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Orono Weekly Times, 31 May 1989, p. 1

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Mayor inspects Sea Cadets at Sunday rally Area Sea Cadets snapped to attention attention on May 28th at the 279 Bowman ville Annual Sea Cadet Inspection. Inspection. ' Reviewing officer for the event was Town of Newcastle Mayor Marie Hubbard. The Mayor was invited by Chief Petty Officer Andrew Scott to inspect inspect the Cadets in the Guard, Division Division and Band before taking her (Continued page 3) Published Every Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, May 31, 1989 Two groups call for Town to set Baseline Health Study forth for a Irene Kock of Nuclear Awareness Project and John Veldhuis, of the Newcastle Port Granby/Environment Granby/Environment Committee both called upon council on Monday night: to take ac tion in having a Baseline health Study undertaken in the area of the Darlington Generating Plant. They asked that the Baseline Health Study be in place prior to the start of generation at the plant. Kock said they had been seeking the study for the past two years. She pointed to a recent report on a study in Pickering area of the Pickering plant and said the incidence incidence of leukemia in infants would appear to be ten times greater in that area than on average throughout the province. She said her organization held great concerns that there may be a link between leukemia and the operation of a nuclear hydro plant. "I urge you to undertake the study immediately," she said. John Veldhuis also called for a. full base line health study. He said if the operation at Darlington is as safe as they say, there should be no reason for not conducting the study. He also said the study should be in place before the start-up of the plant. Later in the meeting council gave approval to" a Co une. Hamre motion motion that a base line study be undertaken. undertaken. There was no indication of a completion date for the study. Mayor Hubbard said that the Lieasison Committee of which Hydro and the Town are represented are not, as yet, holding meetings. The Town broke off meeting with Ontario Hydro a month ago calling for some action on payment of building permits which they state is- owing the municipality. The town is also seeking information as to the possible delay of the opening of operation of the plant. Happenings . , . . HARDWARE and BUILDING CENTRE TO OPEN SOON Roka Lumber located on Mwy. ,35 just south of Pontypool will soon bè opening their Hardware and Building Supply Centre, which will be stocking doors, windows, kitchen cupboards, electrical and plumbing supplies, barn steel and vinyl siding, along with' their present complete line of pressure treated spruce dimensional lumber and plywoods. So look for their Grand Opening! . THIRD ANNUAL OPEN GARDEN ■ 4 . ' Everyone is welcome to view the gardens of Mr. & Mrs. Dave Hinton, second house west df Lejkard Road on Taunton Road. The gardens consist of many plantings of rhododendrons in a natural setting, setting, and will be open from June 4th to June 11th, 10:00 a.m. to dusk. TANGLEFOOT IN CONCERT AT CLARKE HIGH * Port Granby/Newcastle Environment Committee are presenting presenting "Tanglefoot" in concert at Clarke High'School, on Thursday, June 1, 1989 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $7.00 per person and are available from Clarke Museum (Kirby), Fitness Centre (Bowman- ville), and Reflections Gift Shop (Orono). For more information you may call Mark Jackman at 983-9243. BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY TO HONOUR lOOTH BIRTHDAY The Bowmanvillc Branch of the Newcastle Public Library will honour Central Public School's One Hundredth Birthday and celebrate Heritage Week with a special programme on the school's history. Local author Bill Humber will be there to entertain with events and stories drawn from Central's 100 years.' Mr. Humber is a wonderful storyteller and has just finished writing a book on the history of Central Public. So join us at the Bowmanvillc Branch on Wednesday, May 3 1st, 8:00 - 9:00 p.m., Meeting Room 2. For more information contact Maria Politano at 623-7322. ' It went on all day and well into the night Heritage '89 with a kick-off party on Friday evening in Bowmanillc Town Hall with some forty present got underway with many activities throughout the municipality including including a parade in Bowmanville, a Quilt show in Haydon and a number of events in the Village of Orono. , Attendance in general was somewhat less than expectations and this was also true in Orono. The parade in Bowmanville had some 35 entries but again the audience audience along the parade route was rather limited. The number of artists was down this year in Orono for the outdoor show compared to last year but early early morning weather conditions may have had some impact on- this development. The show in Orono did however take off with a pancake breakfast served ■ by the Orono Oddfellows and according to Len Pears attendance attendance was close to doubling over that of last year. Dap Hall With his octagon picnic table draw was a real attraction. Proceeds .from the draw will be used for community work by the Oddfellows. Oddfellows. According to Hall the wood was donated by Bob Chaters from his cedar bush. The winner was Ann Dreslinski of Orono. There were a number of sidewalk sales in downtown along with a sidewalk cafe and such events as log sawing 1 presented by the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen. Many found the work a little strenuous but a record , in the cross cut sawing was set by Mac Ransberry and Derek Barnett. No one came close. There was a session at. the church for the children in which crafts and play was organized. Winners in the art competition included Rachael Jackson, 1st in the 9 to 11 age group, Jason Taylor 1st in the 12 and up age, with Amanda McGill placing second. In the 4 years to 9 age group Amanda Griffin placed first while Becky Jackson placed se- (Continued page 3) Durham Region denies Mosport residential The Region of Durham has denied an application by Mosport Ltd. to develop a residential unit to their development at the ' Mosport race track north qf Leskard. An application had been received both by the Region and the Town of Newcastle in which 174 dwelling units were proposed for Mosport which were to be of a recreation development. Both the Town and the Region noted their ■ concern that these 174 individual units would become permanent permanent residents in the future and both the Town and Region turned the application aside. It was noted in a report from the Region that an amendment of the official plan was not needed for proposals to extend the recreational aspect of the development. The additional recreational features proposed by Mosport included included a new oval dirt track, a drag strip, a go-cart track, a theme park, 4 golf course, ski runs, campgrounds. It was stated that many of these ex- tentions are permitted and need only only be considered through a rezoning application from the Town of Newcastle. Intent on finishing the job Adam William Cox is ce[Jarin'- for his age group would have ly intent in finishing the job been a winner and one to realize .with the bucksaw and is well on what it was all about in those the way through the log. days ,that the bucksaw was in , Adam was taking part in- the use around the house. Kinsmen loa saw in a contest and , ,

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