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Park face-lifts creating area jobs The closing exercises at Clarke band, carol singing Christmas sýcene. and were included on Clarke High School on and a lively skit with The above students stage with elves, the Thursday afternoon in- musical background of the depiet the Christmas gifts wisemen and shepherds. cluded slections by the Host farmers needed for -European youths Ontario farmers should apply now to host the 60 European youths participating in an In- ternational Agricultural Ex- change Program next year. Through this exchange pro- gram, the youths, aged 18 to 30, from Finland, France, Denmark, Holland, Switzer- land and the United Kingdomn learn about rural life and agriculture in Ontario. The program is a learning experience for host farmers and their families too, says Cay Johnson of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food's rural organizations and sevcsbranch. "Many farmiers say they don't get a Chance te travel se this is one way to learn about another country. " The program aIse provides farmers with a worker who bas hadt at least two years of farm- ing experience. The miniiniu wage rate is negotiated through Employ- ment and Immigration Canada, Johnson says. The youths pay their travelling costs; host, farmuers pay their wvages, p)ro- vide food and lodiging, and share their medical insuranc(e cost with the province. The prograneeds ah types of Ontario farmiers te host the youths for a mninimumin of four months, up to a yýear. Most in demand are dairy, beef, swine, sheep, cash crop and horticul- tural operations. Johnson says she seeks host farmers interested in teaching the youths about the farmi operation and involving themn in their family life and in cern- munityacitis 'We're looking for the kind of farru we'd wýant our own young people to work on if they participated in an ex- change to another cýountry." For more information on. becoming a host farmer con- tact Cay Johnson at the On- tarioeAMinistry of Agriculure and Food, Guelphi Agricltutral Centre, P.O. Box 1030, Gueliph, Ontario NIl 6N1 or (519) 824-5370. Tom Smith - Balsam Lake Park Superintendent Visitors te Lindsay District Provincial Parks wil see a significant improvement in park facilities next sumnmer as a resuit of a current job crea- tien program. At Emily, Serpent Mounds, Darlington and Balsam Lake Provinicial Parks some 1,200 picnic tables are being rebuilt or replaced, 23 vault prîvies and comfort stations have been renovated and 150 fireplace grills have been replaced. Boat Iaunching and conces- sien booth faciîities are being upgraded at the parks and more than 100 campsites are being brushed eut and im- preved. The werk is being carried eut by 41 skilled tradesmien and manual workers from the local area. Each receives pay- mient through the programn, funded by the Provincial and Federal governiments and ad- ministered through local sponsors. Unemployed workers have been eager te enroîl in the Parks Sector Work Program te exercise Apple 0111 Durham The number of apple trees on both standard and size- controlled root stock has in- creased from 135,832 in 1976 te 249,979 in 1981 according te the report. The increase bas been in the size- centrolling root stock while the standard trees have decreased in Durham during the five year period. Mclntosh heads the list of late variety apples in the number of trees in the area fellowed by Red Delicieus, Spartan, Ida Red and Spys. ln a recent news Irelease frem the Ministry of Agriculture and Foed Office, Bowmanville, it would ap- their sklills and iniaintain nor- mal work habits. Grant Quinn, Project Foreman fer the Township of Bexley sponsoring the pro- gram at Balsani Lake Park, says "Most of the 20 emnployees wantea tne work primarily because they would rather be working than sitting idie They aise enjey the feel- ing ef accomnplish ment, see- ing fimprovements made te facilities that the public wil be uising next summrer when they visit one of the- Lindsay District's Provincial parks."1 "The program participants have been eager te work, even under inclemnent work- ing conditions," says George Scott, Ministry of Natural Resources Parks Superviser for the District, and on behaîf of the Ministry, thanks te the participants and the local sponsors (Bexley and Emily Townships, Otonabee Region and Central Lake Ontario Conservation Autherities) for their fine ef- forts and co-operation. The work accomplished w1-11 be greatly aPpreciated by next season's park user-s."1 I-ustry i pear that the apply industry in Durham bas increased ever the past Cive Years. The report Points te the fact an apple tree census is conducted once every five years in Ontario. Although the Durham area bas somne fifteen fewer' comi- mercial apple growers in 1981 (00) compared te 115 in 1976 there bas been an in- crease in acreage use for ap- pies as5 well as an increase in the number of producing trees. The total apple acreage bas grown te 1770 acres in 1981, from an acreage of 1598 in 1976. Joseph-and Mary were part of the Clarke skit. tops Anglers contest The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters have released their annual big fish contest prize winners and the Wilmot Creek takes top honours for rainbow trout. The Bowmnanville Creek, the Ganaraska River and the Shelter Valley Creek were ail close behind in providing those big ones in the contest. William Todd of Orono placed fifth in_the contest with a 21 pound 9 ounce ramn- bow cauglit in the Ganaraska River in Hope Township. The winner of the contest, a 25 pounti 4 ounce rainbow was caught in the Wilmot by Delbert Pinkerton of Peter- borough. Second and third Places went to fish caught ii, Georgian Bav and the Boyne River. Bruce Rogers -of North Bay placed fourth in the contest witb a 22 pound 3 ounce raim- bew caught in the Bowman- ville Creek with Bill Todd, Orono, placing fifth. Douglas Kilpatrick, Bowmanville, placed sixth with a 21 pound 4 ounce raim- bow caught in the Bewman- ville Creek. The Bowmianville Creek also gave up the Port Hope Eldorado milion $ fire damnage A $1.5 te $2. million fire at Eldorado Nuclear uranium conversion plant in Port Hope las t Tuesday, December 21 st destroyed two of three scrubbers which con- trol flouride emissions, from. the plant.' The fire was confined te the immediate area and none of the plant's chemicals were seventb, and eleventh place fish. Beside the first place rain- bow the Wilmot provided the tenth' and fourteenth place fish. In the Chinook Salmon division the top fish weighed in at 43 pounds. Mike May of Cobourg placed fiftb in this division itb a catch taken from the Ganaraska River in Port Hope weighing in at 38 peunds 8 ounces. burned off in the flames. Fla nes were emitted froni the smoke-stack te twenty feet in the air and columns of black smoke poured eut over the lake. It was net known, the lat- ter part of the week, what had caused the fire. Residents of the Town were ready for evacuation with seme leaving with their families. A loëal radio broad- cast warning ?f an evacuation standby added te the confu- sion for local residents. Both Mayor Wyatt anxd Chief of Police O'Neill have been critical of the exchange of communication with Eldorado during the eut- break of the fire. O'Neill said the only communication tbey had during the fire was com- munication with the lire department. PROCLAMATION BOWMANVILLE 125th ANNIVERSARyYCELEBRATIONS evUHNirgAS I IRU The Mayor andi Memnbers of Council invite the Business Community and Residents of the Town of Newcastle to enter, into the spirit of the 125th Anniversary celebrations of the former Town 0 f Bowmanville, by participating in the distribution and use of the commemorative trade dollar in the Town of Newcastle during the period from January lst, 1983 to September lst, 1983., Dated at the Town of Newcastle this 2th day of December, 1982 Garnet B. Rickard, Mayor Town of Newcastle 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario Date of Publication: Wednesday, December 29, 1982, Joseph and Mary at Clarke a