Ontario Community Newspapers

Orono Weekly Times, 27 Apr 1977, p. 1

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ID i i ~4III i i I 'J 's Tendering for arena demolition The Orono Rink committee until1 May 6th to comment if so is to caîl tenders for the they wish. The 0MB have not demolition of the old arena indicated when there decision which bay la-w must come will be submitted over the down due to its declared rezoning. unsafe condition. The tenders . t is understood that the for thîs work are being called committee are calling for for this week. côntractors to submit plans The comiffittee met on1 and prices for the new Monday for another discus- building. From these plans sion regarding the replacing and prices the committee will of, the building in the close cetheposawih proximity of the presen t they approve. The. contrac- arena site. tors will not be tendering on Soil tests are to be complet- one set of specifications but ed prjor to the end of the week will be presenting their own when, at this time the engin- proposal along with the cost. eering firm can use the The committee is not at the information in preparing spe- present time in a position to cifications to be-followedby cali for the submissions. contractors in submitting It is fel that this procedure arena deýigns an~d costs to the could be a factor in keeping cômmittee. the cost of the, new building The committee, is also down. awaiting aý decision of the- Ontario Municipal Board re- The Orono Arena commit- garding the rezoning of the tee is made up-of representa- area to allow for the new tion from the Orono Athletic,. building. At the present time the Orono Chamber, The questionairres havçe been cir- Agricultural Society, the culated to ail owners within Hockey Mothers, the Skatiing four hundred feet of *the Club, the Kinsmen and a few rezoning site and owners have area representatives. NUewcastle Ilawyer cons iering C nom In keeping iwith the nleed to and 2:30 p.mj. During 'this comnply with the curriculum tiGme the girls learned the IN CRITICAL CONDITION Mario DeBlazio, 38 of Bowmanville is in critical condition followýing an accident at CEresdale Fertilizer plant on Tuesday. He becamie trapped in a blending m-achine. The O.P.P. are investigating the accident. DURHAM COUNTY SA LES ARENA TO REOPEN Aflter being cosed for a couple of years the Durham County Sales Arerta west o-f Orono is reopen this Thursday evening to resume thie weekly cattle, swiine and other farmn produce auction sale. The Sales Arena first opened in 1955 under the ownership of Mr. Jack Reid and operated in the Reid famrily up until 1973. At tis timfe it was sold onfly to go out of business a few years later. The Sales Arena is to be reopend this Thursday wf Mr. Charles Reid taking up his familiar location1 in the auctioneer pulpit. The operation will open weekly at 7:30 p.m. ~ACCUSES IHYDRO 0F BYIGAGEEM1ENT Doug Moffatt, M.LP.P. for Durham East charged in the legisiature MVonckrïy that Hydro purchased an agreement with the Town of Newcastle in respect to the developmnent of the Darlington Generating Station. Moffatt states that the Town waived its right to ask for an, environmental1 assessment hearing of the niew station. The Enivironm-ent Minister stated there had as yet bèen flot decision by his Minis try on whether or not the hearing would be held. ONLY FOUR'tRNUP The Orono Chamber of Commerce sponsored a meeting in the Orono Towîîi Hall on Tuesday evening whien they had Mr. Coîborne of Eldorado Nulear as guest speaker. Mr. Coihorne cam wîth slides and a speech but found oniy four present. No one in this area seemns concerned not even the sponsors of the mieeting. POR T HOPE CLEAN-UP A sumn of $5.7 -milion has been allocated by the Atomnic Energy Contro Board to investigate and decontaminate commnunities affected wvith radioactive waste. The investigation will involve seven municipalities across Canada as well as Port Hope. In Port Hope a sumn of $3 million will be used for the investigation and decontamina- tionl. r *'ITIONS SUBMUITTED \~The three N.D.P. members in thisi area have submitted their petitions to the legislature concerning the operation of the REgion of Durham. They are ask-ing for a full inquiry into the Regionial systemn in Durham as well as the return of water and sewer operation to the various municipalities. ",WE MUST COMAPETE"' Jack Horner speaks to area cattiemen Jack' Horner, who has been much in the news of late,wa the guest speaker at the North umberland-Durhla m Cattlemen's Association last Friday at a banquet held in Coldsprings. His appearance as guest speaker was not only of interest to the cattiemen but also local liberals who were evident throughout the 200 to hear the man who just the day before had crossed the floor of the House of Commons to sit with the liberals after nineteen years as a conservative. In speaking at the meeting Horner kept his subject to the beef industry and emphasied the need for cattlemien to be competitive. He saîd the country faced "real ecoi -omic troubles" and stated that Ontario's declining industrial competitiveness paralleled tha t of the beef industry. He said in his opiniion it would be wrong for the beef industry to admit they could not compete. He said the home market could be divid- ed for the producers but thris market would be limited and it would require forced man- agement. "We- have to be answerable to the compet-itiôn of the world", he sa id and repeat- edly warned against govern- ment interference in, the beef industry. Let Ontario produce cars which they do well but let other areas do what they can 1-t was referred to as a super made a total of $100.00 from afternoon a Kinette dance bazaar held in thie Newcastle their bake booth. was held in the evening. The Town Hall last Saturday by The bazaar included such dance met with the same the Great Finie Ridge Kinette as bake booths, draw for a success as the bazaar and Club. The event saw many quilt, tea roomn and others. some 84 couples were in local organizations take a The local club rented bootlj attendance. The whole event both for their particular space for $io.00 to the varions was termed "super". wares. Such organizations as groups and provided a mar- the Brownies, Cubs, U.C.W. ket opportunity for the sale. The Great Fine Ridge as well as 'the Kiniettes had Following the bazaar which Kinettes support Cystic Fi- booths in the bazaar. It is opened in the rnorning and brosis as well as sponsor reported that the Orono Cubs ran through a good part of the other conmmunity services.

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