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,'ono water charge up • Regional councillors : last Wednesday voted an increase in wafer and sewer charges ■ *hich' in. Orono for 1981 will bring about a 11 pecent increase. The usage of 60,000 on a yearly basis will now cost $86,56 compared to the 1980 rate of $78.32. The charge for a cubic meter of water will now be 17.5 cents for 1981. One cubic metere equals 220 gallons. Up to three months ago users of water in Orono were charged on a flat rate basis. In September meters were installed installed in all homes, and as well for commercial and industrial users with charges now based on the use factor. The new water and sewage rates in Oshawa have inc reased charged by 20.5 percent. percent. It has been pointed out that increases in charges were 11 p.c. required to balance costs against revenues for the water and sewer systems in the Region. Revenues for the Regional system have dropped due to a reduction in lot levy charges to developers, and as well due to plant closings and some conservation of use by local home onwers. Other reasons cited for the big increase include overexpenditures overexpenditures by the Region on works to provide development. development. Durham Region now has services in ground to accommodate a further 114,000 people. Unfortunately the big surge of development to the Region has not materialized materialized and local users of : water and sewer are having to pickup the tab for the unused overexpansion of the ■system. Pontypool boy dies after accident Dale Gilbank, 17, son of Mr, and Mrs. Keith Gilbank, Pontypool died of multiple injuries in Ross Memorial Hospital, Lindsay, Saturday following a two-car accident on the fourth concession of Manvers Township, two kilometers kilometers east of Highway 115. The accident, according to Ontario Provincial Police took place at 1:30 p.m. Saturday when two cars met head-on at the brow of a hill. A 1977-Chev. wagon, driven by Dale Curtis, 16;-came in collision with a 1972 Chev. driven by the deceased Dale Gilbank. Curtis and a passenger passenger in the Curtis vehicle, Dale Badluk, 18, Pontypool, suffered cuts and bruises. A passenger Anthony Willis, Willis, 14, of Lindsay, a passenger passenger in thé Gilbank vehicle was taken by air ambulance to Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto. No charges have been laid in the accident. Mr. and Mrs. Claus As has been traditional at auditorium with parents and last week with a most Claus, part of Santa's Work- Lockharts Public School over friends of the students. The enjoyable and interesting pro- shop presentation, being play- the past years the annual students presented Christmas gram. ed by Lauri Sokoljuk and Jeff Christmas concert packed the 1980 on Wednesday evening of Above are Mr. and Mrs. Coleman. Putilished Every Wefliiesdajf Orono Weekly Times, Tuesday, December 23rd, 1980 Santa and Ernie Nicholson ■fil Ernie Nicholson not only celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday recently with a. ' day party at the home of W.'Floyd Nicholson but was paid a special visit by Santa on Thursday evening at a Senior Citizens party held in tue Orono Oddfellow's Hail. Ernie'along with forty other seniors were in attendance at a Christmas dinner and party which featured a fine Christmas dinner with entertainment entertainment for the evening. ,