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No action as to new Hydro Commission Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, August zmn, REVERSE COMMITTEE DECISION Town wants Conditions Gravel Operations ' Town of Newcastle council on Monday night turned aside a recommendation from the Planning committee that the , Region was to be informed that the Town was not in favour of the Official Plan Amendment concerning the, application of Salco Sand and Gravel. The application affected affected property in the north of the former Township of t Clarke on Regional Road 20 at whch Salco Sand and Gravel intends to carry on a sand and gravel- operation. After defeating the recommendation recommendation of the Planning Committee council passed a resolution outlining a host of conditions which would be part of an agreement with Salco and which agreement would be completed prior to any rezoning of the property by the Town of Newcastle. The agreement would contain contain the hours of operation with a possible suggestion of 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. along with determining truck routes, number of trucks, anticipated annual tonnage, maintenance of some roads, site berming, site boundaries, drainage, rehabiliation, a letter of credit was well as the consideration of a Royalty (5 cents a ton providing other operations would also be included). Counc. Holiday said the Expect 15,000 to attend annual Fall Fair in Orono Sept, 6-9 It's fair time in Durham Region and over 15,000 people are expected to arrive in the- quiet village of Orono to attend the Durham Central Agricultural Fair, from Thursday, September 6 to Sunday, September 9th. The traditional fall fair, a time for candy floss, stock and crop competition, the meeting of neighbours and the sights, the sounds and the odor of the mid-way; is a good time. Farmers will enter their finest stock and crop samples • into competition. And the competition is absolutely serious. serious. . ' Such animals as Clydesdale horses, Hackney ponies, Shorthorn and Angus beef cattle, Jersey and Holstein ' dairy cattle, to 'name a few, are well-bred, well-groomed and everyone is exhibited with pride. Crop samples of barley, fall wheat, mixed grains, first and second cuts of hay are selected for competition on a quality basis. In addition to stock and crop classes, vegetables and fruits are also judged for texture, nutritional value and appearance. In short, it's Canada's food. And our food (Continued to page 2) Individual schools to determine spray plan The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education Education on Thursday evening placed the decision to spray school grounds this coming spring in the hands of a special committee for each school.. It will now be the decision of the principal of the school 'along with that of the custodian custodian and the maintenance foreman if grounds are to be sprayed or not. This committee committee of three will also be responsible for the manner in which spraying is carried out. Last year the Board of Education ran into a lot of opposition especially from the eastern section of the area as to their school grounds spray- Ijappenmgs THREE BOAT FAMILIES APPROVED FOR ORONO , The Immigration Department has given approval to Curvply, Orono,, to sponsor two South-Eapt Asia families to the Orono area. This approval was received last Friday and workers at Plydesign and Curvply are organizing to play their part in the sponsorship. Last Tuesday the Official Board of the Orono United Church gave their approval to sponsor one family to Orono. This week on Tuesday the final application was made with the Immigration Department with the Church group now to await word on the arrival of the new family to Canada. There was no indication when the family will arrive but is expected within a couple of months. Mr. Robert Hancock has taken over chairmanship of the committee. It is expected that the Church group and the Curvply group will work together in their endeavours to locate these families within the community. Further information is available from Mr. Hancock or this paper. The Oshawa office of the Immigration Department has processed some fifty sponsorships in their area and comments that it is the smaller centres who are becoming involved. It was also pointed out that the greatest number of Boat People are being sponsored in Peterborough. The interest in Oshawa has been slight. OLD-TIMERS UP TO BAT Orono Old-Timers will be playing baseball in Port Hope on Sunday, September 2nd, The game which will be at i Port Hope Fair Grounds will start at about 3:00 p.m. The ' .ono Team won the Ontario championship in 1954, so it would be a worthwhile trip to see some good entertainment as well as good ball. . agreement should be signed prior to any Official Plan Amendment. At the Planning Committee meeting a resolution was presented by Counc. Holliday and Clarke in that the Town would support the Official Plan Amendmeht with recommendations recommendations set forth by the Director of Planning. These recommendations were broad in nature taking int account the concerns of the Town, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry Ministry of Environment as well as others. The resolution dtd not gain support. The recommendation that the Town oppose the Official Plan Amendment by Councs. Barr and Prout was supported supported at the committee meeting but defeated at council on Monday night. In leading the defeat of the (Continued page 2) The Town of Newcastle council on Monday night went, into camera to make appointments appointments on the five member Town of Newcastle Hydro Commission. After some thirty minutes council returned returned to open meeting with Mayor Rickard announcing no report from the incarnera meeting. He furthered his remarks by stating that the committee needed . clarification clarification upon some wording in the new Act which delegates the Town to appoint the first commission for the Town of Newcastle Hydro system. Council is to appoint one member from the present Orono Hydro Commission, one from the present Newcastle Newcastle Village Hydro Commission, Commission, one from the Bow- manville Commission and one member at large from the rural area of the Town of Newcastle. The Mayor of the municipalities will also sit on the new commission bringing the total to five members. The new commission as of the first of January will operate the present Hydro systems in Orono, Newcastle and Bowmanville. Following Monday's meeting meeting Mayor Rickard would only say that there had been a difference of interpretation of the Act withiti the camera meeting and this would have to be "resolved before the appointments were completed. completed. He also said that he hoped that the appointments would be made this week and possibly when council meets on Thursday. Early morning fire causes blazing inferno . An early morning accident Monday on 401 just west of Bowmanville, kept firemen from Orono and Bowmanville busy for some eight hours. An eastbound tractor trailer trailer unit last control and crossed the median on its side causing its cargo of oil, antifreeze and Naptha gas to explode. Another tractor trailer unit narrowly missed a head-on collision with what the driver described as a "huge ball of fire" by heading for the north ditch. There were no serious injuries to either driver but the one rig and its contents was completely completely destroyed by fire. As a result of the accident 401 was tied up most of the day while several companies arrived to remove the debris and fix the highway. ing program. The issue had reached the floor of the legislature and the Minister of the Environment became involved. The Board carried out a blanket program of spraying throughout their jurisdiction. The Board has stipulated that if spraying is carried out a period of thirty-six hours must dlapse before the grounds are used by children. The Board has also suggested that spot spraying be carried out if it is at all feasible rather than a complete spraying of the school grounds. ,,'One board member stated that the board was neither saying 'yes' or 'no' to the program. The spraying operation is carried out in the spring when weeds are showing growth. C. of C. Barbecue Great Success Warm sunny weàther; delicious delicious beef and good local entertainment all added to the success of the annual Beef Barbecue held at the Orono Park last Wednesday evening. evening. About 250 lbs, of beef as well as two pork roasts were put on the spit at 10:00 Wednesday morning and by the time people arrived at 5:00 were cooked to a "T", The rest of the meal featured baked potatoes, salad, rolls > and a helping of beans. A surprise dessert was supplied by the Village Bake Shop of Orono consisting of three huge flat-cakes each, with a different slogan about Orono written in the icing. Dessert is served at the Orono Barbecue Mrs. Vreeker on the right of the Village Bake Shop in Orono is unèkpectantly put to work serving the surprise dessert which she supplied for the Chamber of Commerce Beef Barbecue held in Orono last Wednesday evening.