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Mickey and Minnie and friends to appear at arena Set aside $40,000 for Orono off-street parking Mickey and Minnie and their friends will come alive this Saturday at the Orono arena when the Orono Figure Skating Club present their annual carnival with two perfor mances at 1:30 and 7:00 p.m. Senior girls of the club along with Darlene Read and Wenda Fames spent a full day on February 21 at a paint-in at the Reads preparing the above props which look most lifelike and will certainly enhance the annual event at the arena. Council of the Town of Newcastle Newcastle gave approval last Friday to use a sum of $40,000 from a reserve parking fund to construct an off- street parking lot in Orono, ten- atively to be sited on lands at the south end of the Clarke Public Library. The reserve parking fund exists through parking meter revenue developed through meters in the Town of Bowmanville. It was this fund, provincial grants along with other monies from the Town and the Bowmanville D.B.I.A. that covered the cost of developing two off-street parking lots in Bowmanville. Counc. Diane Hamre and Counc. Stapleton brought thg Orono issue before council in a debate on the 1987 budget. Counc. Hamre in making a' bid to use the parking fund reserve said she knew that in the past it was considered considered that the fund was to be used only fo'r the Town of Bowmanville. She pointed out, however, that it was all citizens in the Town that had contributed to the fund through the use of metered parking spaces in Bowmanville. She said parking in downtown Orono had been a problem for the past ten years and that the matter was now down to the bottom line. She said the library lands were the only lands available in the area that , could be used for parking facilities. Counc, Hamre said that a meeting had been held with the chairman of the library board and the chairman of the library board property committee and it had been agreed that the matter would be considered in the needed study being being undertaken by the library board. She said that the proposal had not been approved by the library board at this point nor had it been considered by the board. Hamré' also made a bid to use $40,000 from the parking fund as a limit in expenditures for the parking lot and that council make a formal request to the library board that 'the board consider the proposal through their needs study which is to be undertaken this year. The councillor said a number of studies had been undertaken on the parking problem in Orono and these studies were a matter of (Continued page 3) Task force expects bid for waste site Published Every Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, April 8, 1987 Town sets 1987 budget with a 5.12 percent increase over '86 The Town of Newcastle F'riday morning gave final approval to the Town's 1987 financial budget with a 5.12 percent mill rate increase for general municipal purposes. The general municipal mill rate has been set at 102.814 up from 97.809 in 1986. The increase amounts to $5.00 for every $1,000 in taxable assessment assessment and on an average home - assessed at $2800 the increase would be $14.00. The general municipal rate of 102.814 mills on the average home amounts to $287.78. The Town of Newcastle increase is somewhat below the percentage increase for the Region set at 9.8 percent and slightly below the Board of Education percentage in- Happenings crease of 5.27 percent. The Town will collect through taxes a total of $5,559,468 for general purposes and for area and special rates such as street lighting and garbage collection in specific areas. In total the Town expects to spend an amount of $24,320,896 in 1987 which includes over $10 million for the new Bowmanville 'arena and thé new administrative building. Estimate revenue other than local taxation represents >$18,761,428 of whfch amount over $11 million comes from reserves, reserve funds and debentures. The Town on Friday passed a by-. law to raise $3 million for the Bowmanville arena through the is- NEWCASTLE JUVENILES ONTARIO CHAMPIONS The Newcastle Juvenilp hockey club on Sunday^ wonthe Ontario Championship in their division'when they defeatëd Wasaga Beach 5 fo 2 in. the fourth game of the series. Newcastle won all four games of the seven-game series with the first game being the closest of the playdowns when at the end of regular play the game was tied dt four-all. Newcastle won the game in over-time play. . t A large crowd from both Orono and Newcastle travelled to Wasaga Beach on Sunday as the team is made up of players, from both Villages. Congratulations. ELECTED TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS At'the recent arlnual meeting of the Durham Farmers' County Co-operative John Berry and Cord Barrie were returned to the Board of Directors along-with a new rhember, Pier Sikma. . COMPLETES CONCERT SERIES IN ORONO The Newcastle and District Concert Series group completed their 1986-87 series in the Orono Town Hall last Friday evening with the presentation of ECLAT, a wind quintette of oboe, flute, bassoon, clarinet and french horn. As in the past it was an excellent evening of music although somewhat different in content. Possiblyjhe best known arrangement was Rossini's Overture to i lie Barber of Selville as well as Bach's Little Fugue "in G Minor. The offering of Woodwind Quintette-1963, a modern arrangement arrangement teat urine some 12-tones and jazz did meet with approval. A traditional ancient Hungarian Dance selection moved right along .and did pronounce a beat throughout for the audience. Tin luitirr of the Newcastle and district Consert Series does hang somewhat in limbo at the present time which is most unfortunate as i:i has pro\ idl'd a good program of itiusic in the community. Support however has beefr. limited. suing of a debenture with a further sum of $2 million to be raised through taxation for the arena purpose. purpose. Orono residents , pay a further 10.757 for street lighting and 35.327 mills for garbage pickup and disposal. These mill rates are in ad- (Continued page 7) Dr. James McTaggdrt-Co wan, chairman of the federal task force studying the- problems of low-level radioactive waste resulting from the operation of Èldorado in Port Hope has met with local politicians and interested groups. McTaggarl- Cowan was accompanied by Ger- ra'rd Gervais and Marilyn McComb of Port Hope. ' , The chairman said a good benefit package will be offered some Ontario Ontario communities as an incentive to accept the dump and as. well they must have trust in those that give approval to the technology to store the waste. The three members of the Task Force met with' a committee of Durham Region council as well as with members of the Town of Newcastle council and with groups throughout the area holding an interest interest in the waste disposal. The Task Force received much the same response from all groups in that the waste was not wanted in this area. „ McTaggart-Cowan , stated that the waste had to be moved and that his committee is studying techniques techniques of dumping and storing different different wastes world-wide and as well the costs and hazards of moving moving such waste. Counc. Diane Hamre said she doesn't trust anyone connected with the nuclear industry. She pointed out that one aeency told the (Continued page 3) 3rd at "Think Bowl » > Photo by Janette Desousa The Pines Senior Public School entered two teams in the recent Think Bowl Competition held in Cobourg. One of their teams placed third in Intermediate Class solving the problem "Violence - What in- , . , . ^ . V'* i ^ f 'llucnce does it have on individual rights, isuch as in movies, videos records etc." The members of both teams are pictured above: back row (1-r) Craig French, April Moore, Mark Pierce, Menny Vandcrslarre and Mr. Part ington. Front row (l-r) Daniel Walters, Jennifer TenWesteneind, Andrew 'Preston and Cameron Eslcr.