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views at discussion meet The Orono. Downtown Business Association has arranged to hold a discussion and organizational meeting pertaining to future plans and development that may be con-1 sidered for the Village. The meeting is on outcome of a recent visit to Elora and later a meeting with a representative of Heritage Canada. The general public as well as local organizations are being asked to attend attend to provide their input to future plans that will be considered. Anyone with a viewpoint for the future of Orono will be heard. The agenda will include the possibility of a Woods Walk Park west of the business section along with promotions that will enhance the use of facilities within the community, community, it is hoped that specific committees committees would be formed to carryout further investigation of projects considered as worthwhile by the meeting. Its your community and the meeting wants to hear your views as to the future of Orono. Post Office plans to be debated at Orono On Thursday eveneing the Bowmanville Riotary Club held their annual Rural-Urban Night at the Orono United Church when Bridget Pyke, President of the Ontario Federation of was guest Agriculture speaker. Above a small painting by Don "Staples is presented to the guest speaker by Ralph Pypker and president of Rotary, Harvey Partner. The topic, Free Trade, was a most interesting topic for the evening and especially-for those involved in agriculture. This coming Tuesday, November 17th an open public meeting is being being held concerning closures and privatizing of rural Post Offices. The meeting is being held in the Orono Oddfellow's Hall and is being being sponsored by the Orono Downtown Business Association. Speakers will include a representative representative from Canada Post who will outline the direction the corporation corporation is taking as far as rural post offices* offices* are concerned. , As well a representative of Rural Dignity, an organization endeavouring to stop the closing of rural post offices, will also be present present i . Both Allan Lawrence, 4 M.P. and Sam Cureatz, M.P.P. were asked to attend but are unable to due to previous committments. Allan Lawrence has submitted a letter for the meeting in which he suggests that efforts to stir up public opinion about the Orono Post Office are misplaced and indeed indeed could be harmful because they could draw attention to a situation : which he firmly believes Canada Post has no intention of changing. The meeting is being held in the Orono Oddfellow's Hall and will commence at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Tuesday, November 17th. The general public is invited to attend the meeting and in fact are encouraged to do so. Councillors express views at Community Services Board meeting Free Trade topic at Orono Rotary meeting Last week four member of council council attended a meeting of the Town's Community Services Advisory Advisory Board expressing opinions as to their views of the Board's opera-, tion and to recreational and cultural activities in the municipality. Milt Dakin, chairman of jthe board spoke of the need for greàtër community involvement in the existing existing facilities and that the town be perceived as a whole entity rather than a collection of separate sections. sections. -, Councillor Frank Stapleton said he was in no way critical of what was being done but said he considered considered the need for more marketing and advertising so that residents would be aware of what was available in the Town. He said to maximize the use of the facilities would likely require better marketing. Councillor Hal McKpight spoke of two different systems in the operation of arenas in the town. He said Orono and Newcastle arenas are operated by local committees while Bowmanville and Darlington are operated by the town. He suggested that the board may , assess these two different operations operations to come to some determination. determination. The councillor also suggested that perhaps the greater public involvement involvement in operation would tend to make for greater use of the facilities. He also spoke briefly of a new town being developed in Courtice Courtice and the challenges this would bring about for council. Councillor Cowman, further spoke of the Courtice area and pointed out that when the consultants consultants for ,the Library Needs Study held a public meeting over this matter in Courtice that only one person turned out. The councillor councillor said she wondered if people were.not moving to the rural Courtice Courtice area just to be'left alone to eri-' joy their properties. ' Later in the discussion Councillor Cowman did refer to the great public participation in the Tyrone area and what had been accomplished accomplished by a handful of people. But, she said, in Courtice where the population has always been in the area of 2,000 no one comes out to a public meeting. She asked if the Courtice people were to be denied the Town's pleasure dollars. Councillor Councillor Cowman stated that untold monies were being spent in the Ward Three area which had a population of no more than 7,000. She said, "The tax dollars are not (Continued page 3) Bridget Pyke, president of the Ontario Ontario Federation of Agriculture told an audience in Orono last Thursday evening that the Federation of Agriculture was endeavouring to come through the middle as far as the issue of free trade was concerned. concerned. Pyke was speaking at the annual Bowmanville Rotary Club Rural - Urban night held 'in the Orono United Church. Many involved in agriculture for the Orono area were in attendance. Pyke, a resident of Wolfe Island is also on the executive committee of the Canadian- Federation of Agriculthre. She said the Ontario Federation, of which she is president, president, represents 23,000 farmers in the province. ' 4 She said free trade discussion was presently consuming a lot of time. Farmers, she stated are traders, and the free trade deal will have affect on the agricultural industry. It was pointed 'out that Canada does live by trade and that of the gross national national product agriculture did come in, in second place just behind forestry. The speaker pointed out that (Continued page 2) , Salvation Army Band takes part in Orono service Happenings ... ORONO TOWN HALL EUCHRE RESULTS,OF NOV. 4, 1987 The winners of the high were: no. 1 - Hilda Caswell (86); no. 2 •- Carol Hooper (84); no. 3 - John D. Moffat (82); no. 4 - Leta McAllister (80) and Berniece Moffat (80). Winner of the low Hazel Murphy. Winners of the draw were: Roy Winter; Jean Allin and Bertha Bertha Fisher. UPCOMING EVENTS' IN ORONO A list of activities start in Orono this week-end with the annual annual Christmas Craft Show and sale, November 13 to 15. Following on Tuesday, November 17 a debate will be held on the future of Rural Post Offices. The meeting is being held in the Oddfellow's Hail starting 7:30 p.m. The Lighting of Christmas comes to the fore on Thursday, November 26th with activities taking place downtown at 6:30 p.m. A new venture hits the Village on Saturday, December 12 in the form of " f h<' Price is Right" program, being held in the Town Hall at 1:30, "p.m. Prizes galore and a grand prize for the winning contestant * hi--.cn limit the audience. Admission Frtfc. The fun is here. ' The Salvation Army Marching •Band took part in the Orono Remembrance Day Service held at the Cenotaph on Sunday. They took part in the hymn sing ing- adding a further dimension to the afternoon program.