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The topic of conversation shown at the Clarke High centred around the showing School last Wednesday even- and the-message of the film, ing. Pictured above are (left "What. we are is what we to right) W.H. Carman, Board were when?", which .was of Education member, Don A. Dawson, vice-principal, Clarke High School, Gary Hancock, chairman of the Clarke High School Parent i** r ws Teacher Committee and Mike Sawyer. Over four hundred viewed the showing on Wednesday Wednesday evening of last week. Five candidates in the Federal riding of Durham Northumberland will be seeking seeking the favour of some 52,733 voters come Monday, February February 18th with the exception of those who have already voted in the advance.polls or special polls. Those names appearing on the ballot will be: Lawrence, Allan, Progressive Progressive Conservative; McLaughlin, Fred, NDP Martillia, Bob, Libertar- ian; Platt, Robert, Marxist- Leninist; Schamerhorn, Ed, Liberal The polls on Monday, February February 18th will be open from 9 in the morning until 8 p.m. Advance polls have been held in all ridings and • including Durham Northumberland on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday Tuesday last. According to the returning officer for Durham Northumberland voting on Saturday was extremely heàyy. The local advance poll was held in the Newcastle Village Community Hall for those in the area of the Village of Newcastle and the former Township of Clarke. There has been an increase of 1,026 voters over the May 1979 election with a total eligible voters now on the list reaching 52,733. Revisions to the list this year has increased increased over the former election in 1'979. A good turnout at the polls is again expected in the riding which' in the last election was well above the national election. election. It is understood that voters who are not on the list on election day, February 18th, may vote providing the list is a rural list and providing they have an eligible voter whose name is on the list, vouch for them. /• The duty is yours on Monday, February 18th to cast your ballot at this federal election. Town passes Orono garbage by-law ORONO TELEPHONE RATEPAYERS TO MEET WITH PMD GROUP Would boycott hearings On Monday the Town of Newcastle gave, three readings' readings' to a by-law regulating» the handling and collection of garbage, rpbbish, ashes and other waste material within the limits of the former Police Village' of, Orono. Through the passing of the by-law the Director of Public Works becomes responsible for the collection and removal of garbage and the by-law enforcement officer is authorized authorized and empowered to enforce the provisions of the by-law. The garbage pick-up and disposal will continue as in the past with one pick,-up per week. Special collections may be provided to dwellings in Orono by a resolution of (Continued page 6) The Peel-Maryborough- Drayton Committee for Equal Service has advised the Ontario Telephone Service Commission that they' are planning to boycott a hearing in Drayton on March 5, 1980 unless the scope and the format of the hearing is changed. According to Elbert van' Donkersgoed, Chairman of the P-M-D Committee for Equal "Service, the democratic democratic right of subscribers is being unduly restricted. "The Commission's public notices limit the hearing to 'quality of service aspects' while the real issue is equal service when compared to our neighbouring exchanges", says Elbert van Donkersgoed. Donkersgoed. *"10 addition, sub ♦ ' ♦ - GRASS FIRES WERE APPEARING On mentioning an instance of a grass fire last week just off Highway No. 2 at the junction with 115 we were told of two other grass fires in the area. It must be some kind of record to have grass fires in February. That will now be in the past with.our newly acquired blanket of show which appears to bfe heavier in the Orono area than in the north of to the west. CHARGED WITH COUNSELLING A SUpCIDE A 17 year old Newcastle youth, Norman Battams was charged last Friday with counselling a suicide after another youth also seventeen years of age shot himself with a 12-guage shotgun. FIGURES TO KEEP IN MIND In 1979 Allan Lawrence won the Durham Northumberland Northumberland riding with a total of 21,502 votes compared to Ian Wilson for the Liberals with 10,748 and McLaugftlin, NDP, 8,531. In 1974 Allan Lawrence won the riding for the conservatives with a vote of 16,824 over his liberal opponent, Allan Beckett with 14,896 votes. In 1972 allan Lawrence defeated the incumbent Russ Honey when he polled 17,385 compared to Honey's 14,594 and the NDP with 6,504. TOWN COUNCIL TO ATTEND EDUCATION BUDGET MEETING Staff and members of the Town of Newcastle council intend to attend an information meeting at which time the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education will present their 1980 budget. The meeting is to be held in Cobourg on March 26th. Counc. Cowman asked that, the Town treasurer inform council prior to the meeting the impact of the education budget as to local taxpayers. It was stated this could be done if the budget was available to the treasurer ' prior to the meeting. - t scribers are required to notify the Commission by February 20th of their intention to participate. This is ridiculous. ridiculous. Some 470 subscribers have already sent individual letters to the Commission. The Commission knows we want to be heard. It is an undue restriction on the subscribers' democratic rigts if he has to write again before he will be heard." Van Donkersgoed says that the P-M-D Committee wants every subscriber to have the right to speak without prior notification and about any subject of concern to subscribers. subscribers. "Without such a guarantee," says van Don- kersgoed, "there's not much point in our participation. Our real concerns will be left out. What's the point in participating participating if we are only going to be more frustrated than we already are?" The subscribers' committee committee in the Drayton exchange is so angry about developments developments that they are taking the initiative in organizing a province-wide meeting of Community Telephone subscribers. subscribers. ■ A . meeting is . planned in Milton on Wednesday, February February 20. (Call 519-638-3064 for details). All 21 exchanges served by Community Telephone Telephone are being invited. The Orono Telephone Ratepayers Association plans to attend the meeting. "That meeting could lead to a province-wide boycott," says van Donkersgoed. i According to van Donkersgoed, Donkersgoed, tjie rights of the subscribers of independent telephone companies are not (Continued page 6) Once again the Canadian flag is being replaced at the Orono Cenotaph with the raising being undertaken by Stirling Mather' (left) and George Dunlop. The last flag was lifted from the flag staff sometime irt lat,e December