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A beau 4 fulizxRhiododendron garden Orono Weeidy TinieS, We6nesday, lune 13, 1984-7 St. Francis of Assil -News Following a short meeting, the CWL had a pot luck sup- per on Sunday evening. Husbands wvere invited and a good tim-e had by aIl. Sides were shown by Father Pat and a gift was presented to Pat Kidd in appreciation of her two years as president. Parish Councit also met on Sunday evening with. 15 members present.lin th~e absence of Mike Vogels the meeting was chaired by Marg Butter and the various com- mittees gave their fin al reports for the season. The Youth Group will re- main active over the summer and are sponsoring a pancake breakfast next Sunday, june l7th at 12:00 noon. A canoe trip is planned for June 25 and 26 and the second annual bikeathon will be held on civic holiday, August 6th., Last, but flot least, don't forget the Parish Picnic July 8th. by Chris Hooper The Village of Orono has its own rhododendron ex- pert. Mr. Dave Hinton makes bis borne, and bis gardens, just off of Taunton Road nortb of the village. It is easy to see that Mr. Hinton is an avid gardener because many beautîful plants can be found in his back yard, and it is obvious that rhododendrons are his speciatity. The plants are started in AroiUnd (Contne rm page 6> party unity may De a probtem at etection tîme. Lunn, who coltected 166 votes white Atex Sosna received 447, says he's not sure if hie and his sup- porters wvilt j'oin the drive to get Sosna elected. A battie shaping up The fighit is on betwe,,en the Durham Region and Oshawa for controt of regionat head- quarters. Oshawa Mayor, Allait Pilkey, made the~ an- nounicement this week that the City of Oshawa hotds titte to 30 percent of the head- quarters complex through a 1963 agreement with the county of Ontario. But chairman, Gary Her- rema, says he wilt do whatever is necessary to win fuît tîtte to the building for the region. A source of the region saysOshawa's case ap- pears stronger and solicitor Shan Jain has advised the region not to take the stance that Oshawa's dlaim is an oversight. Car sales booming Canadian car sales are booming, Genierat Motors of Canada just had the best May since the record year of 1979 and recorded a 53 percent in- crease in combined car and truck sales in its fourteenth month of improved sales. Chryster Canada had the best May in the company's history. Ford Canada had an eight percent increase in car sales with truck sales uip tenr percent. AMC car sales drop- ped eight percent in'May, but jeep sales are up by 269 per- the bouse, then moved to a shade house and finalty transptanted into his rhododendron gardens. The gardens are smalt, but filed to overflowing with plants in many different sizes, shapes and cotours. Each plant flowers for about a week, but Mr. Hinton has flowering plants from April to June because of the many different species in bis gardens. 11 Wben asked why he became interested in Trumpeter Swans The Ontario Ministry of Nat ural Resources is trying t o make Ontario once again the home of the Trumpeter Swan. Eggs were brought fromn Grand'Prairie, Alberta (at a cost -of about $250 each) and placed in the nests of Mute Swvans in the Cranberry Marsh. These nests witt be watched very ctosety for the next two weeks for signs of the Marsh's new trumpeter swans. Looking for Racquethail titie Oshawa's Tracy Eagleson, a 19-year-old Donevan Col- tegiate student, is the onty femnale from Ontario representing Canada at the Wortd Raquetbalt Cham- pionship to be held this sum- mer in Los Ang-eles. There will be sixteen counitries tak- ing part in the World Cham- pionships and Tracy says it is a bit dîsheartening not to be in the Olympics but she is sure that they will be caught up in thespirit. Town constructing new sait domne Butk Store Structures Ltd. of Erin, Ontario bas submit- ted the towest bid for con- struction of a 116 foot diameter sand/salt storage domne for the Hampton Works Depot. The bid of, $62,000 has been accepted by the Newcastle Council's generat purposes and ad- min istration committee and is expected to be formalty ap- proved by the council next week. The dangers of the barbecue The Oshawa Fire Depart- muent has been called to seven rhododendrons, Mr. Hinton said-that he had been in- terested in gardenîng and when he heard of the Rhododendron Society he decided to join. He grew his own plants with seeds obtained from other sources for about seven ears. As his interest grew, he decided to cross hîs own plants and for the past five years has been creating his own breeds. He stitt receives seeds from gas barbecue fires in the tast month and Oshawý,a fine prevention officer, A. Patter- son, says that poorly main- tainied connections are pro- babty causing the problems. Patterson says people shoutd paint a soap and water' solution and paint it over the gas connection, if there is a teak the solution witl buble, don't use ighters or matches. Cuts at Cobourg Library The Cobourg Library will be forced to close on Mon- days to cut costs. The library had budgeted for $180,555 but the town reduced its atlotmnent by $26,000. Other cuts, such as reduction in the hours of somne part-time staff and reduced book and periodicat budgets have also been made. No French Immersion Kinidergarten There witt be no F rench Immersion kindergarten ctass in Port Hope this fati as fewer students than expected had registened. Most trustees of the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Educa- tion support the idea, but there is no area in the budget from which the money coutd be taken. One class of tate, or Grade 6, French Immersion for Port Hope next year has already been approved by the board. Wedding Sta tionery Job Printing Orono Weekly Times Orcono 983-5301 other growers and has species from such places as Japan and Holland. >At the present tiine he is working on a cross which will produce a species of rhododendron which is hardy enough to survive the cold Canadian limate and flower every year. The Rhodendron gardenis are a spectacutar sight to behold duringl the spring season. Looking for an unusual WEDDING GIFT? What about a RUMTOPF! WNhat is a Rumtopf you may ask?, Corne in so we may show you $ 29.95 end Up Beautiful designs and colours ALSO- This Week's Special Sweetheart Roses 6 for 3.99 Apple Blossom Shop Main Street, Orono Phone 983-5291 The Northumberlandand Newcastle Board of Education TENDERS SEALED TENDERS will be received by the undersigned until 4:00 p.m., Wednesdlay, June 13, 1984 for the following: ROOF REPAIRS: East Area Maintenance Shop, R.R. 4, Brighton. M.J. Hobbs Senior Public Sohool, Hampton. Ontario Street Public School, 116 Ontario Street, Bowmanville. Bowmanville High School, 49 Liberty Street North, Bowmanville. Clarke High School, R.R. 2, Newcastle. Courtice Secondary School, R.R. 3, Bowmanville. Dale Road Senior Public School, R.R. 4, Cobourg. ROOF SHINGLING: Cobourg District Collegiate West, 135 King Street West, Cobourg. INTERIOR PAINTING: Brighton Public School, Brighton. Roseneath Public School, Roseneath. Campbellford District High School, Campbellford. 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