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RONO Orono Town Hall Volume 64, Number 15 750 GST Included Wednesday, April 12, 2000 mam EBB! Splitting connection Clarington Gymnastics Acadamy, of which Kayla Gendron is a member, performed at Newcastle Family Connection's Silent Auction held Sunday afternoon at the Newcastle Community Centre. ' ' •' The Newcastle Family Connection is a non-profit organization which provides support and resources to families in the Municipality. The Connection's Annual Silent Auction is their biggest fundraising eyent. Community group formed The community meeting held last week Thursday, handily meet its objectives. "We hope to come out of there with a committee of about 10 volunteers," stated organizer John Thomson, prior to the meeting. - The community meeting was called after the public ' meeting held by Ministry of Natural Resources, in regards to the future of the Orono Mill Pond Dam and the 1,000 of Crown Lands, formerly part of the Orono Forestry Station. A number of people in attendance such as Jim Parker, Evelyn Rozario, John Thomson, Paul Jones, Tracy Osmond, John Slater, Troy Young, Bonnie Anderson from the Board of Educations Outdoor Education Centre, and a few others, volunteered to sit on the committee. Some former Orono Forestry Station employees in atten Happenings ORGÏTO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY • Buffet Luncheon, Thursday, April 13,11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Orono United Church, advance tickets June 983-5169 or Loma 983-5608. Also, House Plant Show and Plant Sale, April 20th, 7:30 p.m., Orono United Church. Guest Speaker: « Dini Schoenmaker. « ==^8»^ --^ dance,. offered to be advisors to the group when called upon. The committee will meet shortly to prepare a mission statement, and report back to the community before the next public meeting with the Ministry ofNatural Resources (MNR), says Thomson. MNR will hold round table discussions after the public surveys handed out at the first meeting have been tabulated. Seated at that table with the MNR representatives and the hired consultants-Gartner Lee,, will be representatives from the Municipality, the Conservation Authority, hunters and anglers, and 3-4 members of the public. The newly formed community community group, will play a role in providing members to represent represent the community's inter- - ests at these discussions. Escaped wolves shot Wildlife roaming the Gamsby Rd. area last week Friday morning, was of the 'arctic' variety. Betty Crozier noticed two arctic wolves on her front yard at around 8:00 a.m., and called 911. The back of Crozier 's property borders Cat World. The two wolves had dug their way out of their enclosure enclosure at Jungle Cat World, corner corner of Hwy 115/35 and Taunton Rd., early Friday morning. According to a press release from the Cat World, the wolves were of no threat to the public, having been hand-raised nearly 10 years ago. Wolfe Klose, owner of Jungle Cat World arrived at the Crozier home with the police at approximately 10:00 a.m. According to Sergeant Doug Chapman of the Durham Regional Police, Klose was un-sure of how the wolves would react, and since they could not be contained, , they were destroyed. •Peter Klose, Curator of Jungle Cat World, stated in the press release, "the surrounding surrounding farming community became our primary consideration, consideration, the safety and wellbeing wellbeing of their livestock." "It was a difficult decision to make," states Klose, "we're close to all the animals at the park. Durham's Finest handed out awards to 17 of Durham's finest citizens. In a ceremony at Region of Durham headquarters, last Wednesday morning, Durham Regional Police awarded their Annual Durham Regional Police Civilian Awards. Awards were given to citizens citizens for demonstrations of community spirit or acts of bravery within the Region. Recommendations were submitted to the Chief of Police who reviewed the submissions submissions and selected the worthy recipients. Five Clarington residents were recommended, and received awards at this year's Annual Civilian Awards ceremony. ceremony. ' Awarded for his quiçk action ori Tuesday, December 7, 1999, was Newcastle resident resident Louis Lalande. Mr. Lalande was selling raffle tickets in an Oshawa mall, and observed a robbery in progress at the nearby Bank of Montreal. Mr. Lalande entered the bank with a folding folding chair and was able to approach the armed male ' from behind, making sure the gun was not pointed at him or anyone else. Fie was able to strike the male "several times forcing him to the floor. Lalande 's colleagues, assisted in knocking the handgun from the hand of the accused and held him for the arrival of the police. Three Newcastle residents received awards for their actions on Tuesday, May 11th, 1999. On that day 12- year-old Andrew Murphy was being taken to the hospital by his neighbour, Cathy Morrison, following his father's fatal hèart attack. While in the driveway of the Morrison residence, Andrew 'spotted smoke coming from a home on the other side of the park. * Andrew alerted Cathy to what he believed to be a house fire, Cathy called her husband Ted, an. off-duty firefighter firefighter and then, she called 911. Ted Morrison wènt immediately immediately tri the home and found the garage engulfed in flames. Ted awakened the family by banging on the door of the home, arid they managed to get out of the house .safely. An award also went to William Harford who, on May 19, 1999 observed a vehicle stuck on the train tracks across from his residence residence in Bowmanvilie, and ran to assist the elderly male drive. , The driver, who suffers from Alzheimer's had become disoriented. Mr. Harford managed to remove (continued page 8)