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Orono Town Hall RONO Volume 64, Number 5 750 GST Included Wednesday, February 9,2000 l|i§^§f Milk through hie ages Jim and Marj Caswell shared some of the bottles in their extensive m ilk bottle collection with members of the Newcastle Historical Society, in their annual 'Show and Tell' Monday night. The baby pictured on the bottle on the far right is that of Farncolm LeGresley, son of Reginald LeGresely, owner of the Newcastle Dairy from 1938-1965. Happenings COMMUNITY QUILT RAFFLE The Durham Agricultural Society will raffle off its' Community Quilt at this year's Durham Central Fair. To embroder your family name on a square contact Evelyn Rozario at 983- 5344. ORONO HOCKEY PARENTS , The Parents are sponsoring a VALENTINE'S DANCE on February 12th, 2000, 8:00 p.m. to 1 :Q0 p.m., $20.00 a couple. Arena 9.83-5617 or Ray Bester 983-5584. Board of trade present budget and plan Mayor Harare suggested Board of Trade (BOT) representatives representatives consult with Municipal Staff, and work in partnership. with the Municipality, rather than lobby against them. BOT president George Khouri, and Business Development Officer, Victoria Greene, presented the Board's annual work program and proposed proposed 2000 budget to. council Monday evening. One of the items in the work program stated -- the BOT will keep aware of activity activity in other Municipalities in Durham; acquire useful infor- mation; and participate in lobbying lobbying against policies or unfair regulations that can act as a barrier to business in Durham, and therefore Clarington. "If you have concerns, come talk to us," said Mayor Harare, "lobbying gets you nowhere, unless you have a very selfish agenda," she stated. stated. The proposed budget for the 2000 calendar year, was divided between the BOT and Economic Development. The BOT was initially set up to perform .the Economic Development function for the Municipality in early ..1998, To that end the Municipality funded the Board, $35,000 in 1998, $50,000 in 1999, and $75,000 for the year 2000, Councillor Muttpn questioned questioned Greene on the $40,000 surplus from last year's budget, budget, as presented to council in December of last year. Greene replied that expenses were not as high last- year, mainly due to the fact she did not assume her position and salary till mid year. The $40,000 will remain in our account as a reserve, explained Greene. ■ The proposed $100,000 budget for 2000, separates the Economic Development portion portion from the BOT. Revenue from a 500 member member BOT would generate $25,000. Membership currently currently stands at 200. This year's grant of $75,000, makes up 3/4 of the revenue. The proposed budget lists expenses for the BOT at $33,950, and Economic Development $66,060 -- 2/3 of the proposed budget. The budget will be addressed during the Muhicipa!ities r regular grant process, later this sprihg. the forest proposal The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (GRCA) received only one response to their national advertisements calling for partnership proposals. Last fall the GRCA advertised advertised nationally for partnership partnership proposals, in the hopes of generating new sources of revenue. Their one response came from EnviroGolf, with a proposal proposal for an audubon signature signature golf course, bn one of the 200 acre sections identified by the GRCA, to be suitable for such partnerships. An audubon signature golf course (in no way affiliated with the Audubon Society), must meet specific environmental environmental criteria that included water quality standards, environmentally environmentally friendly methods for dealing with pests and naturalization naturalization of the property. A press release dated January • 28, 2000, from GRCA states, 'The Board of the GRCA voted Thursday night [January 27] to approve in principle a proposal that may someday see a unique, environmental golf course created on the fringe of the Ganaraska Forest'. Details of the proposal were presented to the Board, (continued page 2)