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' 11 2; " Orono Weekly Time, June 2. 1976 ' Second Class Mail Registration Number 6368 Published every Wednesday at the office of Publication Roy ('; Forrester, Editor Rick Patterson, Advertising Manager An Encouraging Note Dampened Letter from Comic. Lyall "Internal matters in the Counc. Lyall meets with Dr. Prince Town of Newcastle are going from bad to worse". This statement was made by Councillor Kenneth E. Lyall Tuesday following a foul up in Town Meetings Monday. According to Mr. Lyall, Council meetings are being laid on in a schedule that makes no sénse. A meeting of the Town's Planning Advisory Board was called for Monday 7 p.m. in the Court House and a Committee of the Whole Council meeting was scheduled scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall. It has been reported 'that Counç. Lyall following a meeting with -Dr. Prince, president of the ACEB, in Ottawa on Thursday has said that no indication was given, by the president just what will happen following the expiring of the permit concerning the Eldorado waste area in Port Granby. The permit is to expire on,June 30th and the Town of Newcastle council has recommended that the permit not be renewed. Councillor Lyall has suggested suggested that if the licence is renewed that any civil disobedience disobedience would be by "people "people who have the feeling that under no Circumstances would would we accept it." Counc, Lyall was also tiritical of the federal ministry ministry headed by Alastair Gillespie Gillespie stating that they were trying to move to fast and had prematurely set the starting date of June 1st for remedial work: He also said he did not believe the government could continue to have Eldorado dump waste in a Metropolitan area. With the recent announcement that apartments and surely this would not Reid's hardware property had been sold create any further problem in sewage in and redevelopment was under serious the centre of the village. Such procedures consideration many in the town were are used for other buildings in the area and elated to expect the end of the picture of it is hard to understand just how such the burnt-out building in the heart of the procedures could, in any way add to business section. The building has been pollution in possibly a congested area, unsightly and possibly dangerous and Further a two-story building would without its redevelopment commercial conform to existing buildings in the space in the business section has been shopping area and would make good use of reduced. land within the same area. The development -plans for two Further a two-story building would commercial stores and two apartments conform to existing buildings in the has been hit with conditions of the shopping area and would make good use of department of health who to this point will land within the same area, not give approval for sewage systems for The Orono business section has in the the two apartments. This could adversely past year moved ahead with new additions affect the development due to the fact that to the point that at the present time there is it could become chancy and somewhat no additional floor space available for uneconomicial in the village. The develop- further expansion. There is a need for the er no doubt has a need for the apartments redevelopment of this property both to make the redevelopment plan a viable commercially and residentially. It is to be one financially. hoped that a solution to the problem can be found on Wednesday night when concerned It is understood that the developer has local resident meet with members of the agreed to pump-out sewage tanks for the Department of Health. What About The Lakefront The Town of Newcastle is faced with a This corner does feel that it is time number of developments along the lake some consideration is given by someone at front which if approved could begin to this time for development of some facility close out this area for future consideration oriented to people use. The lake has often and use by the public. * , been termed an asset for the municipality • but it becomes less and less each day if it On the west the Nuclear Hydro plant is can never in the future bé used by general a big possibility while on the east there Joe. looms on the horizon the ' possible Metro Toronto Conservation Authority construction of a nuclear refining plant. has plans for their lakefront costing Both developments along with such as the millions of dollars. Is it not possible to get mobile home project could close out a good' into the act in the early stages to reduce portion of the lake front along Lake costs and assure some section for plain (Ontario in the Town of Newcastle. people use. No Decision At All The fact that the Planning Advisory make a clear cut decision. The regional Committee on Monday night gave' their public works department has ruled out approval for all three proposals for further development in the Waverly road shopping centres in Bowmanville is area due to the lack of adequate hard 1 conclusive evidence that this group has services. Further to this the Sprackman upsurpped its responsibility and in fact has development has untold problems with the given no decision at all. The decision of Ministry'of Natural Resources and has not "what" and "where" still has to be made as yet cleared this hurdle. Perhaps by someone, council, the region, the sometime in the future these deficiencies ministry or the Ontario Municipal Board. could be overcome but the committee is The planning committee, armed W«j all concerned with today as well'as the future the information, failed and failed miserab- ' and the future does not at this time come ly in giving leadership in the planning out in a clear picture, process of the Town of Newcastle, 1 Any decision at this time by either the We" are in the 1970s, fast approaching , planning committee or any .other group the 80s, and it is a time for conclusive may be premature due to the fact that the decisions. The planning committee has regional official plan has yet to be handed failed ... it is useless. Council must now down and become law. This plan, as we determine the direction of growth in understand, will note the areas of accord with the regional official plan. It development and key in commercial . must say to some developers "you have development to residential development. placed your bets, the race has been run, ( However, not withstanding the above you have lost,the day is over." fact, the planning committee dtd have Council cannot continually wrestle untold* information available on which to with planning. It must prove its worth . . , Councillor Lyall said that Councillor Kirk Entwislê and Councillor Don Allin sit on the Planning Adivsory Board. "When this meeting in the Court House ran on past 7:30 p.m. it left the Committee of the Whole meeting without a quorum as Councillor Ann Cowman was attending the Court House meeting as an observer". Mr. Lyall stated that he and Coucnillor Ivan Hobbs were present at the Town Hall for the Committee of the Whole meeting at 7:20 p.m. with Mrs. Gertrude Gray who is the acting Town Clerk. "Councillor Hobbs and I sat with several people, who had an interest in the agenda, till five minutes to eight o'clock p.m. then getting fed up with the situation, we left','. According to Councillor Lyall, Mayor Garnet Rickard was in his Town Hall office at the time - but not in the Committee Room, "It would have made lio difference if Mayor Rickard had been présent in the Committee Room, there still would have been no quorum". "Town of Newcastle meeting meeting attendance has beefi sloppy for a long time now with some Councillors chronically chronically drifting in late for meetings but Monday's events events were the most bizarre since the formation of the New Town in 1974". In conclusion Councillor Lyall said that he would be bringing the matter of meeting meeting discipline to the attention of the Town Council at next Monday's meeting. States College Education one of best A total of 357 students, Durham College's largest graduating class ever, re»- ceived their graduation diplomas diplomas and certificates at the eighth annual convocation held Saturday, May 29 at the Oshawa Civic Auditorium. Mr. Stanley E. Lovell, chairman of the Durhâm College Board of Governors, presided at the convocation. He stated that the graduates should be concerned wit!) correcting somfe of the wrongs in today's society, but : that they must learn to "temper rage with reason". He emphasized that the education graduates have • : acquired will enable them to do something about community community and national problems. Ther guest speaker was introduced by College President, President, Dr. Gordon Willey, who stated that not only the graduates were to be congratulated congratulated for their success, but everyone present as well. "Parents, teachers and friends have contributed to making this day possible," he -> said. In his address, Dennis McDermott emphasized to the graduates that they were indeed "privileged people". They have been able to take advantage of an exciting new educational process, the Community Community College, which in many waÿs provides more benefit than the more aristo- rcatic preparation of the University, ibe'çause Community Community College courses are job oriented, designed t<5 prepare young peqple for the career world. * Mr. McDermo'tj, stated that another important benefit of the Community College was Your Letterheads Custom Designed Little Things... They Count! n n n m n Weekly Tubes U l\ U R U JAN'S FLOWER & GIFT SHOPPE SE R\ IN(. <(BONO, NEWCASTLE BOWMANVILLE and OSHAWA w V * E DELIVER MAIN STREET, ORONO, PHONE 983-9500