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Newly installed Masonic officers Pictured above are officers of maker, John Berry, A.P. Farn- Brackvogel, John Duvall, Bob thé Orono Masonic Lodge who combe LesGresley, Blain Mof- Williams, Arnold Jerome, were installed into office last fat, Master, Herb Duvall and Wayne Martin, Bill Lofgren, A1 Thursday evening at the Orono Charles Trip, (back row) Klass Mote, Herb Elson and Gerry Lodge Masonic Lodge Hall. Schoenmaker, Hans Garnet. (Front row) Brian Schoen- Ororto Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 18, 1989 89 officers installed Orono Masonic Lodge On Thursday, January 12, 1989' Mr. Blain Moffat assumed the chair of King Solomon to become the head of Orono Masonic Lodge NO. 325 A.F. & A.M. which was established at an informal meeting December 17, 1874. The eight men present that evening canvassed the community for members and became a warranted lodge in 1875 with Wm. T, Lockhart as the first master. Since then this fraternal society have quietly assisted in benevolent acts probably best exemplified exemplified by their leadership in encouraging encouraging blood donations and purchasing purchasing of war time bond issues. Recently, the Freemasons of On tario established a Foundation to provide for research in hearing problems problems and are currently involved in the establishment of a fund to provide provide for better education to help the public fight drug abuse. As Master, Mr. Moffat is the ninetieth man to assume the responsibility. responsibility. He was installed in the office office by Mr. Herb Duvall and a team of past-,Masters of Orono Lodge. The ceremony was viewed by a large contingent of masons from neighbouring communities as far east as Colborne and west as Toronto. Toronto. The evening closed with a banquet banquet held at the Freemason's Hall, Centre Street, Orono. Wanted Hart wig rezoniiig lifted Comic. Keri Hooper made a bid at Monday's council meeting to reopen reopen discussion on the Hartwig application application for i;ezoning to allow the storage of trucks and equipment on his residential property in north Orono. He said the application was tabled tabled for a month due to the fact that a Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority cpmment had not been received prior tq the last committee meeting. The report, stated Hooper, had been sent to the, Town on September 29 and further stated that the comments did not conern him. ■, , He said it was a matter if council was either to allow such equipment storage in a residential area or not. Counc.. Hamre said all comments should be contained in the staff report and that the Ganaraska report was missing. She spoke of legal implications if the issue were to go to the Ontario Municipal Board. She said the Ganaraska was forwarding their comments and that it was possible that the other comment report had been lost in the mail. On motion of Councs. Hooper and Hannah it was sought to have the Hartwig rezoning application brought back to the table. On a vote of council the motion lost and the issue will how come again before the general purpose committee in three weeks and then go to council. The application was tabled at the Aiost recent general purpose committee committee meeting. Newtonville $4 million water system given final approval Heritage '89 committee plans May event With developers contributing $6,000 a lot, the Province of Ontario Ontario picking-up 60' percent of the tab and residents paying the re- • mainder Newtonville finally is to get municipal water this year. It has been a four year up-hill battle to get the final O.K. for the project to overcome polluted water in the hamlet where some 70 percent of wells have been determined to be polluted. Tenders are to be called almost immediately for the $4 million project project which will service the present 125 homes and a further 220 new lots to be developed with municipal water service. Counc. Harare who has worked bn the problem for a number of years said she was ecstatic over the decision and happy that the matter ' was now settled. She said she was appreciative of Happenings all the work that has been done through the Region, the Town, Province and Health department. The solution includes an official plan amendment which will allow Newtonville to grow to a population population of some 1300. The Region approved approved the official plan amendment last week along with approval for calling tenders and agreement to enter into servicing agreements with the land owners in order to secure their contibutions. Counc. Harare said developers are still required to pay Town and Regional lot levies above the $6,000 contribution per lot for water service. service. The provincial environment ministry is paying a grant of 60 percent, percent, or $2.4 million, developers some $1.3 million and residents an estimated $342,000. The project was first estimated to • e e cost less than $2 million but time and a water supply connected to Newcastle