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2-Orono Weekly Times,. Wednesday July 22, 1981 ©rono iEeefelp Simei' Second Class Mail Registration Number 000368 t ' Published Every Wednesday at the office of Publication ' Main Street, Orono Roy C. Forrester, Editor THEY SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE Over a period of years, Downtown Businessmen's Improvement Improvement Areas have been springing up throughout Ontario and with vafioiis degrees of success. In general, however, reports point, out that it is the only way that small individual business cores can fight off the impact of the larger shopping centres. Orono businessmen considered the proposal for a couple of years , and near the end of-last year formed their DBIA. It seems to have been successful in its initial undertaking that of negotiating new sidewalks along the. east side of the downtown , business section. • Certainly things have come together for the local group through the Region of Durham Public Works, the Town of Newcastle Public Works, and the Town of Newcastle Hydro System. The local DBIA has been able to speak as one voice and with the authority invested in it for local projects and also with the means of being able to support financing for any project project within the means of their budget. A1 Mote and Paul Kelcy, heaçling up the local DBIA have carried the load in the finalizing of the project and are to be commended for their work. The Public Works of Newcastle and Hydro were of great assistance in seeing the project through to the point of letting tenders. It is quite apparent that local DBIA's are effective but again they are only what their ipembers make them. Much can be done" through such organizations and the future here in Orono may well hinge on the aggressiveness and dedication the local members have to the organization. EVERYBODY WANTS'GO* EXTENDED Over the past couple of years there has been a big push from the Durham Region area for the extension of 'GO* commuter services to atjeast Oshawa and possibly further east. Local candidates in the recent provincial election all supported the extension of 'GO' and regional council now and has been pushing for the service at least to Oshawa. The region sees the extension as a means to, increase industrial, industrial, commercial and residential development in the Region. It has been pointed out that some 25,•000 regional residents travel to Toronto daily but only 4,000 use the services of 'GO'. It may be doubtful that the extension of 'GO' to Oshawa would appreciably increase the use of the service as it is now readily available at Pickering which location must surely be accessible accessible to the major area of population concentration in the Region. Although CN is currently being blamed for the holdup in providing additional service to the Oshawa area such criticism is easy to make. It must be remembered" that CN is only the carrier and as such operates under its contract with the provincial provincial government. There is another consideration that must be faced other than the extension of a service to promote development in the Region. The cost of operation tnust be in reasonable harmony with the increase in expected revenue. Here it is easy for the politicians, both provineially and regionally to call for a service service from other public bodies without regard to cost. No doub't if the 25,000 Durham residents all used the present service rather than just 4,000 there would be a greater demand at the present time for the service. Have we overlooked the possibility of using VIA Rail which runs through the north of the Region. Bowmanville residents, if they so wish, can take VIA with a trip a few miles north, to Burketon or Oshawa residents to Myrtle. The schedule is not thht of the 'GO' system but it does take increased traffic to warrant the extension of service. Currently VIA is considéring the closing of the VIA Rail service service from Toronto to Havelock which passes through the region. This is likely being promoted by VIA on a dollar and cents basis. On the one hand we clammer for increased service from 'GO' and yet on the other hand see a s'ervice going to waste in * the north of our area. ---i------'-- 'll» .1 ROM MUSEUMOBILE DELAYED TO JULY 28TH The Royal Ontario Museumobile was to have been at the Clarke Museum in Orono on July 21st but its arrival has been postponed to Tuesday, July 28th. The Museumobile outlines a record of 2,000 million years of life in Ontario. It will be open in Orono from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. , MISS DURHAM CENTRAL NOW MISS WORLD TORONTO TORONTO ' Viveca "Lynn" Rupa, Bowmanville, who last year was crowned Miss Durham Central at the local Fair was recently chosen Miss World Toronto. Miss Rupa was chosen frpm 78 other contestants and will now compete in the Miss .World Canada competition. Should she be successful in the Canada competition, she would represent Canada in the Miss World competition in England this fall. C.R. LUNN ELECTED PRESIDENT C. Ray Lunn of Oshawa has been elected president of the International Association of Greak Lake Port. Lunn is also vice-chairman of the Oshawa Harbour Commission. The International International Association consists of 14 United Statits and 5 . Canadian ports in the Great Lakes. They serve the industrial , heartland of North America. Lunn is well-known in the Orono area having been a former resident before moving to Oshawa. 'Sam' at Queen's Park SESSION ADJOURNS WITH SOUND RECORD On July 3, the first session of the 32nd Parliament of Ontario was adjourned for summer recess. This does not mean your M.P.P.'s will be holidaying all summer. There will be committees running at Queen's Park requiring the attention of all Members. The first half of this session session has been busy. While the Premier may have a majority, all M.P.P.'s are still active as ever in the framing and debating of legislation. The majority, however, has brought stability to the politics of Ontario. With a majority government, government, the Premier and his Cabinet can govern the province province without having to make sure every piece of legislation "is agreeable to the two minority parties. Already in the first Budget of the new Parliament we have seen concrete support for the BILD program. The Treasurer has budgeted $250 million towards the priority areas of electricity, transportation, transportation, resources, technology, people and communities. Much has already been said about the gas tax and I am sure I need not elaborate. Part of the BILD program inaugurated inaugurated during this session is the IDEA. Corporation. IDEA will co-ordinate research activity in the province, province, whether it occurs in public, private or educational institutions. Experts have hailed the IDEA Corporation as a positive step to moving Ontario to the forefront of research. Also in the BILD program is the