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Wîns Ne wspaper A ward Journalist Joan Ransberry, formally of Orono, has been namned the best commruniity newspaper columnist in On- tario. Ms. Ransberry has been a six-year emiployee of the Ajax-Pickering News Adver- tiser, a publication owned by Metroland Printing, Publisbinge and Distributing Limnited. Ms. Ransberry bas written over 300 general interest col- umIns. The Ontario Newspaper Community Newspaper Association chose ,Ms. Ransberry's coluimns as the best in the province. T here were 100 wvriters in the competition.ý Judging was b)ased on quality of writing, subject mnatter and imagination.. The j udges, two from the Atlantic provinces, said Ms. Ransberry's columns were both interesting and well written. "Here's a lady who dares to be controversial," said the judges. The 38-year-old journalist- columnist is'the daughter of Harold and Norma Ransberry of R.R. 2, Orono. She's divorced and the mother of five children. Ms. Ransberry will be honoured by the Ontario Community Newspaper Association at an awards banquet held in Toronto in early March. She wilJ also receive a plaque and a.$200 cheque from Bell Canada. Mfs. Ranisberry is a former student of Orono High School and a graduate of Durham College. Durham East riding takes on new shape The Ontario Elector-al Bouindaries Commrission hias handed down its report on the re-distribution of' ridings in the Province which has altered Durhamn East con- siderably, ai riding represented by MPP Samn Cureatz. The Commnission proposes five extra ridinigs in the p)ro- vince with one being in the City of Oshawa delegaitingL two seats, to the City area. The re-distribution munst now, be. approved by the legislature prior to coming in- to effecçt but it is felt that such could bappen- prior to the n ext provincial, election . The Durham East riding bas been reduced i the number of electors bu)tt in- creased in area. The new bouindaries for Durham, East hias a population of 59,000 while the present boundlaries has a population of 90100 people. The newý proposed Durihami East riding(- woujl includeu the Townr of' Necastle and( the Towni-shlip of, Scugog in th)e Durhamn Regoion as, well as te Township of Manvers ini vic- toria County. The area in north0 Oshawa has been eliinted> from Durham East in the Commission report. Scugdg Township is pres;ently in the Durham- Y)r'k riding held by PC Ross Stevenson while Manvers Townîship is in the Victoria- Haliburton riding now repesetedby PC John, Thie northeast sector of Oshlawa whiichi is currently in the Durhiam East riding would be added to the Oshiawa riding under the recommendations of the BouIndaries Commission. A new riding, Durham Centre, would be added to thie area giving the Oshawa- Whitby area further represen- tation in the legislature. Durham Centre would in- clude thie Town of Whitby south of Tauntton Road and that section of Oshawa bordered on thie south by King Street, on thie east by Ritson Road and the inorth by) Taunton Road. Around Home An Auspicious Occasion An auspiclous occasion for tbe gambleris possibly a full bouse, for the golfer a birdie or eagle and 4or the hockey player a bat trick or shute-out. For the birder such occa- sion, occurs with the ap- pearance of a rarety of the bird world. This was certainly my feel- ing Saturclay afternoon when fed-up with work at the office 1 decided to investigate a reporting of. a Great Grey Owl in the Ganaraska Forest wbich had been reported by Larry Aikens at the Forest Centre. The weather being modrae,35 degrees Fahrenheit, 1 picked up Bill Bunting to assist in the search. Within a matter of forty-five minut es we had made -our discovery of the Great Grey perched in an Oak tree showing no concern on our approach. The Great Grey Owl is the largest owl in North America measuring in height 22 to 26 inches and having a wving span of some 60 inches. The bird is classified as rare with its usual habitat in the boreal forests in high elevations of the north, Sierra Nevada, the Rocky Moun- tains and northward into the Yukon and Alaska. According to Jim Richards of Orono it does make intru- sions into the south about every five years and the 1983-84 winter appears to be One of those periopds when, for one reason or another, likely availability of food- in the north, the bird is showing up in this part of Ontario. Reports have filtered in this winter with two sightings in the Kingston area, one in the Peterborough area and now one in the Ganaraska Forest. The Great Grey Owl is quite distinctive from other owls with a round head, no ears, a black chin with white patches both sides as whiskers, yellow eyes and a long tail. Even 1 had no diffi culty in identify- ing the bird as it sat in the oak by picking o ut( it s characteristics which I had, of course, studied before yen- turing forth on Saturday. What makes this sighting more exciting is the fact the bird is quite tame and both Bill and 1 were able to get within thirty feet of the tree without exciting the bird in the least. It just sat there at tintes looking at us and thien sw,ýivilinig its head to view out over the open field f'or its lunch. It was most un- concerned with our presence and we took a full twenty minutes to observe the bird and had no difficulty at this close range to even plainly sec the colour of its big round eyes. ' SamCureat said he hias no intention of appýealingL the niew bouindaries f ,or Durhamýtn East, althouigh hle does loose the n)ortheastM sector of Oshaa wichhas always Although 1 have said it had no concern for us it did however keep a vigilance pivoting its head a full 180 degrees to either tbg. ight or left and no doubeWas well aware of its surrouneings and the happenings. Apparently this tameness of the Great Grey is one of its downfalls as it travels south for i. becomes the t8fget for those willing to shoot anything in sight. Most un- fortunate for it is a beautiful bird. The winter has brought a number of' interesting sightings for me with a couple of flocks of Snow Buntings between Orono and Bowmanville, the back way, and a further- flock of somne twenty-five Pine Grosbeaks who resided in an area of the forest for almost three weeks. Agairi the Pine Grosbeaks make their appearance on a scheduled basis of every four or five years and like the Great Grey this appears to have been that year. Sid Rutherford reported on Tuesday the return of the Horned Larks which he s aid is the earliest this bird has returned to his front lawn. They appear in the same loca- tion on his lawn every years before travelling further north for the spring and sum- mer months., Perhaps we can predict an early spring due to the ap- pearance of the Horned Lark in the forepart of February. Orono Weekly Times, Wedlnesday, February 15, 1984-3 At Clarke High School, Three Clarke -High School students are currently on an exchange to Quebec, living with Quebec famnilies and at- tending a Quebec High School. The main purpose is the upgrading of the French language. Those on the exchange from Clarke High School are: Jim Brown of Orono, Angela Malik of the Kirby area and Chris Hooper also of Orono. Three Quebec students at- tended Clarke in the first semnester of the 1983-84 school year as the other part of the exchange. Students at Clarke are Iooking forward to the Valen- tine Dance being held at'the school this Friday night. A disc.jockey will provide the "ail hearts"ý music. Spirit Week is an attraction at the school with such as Rock Star Day, Tie Day, 50's Day, Hat Day and other featuies. Smoking has been put on off-Iimits at the school for the week due to the fact that abuses have existed in the smoking area outside the school building. Mental Health 'Assoc moves to new office The Durham Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association has moved its of- fice from 187 Simcoe St. S. to 111 Simcoe St. N. as of February 5, 1984. Larger of- fice space and program areas we re required due to an in- creuse in the number of staff and programs. The ncw loca- tion will accomodate the needs of the clients, staff and volunteers. 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