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Orono Town Hall BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 163 Church Street 1.1.05 Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1P7 $1.00 GST Included Wednesday September 15, 2004 Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937^ Nr Orono Fair huge success Corporal Daniel Patterson will soon have a street named Newcastle According to Corporal fter him in the Port of Patterson's mother, her 22 year old son is not one to make a fuss about his accomplishments, accomplishments, but she says she is very proud of him. "I think it's wonderful that this communi- Newcastle Councillors approved a motion put forward by Mayor Mutton at last week's General Purpose and Administration 'urpose anu nuiimnsiiauu» ; Committee Meeting to name a ty thinks enough of him serv- treet in the Port of Newcastle ing, to name a street after development "Corporal Patterson Lane." Patterson, who has dual citizenship, citizenship, (American/Canadian) (American/Canadian) served in the U.S. Marines from 2000 to 2004, six months of which he spent on active duty in Iraq. He finished finished his tour this past July, received an honourable discharge discharge and is now at home in ■ him " she told an Orono I imes reporter on Tuesday. v The municipality is in the process of naming streets after war dead and war veterans, and including a red poppy symbol in the design of the street sign. According to John Greenfield of The Bowmanville Legion, the branch have prepared a list of 250 war veterans who meet the criteria of having a Clarington Street named after them. Of that list, 105 names have been approved by the Municipality of Clarington and the Region of Durham and are on a waiting list ready to be used. Veterans who died or served overseas in active military military duty, or on peacekeeping missions in which Canada played an active military role qualify for the street naming list. The street sign bearing Corporal Patterson Lane will not bear the red poppy because he served with the U.S. army. Another capacity crowd attended this year's Durham Central Fair in Orono. While set up crews worked through the pouring rain Thursday, by the time the Official Opening took place Thursday evening, the sun was shining, and continued to do so for the entire weekend. While it was felt that attendance attendance at this year's Fair could possibly be the highest ever, but with no fee for children this year, they were not counted counted in the official tally. A total of 12,708 adults passed through the gates. Bill Tomlinson, the head gate keeper, says tht number could almost be doubled to give a true attendance figure for the total adults and children. Add to that the huge number of volunteers who work at the fair and the total attendance figure according to Tomlinson could be around 28,000. Thursday evening activities activities included the Fair Ambassador Contest which had four very qualified contestants. contestants. Tanya Rypstra was selected by the judges as the 2004 Fair Ambassador. While the ATV and Garden Tractor Pull was taking place in front of the Grandstand, the Livestock Barn was filled with onlookers for the Holstein Show. According to George Sikma, Chair of the Dairy Cattle Show, 116 head of cattle where shown, making making this their second biggest show ever. The entry by Howard and Tim Sikma was selected as the Grand Champion, with the Reserve Champion going to the entry by George Sikma and Brian Bradley. Over 40 members took part in the 4-H Dairy Show on Friday. Kids were the focus of the Fair on Friday, this being the traditional 4-H day with an afternoon of activities for school kids beginning with the exuberant parade of all the local elementary school children children parading through town to the Fairgrounds. Friday evening featured the 24th Annual Old Time Fiddlers contest in the arena, a performance by Country Star Julian Austin in the south horse ring and light and heavy horse pulls in front of the grandstand. Fiddle contest winners were: 12 years of age and under class - Emily Yarascavitch; 18 and under - Eric Provencher; 19 to 59 years - Sherry Johnson; 60 and over - Dan McAvoy; duet - Matthew Johnson & Sherry Johnson; and the open class was won by Matthew Johnson. The cake and pie auction, which raised a total of $1,310, took place in the arena earlier in the evening. According to Joan Any an, Chair of the Culinary Arts section, chocolate cake entries were down but carrot cake entries were up. The Grand Champion Angle Food Cake was made by Nancy Sturman, and the Grand Champion Pie - a cherry pie was made by Joan Anyan herself. Percy Mountjoy paid $70 for Heather Rutherford's first prize carrot cake at the auction, auction, and another $100 for Joan Anyan's second prize carrot cake. Bert Werry paid $100 for a banana cake made by John Berry which took the first prize in a new class called "For Men Only". The Champion Steer and Lamb auction took place in the cattle barn following the cake auction. The Grand Champion Steer owned by Ross Robinson, weighing 1,285 pounds, was purchased for Armstrong's IGA by Pete Armstrong who paid $1.50 a pound for the privilege of owning this entry. The Reserve Champion, was purchased purchased by Hale Farms. The Grand Champion Lamb owned by Brent Bowman of Welcome, and weighing 115 pounds was purchased by Percy Mountjoy of Oshawa for $1.40 a pound. FAIR tee page 4 Bridal Show in Newcastle Sept. 19th 11am - 8pm Mill a? Edward Sts.