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4 Celebrates 94th birthday ! ELSIE ÀRD, Orono, quietly celebrated her ninety : fourth birthday on Thursday, August 25th, at her home qn Princess Street where she has resided for fourteen years. Many best wishes were received received from family and friends. Town hires new ! chief admin, officer David Johnston, 33, of Lindsay has been hired by the Town of Newcastle as their new Chief Administrative Officer. Officer. The by-law for entering into the two year contract was passed last Wednesday afternoon. Johnston has been the planning director for Victoria County for the past seven years. Through the County system he serves 18 municipalities as well as the Town of Lindsay, In the Victoria County position he has been involved in preparation of Official plans, revitalization programs programs in Lindsay, has consulted consulted with the Province in the development of the new planning act, has prepared an in-house Cultrue and Recreation Recreation Master Plan as well as directing the prepartion and development of Community improvement plans. Johnston has served 'with the Board of directors of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario for a number of years and last week was appointed appointed as a vice-president of the organization. David Johnston has also worked for the Ministry of Housing and the Ministry of the Treasury and Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs. Affairs. The new chief administrative administrative officer expects to take up his duties on September 26th, 1983. The decision by council did not come easy with two closed closed sessions of council being required before a final decision decision was made. Council members did, in the initial stage, vote 4 to 3 to offer Don Smith a leave of absence to return in 1984 to continue with the Town as administrator. This decision was rescinded a day later, by another 4 to 3 vote, with the final decision of council to offer the position tef David Johnston. The motion offering the position to. 'Johnston came from. Councs. Taylor and Woodyard. Counc. Woodyard has stated that he did not change his position in support for Smith in committee but >vhen the decision to rescind approval of a leave of absence was carried carried he supported the offering of the position to Johnston. Woodyard said prior to supporting supporting the Johnston resolution resolution he talked with Don Smith who had asked that they get the matter over as soon as. possible. Woodyard states the issue was resolved when council members voted 4 to 3 to rescind the offer of a leave of absence to Smith, Soon to be announced is . a whole new twist in the field of planned retirement : communities; and it's a' 7 twist with a fnulti-million dollar price tag. The Rice Group, associated with well-established Sandy. Cove - Acres at Stroud near Barrie «and Grand jCove Estates at Grand Bend, are well into preliminary development development of ' Wi I mot Creek, ' a 200-acre site at Newcastle just,east of Bowmanville. The area, where the 35-1.15 Highway sweeps north from 401, skirts Lake Ontario Ontario with a mile-and-a quarter of unspoiled- lake- front. It will contain 860. fully detached homes. "" 'This is a departure from the past, " states Rice president president Louis A. Rice. "In the early days in this field, retirement retirement projects were built in or close by a resort area, the 12-month vacation concept, concept, but increasingly we have become aware that many of our people generate generate their own activities with fellow residents within the boundaries of our retirement retirement communities. As well, there is a segment that wishes to 'settle in' early, well ahead of actual , retirement time. Some of these people spend just the summer months with us, '■"'mmuting considerable a rices from Sandy Cove and Grand Cove to make * this possible. Hence, it ■ ■ - f -, a" i •'.* ••>. 6 N s j see'med logical to build closer to a major urban area! Not only would this ; .aj low 12-month commuters to continue working but would bring family, friends and grandchildren çloser to the 'full-time' "retiree. ' Wilmot Creek' is 47 kilometres kilometres from East Metro Toronto. That is about 28 - miles - not much qs com- . routers travel these days. " We are already getting flickers of- interest from folks we suspect are a decade or considerably ptore 'away from actUal 'retirement 'retirement ages. " Planning director of the Rice Group is Rod Rice who adds, "With Canada's rapidly, rapidly, increasing ratio of older people, it is critical, I believe, that we perceive those past 60 as they really are. Medical science has made giant strides and, with more awareness .of nutrition, etc., 1983's retired retired individual is far removed removed from the often neg : ative prototype image in the minds of the younger. In appearance - and in attitude, attitude, particularly - he