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2-Orono Weekly Times, 'Wednesday, Jaituary 30, 1985 L ,dEver-y Wededy the offii PUlleatiofl MainStreet, Orono - - RoyC.Forrester, EdiWr A Future for Orono Fair The annual meeting of the Durham Central Agricultural Society held a couple of weeks ago had to be one of the better annual affairs of the society for a good number of years. There was a feeling of confidence, good open discussion and a sense of what had to happen for the future. This attitude is net something that is bult over-night but in the case of the Society strides have been made over the past number of years on which the Society may now continue into the future with assurance and confidence. Many can take the credit for this nio.less being the past presidents, manager and officers. The years have been good to the Society and the capital improvement that have been made are quite notable. The society has been receptive to some new ideas and introduction of some new features and as recent as the 1984 exhibition the sheep show came into prominence through the mat ter of mak-- ing change, even how minor that change may have been. The Saturday parade was but anotber feature whicb ad- ded momentum toe tbe fair in 1984. It is not to say that the fair does not have some weak areas for it does and it is going to take some action on the part of the board and committees to iron these problem areas out. It can be done and we would suspect a real effort will bermade to this end.. The Society faces the future with a new president and a new fair manager wbo, in ail likelihood, will add but another dimension to the operation building on what bas been establishied i the past fewv years. We would contend ihat many left the meeting a couple of weeks ago feeling good about the local fail fair and that it will continue to impro e as thie years pass on. Going Fishing??? Should try the Red Herrings beinig dragged across the garbage issue at tbe TowýNn of Newcastle council meeting. The catch should bc great. Coune. Taylor in bis bid to agairbbeing equalîty to gar- bage charges in Orono, Newcastle and Bowfsnville ai Mon- day's counicil meeting contended tbat membérs of counicil ap- peared to have a mental block and did not appear to bave grasp of tbe issue. Taylor witb the support of Counc. Cowman sougbt ariendment to the metbod of charges for garbage pickup to br- ing in a single mill rate charge, on average, for citizens in tbe three affected areas. Tbe attempt failed for the second time. ht was no wonder Taylor pondered tbe mental block of his fellow council members because the debate became clouded with side issues and items unrelated to tbe debate. The Red Herrings were out in force. Counc. members stated tbey' feared a unit cbarge wben in fact Taylor was not calling for a unit charge. Tbey wanted more information and imie to miake a decision wben in fact in- formation relating to tbe amrendment was well presenited and, we would think completely so, at the gen'eral puIrpose commit- tee meeting just a week ago. Neyer in recent times bave ein our- opinion, beard counicil mlembers z'o far- Off base. The Mayor abouIt to express bis opinion, asked to be quoted accurately. This lie bas every rigbit to ask but likewise the general public should rccive accurate informiation from the Mayor. His statemnent thiat Oronio and Newcastle Village had two different contract prices for pick-up is ,in error'and the fact remnains that tbe contract price per pickup is tbie samie in both centres. The red berrings were scbooîing on MIOnday ig-ht. Junior Kindergarten (Continued from page 1 ) m andatory wiîbin the juisdliction of the Nor- thumberland and Newcastle Sehool Board. It points out that the fami- ly experience wiîhin the bome has changed over the years and that in a two parent fami- ly where only one works out- side the home is not, in fact, the norm. Working mnothers have increased in numbers and are showing a contînuing increase. Many other fators were taken into view in11- cluding one parent families, separations and financial strains. ht is pointed oui ithat the weikart study ends wiîb strong1 argumnents for thie in- troduction Of Iigb equaity primiary programns. l is poinited out tha( 79 pe)rcent of lail SepairateScoo Board s have Junior Kindergartn and the 52 per- cent of aIl boards in the pro- v ince provide the program. In 1982 the Peterborough- Vicoria- Northumberland and Newcastle Roman Catboliç Sep arate Scbool Board estabîisbed a Junior Kindergarten program and in, 1984 the Peterborough Count- îy Publc Board also provided the schemne for the first ime. Thle report continues that it miay appear that the pro- gTr am)s for Junior Kinidergaretn (ge4 years) and tbat for Kindergarten (5 vears) are simiflar becauise tbey are designed to allow and en- couiragetuidents 10 learn an-d 1tow-oý, using mlaterials appro priate for the'ir developmient. It does porint out that the res'ources of ibe s osaind Ibe inideiLraris. News These ten days we in the United Churcb are asked to give towards World Outreach. On Sunday morning the responsive reading was: 1. 