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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, December 12, 1979 7 Giant Crane Removes Siren From Roof of Town Hall Darlington Provincial Park Closes Darlington Provincial Park, located 5 km east of Oshawa, will close its gates Monday, December 3, 1979. The road leading up to the park gates will be ploughed for winter enthusiasts who wish to walk into the park. Snowmobiles are permitted to use unploughed park roads; and acres of countryside are available for cross country skiing, snowshoeing and hiking. Winter Trails in the Lindsay District T. Smith, Park Superintendent, Serpent Mounds Provincial Park Funding and technical assistance are available this winter to aintain public snowmobile and cross country ski trails. This is made possible to the Lindsay District of the Ministry of Natural Resources through the Ontario Winter Recreation Trails Maintenance Programre. Five local snowmobile clubs and three Conservation Authorities are sharing grant money to groom and upgrade existing public trails. All clubs offer memberships. These trails are open to the public and a day user fee is not charged. Here is a list of the public snowmobile trails in the Lindsay District: Northumberland County Forest (Great Pine Ridge Snowmobile Association), 24 km trail, located on Hwy. 45, 13 km north of Cobourg. Cartwright Township (Maple Leaf Club of Oshawa Inc.), 32 km trail on unploughed road allowances on the boundary line of Cartwright and Darlington Townships. Darlington and Manvers Townships (Long Sault Ridge Runners Snowmobile Club), 35, km trail on unploughed road allowances in the northeast section of Darlington and southwest sections of Manvers, Township. Cartwright Township (Cartwright Dyno's Snowmobile Club), 24 km trail, located in north west and southeast sections of Cartwright Twp. Havelock to Nephton (Havelock and District Snowmobile Club), 112 km trail. Warsaw Caves Conservation Area (Otonabee Region Conservation Authority), 38 km trail in the conservation area, north of Warsaw. Ganaraska Forest (Ministry of Natural Resources), 65 km of groomed trails beginning at the Ganaraska Forest Centre. All machines must be registered and operators should carry proper identification. People on Natural Resourses Report machines or sleighs must wear approved helmets. Patrols of ail public trails are carried out by Ministry of Natural Resources staff. People not holding an automobile drivers license must pass a snowmobile drivers course. Those people with a drivers license or learners permit are not required to complete this course. More course information is available from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, 322 Kent St. W., Lindsay, Ontario K9V 4T7, 705-324-6431. Here is a list of public cross country ski trails supported by funds from the Ministry of Natural Resources, Lindsay District: Enniskillen Conservation Area (Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority), 4.5 km of marked trails, north of Durham County Road 7 on Road No. 10. Warsaw Caves Conservation Area (Otonabee Region Conservation Authority), 10 km trail Safe driving is a family affair. Take a close look at the Bowmanville Town Hall these days and you'll notice that the attack warning siren on the roof has been removed. This photo shows how it was done. The giant crane lifted the siren from the rooftop Monday, December 3, and it is expected that the siren will be re-located in the spring. Thedevice was removed from the roof because it is believed to have contributed towards damage to the framework of the structure. Repairs to the town hall are expected to cost $50,000. Christmas Dinner For The Wildlife To revive the charming custom of the birds' Christ- mas tree is to go back three centuries to Sweden, where the placing of sheaves of grain and berry-bearing plants on housetops to offer wintering birds their own feast was an annual ritual. Today, bird watchers and conservation- alists alike should enjoy perpetuating the tradition. Choose any suitable-size ever- Visual Arts Centre of Newcastle green that you may have in your yard, or buy an extra Christmas tree for this special purpose and stand it in a prominent spot near the house. What you select as decora- tions depends, of course, on where you live and what birds you can expect to-find in your vicifnity in winter. Ask your local Audubon Society or garden club for a winter bird census for your region and for their food-preferance list. Or your library may provide one for quick reference. Once you know which are your winter birds, you'll be able to set out the foods that attract them most. In general, all varieties of fruits, nuts, and berries will attract birds. Uncooked grains and many kinds of kitchen scraps provide basic foods. Also available are birdseed mixtures made specially for wild birds and available in supermarkets, and certain fats that birds need and like especially in winter. Here is a list to choose from to give your wild birds a good Christmas dinner. Beef suet: Available from your butcher, it can be melted and mixed with an equal amount of sugar syrup made by boiling one part sugar and three parts water. Before the syrup-suet mixture sets, you can add cornmeal, bread crumbs, nutmeats and peanut butter. You can roll the mixture into halls, surround with open mesh netting, and hang the balls from your tree; or you can put them into many kinds of decorative containers - like scooped-out coconut- shell halves painted bright colors. Visitors from sparrows to hawks will come (not at the same time, of course) for your suet treats. Mutton suet: Woodpeckers particularly like this. Pork fat: Has fanciers among blue jays, and various nuthatches, warblers, and again, woodpeckers. Bread, biscuits and crack- ers, cake crumbs, cookies and bits of pie crust: Scatter them under your tree or place around it on pie plates or in aluminum cups. Upward to 100 species love them - from sparrows to ducks, from cedar waxwings to ravens. Cabbage and lettuce leaves: Several of the wild ducks like them. This might also attract some rabbits. Cantaloupe, and pumpkin seeds: Cardinals, crows, doves, nuthatches enjoy them all. Mix into wild bird seed or put in little aluminum cups fastened to your tree's branches or hanging from them. Cracked corn: lures an almost endless variety of colorful birds. Whole corn grains are almost as good. Popcorn: Threaded and hung on the tree as decoration, it is enjoyed by several specis. Rolled oats: Dry oats in almost any form will appeal to many varieties of birds. Scatter under the tree or put into small homemade feeding trays or cups. Fruit: Bits and pieces of apples, apricots, bananas, crab apples, grapes, pears and prunes can be strung around the tree or placed in small containers. (only citrus fruits are without a bird following). Grains: Some other grains are good to add to wild birdseed. Barley alone will attract more than 30 species. Up to 100 species are devoted to uncooked rice. Leftover uncooked cereal may please the palate of some species; and even dog biscuits are useful. FINALLY, one very important offering, especially in cold weather, is water. If the temperature is below freezing, your local birds may have to fly many miles to find drinkable water, which they must have every day the year round. So be sure to put out bowls of warm water near your tree several times a day. THE SIGN OF A GOOD BUSINESS NEIGHBOR... THE SIGN OF A MERCHANT WHO CARES ABOUT PEOPLE ... This emblem identifies the civic-minded businessmen who sponsor n the community For information cali Marg Bain Phonee232661 following the hiking trail system, north of Warsaw. Ganaraska Forest (Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority), Loop trails of 4.8 and 12 km through hilly, wooded terrain, 10 km east of Kirby on County Road 9. For more information on these and other winter trails, please write or call the Visitor Services Programmer at the Ministry of Natural Resources, 322 Kent St. W., Lindsay, Ontario, K9V 705-324- 6121. STOP-BOTH DIRECTIONS FOR A SCHOOL BUS Quasar 1980 26" Color TV Console $69900 - 3-year warranty - FALCON TV 426 Simcoe St. S. Oshawa Telephone 723-0011 Attention Gm . Employees! We Want Your Trade-In Automobile! We'll appraise your vehicle to purchase it directly from you when you are purchasing a "Direct-Sale" or company staff car from General Motors. Serving the motoring public for over 56 years MN Ou TORS LT D H wy. No. 2 at Courtice Road 728 -6206