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Orono Weekly Times, 18 Dec 1991, p. 3

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'q: à: ......,s .... uy ...m .r...1 The eat ofLast week Robbie Robinson was tellmng me of seeing a flock of Wild Turkeys in the Sandaraska Park area off Highway 115. So Sunday it was the destination for a couple of hours. It is not my luck to see them but there was a sighting of a flock of possibly fifty Snow Buntings that do make a habit of travelling south at this tinie of year. They are birds of the Tundra who fly south to feed in sparse fields during the winter. They will appear in a flock with identity being macle while they are in flight showing large white patches on their wings. So far this year there lias been a lot happening in the bird world. G ord 's Vie w ------------------ by Gord Milis MPP Durham East "JIngles Up your spine", Isn't the memory amazing? Events can lay buried in the mind for years waiting for a chance word or picture to spark untold memonies. 1 went ino a timewarp last week (I often seem to these days) when 1 listened to that old Esso jingle - "The Esso sign means Happy Motoring - cal i at the Esso sign. this just goes to show how so much trivia penetrates the grey ceils. Start singing an old advertising slogan and someone in the office can probably supply the ending. Who remembers the Is she or isnt she?" Harmony hair spray ads and "What a lot we got" Smarties kids? Or going back even further how about "Which twin has the Toni? (home perms) andj "Sweet as the moment when the pods went pop" (Bircis Dye peas) ana H-o Ho - that Jolly Green Giant. Now wvhy the brain needs to retain such momentus items of intelligence is beyond me. It would be very handy to be able to spring dlean your brain from time to time (Ail around the house spring dlean with Flash) so you could concentrate on the greater unanswered questions in life. Like darling, "Why are your hands so soft?' would have you believe. It is still perforing the vital function that it was esiablislxedUL o perform in Our troubled times, namely, multi receptions for foreign dignitaries or closed for holidays. Since I was ini the area of decision making, I decided to use some proven joumalim techniques, like talking to a persan standing next to me. 1 Thé beauty of-

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