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BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 62 T emperancc St. 1.1.03 Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 3A8 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, StarkviUe and Tyrone since 1937 ) 'Ï "5- • -a: ; Vi V v/:. V'ViVVV - Mi I I It ■ : -ya : ! \ ii 1 -, Ell |l All wrapped up for Mother's Day. First Orono Beaver Calandra McRea wraps the Mother's Day gift she made at the Beaver meeting Monday. Orono Band Festival strikes chord with ftilliom Foundation High calibre talent to converge in village for June festival Father's day weekend in Orono will once again bear musical overtones. The third annual Great Canadian Town Band Festival has secured a number of high calibre musical musical talents for the three day event, thanks in large part to a sizable Trillium Grant. Festival organizers received official word recently that their application to the Trillium Foundation for a $70,000 grant was approved. With this funding secured, Festival organizers were able to book such highly acclaimed bands as the True North Brass, a new woodwind group from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and Intrada Brass. Juno Award winning Spitfire Band has been booked for the Saturday night dance. Also appearing at this year's festival will be the internationally acclaimed trombone virtuoso Alain Trudel. Friday night will once again feature the Military Tattoo, with the 48 th Highlanders, the Royal Regiment of Canada, the Concert Band of Cobourg and other military bands, with Henry Shannon back to perform perform as Master of Ceremonies. The recent OPSEU strike has plagued the festival in more ways than one. The drums of the Fort Henry Guard had to cancel their performance performance at the Friday night military tattoo, while organizers organizers are waiting to hear if the Upper Canada Saxhorn band will also be a victim of the strike. These historical forts are operated by members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union. As in the past, Saturday's activities will begin with a parade through the village leading to Silvanus Gardens for a day of concerts featuring a mix of professional bands, ending Saturday night with the popular Spitfire Band. Sunday's concerts will begin with a church service at the Band Stand on the library lawn, led by the Orono United Church and the Peterborough Temple Salvation Army Band. The line-up for the rest of Father's Day will include community bands from Oshawa, Perth, Clarington and the Bowmanville High School Band. There will be no charge for Sunday's events. Festival organizers have decided to do away with (continued page 3) ITER bid lacks Federal sopport Politicians will make final decision on host site Durham delegates went to Russia last month with the message that the people of Durham Region want to host the $12 billion fission energy research facility known as ITER. The Durham and Clarington officials made an impression on the other delegates, delegates, stated Planning Director David Crome in his report of the trip which he presented to council last week. The Durham delegation was made up of Roger Anderson - Chair of Durham Region, our own Mayor - John Mutton, Gary Polansky - Chair of ITER Community Council and the President of Durham College, David Crome - Clarington's Director of Planning, and Pat Olive - Commissioner of Economic Development of the Durham Region. Delegates met Dr. Evgeny Velikof who is considered by many to be the 'Father of ITER' and toured the Kurchatov Institute near Moscow which has been the centre of Russian fission and fusion research for over 50 years. According to Dr. Velikof, the consumption of fossil fuels and the effects of global warming make fusion as an energy source very critical. Fusion is the energy created when atoms are pushed together. The ITER project is an international energy research and development project with the goal of taking (continued page 3) Newcastle man facing charges of illegal dumping A third court appearance has been set for a Newcastle man charged with mischief stemming from an illegal dumping complaint. Police received a complaint complaint on the evening of April the 1st of a man dumping shingles on a vacant lot at 543 Mill Street South in Newcastle. The accused man told the complainant, a neighbouring neighbouring property owner, that he had permission to dump shingles on the property. The complainant checked with the property owner, found that no permission had been granted, and called police. The complainant complainant then blocked the accused's vehicle till police arrived. The accused, roofer Gerald Cote of 164 Mill Street South appeared in Oshawa Court on Monday morning, and is to appear again on the 29th of this month. The municipality cleaned up the site at a cost of $3,014 for which they will be seeking restitution from the accused.