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~- ronWeklyTimsWednésday,:Au ut 31 14 Kendal- Column No surprise, It was no surprise last week to receive a news release from Durham East MPP Gord Milis Ihat he intends to run again in tlie next provincial' election carrying the NDP banner. The election will be held sometime up to the fail of 1995. Milis said lie can look at himself and know thatlie lias worked hard to serve everyone. Very few people would dispute the statement for Gord lias proven t0 be a good riding association member and the work week runs well over the forty hour week. He lias given good representalion for tliose in Durham East at Queen's Park and appears to do il with considerable ease. 1Looking ahead to 1995 we don't seem to get too excited about tlie 1995 provincial election. Does Harris look better than Bob Rae who lias faced trying limes to economics. How would the other parties have liandled the problems of tlie limes. The doors were opened and they came In 'tlie film "Field of Dreams" a corn farmer is told by unseen voices: "Build it and lliey wiil corne." In the Ganaraska countryside, the voices of SAGA spoke. They asked the community to open their doors . .. and the people would corne. Corne tliey did .. from next door, from Port Hope, Bowmanville, Osliawa, Toronto, Peterborougli, Fenelon Falls . .. even from Hawaii. Tliey carne to liave a good lime. To see our homes. To eal our com and taste trout pate. To ride our horses and milk our goals and watcli us country folk do what country folk do . .. grow food, raise livestock, remember tlie art of candle-making, quilling, threshing, pickling, preservingand milling. They carne for peace and tranquility and for a taste of the past. They were young and tliey were old. We were îold we were gracious hosts ... they were welcome visilors. The members of SAGA-, ail volunteers, have done il again wili lte kind co-operation of 65 families and businesses, and with somne financial support from Canada Trust Friends of the Environment Foundation. Organizers of SAGA in thei r early review are learning that ail stops on the adventure were twice as busy as last year, mainlaining a peacellil country ambiance. Iî's not enougli to believe that environmentally sensitive areas sucli as te Ganaraska waterslied must be protected. By shovwing others that the watershed is more titan a picturesque rolling landscape . .. lhat it is our home and il is a living ecology7, we can enlisîtteir support ini our efforts to preserve te ecological integrity of the Ganaraska River and ils Headwaters. As one visitor said: "You don'î find this kind of community anywitere!" There's stili time to purcaseFair passports Pssst, have 1 got a'deal 'for you! For $15., you can watch the Imperial Hell Drivers show featuring a car shot from a cannon, attend a pageant and see 30 'cars smashed up in a demolition derby, thaï's just the beginning. You can attend an Old Time Fiddlers Contest, bid on the prize-winning steer orcake, waîch the judge pick the best dairy cattle, beef cate, sheep, poultry and rabbits. If horses are, your pleasure, you can watch draft horsses strut their stuff, driving horses prancing ahead of polished carniages, jumping borses and western riding horses. If your pleasure leans to the past, the antique car show is included as well as the Heritage Farm Show. Your pet is admitted free and could win a prize in the Pet Show and if musically inclined you could win a prize ini the talent contest. Yes, all this and much more for $15., the cost of an Adult Passport 10 the Durhami Central Pair in Orono. Seniors and Students can purchase these Passports for $10. but they will only be available until Septembe-r 7, the fair runs from September 8- il. The cost of the passport bias flot changed since it was introduced three years ago, but it has a new design this year, no longer is il necessary to have it punched, the punch box bas been' replaced with a tear-off coupon for each day. Passports are available at these local retailers, Canadian Tire in Bowmanville, Flowers Plus in Newcastle, 'The Apple Blossom Shop in Orono and The Durham Farmers' County Co-op at Taunton Road and Highway 115. by Phyllis Lowery This week 1 arn going to break away from the way I write my regular colurrtn- I will pretend that I arn a strangPr to this part of the country and fQllow the map of the Great Ganâraska Adventure wherever it rfay lead me. I didn't get started ûIntil 10:30 a.m. and already therg were at least 100 people at th1e Clarke Museum going throilgh the building, looking at the old fashioned vegetable gLirden. A man was making1 candies, another doing leather crafms A lady was churning butter, there were old fashioned farming imp ometits, a blacksmith shop. Tea, coffee and muffins were available and this was only stop number 1 on the map. Next east stop number 4, a- beautiful old stone house