or she is frequently indistinguishable indistinguishable from thosé 10 or 15 years younger. There is an on-going revolution in this regard: does anyone think of swinging Frank Sinatra as a 'senior citizen' . of three years standing 7 At 'Wilmpt'Creek,' based on our extensive experience in < „ ,v,. >■ > « , a , v , V> <;v.y \ Kendal challenges for Ontario title Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, Augusl 31, 1983-3 great ball showing strength in all departments this yer. They should be a real contender in /the final tournament series tis week-end. The Kendal -Eagles will this week-end make their bid for the Ontario title in Intermediate Intermediate 'B' baseball along with five other teams in the province. The Eagles are grouped with entries from Clinton, Wyoming, Wallingham, North Bay and Staynor in a round robin series being played in Wyoming, Ontario and starting September 2nd. The Eagles first face North Bay in the tournament with , the game called for 12:00 noon on September 3rd. The Venezia second in tournament The Venezia Ladies' Lobb Ball team placed second in the week-end Mackie Tournament Tournament held in Oshawa and won a sum of $200,00. The Venezias played three gmes on Saturday and four on Sunday only to be defeated in the final game of the event. In the first game on Sunday Sunday playing S.'S. Pools the local team was behind 8-0 in the bottom of the sixth but* were able to rebound to take the game 10-8. In the final game Venezia was pitted against Hobies and were holding their, own in a 4-4 tie at the beginning of the sixth. Hobies were then to surge ahead with a final score of 11-5. The MVP player for Venezia was Nancy Gilchrist. A good effort by Venezia who are having a good year on the local diamond in their local league. title will be decided on Sunday, Sunday, September 4th. In their bid to play in the final tournament the Eagles . bounced Oakville in two straight games with the final game of that series played in Kendal on Sunday. The win to the Eagles was a 11 to 1 win with the home team exhibiting strong hitting. hitting. Eric Moore was the winning winning pitcher on the Kendal mound with relief in eighth from Jim Stacey. Steve West was strong at bat with four hits including a home run and six RBIs. K Woodward followed with three hits, E. Moore with two and single hits to D. Woodward Woodward and M. O'Brien. The Kendal team is playing PUBLIC NOTICE DURHAM REGIONAL HEALTH UNIT 11 Lambert St., • Bowmanville 623-2511 Commencing on Monday, October 3rd, 1983, the Bowmanville Office of the Durham Regional Health Unit will be closed daily between 12 noon and 1 p.m. Office hours will be Monday to Friday 8:30 to 4:30 p.m. The office is closed on Saturdays, Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory holidays. DURHAM THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM HOLIDAY CLOSURE OF SANITARY LANDFILL SITE » The DARLINGTON WASTE DISPOSAL SITE will be closed Monday, September 5, 1983, due to the Labour Day Holiday. 'Normal operations will continue on Tuesday, 1 September 6, 1983. - W.A. TWELVETREES, P.ENG COMMISSIONER OF WORKS Ref .No. GEN-SLS-1-2 ' ' . Retirement Home Park preparing to open on shore of Lake in Newcastle the other locations, we will have *every conceivable installation to give this adult community the lively, frankly youthful atmosphere atmosphere and amenities of a good country club: swim- iTu'ng pool, sauna and whirlpool, whirlpool, dance and banquet facilities, even a nine-hole golf course within the property. Come to think of it, it should be possible to tee off or 'wet a line' (incidentally, (incidentally, in one of Ontario's most celebrated and productive productive fishing holes, Wil- *'molf Creek itself) and barely leave one's patio to do so! We will be using the inden- tification in our publicity of, "Wilmot Creek - A New Beginning By The Lake!" And it should be precisely that for those who believe, as we have seen at first hand at Rice, that retirement retirement can be a wonderful period of satisfying activity, companionship and contemplation contemplation - and just plain fun!" Four models include wood-burning fireplaces; two bathrooms, one a three-piece bath ensuite; walk-in closets, etc., with a comprehensive list of attractive attractive options. The price range begins at $45,900. Opening target date is September 17, 1983. Further information is available at the Rice ' head office, 416-451-0443. „ Red&White Hurry! Hurry! Contest closes Wednesday 6 p.m. Get a FREE entry form at dur check-out. (Nothing to buy). You may be the lucky winner of an All-Expense trip for two to beautiful Barbados -or- $25.00 worth of Yellow' Label Generic Products of your choice. Watch for our coloured flyer containing many Labour Day Specials issued in your mail. . VALENCIA Sunkist Oranges dozen. Grade "A" T-Bone STEÀK $6.59 kg. - $2.99 lb. 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