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8 - Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday Julv 3, 1985 Receive Académie Achievement Awards Photo flx, Inifèrr la~Ind From the Dim and Distant Past Three students also receiv- Awards Day last Tuesday. Nortbumnberland and also a winner in the contest. ed recognition for their Mike Tait and lan i Newcastle Board of Educa- Pictured above (l - r) Tait, academic achievements at the VerderSchee, botb Grade 8 tion Math Contest. Ken Ver- VanderSchee, and Verwoiert. Pincs Senior Public School students tied for first in the, woert, a Grade 7 student, was, Troubadours of the meadows. of the females, and commen- WOODS, WATER cing singing as thougb stak- AND WILDLIFE ing little terrîtories in a large by Mike Singeton - coîony.1i Federation of The femaies' arrivai Ontarioa Naturaiists beralds a caurting ritual best From dawn ta dusk, their described as a fligbt of fancy. garisb black and white forms Singing full volume non-stop frolic joylfully across. in a gyrating, swirfing perfor- meadows and1 farm fields. mance, many maies compete Zany chortling and warbiing for attention. Tbey land, fuls the air, as one paet put it spread wings, arch necks ta in a "bubbiing deierium, a show the saddie, and often mad, reckiess song fantasia, hop down into clearings ta an outbreak of pent-up ir- strut about, pigeon-like, restistable gee". wings spread anfd tail spiayed, Bobinks, now at the pioughing the ground. Then beight of activity, are un- up bath genders go, in a ma&- mistakabie in sang and ýap- ly exhausting, racing flight pearance. that will zing back and forth Bath sexes vaguely resem- across the meadow. bie a red-winged biackbird in Mated, the female becomes size and buld. But there, the extremely secretiye, choosing simiiarity ends. The maie, in as a nesting site a simple earth breeding plumage is jet black, depression - sometimes a witb a creamy saddle across cow's footprint or a tire rut - the back of bis neck, and idden in deep végtation. great white patches atop She gathers up a bit of plant ,wings and back. lt's the maIe debris close at b and to uine wbose constant babbie - while the edge, making a 'nest' percbed or flying, low or whicb is not only swirling and twirlingin smail nondescript, but almost in- 'colonial' flocks - rivets at- visible.i tention. The 4-7 earth-gray ta The female is rarely notic- eartb-reddish eggs, are in- ed by people and those that cubated* for about ten days, do usuaily tbink bier a dif- and most wil bave batched in ferent bird altogether. Sbe's the last two weeks or so. The camouflaged with a young, wbicb remain in the nondescript yellow and nest about ten days, remain brownisb stripping wicb immobile, eyes shut, packed blends almost in- together, and coloured exact- distinguisbably with vegta- lIy like the floor. tien. The parents neyer fly Like se many of aur birds, directly to or froin the nest. Bobolinks are mystical links They always run tbrougb the witb exotic far-off places few grass for soine distance wben of us will ever visit. Tbey approacbing or Ieaving the spend tbe winter, spread over nest; sa successful is this ruse, South America from the that few people ever see a Caribbean Islands through Bobolink nest. southern Brazil, Argentina Witbin the next week or so and Paraguay - places most you 'Il see the young, on their of us bave trouble even leai -ning flights, guided by the visuaIizing on a map. parents. They'lI be gatherihg About April, they take off, insects - beetles, caterpillars, mnoving straight north over grasshoppers, and the like - the ocean, coming into North and some seeds - mostiy weed America like a giant Wave, material. The trivial amount there spreading out over their of grain seed consumned here nesting grounds. Most of by Bobolinks is vastly over- 'aur' Bobolinks arrived 'shadowed by their - higbly about mid-May, the maies valued - consumption of comîing about a week ahead 'pest' insects and, weed seeds. 'Tbrougbout July and into August, Bbniks will con-, tinue this^vlued role, althougb less1 conspicàusuly, as their sînging tapers off, and they commence a moult into the rather-drab colou rs seen in fall migration. No words 'can quite describe the vivacity that Bobolinks add to our coun- tryside. Why not discover it yourself - a few minutes spent will bring a whole new perspective to the outdoors. A rtîst with a big imagination (Continued from page 1) "At this point in time, large works generatç more in- come," hie continued, "I don't mind putting a piece in a gallery if l'm not relying on it as income only." Most of Keene's work is presold and commiissioned by private collectors, people looking for one particular work for their office or ar- chitects and real estate developers. Some of bis pieces have sold for up to $50,006. His experience with the world of business bas led bim to change his approacb wben making a presentation ta a potent ial client. "The romantic era has really gone," Keene said, ad- ding, "Everything bas become sophisticated to create an approach business can relate to." A computer and word pro- cessor bave become vital tools Keeneutilizes to create presentations with a finisbed look bis clients can relate to. Between $2000 - 3000 is in- vested by Keene to create a creative proposaI ta a client that has no guarantee of ac- ceptance. Keene describes bis work as something the 'average' per-. son can relate to. "I don't try to creatc a work that is so abstract, peo- ple can't relate to it," Keene said. "Most developers are conservative, yet want somiething that will bave ap- peal in years to corne rather than something trendy." One of bis works includes a statue situated at the entrance of Maple Leaf Village in Niagara Falls be created for York-Hanover Developers. Tbe piece is part of a foun- tain that aiso incorporates a lazer igbt show to draw at- tention to the village's en- trance. "The building bas a medieval theme and I wanted to match a St. George and the dragon themne." said Keene, "The sculpture was desîgned as a total piece - light, sound and water. The outdoor laser light show is the first of it's kind. " "Eacb time I do a sculpture, it is designed with the architecture of tbe building in mind. 1 try to get one to complemnent tbe other," Keene said, adding, "The most successful pieces complement the environ- ment."