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Ai the Y Camp in Orono Minister to consider Ganaraska area study A letter by Bill Reid, R.R. 1. Orono, to the Town of Newcastle, concerning a proposed 14-lot estate residential development on his property property east of the Oshawa Ski Hill was withdrawn from the agenda on Monday resulting in a brief discussion. discussion. ' In his letter Mr. Reid said he felt he was responding to the current market demands in the area for Estate Residential homes where the demand was not currently being met. He said he was deeply hurt by innuendoes innuendoes and misrepresentations. He spoke of letters from the SAGA (Save the Ganaraska Again) committee committee which' had been upsetting. He said the property because of the terrain and poor soil conditions had no appeaTto be used by farmers. Reid said he had meet with all abutting neighbours and only one opposed the proposed development. development. He also pointed out that he met with all conditions of all departments departments and that not one had come back with a negative comment. In withdrawing the letter from thé agenda Mayor Hubbard referred referred to a council request of the - Ministry of the Environment to undertake a hydrological study of the Ganaraska Headwater area prior to any development. (Continued page 2) Bowmanville group calls for OMB decision The YWCA is operating a Day Camp at the Orono Park five days of the week during the months of July and August. The camp opened the first week of July and six of the youngsters with their leaders paid a visist to the Orono Weekly Times. Openings for enrolment are still available by contacting contacting the camp leaders at the Park or phoning the YWCA. Pictured above (back row) Erin O'Toole, counsellor, Jill Noble, Melanie Puk, Tracy Fagan, counsellor; (front row) Joey Mallais, Amanda Mallais, John Patrick Pisani and Jackie Green. Youngsters are encourage to take part in the camp where crafts, games, hikes, swimming and readings are all part of the program. A group of citizens in Bowmanville Bowmanville have registered an appeal to the Ontario Municipal Board on a decision decision of Newcastle council approving approving a condominium complex of some 150 units in downtown Bowmanville. The complex would be in the area east of Silver Street north of Church Street and south of Wellington Street. The Bowmanville group have stated their objection to the size of the complex and had asked council to down-size th'e development to some 80 units. The size of the complex it has been stated by residents would Create traffic problems and the five storey height was also a matter of protest. It is expected that an OMB hearing hearing would not be scheduled for at least six monhs. » Published Every Wednesday :: Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, July 12th, 1989;,. Town - Hydro still to come to amiable terms Objection withdrawn to allow industry to locate in Newcastle Irwin Hamilton, speaking on behalf of Powerscreen Canada which wishes to develop a new plant in Bowmanville in the industrial area south of 401, asked for coun-, cils help in getting the final approval. approval. Hamilton said the firm wish to, move their operation from Ajax to Newcastle but that Jack Locke of L&L Tool had lodged an objection which could go before the Ontario Municipal Board. Hamilton further stated that Locke had on two occasions said he would pick-up the objections but has never taken such action. He said Locke was objecting to outside storage of conveyors which when stored outside would not be that evident due to screening of the storage area. Hamilton called it a frivolous objections. He asked council to submit the objection to the OMB and he was confident, with' the support of council, that the objection would be determined frivolous and thrown out by the OMB. Later when council was dealing with the correspondence Counc. Hooper added a further letter to the agenda in which Jack Locke had withdrawn his objection to the Powerscreen proposal. It was stated that the proposal could now proceed as the objection had not reached the Ontario Municipal Board. Ontario Hydro has made a number of offers tq the Town of Newcastle as to the local fire department including some funding for a new station and a training program program for Newcastle fire fighters in fighting possible fires at the 'Darlington 'Darlington plant. Shaheera Bieber, technical supervisor supervisor of Ontario Hydro's emergency emergency preparedness department maintains maintains the emergency plan is sound. Counc. Diane Hamre, in speaking speaking at the Durham Regon Nuclear Task Force recently said she is completely completely dissatisfied with the plan. She said the nuclear emergency plan must be approved by the Atomic Energy Control Board and in place before the plant can start up in September. Mayor Hubbard points out that Ontario Hydro has made a number of offers which are under review by the Town and on which a report will soon be received from staff. She said the Town does want some $115,000 for the purchase of land in the Waverley Road area for a new fire station. Mayor Hubbard did point out that Hydro has assisted in the past with funding for two of the fire pumpers as well as for the aerial ladder truck. She said Ontario Hydro was relying relying on Newcastle's senior fire fighting personnel for direction. Bieber has stated that as to training training everything should be in .place before the start up of the plant. Region may not take part in emergency tests Susanna returning to Italy Durham Region may not take part in an exercise to test emergency plans for the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station which is to be held this fall. The test has been scheduled by Emergency Planning Ontario for November 1 and 2 at which time the the emergency reaction of various (Continued page 2) 'Q- v■■ Happenings Road Work Underway in Orono The planned road program of work setforth in the Town of Newcastle 1989 budget is now well under way for the first phase, . . . the installation of storm sewers on Somerville and Church Streets. The installation of the storm, sewer on Main Street has been underway for two or three weeks and is nearing completion from the creek to Somerville Street. The project includes storm sewers on Somerville, Church, Victoria and Main street as well as road reconstruction on all streets above. The streets are to be paved along with curb and gutters as well as new sidewalks. ' Total price of the project was set by tender in an amount of $824,000.00 Great Pine Ridge Street Dance Saturday The Great Pine. Ridge Kinsmen Club are holding their annual Street Dance on Park Street this coming Saturday evening. Plenty of dancing for all ages. Susanna Galbiatta; ■ of a community community near Milano, Italy, leaves the Orono area later this week for home after spending eleven months in the immediate community. Susanna has been residing with the Jacob VanDerSchee family, just north of Orono over the past number of months on an exchange arranged through the Intercultural Canada organization. She is one of (Continued page 2)