water system rather than a Newtonville area well has jumped the cost to slightly over $4 million. The water supply from Newcastle is gauged to serve 345 homes within the defined area in Newtonville. Questions budget process Counc. Ken Hooper at council on Monday expressed concerns as to proposed guidelines regarding the preparation of the 1989 budget. The guidelines were presented to council through the treasury and •the chief administrative officer. It was stated that the guidelines were intended as a framework within which the budget material could be prepared for council review. Hooper took acception to a recommendation that any additional additional full-time staff or any conversion conversion of part-time staff to full-time would be considered during the budget procedure unless otherwise directed by council. Hooper said if-a position was part-time it was part-time and if it was full-time it was to be full-time. He said there had been instances where personnel was hired on a part-time basis knowing that it would be full-time in the future. He further stated that part-time staff have been promised full-time employment at the time of hiring. (Continued page 7) A committee, "Heritage '89", working under the umbrella of the Community Services Department of the Town of Newcastle has plans for a Heritage '89 bash commencing commencing May 27th and continuing for a full week plus a day. In speaking recently with Clarence Bell, vice-chairman of the committee, work has proceeded over the past months to the point that plans are now partially complete complete to celebrate Heritage '89 in the Town of Newcastle. Bell points out that the committee is endeavouring to gain support throughout the Town of Newcastle with a number of events. Such events would take Members of council on Monday gave approval to setup an Aggregate Aggregate committee to consider the position of the Town as it relates to Aggregate mining in the municipality. municipality. The membership of the committee committee is to represent local citizens, the Town, a number of Ministries as well as the users and producers. The committee setup proposal came following a discussion with representatives of the Ministry of Natural Resources, a Ministry that is preparing to finalize a new Aggregate Aggregate Act governing pits and quarries and the transport of aggregate. aggregate. Tom Cumby of the Ministry of Natural Resources pointed out that suçh a committee had been formed in Manvers township with a wide representation of those concerned place in all the hamlets in the Town along with the larger areas of Newcastle. The vice-chairman states that of two hundred invitations sent out last year for attendance at an organizational meeting some one hundred were present. He said it is difficult to keep tht initiative active but that a number of centres including including Kendal, Newtonville, Newcastle, Courtice, Hampton and Solina are showing interest and organizing for the proposed week- long active schedule. Plans, at the present time, include include an-Qpemng gala, with a com- (Continued page 7) with the aggregate industry. He said the committee had worked well there as such a committee had in Maple, Ontario. During.the debate Counc..Harare pointed out the need for sych an industry industry but also noted the damage to roads and the fact that the Town got little money through the proposed proposed new legislation and the Region, over which trucks travel, got nothing. She also Said that trucks were using roads outside of the major roads to circumvent weight checks at weigh scales. She said there was no easy answer. Mayor Hubbard, in answer to the question of new residential development development along Regional Road 20 into the aggregate area, said the Region was controlling such development (Continued page 7) ORONO TOWN HALL EUCHRE RESULTS The euchre results for January 11, 1989 are as follows: High scores for the evening were Wes Wood with 91; Roy Hayward with 90; Myrtle Wood with 83; Dora MacDonald and Inez Harris each with 79. Low scores for the evening were Debbie Green and Bernice Partner. Winners of the draws were Roy Winters; Marg Linton; Ruth Grady; Dora MacDonald and Mildred Britton. Euchre every Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. except for Wednesday, February 1st. Ladies please bring lunch. CITIZENS FOR A SAFE ENVIRONMENT HOLD MEETINGS The (Town of Newcastle) Citizens for a Safe Environment will be holding its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 18, 1989 at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Town Hall in Newcastle Village (corner (corner of Mill Street & Hwy. No. 2). Mr. Wilf Goldlust, District Manager of BFI Limited, will be present at the said meeting to discuss the proposed 13,000 sq. ft. Medical Waste Incinerator in Courtice. He will be available to answer questions from area residents. Citizens for a Safe Environment meetings are informal and open to the public. All are welcome. , Aggregate committee planned for Town