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Counting dinosaurs instead of years . . . . % * v .... « , « When you get old and grey it's West of Station Street last week in but a good sized group, to await the time to start counting dinosaurs celebration of his birthday. celebration and, of course, to rather than years . . at least that is The dinosaurs assembled spread the news, what they were trying to tell Junior mysteriously last week, not sixty, Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, March 8, 1989 Start listing events for the annual Heritage '89 outing The Town of Newcastle will celebrate its past, present and future with a nine-day festival this spring. Heritage '89 has, as its goal, the bringing together of various communities communities making up the Town of Newcastle. It's an opportunity to renew old acquaintances and meet new neighbours while participating in a wide variety of special events taking place across the municipali ty. "Just a few of our Heritage '89 events include a parade, a concert, a flea market, a barbeque and a pancake pancake breakfast," said Fleurette Simmonds, Chairperson of the Heritage '89 Committee. She notes that about a dozen events are already part of the Heritage '89 schedule. More will be added to the line-up as details are finalized. Happenings .... VIEWER'S CHOICE TO RELOCATE With the purchase of the building formerly occupied by the Liquor Store, Jack Parry of Viewer's Choice, will be mo'Ang his operation to this new location in Downtown Orono. Although Parry was not available for comment we understand some additions are to be made following a move in June of this year. Other changes include renovations at Mclnnes Mini Market and according to Ralph Mclnnes it's a new name and a new product. . TOWN HALL EUCHRE RESULTS The Orono Town Hall Euchre results for March 1,1989 are as follows: High scores fbr the evening were Jack Goodman with 81; Harold Allen, Norma Moffat and.Laurena Bright each wit!} 77, Chas Campbell, Olive Little and Morleÿ McAllister each'with 75. Low score for the evening was Myrtle Alldred. Winners of the draw were Mary Thompson, Ethel Goble, Joyce Go wan, Dora MacDonald and Eddy Couroux. Euchre is every Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. Ladies please bring lunch. ANOTHER GUESS THE HEARTS WINNER Winners of the hearts contest at Wendy B's Department Store were Ken and Linda Dibartolomeo who guessed 500 hearts. BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY WITH MORE PROGRAMS The Bowmanville Branch of thp Newcastle Public Library is holding various programs for the week of March 13th which include live shows for children, films, puppet shows and magic shows. For more information on upcoming events you may contact Maria Politano at 623-7322. Admission is free to all programs and everyone is welcome. SPRING REGISTRATION FOR Y.W.C.A. Registration for spring programs including Fitness Classes, with the Y.W.C.A. for the public begins Thursday, March 9th from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Y.W.C.A. Office, 133 Church Street, Bowmanville and continues until all classes are filled. There will also be a special registration held Friday, March 10th from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Bowmanville Mall. Regular office hours at the Bowmanville office are Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information about programs offered offered by the Y.W.C.A you may visit the Y.W.C.A. office or phone 623-9922. , Moreover, local schools are also participating in the program through a number of heritage- related studies. One of the schools' projects has been the development of a Heritage Week flag based on designs submitted by area schools, "Heritage '89 will promote the various regions within the municipality and show how diversified diversified we really are. Our objective is to tell the world about our town -- about its past, present and future," the chairperson said. The special week will also help boost tourism. In addition, it will provide a means of fundraising for the various groups which participate. participate. "Service clubs, hall boards, sports organizations and cultural , groups are all welcome to join the Heritage '89 effort," Ms. Simmonds Simmonds added. The official opening of Heritage '89 takes place Friday, May 26, with the raising of the Heritage '89 flag at the Town Hall in Bowmanville arid a brief opening program. Saturday, May 27, marks the first full day of activities. At 10 a.m. there will be a commercial- parade in downtown Bowmanville. Local businesses are welcome to enter floats or sponsor parade participants participants and may display their names on various entries. Saturday evening, there's a Heritage '89 Gala at the Darlington Sports Centre sponsored by the Hampton Recreation Association. Sunday, May 29, the day begins with a pancake breakfast sponsored by the Brownsdale Community Centre. Later, there will be special events at the Harvey Jackson Memorial Park in Kendal. These include include a parade of classic cars and a ball game. On Monday, May 29, everyone's invited to an evening open'house for seniors at Forestree Place, in Bowmanville. Wednesday, May 31, marks Par- (Continued page 3) Seek information on local sewage system The Orono Downtown Business Association held a well attended' meeting recently when during the evening some debate centred on the need for some form of sewage treatment treatment for the downtown area. Kay Lycett presented a petition calling upon the Town of Newcastle to seek information through the Region of Durham for a possible solution to a downtown sewage problem. problem. The proposal was not to impinge impinge in anyway on the development of the Woods Walk Park proposal. Lycett felt it would be informative informative to know what might be done as to this matter and having some idea of the cost. The association is also asking the Town to consider the proposals put forward by Procter Redfern in the Orono Hamlet plan as they relate to parking in the downtown area. The areas which the association is asking consideration is the moving of parking on Chruch Street to the east side of the street for a gain of seven parking spaces. As well as improvement improvement to the side areas of the Main Street between Sabre Street and Station Street and also improvement improvement to an area north of the Orono garage qn the west side of Main Street. ; Mrs. Helen Schmid also attended the meeting bringing a number of photographs dating back a good number of years of the downtown area. The meeting found the photos most interesting and endeavoured to relate the present with the past. Orono termed generally satisfied with hamlet plan In a report to council concerning the Open House meetings as to the Hampton and Orono hamlet plan proposals the planning department states that in general Orono residents were favourable to further development. It was estimated that some 60 attended the Orono Open House and some 100 in Hampton. Of some thirteen written expressions expressions from the Orono meeting three were concerned to have Long Termed Termed development along Main Street north change to Residential expansion. expansion. Another sought expansion of the Village limits to include a southwestern southwestern sector at the south of the (Continued page 3) A status report on plans for 407 highway Dave Garner of the Ontario. Ministry of Transportation gave a brief outline of progress as to development of Highway 407 east out of Metro. .He said the Ministry was now updating updating its plan of 407 but that it would be sometime before anything concrete would take place. < He said he was only bringing a status report and there could be no indication now just where 407 might pass through the area. (Continued page 3) Top public speaker Allan Lee, a Kirby Public School student, was the winner of 'the grades 4 to 6 public speaking contest contest held on Sunday and sponsored by the Canadian Legion, Bowman- viile Branch. Allan competed against speaker from all public schools in. the area. Allan is congratulated by his principal, Bruce Lush. Allen's speech will appear in next week's issue of the Times.