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A°cna flRONO Weekly Times Sening East C/anngton ami beyond since tEJ Subscriptions $29.91 + $2.09 G.S.T. = $32.00 per year. Publications Mail Registration No. 09301 • Agreement No. 40012366 Publishing 48 Issues Annually at the Office of Publication "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. " Orono Weekly Times 5310 Main Street, P.O. Box 209, Orono, Ontario LOB 1M0 E-mail: oronotimes@speedline.ca • Phone/Fax 905-983-5301 Publisher/Editor Margaret Zwart The Orono Weekly Times welcomes letters to the editor on subjects of interest to our readers. Opinions expressed to the editor and articles are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Orono Weekly Times. Letters must be signed and contain the address and phone number of the writer. Any letter considered unsuitable will not be acknowledged or returned. We reserve the right to edit for length, libel and slander. If your retail or classified ad appears for the first time, please check carefully. Notice of an error must be given before the next issue goes to print. The Orono Weekly Times will not be responsible for the loss or damage of such items. nothing is simple You would think that the more often you run an event the easier it would get. That may be the case in some instances. However, it certainly wasn't the case with this year's edition of the Great Canadian Town Band Festival A simple thing such as the placement of signs turned into a major headache. Getting the big banner on the Blewitt property was nothing compared to dealing with Southfork and the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) Festival Organizers had been eyeing the mondo brackets on the highway overpasses ever since the MTO took down the failed Toronto Olympic bid banners banners last winter. We had pursued the possibility of having having Band Festival banners from those very brackets, but the cost of getting the banners made and installed by the Ministry was prohibitive. The cost of two road side signs--one at the north bound exit at Main Street, and another at the southbound exit at Station Street were within our budget so we put our order in. The signs were installed on the highway May 29th. The sandbags hardly had settled when Southfork, (the company possessing the MTO contract to maintain Hwy 115/35), thinking the signs were illegal proceeded to pick them up and deliver them to the home of the festival chairman. The following day, Southfork returned the signs to the highway. This time, on the wrong side of the road. When informed of the error, the work crew (six men and two trucks), replied they knew the signs were on the wrong side of the road, but that's where they got them from, so that's where they were putting them back. The next day, MTO made certain certain the signs were placed on the proper side of the road. Then there was a last-minute rezoning application required by Town Hall before the festival could be held again on agriculturally zoned land. This detail certainly raised legality issues of other festivals such as Archibald's Apple Blossom Festival, the Rotary Club BBQ held at the Watson farm and the Municipality's own Back Yard Festival held at Mosport. Now, with all that behind them and having gone through the hoops--festival organizers feel they are in good shape for this year's extravaganza. However, there are some misconceptions that need to be cleared up. First: The only person making money from the Festival is Armond (Sonny) Young. Let it be known that Sonny Young of Silvanus Gardens has never charged the Great Canadian Town Band Festival a nickel for the use of his property over the last three years. Truth be told, the Festival has cost Mr. Young money. Second: The Festival has never paid for use of the fairground. Organizers booked the fairgouncl for three days in 2000 for which they paid $1700. Last year, they paid $630 for the use of Fairgrounds for one day. With all roadblocks now behind them, the organizing committee feel confident this year's festival should be the best ever. i Orino Band 1917 Le*i*iUwii4wiLili 1 il ' ' * '• 1 ■* * ' * " 1,1 11 HwuiinciiHMwaniirii in iwinu iiiuiimiu mu iiiiiiimmiiuui mimiri îiinminnm »< •• The village of Orono is steeped in Town Band history. A town band was established and performing in Orono as early as 1857. n L