- He also just completed a work for a developer in Los Angeles entitled "Kodiak Bears - Salmon Run". The finished product stood 'over seventeen feet bigh and took six months to create.' -1 try to incorporate a sense of bumourin many of my sma!ler bronze works," Keene said, "I like to take on a fantasy element ,,Were animais would take on buman characteristics." "I tbink my biggest satisfaction is seeing a viewer s reaction involved by a piece of work," Keene said, ad- ding, "But l'm neyer ýatisfied wtb my work when done, 1 think tbat's what keeps me going." "What it boils down to is art is a matter of taste. Some like it, somne don't. You can't please everybody", he con- cluded. Keene and bis* family mov- ed ta Orono when they found he could operate and pur- chase a studio and havc privacy for the samne cost of renting in Toronto. He says they bave been delighted with the area ever since. ORONO WEEKLY TIMES June 30, 1955 Social and Local Mr. and Mrs. Mac Brown and twin sons of Toronto spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Donald Staples. Mrs. Jack Mercer beid a miscellaneous shower for Adele on Thursday June 16tb at the borne of Mrs. Harry Mercer, where about forty friends, relatives, and neîghbours were present. Assisted by co-hostess Mrs. 0. Cowan and Mrs. Jack Mercer, tbe bride-to-be open- ed tbe many gifts and in a few well chosen words tbanked ber friends graciously for the lovely gifts. Congratulations to Douglas Lycett and Jim Pollard wbo passed their Tbeory examinations in music, with first Class Honours, written recently at Bowmanville High School. YES, SHE' HAS SOME BANANAS - EATS 10,000 A YEAR Because she suffers from a rare stomach complaint, five- year-old Susan Morgan of Ponchatoula, Louisiana, bas eaten aimost 20,000 bananas since ber third birthday. The banana probiem in the Morgan family is so acute that the State Welfare Board bas granted Susan's fatber eigbt dollars a montb to buy bananas for the little girl. Doctors hope the complaint wilI disappear by 1the timie she turns fifteeni. June 27, 1940 Early Thursday mnorning, June 20, Mr. C. T. Batty, 45-year-old manager of the Bank of Commerce, Newcas- ,de, shot himself just below the heart, from which he fail- ed to recover. He told provin- cial constable W. F. Tbomp- son, wbo arrived sbortly after the shooting, that he "Just couldn't take it any longer" but did not say what it was tbat he couldn't stand. At the 86tb annual meeting of the Independent Order of Oddfellows at Guelpb last weekend, Mr. W. J. Riddeil brougbt honour to the local lodge when he was elected conductor of Grand Lodge. This is tbe first time that a local member of Orono Lodge bas ever attained sucb higb bonours. READ NEWSPAPERS; RETAIN VITALITY Regular readings of newspapers is recommended by Dr. William Lyon Pbelps as an aid toward longer life. "The three cents invested in a newspaper is one of the greatest aids to vitality we have," Yaie's famnous emeritus professor of Englisb declares. I haven't exactly been lying in bed at night worring about it, but 1 have long suspected that a one dollar Canadian coin was inevitable and 1 have not been over- joyed at the prospect. Anyone who has spent much lirne in Britain, even bef ore they turned the one pound note into a coin, will know what's worrying me. After, a few days In the UK, you wind up with a pocketful of metal s0 heavy that if you wrapped l up In a napkin, you could stun an elephant with it. Inflation, of course, is the root cause of this move ta take away our ight-weight greenback and replace it with a huîking, bronze-coated nickel slug. Because of nfation,' the dollar coin would be more convenient for vending machines and public transit, orat least more convenient for the owners and operators thereof. And because coins last longer than dollar bills, which have a hf e expectancy of about eight months, the switch would save the government money, about fine million dollars, annually. But there wouîd be a psychological price ta be paid for aIl of this. We aIl realize that a dollar today will only buy about a dime's worth of merchandise without hav- ing dollar bills become mere change. To be reminded physically of the degraded value of thé buck every tirne we buy a sandwich is going ta be tough. And there's the weight to be considered. Women's purse armse will become muscled like those of shot- putters. And those of us who still keep money in our pants pockets will develop permanent lists ta port or starboard, depending on which pocket we keep it in. Or perhaps 1 should say try ta keep it in. There is going ta bean enormous problem with holes. Perhaps this would be a good time ta i nvest heavily in canvas or leather. They'll be needed in vast quantities for bigger and stronger purses and for pocket, lining, ta keep those jangling dollars in the pants of those whnî earned themn. I suppose, in time, we may corne ta be as fond\- the dollar coin as we were of nickels when they were worth something. But 1 doubt it.