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\ \ i iilliii lülillE ïwSx'yS'Kïx*:::- <1 x. . .. lllllllillllll WmÊÈÊÊÊÊÈ mm gg$$;Ég : :• ' • VJ RONO Weekly Times BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 62 Temperance St. 1.1.03 Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 3A8 Volume 66, Number 13 GST Included Wednesday, April 3,2002 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 Orono's Bantam's are #1! On Sunday, March 31st, our Bantam Leafs notched a final victory over their hockey hockey rivals, the Thedford Thunder, to take the All- Ontario "D" Championship, (See photo page 3) Tickets are going fast for the Orono Fair fundraising dance next weekend. . Proceeds from this event, will go towards special activities activities planned in marking the 150th anniversary of the Orono Fair this September The Dance, which was New RRUs to take up crunch along 401 corridor Durham's medical emergency emergency services have received an infusion of cash from the province. The $675,000 special provincial grant is to be used to purchase four rapid response units (RRUs), three ambulances and their related equipment. The purchase orders for the RRUs had to be completed by March 31, 2002 in order to retain that portion of the grant - $317,252. The remainder - $357,747 will be dedicated to three previously purchased land ambulances. The grant does not cover the cost of staffing the new vehicles* however, Mr. Richard Armstrong, Director, of Durham Region's Emergency Medical Services states that 50 per cent provincial provincial funding for the related staffing is expected to be announced shortly. The intention is to use three of the rapid response units as the first response to 911 calls in the municipalities along the lakeshore. Oshawa's Mayor Nancy Diamond stated at Wednesday's Regional Council meeting that she was • having difficulty with the report that recommended the provincial grant be accepted. "As we so often hear, there is only one taxpayer and there is no freebie," she stated. She voiced concerns that the roving roving utility vans would be a fourth tier response along with ambulance, fire and police. "We're going to be the laughing stock," she said, adding that all that emercency personnel was inappropriate when someone just slid off the road." Diamond was also concerned that money was being spent on a spare vehicle, vehicle, but suggested that a spare might be in order since the vans were Ford products. Response times in the Region do not meet Provincial standards, which prompted Uxbridge Mayor (continued, page 3) Easter Egg Hunt drew large crowd Two-year-old Anna Hill managed to find a few chocolate Easter eggs Saturday, in the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Friday's rain melted last week's snow cover allowing the Orono Business Improvement Association sponsored event to proceed. Orono Fair fundraising dance set for next weekend organized by the Orono Fair Board, will be held next Saturday, April 13 at Silvanus Gardens (former Orono Tree Nursery) beginning at 8 p.m. Tickets arc $10 and can be purchased from any Fair Board member or at the door. Benefit concert to honour the late Doc McKenzie Dorinda Vollmer's first recital in Orono will be dedicated dedicated to the memory of Doc McKenzie who passed away almost a year ago. Weekly pastoral visits to the Doctor at his son's farm in Bethany always included some piano playing by Dorinda. Pastor Dorinda Vollmer said she and the Doctor found a unique connection connection through the music. Marion Dorinda Anne Vollmer, now the minister at the Orono United Church, took up piano lessons at the age of three in Oakville in 1947. In 1964 Dorinda entered the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto and later continued her studies studies at the University of British Columbia where she received her Bachelor of Music Degree in 1971. A year later Dorinda returned to Oakville where Rev. Dorinda Vollmer she was Administrative Assistant and later General Manager of the Kelso Music Centre working with the Orford String Quartet and later the Vaughy String Quartet. In 1976 Dorinda received her Master of Divinity Degree (continued page 3)