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SPIE New Orono Enterprise Highway 115 plans now modified Vander Stoop's Floral and Greenery officially opens in Orono this Thursday in the ■ store formerly occupied by Gerri's Flower and Gifts. The new enterprise in Orono's business section carries a complete line of flowering plants, greenery and gifts. Vander Stoops also provide floral arrangements for all occasions, Mr. Vander Stoop operates a similar store in Port Hope and as well a greenhouse operation midway between Newcastle and Newtonville on Highway No. 2. Miss Yvonne Schoenmaker will manage the Orono operation. operation. She points out that the official opening is to be held on Thursday when a lucky draw is being held for a lawn trimmer. Miss Schoenmaker has had. previous experience in similar operations and is looking forward to the official opening and service to the community. , SECONDARY TEACHERS REVISE DEMANDS UPWARDS Tuesday during negotiations with the Board of Education the Northumbertand and Newcastle secondary teachers revised their demands upwards. The teachers had been seeking a 12 percent increase to the grid prior to their most recent demand. , • Orono Weekly Times, To publish picture history of Newcastle Wednesday, December 5th, 1979 ORONO OLDTÎMERS WIN ONE, LOSE TWO The Orono Oldtimers competing competing in the Oldtimers hock,- ey tournament in Newcastle Saturday one their second game but lost the other two. Some one hundred and fifty to one seventy-five persons availed themselves of the opportunity to visit the information information centre held in the Orono Town Hall last Thursday Thursday by the Ministry of Transportation and, Communication. Communication. The information centre outlined a number of changes to their original plans for the Construction of a four-lane highway through from 401 Highway to Enterprise. Enterprise. There are to be no left-turns off the Highway. A major change to the original plan included a short two-way service road on the • east side of 115 at the fifth line allowing travellers east of Orono to have easy access to a south two-way interchange at Orono and from this point either travel north or south on Highway 115. It was pointed out at the information'centre on Thursday that this was one of the major concerns expressed expressed at the original presentation presentation of the plan. Modifications have also been made to the new plans coming into Orono from the south. The curve north of Sawicki, Station has been flattened by extending the road some to the east. Access off Highway 115 has been moved to north of the Staples ■bush where it circles back over the highway and winds to a'ipoint on top of the hill at Main Street. It was pointed, out that the service road would baye to come out at the t,op of the,hiil,(at Grays) or in the hollow. The service road from the fifth line will be connected to this overpass on the east side of the highway. Other changes in the Orono area include entrance to and off highway H5 south bound lane at Somerville street and Station Street. Formerly these roads were to be closed to access to the highway. Mr. Lumley also presented a further change when addressing addressing council on Monday stating that with the addition of a short service road from the sixth line off the interchange interchange it would be possible to reach the number of residents and Plydesigns from, the North. The previous plan necessitated traffic to advance advance to the south of Orono to cross the highway and then go north to the Plydesign area. The third line interchange has been moved some 100 metres north from the orignal orignal plan and now will pass )ver the highway between the OX Station and Gulf. The fourth line underpass remains remains as originally drafted. It was pointed out that DeKokers will be purchased off the Taunton road to allow a service road to service a dwelling and farm. Another home is also to be purchased to allow widening of the highway west. The underpass at Taunton Road with Highway 115 will be a two-way ramp. There has been no change in the Kirby area as to the intersection with County Road Nine. The original overpass at the eighth line-is as tin the original draft and is south of the eighth. The plans presented on Thursday included a final draft for, the intersection of 35 Highway with 115 Highway and this, has been moved (Continued page 2) 1 A big interest in Penny sale According to Counc. I Public Works for the Town of reporj; as to truck traffic in 17th. Counc. Barr sa ici at the of the form this report will t. will be given. . . 17th eith Barf- the department of Newcastle will be presenting a tie Leskàrd area on December 1 ime he did not have knowledge ake or to what body the report WOULD RUN FOR REGIO Counc. Barr in comm position in the election of 198b be for the regional position, up his mind on whether or iHbt he would be running. NALSEAT cjnting last week on his possible said that if he did run it would : fe said as yet he had not make i WILL MEET MINISTER DECEMBER 5th The Orono Tejephone ! Ratepayer's Association are to meet with the Minister of Transportation and Communication, Communication, James Snow, on Wedi esday, today. The meeting will discuss the latest request fo: a ninety percent increase in telephone service charges in the Orono area as well as discussing the extension of the calling area to Bowmanville and Oshawa. Sam Cureatz will attend along with members of the Association. PRESENTED WITH SERVICE AWARD Arnold Guthrie, an employee of the Community Telephone Company of Ontario Limited was honoured at' a special dinner last week for his five years of service with the company. Fifteen other employees received Service Awards for ten and fifteen years of service to the company. CROSS COUNTRY SKI CLINIC SATURDAY The Ganaraska Conservation staff at the Forest Centre ar® holding a Cross Country Ski Clinic at the Centre this Saturday commencing at 1:00 p.m. The clinic is free of charge and will include information as to t the type of equipment to purchase for individual needs, the technics of waxing and maintenance and also on display will be various lines of equipment and clothing! Professional ski instructors will also be present and coffee will be served at the conclusion of the clinic. Lois Adams and Bonnie Cowle along with Patrick , Mothersill of Bowmanville have embarked on a project t to publish a picture history of the Town of Newcastle. The title of the publication is to be called "Picture the way we were". According to Adams and Cowle the book is to be published within a year. The Times was told last week that the book is a private venture and will contain some 400 to 500 pages of pictures of the area. They expect to have some 2000 pictures and captions in the book when completed. At least 32 pages of old pictures of buildings in the Village of Orono will be included in the publication and the two ladies last week had many interesting pic-' tures of .this area already assembled relating to the past. They would welcome more pictures of the area on a loan basis. It would appear that the book will have a lot of potential - and prove most interesting. • . ' 1 1 & * ; êa» îmskœm: The recording of all ticket -bazaar on Saturday kepi Mrs urrhasps at thp Ppnnv Slalp .Tim Mainr Mrs T.ax/prm purchases at the Penny Sale table at the Heather Rebekah Jim Major, Mrs. Laverne Boyd and 1 Mrs. Hooey busy. Lawrence