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Ready for grand opening of new IGA store Council votes to reassess The Town of Newcastle council support a plan to have the province re-assess property in the municipality on market value of 1980. Counc. Hamre made a strong plea against the move by council stating that 56 percent of the taxpayers taxpayers in the Town will . face assessment increases while 44 percent will have assessments reduced. She also said there would be an industrial increase which would tend to restrict industry looking to Newcastle as a possible site. ' • Counc. Hamre said she often hears that the municipality should update update its assessment but she pointed out that the Baird report states this updating should be, on a provincial basis. At this point she said Premier Davis was well aware of the political problems problems such would create if the province brought reassessment reassessment to the whole of the province and he has opted to let the municipalities take the flak. She said it was a responsibility of the pro- Co-op students may instruct XC skiing The Armstrong family, Bill, Mrs. Velma Armstrong, and Charles take another step forward in the food retail business today, Wednesday, with the official opening of their new IGA food market off Mill Street at Millson Hill Drive in Orono. The new 7,500 square foot building whcih includes 5000 (Continued page 10) The Board of Education for Northumberland and Durham voted down a request request for $36,000 to fund a cross country skiing program Council again turns aside Pythbow plan The Pythbow Development Development Limited proposed Durham Mall at Waverly and Baseline Roads in Bowmanville took up the major portion of council meeting on Monday night. Council members again heard from the proponents proponents of the Mall as well from those objecting. Those related with Pythbow presented further further information in support support of their proposal with figures showing sales outflow from Bowmanville Bowmanville and the Town of Newcastle. Their figures showed that 58 percent of the food dollars from residents in the western section of Bowmanville were going out of Town ana • runner statea mat other purchases out of town were reàching as much as 92 percent. Th| figure dropped in the east of Bowmanville where 90 percent of the food dollar was Being spent in Bowmanville. Pythbow Development also pointed out that development of a com mercial nature was taking place all arbund them in Oshawa and in Cobourg and these developments can only have an adverse effect on the Town. Council Council was told they could not wait for ever to bring further further commercial development development to the Town. Council was asked to stop the oui flow of commercial commercial dollars and give Durham Mall their support. support. George Webster, chairman chairman of the Bowmanville Downtown Businessmens' Association spoke in op- *' position to the proposed Durham Mall stating that (Continued page 7) at three of their outdoor education centres of which one is located on the Wilmot Creek just south of Taunton Road. ; • Audrey Wilson, head of the outdoor educational program, program, had requested the extra funding to allow for the hiring hiring of three Cross country ski instructors with one to Be located at each of the three centres , during the winter months. In former years the program has been staffed through monies from Make- Work programs. The 'Board did not eliminate the program * but stated that funding had to come' from, other than the board budget. About 1000 students from the Grades 6 to 8 level take part in the program program and visit the - centres Sometimes up to four times during the year for cross country ,skiing. The Board has accumulated some (Continued page 8) vince and she was not about to give support for the reassessment and asked asked her fellow councillors to do likewise. Hamre stated that land values had increased to a degree throughout the Town with the exception of lands in the Courtice .area which were purchased purchased for development. The Courtice lands have devalued, she said, and this assessment would shift to other lands in the Town where 56 percent of the property would be ad-' justed upwards in assess- (Continued page 7) Asking Town to reconsider street tight proposal Counc. Woodyard presented a Notice of Motion Motion seconded by Couric. Hamre on Monday night at the regular meeting of council which when presented will call upon council to reconsider a new proposed financing of street lighting in the Town. Woodyard recently said that it was unfair to ask Such as the Orono Estates to now pay for other street lighting capital costs when they have paid their own costs. He also said it is further unfair to ask rural taxpayers who must light • their own property and laneways but still be asked to help pay the costs of streetlighting in the other (Continued page 8) Storybook writer visits Orono Public School THE APPLE BLOSSOM SHOP OPENS Not only do we have an official opening by Armstrong's IGA in the new shopping plaza but have a similar event happening in the downtown area of the Village with The Apple Blossom Shop officially opening this Friday afternoon at 5:00 p.m. Yvonne Maitlan,d opens in her location south of Roots and Beckers and brings with her expertise in flower arranging arranging and management of a flower.shbp. Thé shop is also offering courses in flower arranging as well as is offering a range of gifts especially attractive for the Christmas season. Congratulations are offered to both the Blossom Shop and the IGA for their confidence in Orono. HOLDS SUCCESSFUL BAZAAR AND TEA AT SENIORS The 4-T Club of the Durham County Senior Citizens in Orono held a successful bazaar and tea in their new recreational recreational complex last Staurday afternoon which was well attended attended with brisk sales reaching over $1200.00. ' A wide variety of items suitable for gifts were offered in numerous media along with the fun of a penny sale table, bake table and a craft table. ** 1 Jean Butler, Bowmanville, was the winner of the handmade handmade table cloth while Joan Deremo was the winner of the afghan. Last Wednesday a children's storybook writer attended Orono Public School. Linda Manning of Cobourg is shown 'with Winston, the character in her recent book, "The Wondrous Wondrous Tales of Wicked Winston". Linda said she had been writing for 8 years and was inspired by two oth er University teachers. She also has, two 1 plays, "The Adventures of Fredilykid" and "Seagull Sam", and her latest one, "Merch the Invisible Invisible Wizard". Linda said she came to Orono Public-School after the school's librarian, Dorothy Robinson, attended a. workshop in Torbnto where she had read Wicked Winston and asked her to • speak on her books at the school. She said she also has a few unpublished plays. She has participated in Playwrights Canada School and has given workshops with , Fredcjykid throughout Ontario. Manning has written written in the. Cobourg Star, Books in Canada, Quarry, Heritage Canada, Early Canadian Life, and Scene Changes. • , '