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David Harrison on behalf Ed Millson in recognition of Cobbeldick Street The presentation was made of the Orono Horticulural their well kept lawns and These flower gardens are at last Thursday meeting of Society presented a Hor- flowers gardens at their home always an attraction in the the association, ticulural plaque to Olive and at the corner and Church and community. Interesting exhibits at Horticulture show Held on Thursday, October October 6th, in Orono United Church with a good crowd of interested horticulturists. The hall was decorated for fall and Thanksgiving and with the colorful show, made an attractive welcome for all, along with our '"Country Store". There were 56 entries and 13 exhibitors and congratulations congratulations to Donna Hutton on receiving "The Best Arrangement" Arrangement" in the show. Judges for the show were Mr. & Mrs. Merlin Slute, Bowmanville and Merlin was also our guest for the evening. evening. Doreen Lowery; our president, president, welcomed all and especially any visitors. Carol Mostert, secretary, gave the previous minutes and a short business meeting was completed. completed. It was decided to donate tulip bulbs to the (3) churches in our area, namely, -United, Anglican and Kirby. . Mr. Slute was introduced and presented an excellent demonstration of fall and Christmas arrangements. An interested audience asked questions on the "whip & bons" of floral art, and Lawrence Staples thanked .Merlin for bringing us this -worthwile demonstration. A well-filled "Country Store" of vegetables, baking, pickles, plants and our very excellent fresh apple cider, courtesy of Ann Evans. This event always finds eager patrons and items disappear quickly. Our special musical entertainment entertainment for the evening, was provided by Morris Montgomery Montgomery of Omemee, and he presented a very enjoyable tap-dancing presentation, this was thoroughly enjoyed by all and he was accompan- ed by Doreen and James Lowery on piano and violin. The prize winners of the (Continued page 3) Published Every Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 12, 1983 Second Marsh A task force interim report has taken some pressure off the use of the Second Marsh in Oshawa as the possible site for Oshawa harbour expansion. expansion. The report received last week states that expansion'of Oshawa Harbour into Lake Ontario is cheaper than expanding expanding the harbour into the Second Marsh. Al, Furlong, harbour commission commission chairman, said that new ( engineering technology has-'made it cheaper to carry expansion into the Lake than it was considered in the past. Expansion into the Second ' Marsh or Lakeview Park has been estimated at over $30 . milliôn ■ but no- actual price has been placed on expansion into the Lake. The Harbour Commission chairman stated that monies would not be available for expansion expansion unless the harbour can show , increased • traffic and justify the.money spent. The Harbour Commission turned in its lowest earnings . in the past five years in 1982. (Continued page 2) May link dog licence with rabies certificate Councs Hamre and Hub- •bard promoted a motion at council on'Monday in which they found support from all ■ members of council. Thé motion calls for .the clerk of the Town to investigate investigate the feasibility of requiring requiring • a • rabies certificate prior to the issuing a dog licence in the municipality. Counc. Hamre stated that a number of farm families are concerned about the high rate of rabies and also that veterinarian associations are expressing their concerns as well and operating some free rabies clinics in some areas of the province. Counc. Hamre further said the issue jvas serious enough that the Town should see what they could do. She said the clerk may come back and say its imppossible for the Town to take any action. purchase school The Ministry of Government. Government. Services has announced . the sale of the former Pine Ridge Training School property property in the northeast of Bowmanville for a price of $325,000. The property is to go to Malaysian interests who, 'it is understood, intend to develop a finishing school for Malaysians students seeking seeking to enter Canadian Universities. Universities. The Ministry had valued the property some years ago at $1.7 million. It includes some.ten buildings and about 100'acres of land. The property has been vacant vacant for the past four years \yith a decision by the Ministry of Correctional Services Services to close out the training school in 1979. The Malaysians are ex pected to spend two million dollars to renovate the school buildings so they can accommodate accommodate 400 students from the southeast Asian country. The proposed school is to be. staffed with Canadian teachers and grades are to include, include, 11, 12 and 13. Thé courses in these grades are to prepare the students for entry into University. At the present time many Malaysian students are accommodated accommodated in boarding houses throughout the province province and in other countries. The move for the school property property would accommodate these students and bring them under one roof for their educational needs. The buildings on the property property were built in 1925 as a (Continued page 2) No real opposition to Kendal closing The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education Education held a meeting in the Kendal Public School last week relating to the possible closing of the school due to a decline' in enrolment in the v Kirby-Kendal school area. The.meeting was chaired by Bob XVilsber, board member from Ward 3. Wilsher stated the board must consider the best interest interest of thé children and that > keeping small schools open does have 'some educational concerns. Wilsher further stated that closing of schools was difficult difficult but board members could not bury their heads in the sand. He said the board is studying school closing across the whole board jurisdiction. , The meeting attracted eight residents from the immediate area as well às ten board members and Harry Knapper, Knapper, wejtem area superintendent superintendent for the board. There was no strong indication indication from the public to keep the, school open and questions from the floor dealt more as to the future of the * Kendal school building if and when it is closed. Harry Knapper in presenting presenting a report to the meeting stated that the Kirby school could accommodate students from Kendal without the need of a portable. Fie also said there would be no need for boundary changes. The combined enrolment at Kirby and Kendal in 1983 numbers 180 students and it is projected this will drop to 159 in 1984 and by 1988 will rest at 123 students. At the present time all grade one students attend the Kendal school along with 14 students of grade two. Kindergarten, along with eight grade two students, and grades 3 through six as well as a learning disability class attend attend the Kirby Public School. Knapper pointed out the Kirby school • provided five regular classrooms, a classroom library, a full-size kindergarten room, a gymnasium gymnasium and auxiliary space. This sch'ool, he said, will more than accommodate the future students in the area where enrolment is projected to continue to decline. Knapper, said there are (Continued page" 3) Planning for November 30th opening f)apprning$. .In Support of Kirby Church Mission and Service Fund Eric Lambier will present a music concert this Saturday L 'he Orono United Church with the concert starting at 8 p.m. ceds will go to the Mission and Service Fund at Kirby United Church. Refreshments will he served. Adults $3.00, children $1.00. 1 In speaking with Mr. Bill Armstrong recently it is now the intention to have, the new, IGA Food Market open by November 30th. There still is a lot of work yet to be completed stated Mr. Armstrong prior to the opening date. ■ The new IGÂ store will be .located off Mill 'Street in the north <5f the Village.