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LUCKY WINNERS OF SKATING CLUB DRAW Joan Cochrane of Orono was the $500. winner of the Orono Figure Skating draw held at the recent Orono Fair. She was also winner of the $25.00 seller of the winning ticket award. Bonhie Hardy, R.R. 2 Orono was the winner of the second place $100. draw. REGIONAL PLANNERS DUB NEWTONVILLE DOUBLING.IN DOUBLING.IN SIZE Regional planners have condemned a Town of Newcastle plan that would double the size of the community. It has said the development Would take place on poorly drained clay soil which had previously been designated as a non-developable area. Regional planners did say they favoured a plan that had first been submitted by the Town calling for infilling to the amount of 29 homes in the 120 home community. The Town of Newcastle planning staff had recommended the slow growth plan for Newto'nville but were over-ruled by the 1979-80 council who called for the farger development. M&M WIN BOWMANVILLE TOURNAMENT The Ortipo M&M Slow Pitch ball team over the past weekend weekend won aj ten-team tournament held in Bowmanville. The local came by the Victory with five straight wins defeating R. B. Air, Week-end Warriors, Ace Submarines, Orono Towing and Ace Submarines in the final game which was a close con-* test, • . CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE The Durham Christian High School in Bowmanville expects to pay off their mortgage of $300,000 on the school on the first of October, 1981. As of the beginning of this week the School community had raised a total of $1291, D0Q through numerous fund raising events which were started earlier this spring. On Tuesday at noon students at the school added a further $9,100.00 -to the fund and come Thursday, October 1 st. the school is expected to see the end of their $300,000, mortgage. 'By: Wendy Prodher Initiation, Day . at Clarke High School had people sing- jpg, laughing, dancing and or • course pushing things down the hallway with their poses. The grade nines participated participated extremely well and they alt seemed to be haying a great time, not to mention the grade 12's and 13,'s! ! The Initiation Dance had a , very profitable turnout. An approximation of 250 people went to the dance with as estimate of $500. credit. All profits go towards Clarke High School's Nineteenth Annual Commencement held on Saturday, October 24, 1981. It may be months'until Christmas but Angela West arid Darlene Dennis already have the Christmas Spirit. They were found on top of a table singing "Jingle Bells?" Local team Ontario Champions The New Dutch Oven Slow-Pitch team which won the Ontario low Pitch 'D' chamionship recently in Coll- ingwood present the trophy and banner to their sponsors, the New Dutch Oven Restaurant. Pictured above are (Top row, left to right) David • Staples, Bill Storsbergen of the New Dutch Oven, . Gary Eames and Miss Hensen; (bottom row) Bill Hensen and Dean Cox, all members of the championship team from Orono. - Published Every Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, September 36,15>b1 Community Care's fourth birthday The Town of Newcastle Community Care celebrates its fourth birthday on Thursday, Thursday, October 1st. arid the. general public is invited. At their office, 19 Temperance St., Bowmanville, communie^ ty care will be serving coffee, tea and birthday cake from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 ' p.m. to 4 p.m. Newcastle Community Care is one of the largest and most active in the Region of Durham and on its fourth birthday has a total of some 330 clients registered with the : organization. One hundred and sixty volunteers carry out some 400 assignments every month which range in a multitude of works and as well driving which is possibly the largest of any of its projects. projects. In speaking with Roxy Barnes, co-ordinator, at ' Community Care, she points out that there is a need for . more volunteers from the Orono area and that anyone wishing to assist can do so by • calling Community Care at 623-2261. She stated that a > request for some' work for a senior tp be done 'in Orono last week had to be over- , passed because a volunteer , for such work in the area was (Continued page 2) Town going to single committee for three month trial As of the first of October the Town of Newcastle scraps its four stand-in committees replacing these with one single general purpose com- • mittee. The single committee system will be on a trail basis for a period of three months when the change will be reviewed by council members. Most council members approve approve of the change-over looking for a. more streamline streamline system in which council operates. There are however some reservations which will be considered after the three month period. Up to this point council has operated with five corii- miltees, public works, planning, planning, social services, finance and hydro liaison. The hydro liaison committee will remain in tack as in the past but the other four will be scrapped for the general purpose com- mittee. The general purpose committee committee will handle all matters which in the past have been considered at the four committees. committees. The general purpose committee committee will meet every second Monday with council meetings on the alternate Mondays. Counc. Hamre said she has talked with other municipal , councillors who operate the one-committee system and they have said such a system works well. She did propose however the system be on a three month trail when local council members would review the working of the system in Newcastle. It has been pointed out. that some agendas could be quite lengthy. Orono team takes Slow Pitch title The New Dutch Overi Slow Pitch ball team reTurned from a tournament held September 19 and 20th in Côllingwpod with the Ontario Championship Championship trophy for Class 'D'slow Pitch. Thp local Orono ■ team competed in the competition with 36, other teams from across Ontario with the farest coming from Sudbury, Ontario. Ontario. The New Dutch Oven Team played a total of six games in the two-day tournament tournament coming up with six wins. They defeated Dresdart, ■ 12-1, Unioriville, 6-2; Wood- bridge, 18-4; Barrie 4-3 in extra extra innings; Oshawa, 17-5 , and in the final game of the championship defeated Wasago Beach by a score of .■17-1. Throughout the six 1 games the New Dutch Oven team scored a total of 67 runs while allowing only 15 runs. . .All players contributed to the teams victories coming up with clutch hits and sparkling fielding. Bob O'Neil, pitching pitching for the local team was voted the Most Valuable player of the tournament. Team members are Bob O'Neil, John Witheridge, Peter Maartense, Gary Eames, Grant Yeo, Steve West, Bill Hansen, Don Mercer, Brian Allin, Peter McCullough, David Staples, Dean Cox, Mark Mercer, Gary Cox, Stan Green, Bill McCullough and Tom Moffat. Moffat. Leskard rezoning back to Town staff Monday night the planning committee of the Town of Newcastle referred a rezoning application back to staff when it. was indicated that a workshop which staff had proposped .to be taken down before the application was approved had existed in Leskard for seventy-five or à hundred years in its present location. Denis and Della Prue have aske'd for a rezoning from agriculture to Rural Residential Residential for a home they have purchased'in purchased'in the hamlet. From the report to council the home was built in 1974 without building permit. * The Prues, having purchas ed the house wish to have it properly rezoned. Planning staff have recommended recommended that the building meet lift Ontario Building Code and that a engineer submit submit a report as to the condition condition in regards the code. Also staff recommend that the Prues pay the $1500.00 lot levy to the Town* and that a workshop in the flood plain be removed. Mr. Prue attending the meeting said he was not in agreement with the report and also stated that the workshop had been on the premises for some 75 to 100 years. - Initiations at Clarke Photo by Wendy Proçher