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Classified Ads FOR SALE (Continued from page 9) 1979 Skidoo 340, like new, stored inside, less than 500 miles. Phone 983-5818. 8, a.c. New Celiac Cookbook. 300 gluten free recipes. Guaranteed. $10 post paid. Write to Gail Davis, Stn. CIII, No. 128, 9501-72nd Avenue, Grande Prairie, Alberta T8V 6A1. n/c THANK YOU Sincere thanks to my family, friends and neighbours for visits, gifts and cards while I was in hospital and for many kindnesses since coming home. Thanks to all police, ambulance and hospital personnel who helped me following the accident. Leila Werry 8, pd. AUCTIONS Important Unreserved Auction Sale of Farm Machinery, Onion and Potato equipment and Irrigation equipment for Hemlock Creek Farms. C/O Alex More Sr. and Alex More Jr. Lots one and two, Concession North Lake Road, Norfolk Township. Take Highway No. 19 south of Tillsonburg to Port Burwell then five miles east. Friday, February 17, 1984 12:30 sharp. Pro- prietor - Hemlock Creek Farms, Alex More Sr., Alex More Jr., (519) 875-2842 Bus. (519) 875-2885 Res. Sale conducted by Sunrise Equipment Auctions Inc., Auc- tioneers and appraisers, R.R. 3, Norwich, Ontario. Phone (519) 424-9998. VACATIONS Ski Holidays - Big While, Kelowna, B.C. 5 nights from $95 per person quad. Pool, hottubs, kitchens, fireplaces, dining. Ski from your door. Summit Leisure (604) 736-0411. n/c PERSONAL Dates galore. We are a professional introduction service designed to introduce compatible people to each other. For all ages, Prestige Acquaintances call toll-free 1-800-263-9103. Noon - 8 p.m. n/c Stop bedwetting. United Enuretic has corrected over 20,000 cases. Bedwetting frustrates, embarrasses, and sometimes weakens school abilities. Get confiden- tial information from UESC, Box 3311, Cambridge, Ontario. N3H 4T3, stating age and phone number. n/c MISCELLANEOUS Learn piano or organ with new, easy Chord Method! Instruction book with 3 cassette tapes quickly teaches you keyboard styles including "by ear" and simplified music reading. All members of the family can learn. Progress at your own pace. Low cost. Start chor- ding right away. Details free. Write Ken's Keyboard Kourse, Box 2205, Station 'A', Moncton, N.B. ElC 8J 1. n/c CAREER TRAINING Free 128 page Career Guide shows how to train at home for 205 top-paying full and part-time jobs. Gran- ton Institute, 267A Adelaide St. West, Toronto. Call (416) 977-3929 today. n/c Revise street light policy for Town Orono Estates to pay more Council members of the Town of Newcastle gave ap- proval on Monday for the consolidation of eight rural street lighting areas into one with the addition of three new areas to be effective upon passing of the necessary by-law at the next meeting of council, Monday, February 13th, 1984. The new by-law will res- cind a by-law passed in 1980 and repeal a further by-law passed in January of 1984. Under the new by-law, yet to be passed, the Town may consider the provision of street lighting on the initiative of council as provided under the Local Improvement Act. Kathryn Campbell, treasurer, pointed out that under the Act all capital costs of a new project will be borne by those properties benefiting from the project. She also noted that property owners could object to new installa- tion under the conditions of the Local Improvement Act within thirty days of council giving notice of such a ven- ture. Under the conditions of the new by-law only benefit- ting properties contribute funding to both capital, maintenance and operating costs. The Orono, Newcastle Village and Bowmanville systems will operate at a single unit as in the past two years under the Newcastle Hydro Electric Commission. In consolidating the eight rural street lighting areas into one it will then include Hampton, Enniskillen, Ken- dal, Newtonville, Solina, Darlington Industrial, Ashton sub-division and the Orono Estates. It is the intent of council to include in these three new areas, the Oshawa Boundary road, Davis sub- division and the Windsor Valley Place sub-division. Basing charges on 1983 costs it has been estimated that the rural street lighting cost in the rural street light areas would be $19.43 on the average home assessed at $2800.00. This single base charge eliminates a variety of charges over the eight rural areas which in 1983 ranged from a high of $39.85 in the Ashton sub-division to a low of $5.29 in Solina. The new policy, using 1983 costs, will increase street lighting costs in the Orono Estates from a former $13.54 to $19.43. The effect of ad- ding the three new areas will affect the base rate figure of $19.43 but this affect has not been determined. The new by-law when pass- ed will not affect a charge on areas that are not served by street lighting. Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 8, 1984-7 Late french imersion acceptance to be known The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Educa- tion has been holding infor- mation meetings in the three areas of their jurisdiction over the past months relating to the proposed late french immersion progran. The program would start in grade 6 in September of 1985 providing sufficient interest is shown and class enrolment of twenty-eight students. About 60 parents showed up in Port Hope, 40 at a Campbellford meeting and 40 at a meeting held in the M.J. Hobbs School in Hampton. In speaking to John Reid, principal at the Orono Public School, he said he had had two enquiries as to the pro- gram but as yet had no way to estimate the interest. Reid did point out that survey sheets had been sent out to parents on February lst and those interested were to have the survey sheets returned to the school no later than February 15th. He said at this time they would have a better indication as to