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Orono Town Hall O rono Weekly Times Volume 64, Number 26 750 GST Included WEDNESDAY June 28,2000 H It's all 'water under the bridge' The water flow in the Wilmot Creek peaked at 11 ;00' a.m. Sunday, with a water level of 4.26 meters. The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority (GRCA) are anticipating the water levels to fluctuate with continued precipitation. "The system has not been given the chance to return to base flow, value," stated Rob Franklin, of the GRCA. Though a fair amount of material is being moved downstream by the fast flowing water, Franklin says it is good to get high flow volumes occasionally, "it gets the pools in the creek cleaned out," he stated. The storm had caused some creek bank erosion, but Franklin claims it is not significant. , This photo was taken at 3 p,m. Sunday on the south side of the 5th Concession bridge. Happenings . . . CHURCH AT THE BANDSHELL Sunday, July 2, 10:00 a.m., Salvation Army Band, Yorkminster, local music, Orono Bandshell (next to the Library), Children's Program, Worship in a casual setting, bring your lawnchairs! Sponsored by Crossroads Christian Assembly and the Great Canadian Town Band Festival. FUNDRAISER FOR ORONO UNITED CHURCH Yard Sale / Bake Sale / Barbecue Fundraiser, Saturday, July 1st, Orono United Church. Your support will be much appreciated. appreciated. Thank you. NEWfUNVILLE ANNUAL BEEF BBQ The Beef BBQ is again being held on July 1,4:00 - 7:00 p m. Tickets are' $10.00. Calf 786-2239 or 987-5243. « V • J Regional works to lift development freeze Durham Region Works Department have approved three projects that will facilitate facilitate development in Clarington West. Development in Bowmanviile's west end has been halted till additional water could be provided to that end of town. Work on the Zone 2 Reservoir has just begun, with an estimated completion date of January 200 !. Construction of the feeder- Road watch handles over 500 main to connect the reservoir to the existing main on Middle Road just north of Goodwin Street is set to begin in August of this year, to be completed in January 2001 as well. The total estimated cost of the reservoir projects is $3,664,000. The feedermain is estimated to cost $1,675,000. Regional \ Planning Department are in the process of acquiring land between (continued page 11 ) Over 500 complaint forms Have. been handled by Road Watch in their first year of operation in Clarington. Clarington Road Watch launched their . C.A.R.S. (Clarington Awareness of Road Safety) initiate June, 24. The Road k Watch Committee, under the.direction the.direction *of Ron Radcliffe, empty the more than 17 drop box locations throughout the Municipality, and pass the driving complaints to the Police. Inspector Greg Reid from the Whitby Community Police Station estimates that it takes about 1 hour, in total, of a police officer's time to handle handle a complaint from a citizen. citizen. By his estimation, Road Watch volunteers have saved over 500 hours of police time in Clarington. Through this system, a citizen citizen fills out a report when they observe drivers disobeying disobeying the rules of the road. Based on the information on these reports, police send a letter to thé offending driver. A second offence warrants a phone call from the police, and third time offenders will get a personal visit from police, with the possibility of charges being laid. Inspector Ross Smith from the Clarington. Community Police Station stated in a letter of support, he felt the programme programme has assisted in making making Clarington à safer place to live. This \ JHtilMlilfUfe:--rs£A\ Weekend!