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2-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 25, 1989 ©rono SEeeUlp Eirnes • Second Class Mat! Registration Number 000368 - Published Every Wednesday at the office of Publication ... 11 nStreet,Orono ' ' Roy l. Forrester. Editor A responsibility of Hydro There was some debate at last Fridays Newcastle Hydro Liaison committee meeting as to who should fund a baseline health study which the committee appears to agree should be undertaken. Dr. Bertell, a noted specialist in the field of radiation and its effect on humans, was present at the meeting, making her bid that a proper baseline study should be started immediately. immediately. She contends, and her contention seems reasonable, there is no time to waste as nuclear hydro generation generation is about to go into production at the Darlington plant. No one at the meeting came out with a contradiction to Dr. Bertell's bid for a proper baseline study nor for the urgency. urgency. Ontario Hydro did say they have been collecting information information for a number of years and that it is a matter of putting the information together and to what extent the committee may want to go with the study. Members of the Durham Nuclear Awareness group seem to have torn the information into shreds while members of the Liaison committee neither defend or opposes the hydro efforts. The matter of cost which has been stated may be in the area over $1.2 million. The issue was a matter of some debate at the meeting with Mayor Hubbard somewhat defending Ontario Ontario Hydro against additional costs and Counc. Harnre suggesting suggesting Ontario Hydro should bear the expenditure for the study. Really what is $1.2 million in a project that is going to be well over $11.5 billion. One issue is the matter of health while the other is the production of hydro. We need both. Certainly the cost should not be borne solely by the Town of Newcastle even though they could possibly scrape up the money from Hydro impact funds. Nor should the province province bear the full brunt of the costs. With Hydro footing the bill the users of hydro will pay what can easily be contributed to the cost of production and should be. The health of those in the area is equally as important, important, and more so, than the huge concrete footings for the generators, or even the toilets for the workers. No doubt this cost for a baseline study would work down to hydro rates at the local level and to the consumer. No consumer ... no nuclear hydro plant ... no possible health hazard. The whole issue reverts back to the consumer no matter matter where he lives in the province. The increased consumer charges may be upsetting but it could well come to the point that the consumer becomes more conscious of conservation and conservation rrtliy lead to a lesser number of nuclear units to produce hydro. There is nothing wrong with placing the total cost of the baseline study on the shoulders of hydro. To leave it to the province is but a hidden cost that would do nothing to stimulate conservation. $1.2 million of $11.5 billion is not more than .01 percent percent of the cost of the, plant, something like 100th of 1 percent. percent. Why not Ontario Hydro? Can *t see the trees for the forest "You can't see the trees for the forest" is an old saying but it Still carries a lot of truth and is likely applicable to what has always been perceived as a parking problem in Orono. On a brief review of the Procter Redfern report on parking in downtown Orono which was commissioned by the Town of Newcastle some simple suggestions have been made that would cause improvements. Its not that Procter Redfern really believes their is a major problem at this time and this has been borne out in a couple of other studies, one of which was made by the Town of Newcastle a few years back and one by the Orono DBIA itself. A representative of the consulting firm said parking in small shopping centres is always perceived to be a problem when in many cases it really is not. In rural shopping the customer wants to park infront of the store they are to shop at. On the other hand the same customer expects to walk some distance both outside and inside a major mall. Procter Redfern gives some logical changes that would assist with parking in downtown Orono, one being the delineation of the parking areas and spaces by painted white lines. Another interesting and simple improvement could well be undertaken by moving parking to the east side of Church Street, behind the business section, between Centre and Park Streets. This move would facilitate the development of 14 parking spaces rather than the present 7. Some merchants have pointed out that such a move would hinder store deliveries. This may be so to a degree but delivers would would imagine take no longer than fifteen to twenty minutes possibly two to three times a week. The additional additional parking spaces mean more to the merchant than some delivery inconvenience. It is also noted that Church Street is a popular parking area for cusomers. This has been borne oùt through a customer survey where over 25 percent state they use Churçh Street lor parking. The trees are there if you want to see them. Kendal News That man is blest Who does his best, And leaves the rest And doesn't worry! Sunday was a perfect winters day with wonderful sunshine, temperature 4 degrees celcius and very little wind. It was the best day for our annual meeting that I remember. One time several years ago we had to have Rev. B. Long come to Kendal to conduct the meeting. Everything was a glare of ice. He had an appointment in. Bethany following our annual meeting but he' decided not to risk the Bethany Hills. There was a large turn out at church this morning most of them stayed for the pot luck dinner. Then twenty-two remained for the annual meeting- There were some very splendid reports received from the different departments of our church. A lot of work