers restored the level of' service and programming to return to the Ganaraska Forest Centre. The resolution by Roy Forrester and Bill Clarke' gave ' authorization to the Forest Centre co-ordinator to hire a person, on contract, to compliment the present staff of four so that an active week-end special'events program program could.be undertaken at the forest centre and also so . security of the premises could be maintained over the weekends. weekends. The resolution authorizes the forest centre staff to take Only $9,000 left to raise Paul Kelcey presents a cheque in the amount of $973.28 to Charles Gray, chairman of the Orono Arena Fund Raising Committee. This amount was raised through the Inter-Club banquet banquet and dance held in the Orono Arena recently. Mr. Gray states that there is now over grooming of the cross country ski trails and as well provide a rescue operation for those who may become injured injured while skiing. The extra staff member will also provide provide time for the management management of the-winter chalet. The resolution and the hiring of the one person allows for Authority staff to be available on week-ends for residential groups using the centre at rates similar to 1979. Sam Cureatz, M.P.P. Durham Durham East, addressed the Authority asking that the Chalet remain open with snack bar during the winter and also requested that level of . programs be returned to the centre. He pointed out that costs were minimal as to the Authority's ■ overall budget. budget. The Pine Ridge Cross Country Ski Club with membership membership from Port Hope to Oshawa and north also asked that the chalet remain open as it provided a warm shelter for skiers and especially (Continued page 5) only'$9,000. left to be raised to complete the objective of $272,000 ' from public subscriptions subscriptions in the Orono area. EARNS TOP HONOURS. On November 14th in; a presentation of Silver medals at the Royal Conservatory of Music, University of Toronto, Edward Hoad, son of Mr..and Mrs. Ed, Hoad, Newtonville, was presented with two rnedals 1 in. the Classical Guitar section. Ed attained the highest mark for the Province of Ontario in the Grade 7 exam in January, and the Grade 8 exam in June, 1980. * WELL WORTH VIEWING The Russell block in Port Hope which included the Coleman and Philp store along with others and which was damaged by fire in May of this year has been refurbished with stores opening at street level, Through the efforts of the owner, the local branch of Architectural Conservancy of Ontario and consultants from Heritage Canada the restoration of the building is most eye-catching and adds greatly to the street scope of the Town. It is well worth a visit to Port Hope to see this new blend in the downtown business area. It is a fine example of what can be done when there is a will and determination to save the architectural beauty of the past. LIVE THEATRE NOT FOR ORONO , would appear that live theatre is not for Orono as the Spotlight Theatre group had to close out their. Friday night performance and then play to an audience on Saturday of some thirty persons in the Orono Town Hall. "Butterflies are free" is an excellent comedy and the performance in Orono was well performed by the group, 'iight Theatre. Certainly it e was a disappointment for the >_*yers and the Orono residents did miss an opportunity to attend this fine performance. < Mayor Rickard drops bombshell Mayor Rickard, in what was to be the last meeting of the current council hit council with a bombshell when he declared a resolution which had been moved and seconded seconded as ultra vires. The resolution would have cleared the way for the passing of a by-law rezoning lj23 hectors of land in Clarke and Darlington Townships for Mobile Home purposes. As a result of refusing to accept the resolution council ^passed a resolution calling for adjournment with council to meet again on Friday after- loon at 1:30 p.m. The resolution by Counc.