the interest held in the pro- posed program. The program is expected to provide a middle achievement level of competence in french. It means a student could read french newspapers and books with occasional aid of a dictionary and as well function well in a french speaking community. A stu- dent would also absorb french culture, customs, economics and government. Parents must provide transportation to the late french immersion programs. The program, with suffi- cient numbers, would be established in the MJ. Hobbs School, Hampton, in Port Hope and in a school in the eastern area. Application for rec. vehicle expansion The General Purpose Committee has approved the circulation to other agencies an application for the rezon- ing of 1.32 acresg Ipermit ex- pansion of a recreational vehicle sales outlet along Highway 115-35 in the fourth concession of the former application was filled with the planning department of the Town, January 18, 1984 by 506203 Ontario Limited. Following the necessary circulation of the application the planning staff for the Town of Newcastle will sub- mit their report and as well eTownship of Clarke. hold a public meeting as tç Havelberg re-zoning Hav lbeg r-zo ngA report pertaining to the the application. gets council go-ahead The General Purpose ing and a subsequent report Couicil uu-dated on Committee of the Town of qn. i i.t. _f , Newcastle on Monday receiv- ed a report from the Director of Planning, Terry Edwards, concerning an application for rezoning a ten acre parcel of land for the purpose of an operation of an Exotic Cat Sanctuary, a dog-training and kennel operation and as well a Recreation-Fitness Centre. The application has been made by W. Klose of Havelberg Dog Academy. The report has been refer- red back to staff for process- along with the holding of a public hearing at a general purpose meeting. The necessary circulation of the application will now be undertaken by the planning department. . The report informed coun- cil members the approval has been given an amendment to the Official Plan by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing to allow the proposal to proceed follow- ing the approval of the rezon- ing application. The Migrants begin their northern trek WOODS, WATER AND WILDLIFE by Arlin Hackman Federation of Ontario Naturalists T he February snow lies deep upon the land. In the midst of one of the coldest winters in recent years, it is easy to-lose sight of the fact that spring, really and truly, is just around the corner. One of the most obvious signs of spring is the return of the birds. Most of us watch for the first robin sometime in late March and take that as a harbinger of better things to come. But migration, that mysterious, almost magical compulsion that moves tiny creatures over incredible routes, begins in February. The first migrants to return to Ontario are horned larks, small birds with the colouring of sparrows, highlighted by bright yellow throats and devilish little ear tufts that look like horns. Watch for them -on weed stalks that poke up through the snow on the verges of country roads. They will be followed by flocks of crows and, wherever there is open water, by pairs of adventurous ducks. By mid-March tundra swans, bound for the shores of the Arctic Ocean, arrive in the thousands for a brief stopover along the north shore of Lakes Erie and On- tario. As March gives way to April and April to May, the songbirds follow, first in a trickle, then in a flood. The grand finale of migra- tion is the inundation of warblers that sweeps up from the south. One of the very best places on the North American continent to watch this colourful show is at Point Pelee, a finger of land pointing down into the west end of Lake Erie. Here the o Bi-centennial activity A report was received by David Johnston, stated the the General Purpose Com- committee had referred to in- mittee of the Town of dividual groups to other Newcastle on Monday in sources of financial support which the Bicentennial Com- that are available through mittee outlined the intent of direct provincial grants. the committee. The Town of Newcastle The report points out that has received $1O,00.OC to be the Bicentennial Committee used for Bicentennial project has met on a number of occa- purposes. sions and are currently ex- The committee has asked amining a number of projects council to refer any requests that may be worthwhile spon- for funding they may receive soring as municipal Bicenten- to the committee for commit- nial ventures. tee consideration. The report also points out Council members on Mon- that the committee has receiv- day also gave authority that ed requests to support in- council supply staffing for dividual Bicentennial projects the Bicentennial Committee but that the committee has either through the Tourism decided that funding of such office or by providing a max- individual projects would not imum of $2,000.00 for part- be appropriate at this time. time staff. The administrative ofsficer, birds are funneled along the narrow point in numbers reaching the tens of thousands. On 'wave' days, caused by cold air from the north meeting warm air from the south, the travellers rest so that observers may see as many as 150 different species in a 24-hour period. Each year, the Federation of Ontario Naturalists organizes a week of birding at Pelee for those who want to witness this-natural wonder. The leaders are experts, but those who join them need on- ly be curious about nature and want to learn nore of its secrets. The dates of this year's trip are May 6 -11. If you would like more infor- nation on this or any of the many other nature tours of- fered across Canada, contact FON Trips, 355 Lesmill Road, Don Mills, Ontario, M3B 2W8, telephone (416) 444-8419. ni-jll