surrounded by well kept lawns, oid machinery, a cutter and old style childrens sleighs. The house was open for viewing, this is the home of Mary and, the late Sid Rutherford. On to stop number 7, the top of the Oshawa Ski Hill, in my seventy-one years this is the first time that I have been there, I stood and marvelled at the beautiful scenery, the forest the fields and the odd farmhouse, you can see in ail directions. On to number 11, the home of Elva Reid and Kristin McCrea, I have passed by this home ail these years and neyer knew what lie behind it. Neyer have I seen sucli a varîety of flowers and vegetables. The gardens are not planted in the conventional square or rectangle plots, but here, there and wherever a level or sîoped spot is cleared. For the first time I saw artichokes being grown. Everywhere you look there are beautiful birdhouses, these are built by Kristin, many depict local houses. Peamneal bacon on a bun and coffee were available, also a tent was there where you could get a free apple and a bulletin about the Apple Festival which is coming up this fall in Bowmanville. Next stop num ber 13, Kendal United Church, it was open for viewing and the Ladies of U.C.W. were selling sandwiches, coffee and homemade pie, when I as there the Sunday School roomn was packed. Across the road fromn the church, the Ganaraska Cloggers were performing, what energy and rhythm. You can see themn at the Ex on Clarington Day. N ýext stop number 14, 1 found it hard to pretend that I was a stranger there as this had been my grandfather's home. The Brewers were busy serving homemade donuts, ice cteam and lots of information about the Ganaraska past and present. Also there are many old artifacts to see, games, books or you can just sit under the old pine trees and take a breather. .Time out for a break so far I have made it to 6 places and it is 12 noon. Back on the trail of more interesting things to see. Kirby Church, a tour of the church, lunch is being served down in the Sunday School room. Outside the com-cooker built by the late Les Reid, is goingl full blast, fresh cooked corn on the cob. on to number 3, the farm of John Hooey, where you can see mares and their young foais, these are race horses. A pony, and what ail the children loved, a pot bellied pig that they could pet. That is the fattest pig I have ever seen, Now 1 know where they get the saying, "fat as a pig." Number 12, back a long lane into what looks like a woods, there you find a beautiful home set in the midst of a forest, a fast running stream and lovely shaded lawns. This is also a Bed and Breakfast, a home where they have mystery weekends and they breed and raise Chou-chous. Next number 15, the Grange, for the people interested in quilts and quilting, a whole day would have not been enough t0 really see ail the quilts. 1 heard that the oldest quilt there h ad been made in the early 1 800s and the newest one other thandte one being worked on by the ladies present, had been completed only 5 or 6 weeks ago. Every pattem imaginable was there and the colours were beautiful, right now 1 can picture so many. There was also a man making wooden spoons, butter paddles and other wooden objects, I bought a large spoon, you could almost hold a meal in il. For the children there were pony rides. Hotdogs and drinks were available. This farmn is nestled at the south edge of the Ganaraska Forest. Gotta gel moving only an hour left on 10 number 46, the Rose Arbor, another old stone house on the 6th line, down a dead end road but well worth visiting. The family here, have an antique business right on the grounds and their antique furniture is some of the nicest I have ever seen. The grounds around the house are attractive and one feels the quiet and peace there. Number 47, Dikadel Farms, outside a step back i the past for me as 1 visited here many times as a child but inside the lovely loft where Dick works on his many paintings, most of which are of the surrounding countryside. Enjoyed a nice cold drink and then on to Number 5 - another lovely old stone house, beautifully restored and surrounded by shaded grounds at the back of the house the owner is in the process of rebuilding and restoring an old bouse that had been taken apart and brought here, a real step into the past when finished. On this house you can see something that was common on every building,, lightening rods. Well, it is now after 4 p.m. and 1 made it to 13 places, only 52 more to go to see themn ail. (Because of the Iength of this week's column, I asic you to join me next week as I continue my tour of the Great Ganarasica Countryside Adventure.) St. Saviour's Anglican Church M]ILL STREET ORONO, ONTARIO Interin Minister: Rev. Robert Hartley 983-9639 5IJNDAY SERVICE SUNDAY SCHOO0L and YOUTH GROUP 9:30 &n. ORONO ~>o PASTORAL CHARGE *' Minister Rev. 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