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The Independent, Canadian Statesman Weekender, Bowmanville, Saturday, August 14,1993 11 by Lorraine Manfredo An excellent crowd turned out to Orono Park Wednesday evening to enjoy enjoy a delicious roast beef picnic in the company of neighbors and friends at the 26th Annual Orono Beef Barbecue. Barbecue. The popular fund-raising event is held every year by a committee of twenty or so local volunteers dedicated dedicated to keeping the Orono Arena and adjoining Community Centre well- maintained and up-to-date. Organizers were anticipating matching last year's attendance record of 475 people. Chef Sterling Mather said that people people in the area look forward to the out- Hungry crowds at the Orono Park Barbecue kept volunteers tending tending the bean vat "on the go" Wednesday evening. The annual outdoor outdoor event is hosted by the Orono Arena and Community Centre Fundraising Committee to keep the facility in good repair. From left are JoAnn Cox, Committee Chairman Blain Moffat, and Fred Cox,, seen here serving up bowls of the famous secret recipe beans. door event and like to make it a family family affair. And people never tire of finding roast beef on the menu either, he says. Hearty helpings of sliced beef (optional (optional horseradish topping), along with piping-hot potatoes arid secret- recipe baked beans have become a local local tradition. Meals are rounded out with homemade homemade coleslaw and bun, a seemingly endless supply of peach juice, and doughnuts and coffee or tea for dessert. dessert. Rows of picnic tables are set up under thé trees beside a brook across the way from a little playground. And diners enjoy the soft music of the 'Mello-tones' as they eat and chat and bump into people they know. "People like the friendly atmosphere atmosphere here," said Mr. Mather. "People can sit out in the most beautiful park in the country, listen to the beautiful music and enjoy a good meal. "And all the money goes to improving improving the arena." Blain Moffat* chairman of the Orono Orono Arena and Community Centre fund-raising committee was tending a bubbling vat of beans at the barbecue. He said over the years the Committee Committee has managed to install a handicapped handicapped access ramp, rubber flooring in the dressing rooms, rinkside plexiglass plexiglass panes and arrange for sound system system upgrades, roof maintenance and general building improvements. The most recent project was purchasing purchasing a new commercial kitchen stove and refrigerated dairy cooler. The building is now at the stage where we can concentrate on "preventative "preventative measures," he said. Every year the Committee manages manages to raise anywhere from $10,000 to $12,000, Moffat says. The Orono Arena and Community Centre fund-raising committee began hosting the annual barbecue after the original arena was condemned and the present one was built in 1979. 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