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RONO Orono Town Hall Volume 64, Number 41 750 GST Included Wednesday, October 18,2000 mm W Who to vote for? With 24 candidates seeking seven seats in the November 13, Municipal Election, there is no shortage of election signs cluttering cluttering up the countryside. The Bowmanville Business and Professional Woman's Club are hosting an All Candidates meeting Monday, October 23, 7-9 p.m. at the Bowmanville High School. Another All Candidate's Meeting will be held the,next night, Tuesday, October 24, sponsored by the Newcastle and District Chamber of Commerce, beginning at 7:30 at the Newcastle Community Centre. • • • KNIGHTS UF COLUMBUS St. Francis of Assisi Knights of Columbus are holding a Roast Beef Dinner, October 22nd, 4:30 p.m.'and 6:00 p.m., Newcastle Town Hall. For tickets call: 987-4940, 987-3964-or 983-5117. U.C.W. SPONSORING FASHION SHOW The U.C.W. is sponsoring a Monica Rose Fashion Show, Thurs., October 26, Orono United Church, 7:30 p.m. Call 983-5059 or 983-5415. ORONO UNITED CHURCH The Church is holding a Roast Beef Dinner, Sat., October 21 at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tickets: Donna Scott 983-5026 or June & Laverne Heard 983-5169. NEWTONVILLE UNITED CHURCH • The Church is holding a Dinner Theatre at the Church, Sat., November 4th and Fri., November 10th. For tickets call 786- 2286 or 786-2969. NEWCASTLE UNITED CHURCH Newcastle United Church is having a Golden Harvest Bazaar on October 21,2000 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Church Sunday School Hall. For more information call 987-4313. ST. SAVIOUR'S ANGLICAN CHURCH A Luncheon and Bazaar is being held Sat., November 4 at St. Saviour's Anglican Church from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tony Collier of Newcastle doesn't want to be one more sad statistic. Collier paid for and expected a new house; "one that will stand the test of time; in years, not in Weeks," he told Clarington Councillors Monday evening. According to Collier, a number of new home purchasers purchasers in their subdivision at the east side of Newcastle, have serious problems with their new homes. "My basement has severe frost cracks up to 2 inches wide," Collier stated at Council Meeting. A concrete expert himself, Collier attributes attributes these cracks to the lack of straw used when the concrete concrete was poured last winter. "Various things have been done to my foundation to repair it," he stated. "It has been excavated twice; and most of the work has been done while we were living in the house. My basement looks like a war zone, not like a new building. ' Water has penetrated above grade, stone lintels have pulled away from the garage wat, etc. Collier went on to state tljat several of the new home owners owners in the subdivision have foundation problems. "The forming company and the concrete supplier were not responsible for the cracked walls and cracked 'footings," stated Collier. "They point to no straw being used to insulate the new concrete concrete in the sub-division." (•continued page 6) There's no doubt the community community is very supportive of continuing the Sidney B. Rutherford Woods Walk Over 50 people came to the Public Meeting last week Wednesday, to share their views for the development of the Woods Walk. Over 40 in attendance signed up to become a 'Friend' of the Sydney B. Rutherford Trail, and 20 volunteers came forward forward to help pick up the 30 plus tires which liter the Trail. A primary objective of the meeting was to convince Public Works Department, that the community is interested interested in ongoing work on the Trail Systems. The portion of trail now being developed is along the ravine, just west of the downtown downtown core. Grant Ashton, Supervisor of Operations for the Municipality stated, "Clarington Public Works Department is prepared to, report to Council for approval of a budget for work in 2001, on this Woods Walk." Should Council approve funding for 2001, emphasis will be placed on the entrances, to the 'Woods Walk', the installation of filter cloth, gravel and wood chips on the path, explained Ashton. "Money in the budget for this hasn't been approved," Tracy Osmond told the • gathering.' gathering.' "There is no guarantee it will be approved. It is your job to convince council the budget allotment is an invest- , ment in our community." This area was a well landscaped landscaped park back in the early 1900's. "It is our hope to ' retain that, and provide the closing link to a 40 mile trail system," stated Osmond. "In .1967 Sydney B. Rutherford had a dream and had'the foresight to acquire (continued page 6)