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Orono Weekly Times, 19 Oct 1988, p. 1

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; .Eight year veteran Regional clamation for another term of of- the Town. councillor for Ward Three, Town Of Newcastle, Diane Harare and Frank Stapleton, municipal councillor councillor for the past three years, also of Ward Three, were both given ac- fice. With- the closing of nominations late Monday neither were opposed for their respective positions as elected members of the council of There were nd other acclamations for the elected c>n council. In the mayoralty race no new names other than those announced sometime ago were added, being Orono Cubs and Beavers last in downtown Orono for their an- Saturday polished and sold apples nual Apple Day event. the group is picture above in front of the Town Hall, Published Every Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 19, 1988 Orono Hockey season now in full swing In total some 100 boys from the community are registered playing in the various Orono teams. The OMHA Novice play their home games on Friday nights at 7:15 with the Tri-County PeeWees playing at 8:15 and the Juveniles at 9:15 p.m. The OMHA* PeeWees and Bantams play home games on Monday nights at 7 and 8 p.m. The OMHA Atoms play home games on Tuesday nights at 7:30 p.m. while the Tykes and Tri-County Novice play Saturday afternoons at the Orono arena. . r *.. The hockey season is now iti full swing at the Orono Arena with the schedule of play starting this week. The Orono Athletic Association has playing under its banner this year in the OMHA division one Novide, an Atom, PeeWee, Bantam and Juvenile team. It is a first for a number of years for the local sponsor to ice a Juvenile team which is m;idc up of players from the Orono and Newcastle areas. In the Tri-County league Orono has iced a Novice and Pee Wee team. Happenings . . . FUND RAISING'FOR UNITED WAY- The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Orono Branch, is holding a Sake draw in aid of the Oshawa-Whitby-Newcastle United Way. The draw is being held on October 28th. Branches in Newcastle and Bowmanville are holding similar draws. ALL CANDIDATES MEETING TO-NIGHT, WEDNESDAY An All Candidates meeting is being sponsored by joint local environmental groups to'be held in the Newcastle Flail to-night, Wednesday commencing at 7:30 p.m. Candidates, for council, region, mayor, hydro and school board will be present. ORONO TOWN HALL EUCHRE RESULTS The Orono Town Hall Euchre results for October 12, 1988 are as follows: high scores for the,evening Bruce Bright with 90; Carl Todd with 79; Bertha Fisher with 79; Mary Thompson with 78 and Ray Bester with 76. Low scores foe the evening. Geo Buckley and Wally Boùghen. Winners of the draws were: Carol Hooper; H. Partner; Partner; Jean Allen and Bruce Bright. Euchre every Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. Ladies please bring lunch. CANDIDATES MEETING ' ' The Bowmanville Business and Professional Women's Club is sponsoring a Candidates' Meeting for the mayoralty candidates for the 1988 municipal election. It will take place in the Bowmanville Lions Centre on Thursday, October 20th, at 7:45 p.m. Come out and meet the three candidatès who wish to serve the people of the Town of Newcastle, Hear their platform and question them! Ann Cowman from Courtice, Hal McKnight, Bowmanville and Marie Hubbard, also of Bowmanville. The three are sitting members of council with Cowman and Hubbard holding regional positions and McKnight holding the municipal council position in Ward Two, Bowmanville. In Ward One (Darlington and Courtice area) Arnott Wotten, incumbent, incumbent, Darlington seeks re- election being opposed by S. Davison of the Courtice area. There is a four-way race for Regional council in Ward One, a position which has been vacated by Ann Cowman. Those seeking election election include . Darryl Somerscales, Courtice.i Paul Gearing, Courtice, Ken Smith, Darlington and Larry Hannah, Courtice. In Ward Two, (Bowmanville) another four-way race is being offered offered the electors for the position vacated by Hal McKnight. Those seeking election to the position are Earl Malley, Milt Dakin, Patrick Deegan and E. O. Gareau. Two seek election for Regional councillor, a position vacated by Marie Hubbard for the Bowmanville Bowmanville Ward being Ken Hooper and John Vanginhoven. Keeps garbage contract costs under wraps According to Larry Kotseff, chief administrative officer of the Town of Newcastle, the contract dealings with BFI for the Town wide garbage garbage pick-up is being kept confidential confidential until such time as a decision has been made .by .the Ontario Municipal Board as to their ap- proval or denial. Kotseff stated that if a denial was handed down on the five year con tract then other interests would have the BFI figures and would be placd in an unfair position. Both councillors Frank Stapleton and Diane Harare have stated it is 'the best deal that could be made and with Harare stating it is one of the greater achievements of the past few years, that of instituting a Town-wide garbage pick-up. ' -(Continued page 2) Seeks return of parking enforcement in Orono Ward 3 to vote for School Board Those seeking election in Ward One and Two for the Northumberland Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education take office for the next three years through acclamation. acclamation. David Gray and Shirley Robson, both incumbents return as trustees for Ward One while Mike Slocombe and A. Brunt have been acclaimed in Ward Two. It's a different story in Ward Three where three are seeking voter support for the two positions as , trustees for the Ward. Those seeking election are William Carman, Orono, John Smithson, Newcastle and Debbie Nowian, Newtonville. William Carman Carman is an incumbent while Bob Willsher, who currently serves on the board has not sought re- election. Separate School Board Mrs. C. Burke, A. Bayliss and .1. O'Toole seek election to the Separate School Board representing the Town of Newcastle. Two of the three are to be elected. Seven run for Hydro seats There can be expected considerable considerable change in the Town of ■ Newcastle Hydro Electric Commission Commission for the coming (hreè years with at least three new members provided provided that two incumbents are reelected. reelected. (Continued page 8) The Town of Newcastle General Purpose comrriittee has instructed Larry Kotseff, chief administrative officer, to follow-up on Concerns expressed at Monday's meeting by Roÿ Forrester, chairman of the Orono Downtown, Business Association. Kotseff is to resolve his concerns, determine the cause and report back to council. Forrester in addressirig the committee committee stated that in the 1988 budget the Town had set aside funds for the enforcement of parking in the Orono downtown. Hp said some two and a half months ago the parking by-law officer was taken off the job without any notice to the D.B.i.A from the Town. He said he was lead to believe ij was only only temporary but that downtown was still without the parking enforcement enforcement service. He also said that parking signs had been damaged in the downtown area on both the Regional road and the Town roads and that it was useless to ticket cars in these areas because charges were thrown out of court. Forrester said the damaged signs had been reported but have never been replaced. In another matter Forrester referred referred to street: cleaning where three years ago an agreement was established"between the Region, the (Continued page 8) Through the toilet seat The students at the Pines last ( week engineered ", some original games for their fun noon hour in aid of the United Way. Above Ben Scott holds the seat steady while a marksman takes aim from 1? feet way with a bundled rool of toilet paper. Through a number of event including a bake sale the students hope to raise over $400. for the United Way.

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