commitment to speed DISAPPOINTED IN LACK OF REGIONAL SUPPORT (Continued from page 1) smaller hospitals. Polak's letter said the District Health council has made recommendations which would lead to better utilization of the smaller hospitals and reduce the Council is encouraging hospitals in Bowmanville and Whitby to better serve their communities. It states that over 40 percent of the Town of Newcastle residents and âlso Town of Whitby residents receive care at Oshawa General despite the vast majority of residents living living closer to the Bowmanville and Whitby hospitals respectively. respectively. Polak said he was most disappointed at the attitude of the Region in opposing the District Health Council's request. request. He'suggests that the most- hospitals require some $800,000 over the next five years and points out that this amounts to about $1.50 .per household per year in the Region. Mayor Pilkey of Oshawa had, at a recent meeting of Regional council, stated that the Health Council had rejected rejected cost-saving measures recommended by the consultants consultants report on the hospitals in the region. Polak has taken exception to this statement in his letter. pressure on General Hospital in Oshawa. The letter stated that the up the construction of the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. 1 am pleased that this commitment has been made as it clears up months Of uncertainty about the future of this important project. In other fields, the province province has strengthened its commitment to the support of health services. In northern northern areas a helicopter ambulance ambulance service has been inaugurated, inaugurated, similar to the one now operating from Toronto General Hospital, which many of us have seen in flight from the Bowmanville Memorial Hospital to Toronto. Toronto. The Ministry of Labour has been busy during this half of the session. Amendments to the Human Rights Code will protect all Ontarians from sexual harrassment by persons in authority and from discrimination arising from association with members of identifiable groups. In addition, the Code has improved its provisions covering the disabled. ' Labour has also looked at the issue of severance pay, and has made proposals to the Legislature which will give greater security to the working man. Education continues to be. a concern of all M.P.P.'s and the provincial Minister responsible, the Hon. Bette Stephenson, is continuing her review of secondary schooling schooling in Ontario. A recent report from the Secondary Education Review Project has suggested change to the awarding of diplomas and a restructuring of curriculum to better prepare studdents entering the working world. A look is also being taken at the needs Of senior citizens, A five year program has'just been launched to increase the capacity and quality of homes for seniors. In addition, addition, the province is working closely with the Federal Government to bring about reforms to Canada's pension system to ensure that seniors will continue to have financial financial security after retirement. During the session, the Premier and his Cabinet reaffirmed reaffirmed their stands on environment, environment, energy and urban transit and the GO train expansion expansion east of Pickering. The province is using every means at its disposal to bring about just and effective international international action against acid rain. We are providing the programs and the encouragement encouragement to increase Ontario's self-sufficiency in energy. We are also pushing ahead with sales and development of UTDC's urban transit equipment. equipment. During the summer months, months, committees will continue to mCet 'to discuss and examine examine legislation which will be debated when the legislature reconvenes in October. October. In my next column, 1 will report my involvement in the Select Committee on Pensions Pensions which is holding hear- ipgs this summer. To those of you who are Kendal News So Naomi returned, and Ruth, her daughter-in-law, and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley 1 harvest. Ruth 1 v 22. This is the week of the barley harvest in Ontario and judging by, the field I am looking out on as I write, it will be a good harvest. We had it quite dry till Friday night but the fine rains have made the lawns green again. On Tuesday, July 14th we took a drive to Millbrook. I never saw so much corn before. One field of corn was eighty acres in extent. There were also some perfect fields of fall wheat but very few fields of potatoes. .One of the prettiest drives I know is frorn Milllbrook winding down to Garden Hill most of this has been reforested. The funeral of Mr. John Bailey of Castleton was held in. Roseneath on Sunday afternoon July 19, 1981. He farmed, a tobacco farm on the sixth line while his family was growing tip. The family came . up from Virginia. Sympathy is extended to Mrs. Bailey and the family. Now is the time to roll a bârrell over those onion tops* if you-planted dutch sets in interested in fishing, a new brochure', entitled FISHING WILMOT CREEK is available free of charge from the Lindsay District office of , the Ministry of Natural .Resources! This brochure contains à map of Wilmot Creek, information on fishing opportunities, public access and parking areas along the creek, management i of public lands and what the public can do to help maintain maintain public lands. Congratulations and good luck to the new Art Shop in Bowmanville at 125 King St. East. Finally, might I personally personally say thank you to our Bowmanville Veterinarian, Dr. John Higginson, for patching patching up my son's dog, Gas- tie. the spring.or simply press tt tops down with your hoe you want large onions not seed. Kendal, fife and drum band-,, the True Blue ladies lodge of Tyronne, the L. O . L. 405 apd the Juvenile lodge of Kendal joined the Orange Parade in Bowmanville on Saturday afternoon, July 18th. Mrs. Julia Jackson has returned home from Bowmanville Hospital feeling much,improved. She plans on ■spending a few days with her daughter Kathleen, Mrs. Tom Davis of Peterborough and family. One third the cancer of Canada could be cured simply. simply. by stopping smoking. A baby is a small member of the animal kingdom, that makes love stronger, days shorter, nights longer,, the bank roll smaller, the home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten and the future worth living for. "My test shows you thyroid is perfectly normal," the doctor told his stout patient, patient, "What you're suffering from is an overactive fork". St. Saviours ANGLICAN CHURCH Orono, Ontario Regular Sunday Worship Service - 10:00 a.m. Rev. Allan Haldenby B.A. L.Th. UNITED CHURCH Orono Pastoral Charge Minister Rev. Wayne Wright, B.A.; M.Div. Organist and Choir Director David Gray Sunday, July 26, 1981 Newcastle, Kirby & Orono United Churches July 26 10:00 a.m. Kirby United Church