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Orono Weekly Times, 19 Jul 1989, p. 1

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1989 Ontario Scholars CLIMENHAGE, Christy 93.3% PARKER, J. Dylan 88.3% STAMP, Lisa 84.5% BEST, H. Ann 84.3% SCiUK, Dana 83.5% MAINGOT, Lana 82.3% WATERFALL, Dana 81.5% Fatal Accident A nineteen year old Newcastle man died following an accident north of Orono on Saturday afternoon. afternoon. Michael McArthur of Baldwin . Street was dead on arrival at Memorial Hospital in Bowman ville, police have said. ' Durham Regional Police said a car travelling north on Best Road • south of the 8th concession north of Orono collided with a southbound car at 4:30 p.m. The northbound car left the road after the collision and rolled over in the ditch. A 35 year old woman, Kathleen Hisson, who was driving the south bound car was treated at Oshawa General Hospital and released. James Glasbergen of Newcatle was taken to Oshawa Hospital and released and another passenger in the north bound car was in satisfactory satisfactory condition with leg injuries. for landfill site Published Every Wednesday Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, July 19, 1989 14-lot Estate Residential plan approved after long debate The Reynaert-Reid application for a 14-lot Estate Residential development on thd Carscadden Road east of the Oshawa Ski Hill gained approval from the General Purpose committee of the Town of Newcastle on Monday. The vote 4-2 sends the proposal to council for final approval.at such time as the official plan amendment has been approved by,the Region. Those supporting the proposal on Monday were Councs. Hamre, Hannah, Stapleton and Wotten. Councs. Hooper and Deegan voted against approval. The decision was made at a meeting that went well into the afternoon and at which seven public hearings were held along with entertaining entertaining seventeen delegations. Of these delegations nine concerned the Reynaert-Reid application. The Town's planning staff recommended approval of the application. application. Council members heard delegations delegations in opposition to the proposal with Martha farrow speaking on a concern of water supply. Katherine Guselle, president of Save the Ganaraska Again committee, committee, calling the amendment a major change and that a large number of people wanted to keep the Open Space designation. She also said that such developments do not pay for themselves and that approval would change the face of the valley which was a major water source. Guselle suggested that the hydrological budget study should Happenings DON'T FORGET TO WATER PLEASE This is just a reminder to the business'people downtown Orono, to please remember to water the flowers in front of youi establishments, some are starting to look a little shabby. The Junior Gardeners did a great job of planting them let 's' help keep them looking looking beautiful. be undertaken before any approval. Julian Rowan supported many of the views of Guselle calling for a study pf the watershed area before approval. He said this could set a pattern for all of Ontario. Charlie Morrison of the Oshawa Ski Club spoke on behalf of 1105 who had signed a petition in opposition. opposition. He said he had hoped to see his former concerns as addressed to the public hearing dealt with in the final report. He said the report was a one-sided report and appeared shallow. He spoke of possible noise complaints complaints although he hadn't had one for the past two year but that such had been registered. He said snowr making is carried on for 900 hours a, winter and lights are a possible complaint area. He felt that those members of the club should be given some consideration. consideration. He said it was a first- class dub and that mention was not made in the report as to their concerns, concerns, water, the environment, Visual aspects and vandalism. Elva Reid commented it would (Continued page 3) A rezoning application by Laidlaw Waste System Durham Ltd. to recognize the existing landfill landfill operation north-west of Newtonville and to permit additional additional landfilling on the site (Infilling) (Infilling) has been sent back to staff for a final report to the General Purpose committee. A number of council wefe reluctant reluctant to refer the application but it was pointed'out by Mayor Hubbard that the process must continue according according to the To.wn's solicitor. Mayor Hubbard said it was time to put a lid on the issue and kiss Laidlaw goodbye. It was pointed out in a report to council that the lands were designated ' permanent agriculture reserve and major open space and since the operation started in 1953 operates as a legal non-conforming As a result Laidlaw is looking to have the land rezoned to recognize the present operation along with a condition to expand the operation through a proposal of infilling between between two mounds. • John Kennedy representing Laidlaw said the firm had held Open Houses and heard the .comments .comments from local cjtizens. "We have tried to address these concerns," he said. He also said (Continued page 3) Accuses St. Marys for lack of communicating St. Mary's Cement in Bowman- ville is asking the Town for a zoning of their existing water lot dock and a dock expansion along with an official official plan amendment. The proposal proposal came before the public on Monday in the form of a public hearing. The zoning and official plan amendment affects 32 hectares of land owned by the company along the lakeçhore of Lake Ontario. Mr. Wilson speaking on behalf of the company -s'aid they had pur r chased the docking facility in 1987 for us in their export of cement to the ,U.S. He said it involved some 2900 to 5000 tons a day and that approval approval had been received from the Ministry of the Environment. • Wilson meet so mb of the complaints complaints that had been brought to the meeting by residents of the area and the chairman of the Port Darlington Darlington Community Association, Gordon White. Wilson said the proposed expansion expansion would reduce noise and dust and that the company would be glad to get rid of the seagull colony but this was protected. The docking facilities would be expanded and three new silos would (Continued page 2)

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