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Orono Weekly Moffatt Durham Liberal president TOWll bâCks Off üflCF denial by Region The Durham Liberal Association held their annual meeting last week in Columbus when Doug Moffatt, Kendal, liberal candidate • for the riding in the last federal election, was elected president of the Association. Moffatt succeeds Frances Jones of Uxbridge who has held the position position of president since the inception of the riding. Robert Marshall was elected vice- president, Lloyd Somerville, treasurer; and Faye McLeish, secretary. Directors elected were: Christopher Newton, Leanne Phillips, Jan Vanderluit, Bev. Grose, Carole Bernie, Helen Kackson, Tom Wall, Lorna Davey, Lorna Armstrong, Grace Love, Sharon Marshall, Alecks Kossarow, John McKenna and Eric Kahn. The Association is to meet the fourth Thursday of each month. Letter to editor Dear Mr. Forrester: I am writing in response to a letter letter in your paper of March 29 from Mrs. Helen Schmid, regarding the Town of Newcastle LACAC's identification identification of the Guy Gamsbv House in Orono. Let me begin by saying that establishing an unquestionably accurate accurate identification of any privately privately owned 19th century building can be a veisy difficult task. In a great many cases, there is an element of conjecture involved, but it must be conjecture based on. the best available documentation from the period in question. Our Committee routinely makes use of the data on record at the County Registry Office Office and at the Regional Assessment Office in our attempts to identify and date a house. Occasionally, we are able to find corroboration of ojir findings on the Tremaine's Map of 1861 or the Belden Atlas of 1878. Although the Gamsby holdings in the village wpre considerable in the mid 19th century, the only house in Orono which can be identified with certainty as belonging to the, Gamsby family is that of the late Lorenzo Gamsby - a large, aluminum clad house located at 5189 Main Street (Hanning Block H, part lot 6). The house which Mrs. Schmid identifies as being the Guy Gamsby house is located at 5125 Main Street (Hanning Block E, part lot 13). According According to the Abstract Index for Clarke, Cone. 5 Lots 28-35 at the Registry Office, Gamsby began selling selling lots from his tract of land in Orono not long after he acquired it and by late in 1855 all of lot 13 appears appears to have passed out of his hands. Furthermore, the records on the Regional Assessment roll state that the house which presently stands on this site dates from 1900. The Committee feels that the 1 house which can most likely be connected connected with Guy Gamsby is the one located at 5085 Main Street (Hann- . ing Block D, lot 16). All of lots 15 and 16 appear to have been in Gamsby's possession at the time of his death in 1859 and were not sold by his estate until January of 1865. We also feel that even a tirief architectural architectural assessment of this house reveals its striking resemblànce to the afore-mentioned Lorenze Gamsby house and leads us to believe that both houses were built circa 1850, possibly even by the same builder. I hope that this information will show that careful research has gone into the history of the house which we associate with Guy Gamsby, and that perhaps it is not the credibility of the LACAC which should be called into question. If Mrs. Schmid 1 has any documentation or archival material to substantiate her assertions, assertions, the Committee would be pleased to see it. Thank you very much, Yours truly, Phyllis De well, LACAC Chairman Laid law proposal > (Continued from page 1) vironmental Assessment Act hearing. hearing. Laidlaw states the infilling plan will not increase traffic noticeably nor change other aspects of the present present operation of the landfill. The proposal will require the relocation of a pipeline which now runs through the landfill site. Mayor Marie Hubbard at the General Purpose committee on Monday solidly supported and praised a Work Program outlined for the Town of Newcastle planning department. She said it was a model The Open House last week outlined the rehabilitation of the site to its former status of pasture land and forested area. It was stated that Laidlaw would likely close out the existing landfill site at the end of the year if the Ministry of the Environment does not allow the proposal to proceed under the Environmental Protection Protection Act. Recently the Region of Durham permanently closed one of their remaining remaining landfill sites which was located in Scugog Township. The Brock West site which is now used by the Region of Durham and Metro Toronto is due to close in June of 1990. Laidlaw lays claim that Graham Creek is tested semi-annually by the firm and that chemical tests show that the quality of water is meeting provincial standards. The Ministry of the Environment also tests water conditions in the creek periodically. Charles Hostovsky of the Ministry was present at the meeting to listen to concerns of residents as well as concerns of Laidlaw. It is understood that Laidlaw will be holding a further Open House meeting on April 18th in Newcastle which will present proposals for the 125 acre application for a landfill site in the area. Newtonville proposal turned down (Continued from page 1) back, landscaping and berming. He said he would be voting against the application unless such site plan was to be part of the agreement. Stapleton also said Mosport would become a January to December operation with a drag strip, theme park and other features. Mayor Hubbard stated that there was no one on staff to control site plans and later Frank Wu, planning director, said a site plan would be part of the agreement. , Approval was granted. Mosport plan extension approved (Continued from page 1) as to water drainage and noise from the commercial area. It was noted in the staff report that the Public Works department had concerns over the stepp slopes on the lands and the Ministry of Agriculture suggested that the Town turn the application aside stating it did not conform with the Agricultural Code of Practice. In comments the Town department department pointed out that the Regional Public Works had noted that municipal water would not be available for the particular extension extension outside the Hamlet boundaries which just had been extended. The staff report noted that landowners landowners of vacant land were' required required to enter into agreement sharing sharing in the cost of bringing water to Newtonville. Of the possible 220 new lots that may be developed with water developers have already paid for 160 units while letters of credit have been provided for the additional additional 60 units. for other departments of the Town to follow. The Work Program outlined the activities of the department and its various branches over the next two to three years. In speaking to council members Frank Wu, planning director, stated that a review of the Town's Times, Wednesday, April 5, 1989-3 Offical Plan boundaries must be undertaken by staff, first for Cour- tice, then Newcastle Village and finally Bowman'ville. He said this would be completed over the next two years. The report time-tables completion completion of the Orono Hamlet plan for mid 1989. A Leskard and Kendal Hamlet Plan is expected to be completed completed near the end of 1990. The development of a Maple Grove Hamlet Plan is to be discussed discussed during the budget discussion for 1989. Approves of planning program as drafted A decision of the Town of Newcastle to allow three non-farm residential lots in part of lot 22, concession 2 has been turned down by the Regional Planning Department Department and Regional counçil. Newcastle had given their stamp of approval to a proposal of Tom Simpson for the three lots even though the Town's planning staff had pointed out that the three lots did not meet the criteria for a definable node or. cluster as outlined outlined in the Regional Official Plan. Town staff had recommended denial o£the application. The Town's staff informed council council members on Monday of the action action of Regional council pointing out that the Town could now take the matter to the Municipal Board for a decision. However Town staff also suggested suggested that it would recommend that such action be undertaken by the landowner rather than the Town of Newcastle. •The General Purpose committee on Monday took no action leaving the issue in the hands of the .proponent .proponent of the application. 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