1 was bungry and you blamed it on the communists. 2. 1 was hungry and you circi- ed the moon. 3. 1 was hungry and you told me t0 wait. 4. 1 was hungry and you set Up a commission. 5. 1 was bungry and you said "So were my ancestors.'" 6. 1 was hungry and you said "We don't ire over 35". 17. 1 was hungry and you told me 1 sbouldn't be. 8. 1 was bungry and you told me machines do that work now. 9. 1 was bungry and you had defense bills to pay. 10. 1 was hungry and you said the poor are aîways with us. AIl:,Lord, when did we see you bungry? (adapted Maîîbew 25) There was a full choir out on Sunday January 27th. Tbey sang, "Shall We Galber at the River?" in memory of Garland Cathcart who passed away one year ago on January the 25tb. This was bis favourite hymn. The scripture reading was lsaiab 5 8: 1 -Il, Lu ke 4: 16-2 1. Mrs., Lynda King told us of the dire poverty of some families in Brazil who used 10 grow their own food on the land around their homes. Now toreign companies, in- ternational companies plant sugar cane righî tup 10 the waîîs of their bouses so there is no land left on wbicb 10 grow their food. So îbey go to' the city to try to get work en- ding up in the city slums. Cof- fee is another crop the big companies grow. Sometimnes they gel work picking il but if il gels frozen, as il ofteni does, t're peasants starve. We must bielp thiese displaced people. At the close of the service ant added attraction that we alI went 10 see was the twins of Mr. and Mrs. Don Peddar a lovely boy and girl. Tbey are now one montb old, the girl weighing a litîle over 7 pounds and the boy a little the program is not witbouî costs, iring of teachers, pro,. viding classroom equipmienit, purcbasing seven portables, adding to transportation and other items of a stant-up nature. These costs are estimated to be near a $1 million dollars for the first full year term. 0f Ibi s amount local taxpapers would provide some $308 ,000. It is the intention of somre members of the board that the program would be imi- plemenîed Ibis comning September 1985 an-d thiat the overaîl cost 10 the end of' the year 'would be $586._,500 wbicb includes starl-up ex- penditures. 0f Ibis anmunt the board would bave 10 ol- lecî $236.879 from ibe lax- paye0rs wilbin. the jrsia tion wbcb asbeen esimated ai îwýo iilons the tax-, bil on ave rage. To carryý the progriam from-Gi Jaur s1986 £ -1-1heen over 8 pounid bohbso happy and good. Their Dad tells nme they sleep welI at night. Last year there was no January thaw which is most unusual but snow was melting everywhere on February 2, 1984. This year we bave had no thaw but they tell us on the radio that February will start off with sbowers. The farmers need tbem badly to fMI the dry wells. The children living in the snow belt would bave several forced holidays this year in January. When 1 îaught at Port Elgin my [and lady said one January the snow was very deep. Then at the end of the miontb came the January thaw. She went to town in the bobsleighs drawn by a teamn of horses, taking aIl the children. She said ail the women and children in the country seemed to be there. They had been shut in al month andI needed supplies. I imagine that might be the way tbis year. Poîatoes are going up because of the extremely heavy snow falîs in Prince Ed- ward Island. Tbey have abun- dance of potatoes but can not get tbem to market. About twelve hundred came to thé Kirby Ski Hill over the pasi week end. Coni- ditions were ideal. Cold Feet andoWarm Hearts by Janet Saunders (continued from last week) Every district has its unusual-people. Ours biad it's share. There wýas Pete, wbo lived in a decrepit sback on the sand flastsý of the Assini- boine. Pete cbewed tobacco constantly and spat in ail directions.NMy usband occa- sionally had lunch witb himi and be always served bot biscuits. Tbey wvere liglt and flaky with 'a flaVOUr