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BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 62 Temperance St. 1.1.03 Bowmanville, Ont. L1C3A8 Weekly Times Volume 66, Humber 23 $1.00 GST Included Wednesday June 12,2002 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtoriviiie, Orono, Starkviiie and Tyrone since 1937 A good scrub! Chrystal Ross and the members of Orono United Church held a car wash/bake sale at the church Saturday, to help pay for this summer's Vacation Bible School program. Orino doctors leave tows Friday, Saturday, Sunday June 14,15,16,2002 Orono, Ontario For schedule see page 4 Dr. Marlene Spruit and Dr. Aubrey Kassirer will move their medical practice to Newcastle beginning July 1st, 2002. It was purely a business decision stated Dr. Spruit who owns part of the medical clinic clinic in Newcastle as well as owning the clinic in Orono. It did not make sense to keep both clinics open and paying the overhead, when there was only one doctor left at the Newcastle Clinic Dr Spruit told an Orono Times reporter last week. The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce has been actively trying to recruit doctors to practice in their village for a number of years, stated last Ron Hope last week. "While we were looking for doctors, we didn't intend to take them from Orono," he stated. There is a lot of concern in this community now that we join the list of communities that are under-serviced says Orono pharmacist Tino Montopoli. The shortage of phycisians is a national problem and it will now be felt in Orono as residents will have to travel outside of the community to access medical attention. Orono Festival "Good to go!" An 11th hour rescue plan was accepted by council Monday night, permitting the Great Canadian Town Band Festival to hold Saturday and Sunday's events at Silvanus Gardens - the former Provincial Forestry Station. Once Municipal staff became aware that Saturday and Sunday's activities were held on Agriculturally zoned land, they could not permit the festival to proceed, as doing so would be in contravention of the zoning by-law. Festival organizers were told at a meeting meeting with senior municipal staff last Wednesday, they would have to get the Silvanus property property rezoned if they wanted to hold this event at that site. An application for a three year temporary rezoning to permit permit 'Special Events' at Silvanus Gardens was filed with the Municipality on Thursday by property owner Armond Young and the Festival Chairman, David Climenhage. Though this is the third year Saturday and Sunday's concerts are being held at Silvanus Gardens, this is the first time the zoning issue had been raised. "I would like to say that our committee has been up front and open about the use of Silvanus Gardens for all past festivals," stated Climenhage at Monday night's council meeting. "We have applied for every form of permit and inspection requested of us. Last year our tents were inspected by Clarington and we have in fact openly discussed discussed our plans with tourism and other departments of the Municipality." Confusion as to the location location of where the tents were to be erected - at the fairgrounds or Silvanus Gardens, led to the matter getting past the Planning Department the last two years. This year the Planning Department became involved when the Festival put in a permit permit for a number of tents exceeding 60 square metre. A tent of this size is classified as a structure and requires a building permit. The Planning Department could not issue the building permit because the use was not permitted on agriculturally zoned land. Festival organizers agreed to put up several smaller tents bypassing the need for a building building permit. Staff recommended to council, in an in-camera meeting, that they permit this year's festival to go ahead on the condition that a temporary temporary rezoning application had been filed. They also recommended recommended that the rezoning application fee of $2,700 be waived in this instance. Council accepted both recommendations, recommendations, permitting the festival to proceed at Silvanus Gardens this weekend. "Silvanus Gardens is a gem in Clarington that is ideally suited for this type of event," stated Climenhage at Monday's meeting. It's parks and gardens have been a refuge for local residents for over 50 years and in our view this type of use will provide the means of maintaining it for the future." "We wouldn't want to see the festival jeopardized over some glitch", said Jim Schell. Councillor Charlie Trim likened the Band Festival to the Stratford Festival now in its 50th year, which had beginnings beginnings not unlike the Great Canadian Town Band Festival. " We wouldn't want to see the festival jeopardized over some glitch," -- Councillor Jim Schell