went into compiling these. A copy was given to each of us. We are most grateful to these dedicated individuals. Our Heritage Day Jupe 5 was a real success and attended by well over a hundred people, the highlight of the year for the older members. Another event was the dedication of the beautiful Memorial Window in memory of Charles Gay and the McRobert grandparents. The exterior of our church was painted in October. Our Sunday School underwent an extensive extensive renovation. Many events such as pancake breakfasts, bake sales, Italian supper and etc. by the United Church Committee made these renovations possible. For our Anniversary speaker we had a world famous missionary Rev. Norman Norman MacKenzie. One immediate necessity planned is a garbage bin east of the S.S. steps. Our church has been helped financially by a great many individuals. We extend our appreciation to them, A voté of thanks was tendered to our minister Rev. Bryan Ransom for his fine leadership. A glimpse of the future and the need of expanding our facilities in the future was anticipated. All the young families attending is a' hope for the future. We are fortunate in having a good choir led by our two faithful organist Mrs. Fern Foster and Mrs. Helen Wood. The anthem today was: "Give me oil in my lamp. Give me love in my heart, etc." The sermon was entitled entitled "Know the Boundaries of our Christian Faith"; Luke 4, 14-21. Communion Sunday, February 5th. Pancake Breakfast February 5th, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Parishioners can sometimes exercise exercise very protective instincts toward their minister as this humorous story, of long ago, illustrates. The minister of St. John's was called in to see a man who was very ill. Neither the man nor his wife was a member of St. John's and as the minister was leaving the house, he paused at the door and asked, the lady earnestly, "My goodness woman, why do you not go to church?" "Oh, but we do sir. We go to St:. Mark's." "Then why in the world did you send for me? Why didn't you send for your own minister?" 1 "Oh, we wouldn't risk him," she replied. "My husband's trouble is infectious!" Francis Havergal, well known as the writer of many'lovely hymns including, including, "Who is on the Lord's side?" left behind in her memories these reasons for going to church: 1. God has blessed the Lord's day and hallowed it, making no exceptions exceptions for hot, cold, or stormy days. 2. 1 expect my minister to be there. 1 should be surprised if he were to stay at home on account of the weather. 3. By staying away 1 may lose the prayers which may bring God's blessing and the sermon that would have done me great good. 4. On any important business, rainy weather does not keep me at home and church attendance is in God's sight very important. 5. Such weather will show me on what foundation my faith is built, it will prove to me how much I love Christ. True love rarely fails to meet an appointment. , 6. I know not how many Sundays more God may give me and it would be a poor preparation for my first Sunday in Heaven to have slighted my last Sunday on earth. With all the mergers of large companies this past week hundreds are being thrown out of employment. employment. Many of them will have to start life anew at some other work. In earlier days of B.B.C. broadcasting broadcasting Sir Eric Geddes told listeners, Life's more like a tree than a ladder. It branches in different different directions, not directly upwards upwards by rungs. "Sometimes,"' he added, "we have to restart life on a new branch to move upwards." This is all too true and we only have to reflect a moment to quote Sir Winston Churchill who started on the wrong branch of life's tree as a soldier. Even his second branch - • politics was shaky before 1939, and only, his authorship branch remained remained stable. Yet he was to become a world famous leader and one qf the greatest men in history. Conon Doyle, was a 'doctor of medicine before becoming an St: Saviour 's Anglican Church MILL STREET ORONO, ONTARIO SUNDAY SERVICE and CHURCH SERVICE • 9:30 a.m. ORONO GA TES OF PRAISE BIBLE MINISTRY 5414 Main Street Orono, Ontario Inter-Faith Full Gospel SERVICE 11:00 A.M. Rev. Lyle L. West Office 983-9341 Personal Ministry author as was A. J. Cronin. Sir Henry Royce of Rolls-Royce fame had a restricted education and little money. There seemed little potential for, his later fame, when at tens years old he was delivering papers, Before becoming a telegram boy. Then aged 17, he switched to another branch of life's tree. He went to work in a tool factory toiling toiling 54 hours a week for a few shill- ' ings. However, he worked and studied the new motoring era and went on to build a great business renowned throughout the world. These great men found fulfill- (Continued page 7) Minister Rev. Fred Milnes Orono Organist: Ross Metcalf Kirby Organist: " Mrs. Martha Farrow Secretary: Marlene Risebrough REGULAR SERVICES Sunday, January 29, 1989 Kirby 9:30 a.m. Orono 11:00 a.m. EXPLORERS Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Main-Hall, Orono United Church BIBLE STUDY Ladies Bible Study Tuesday, 1:80 p.m. r Home of Joycelyu Lywak January 25 - March 29 Ladies Bible Study Wednesday 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Friendship Room or Mixed Group Study ■ Wednesday 8:00 - 9:30 p.m. , Friendship Room ANNUAL MEETING If you have some free time this week to help photocopy the reports or put the reports together on Thursday, January 26t.h, please let me know. Marlene Risebrough at 983-5702. KIRBY ANNUAL MEETING Thursday, February 2, 1989 Pot-Luck Supper 6:00 p.m. Meeting at 7:30 p.m. ORONÔ ANNUAL MEETING . Sunday, February 5, 1989 Plan to join us for a pot-luck luncheon luncheon after the service and stay for the meeting. Arrangéments are being being made to look after the children during the meeting from 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. Rev. Margaret F. West Res. 983-5962 Counselling