al Ibeir own. This was probably due to the fact that thiey were mnix- ed in a rusty old bowî, witb bis fingers- botb bowiý and fingers being well encrusted witb dirt. Pete was a com- pletely happy man. He earned enougb in a few wveeks harvesting to keep iminfori the rest of the year. He did exact- ly as' he, pleased and was answerable t0 no one. Ibere was Mrs. Leitb wbho bad a large number of cbildren and wbo said 10 me, Due to the syslemi of pro- vincial funding the cost f'or September '86 10 June '87 reduces for local taxpayers to $20,052 and in the following year the board would biave a surplus of $87,948 Aitli no contrjbution nec:essary from local taxpayers. This, of' course, is based on present day sysîemr of' provincial fun- ding. In speakinig with W.H. Carman, trustee2 from Ward Three Town of Necslee said thal if the programi is to be implemenîed tbis year, the Board must mnake a dec2ision before Marýhcb,10 ake adv an- tage of provincial grant funii- ding for sîart up purposes. He did feel that the province would conitinue 1wiîb om form of thieir pr hntfnding formula weeythe -cosîis, reduced t10 locýal laxpauyers to the point thiat ibie programr funding from the rovinc covers ail cosis. He pointsou- ,bis!-Adbe I maniage to g-et home fromi the hospilal witb a new, baby in time for the first birîblday of the baby of the year before". The joy of celebrating first 'birthdays must bave palled, however. After Il years of married life, Mrs. Leith left ber husband ai-d ten cbildren to run off with the hired man. There was Mr. Simpson, an elderly one-eyed bachelor wbo lived aitîhe edge of town. My husband asked me to return a book 10 him. When he came to the door, I beld oui the book, but didn't have a chance to explain my er- rand. "Get out of bere!" he roared, fire belching from bis good eye. Gel offa My pro- perty! - and he raised his clen- ched fist. Astounded for 1 have been t hrown out of aiîywhere in my fle before, 1 galloped down the walk. Witb a stout gate between me and my bellowing assailant, my courage improvedi, and 1 roared back at him that was the iister's wife and 1 just wanied 10 reîurn bhis book! He said sbeepishly, - "Ob sbecks, 1I îbougb you was one of tbiem dcadgummired Jehovah Wit nesses." 1 enjoyed the cbildren. Tbey were eniltusîastîc, ap- preciative and bidlable. They ýwould brave blizzards and 30-below weather 10 come 10 meetings and play practices., Most of al I like to visit farmiers homes. Not only because of the stupendous meals we enjoyed but because the welcoie was so kindly, the big kitchens so comfor- table and the talk 'of crops and livestock so new 10. me. Mo si people wbo farm the big farmrs of the prairie have a dignity and a graciousness about tbem. Perhaps the far horizons of their daily life af- fects the horizons of their minds. Perbaps because tbey work witb growing tbings tbey are dloser 10 the Creator. Certainly, it was a different simpler way of lîfe. The sense of values of the people was different. There wasn't the scurry and pressure of city life, nor was there the emn- phasis on material things. People count for rinore tinthe country, and waîtbey (do matters more to the coin- munity. Tbey are not lost in a swvi iI lu fiuma nit y cýaCb 011 1 it uteîgh ow \11pe y)nf e re si1. 11n Cburcb lif'e you Comte to know îthe people of a com- munity in a special way. You are part of their bappiness and part of their tragedy. You know how valiant the mnost ordinary people cani be, you know the courage and fineness of average men and womnen. You come to be 50 fond of your people that the day of parting from them is a day of' great sorrow. But that day comes. (continued next week) St Saviour's Anglican Church MILL STREET ORONO, ONTARIO REV. ALLAN HALDENBY Rector FEBRUARY 3, 1985 9:45 a.mn. Holy Communion Churcb School ORONO UNITED CHURCH Orono Pastoral Charge SUNDAY FEBRUARY 3, 1985 ORONO PASTORAL CHARGE Orono United Church Cburch School 11:15 a.m. Morning Worship 11:15 a.m. Kirby United Church Churcb School 9:45 a.m,. Morning Worsbip 9:45 a.m. Sacramnent of Holy Communion BIBLE STUDY Wednesday 8-9:30p.m. Upper C.E.' Auditorium FOCUS ON FAMILY Film series by Dr. Jamnes Dobsonl Orono United Cburch Feb. 101h 7:00lp.m. Feb. l7th 7:00 p.m. Feb. 241h 7:00 p.m.- Marcb 24thi 7:00 p.m. Marcb 31s( 7:00 p.m. Other dates and limes at Clarke Higb Scbool 10 be announced. I I PI' I bu~ Give a Heart for Valentine Boda Glass Pendant, $9.95 Boda Glass Bud Vase $19.95 --- ALSO --- CARLTON CARDS 1928 JEWELLERY