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U9wouo WeektITes, Weuàsday, August l4th, 1985 Newcastle Hydro turns sod for new office Photo by Jennifer Garland Purpie Martin MNR projeet It's bard to believe that this expected to be completed Rick Bruynson, Consulting Hydro Commission, 'Bill vacant lot located at Lamb's some time in December by Engineer of D. G. Bîddle Morrison, Newcastle Ontario Road and Highway 2 will Gerr Conystruction Ltd. Consulti-ng Engineers, Hydro Commissioner, Irwin soon be the new location of Revenue from the sale of the Newcastle Mayor 'Garnet Hamilton, Newcastle Ontario the Newcastle Hydro Depot current building in downtown Rickard, Harvey Partner, Hydro Commissioner, and Office. Hydro officiais Bowmanville will be used to Chairman of the Newcastle Morley Watson, General cçlebrated the new location partly finance the construc- Ontario Hydro Commission, Manager and Secretary with a sod-turning ceremony tion of the new one. Pictured Bob Stevens, Vice-Chairman Treasurer, of the Newcastle last Monday morning. The above (left to right) are Joe of the Newcastle Ontario Ontario Hydro Commission, one-storey mason building is Gerrits of Gerr Construction, At Long Last. . .A Weekend Away!!! it doesn't happen very often .. .getting a weekend away without kids tagging along. It took weeks of plan- ning, hours of exhausting discussions, multitudes of lists teling where, when, why and how. The kids don't seemr too concerned and by the time the preparations were ail made, we sank -ex- hausted into the seat -and trundled down the road. The excitement lay in simp- ly getting away and if you let your imagination run wild,' romance is supposed to go hand in hand with such a weekend. So here we sat, cruîsing down the road, perched in a corvette with two suitcases, one watermelon still ob- tainable at this time of year, six pears and camera equip- ment. 1 tell you there wasn't roomr to breath. Sardines are more comfortable. At least they are evenly spaced without a melon underfoot. We stopped at the first quaint town and indulged.. a greasy burger thumped its way to the pit of my stomach formulating its own gastric juices followed by an encore of nasty burps. My stomach caught a case- of instant bloat causing my belly to jut out and the zipper bulge. Gireat! Ho,.%cou-)ýld romance be i n the wind when side hy side a pregnant cowv and I had the samne profile. I shifted m-y weight around this cigar shaped car, thereby ac- Cidently stepping 0on the watermelon which of course broke. Just outside of Huntsville, we noticed a thurnp grind noise in the rear quarter. .somewhere. Both of us 'were baffled as to what was causing this latest errup- tion so cautiously we crept to the nearest garage. The garage owner filtered out the problem and promised only a short wait. Five hours later, famished, cold and paranoid about the cost of this "îittle job" we crept sub- dued into Huntsville. Now where to eat, to sleep? We landed a nîce little spot on main street and set up Our new residence. Into the room_ went bags -and watermelon piees, a bottle of wine, video disks and machine (compliments of the hotel). Still smelling of garage grease but too hungry to care we raced uptown to that much awaited candle lîght supper. He Ieft it up to me in which restaurant 1 would like to eat and in my haste I mîstakenly took the wrong front door. So there stood him and I and there stood the cooks in the kitchen directing us how to go through the kitchen to come to the restaurant. Was it mry fault I giggled 50 Joud, ail motion ceased and heads turned? And in my haste to eat could 1 help it If by acui dent 1 threw mosýt ol in cutlery on the floor. You would think he, who knows gIl about wine, would have bought something that didn't taste so sour and instead of snoring would have stayed awake with me till 3 a.m, ýwa-tching the video disks. It wasn't my idea to drive fifty miles out of our way to see Santa's Village which was closed. It was his idea to visît soine old gravesight he remembered as a boy. And if he hadn't been s0 embarrassed, driving past thîs quaint old church for the fifth time, 1 might have been able to get a picture including the whole congregation stan- ding outside staring at us. And if he'd set his watch right he would have realîzed we still had an hour before check-out time and plot chase me around packing everything in a fluster. Looking back, it was a weekend-Iùlkýno other. We neyer needed our fancy clothes, nor had that classy candle light supper. We neyer got to the boutiques because they were closed. We spent the major portion in a garage eating last year's saIt and vinegar chips. Night time romance was stale wine and decent movies, breakfast in bed was at the local truekers joint down the road. It was giggles, and fun without the frustrations of home and kids. We came home a little poorer, a car that wa.s fixed and a weekend like no other. United Church women attend Camp Quin-Mo-Lac 1"It is good to gel to know one another in a small, relax- ed gathering", is an often heard comment following a planned retreat. United Church Women experience renewal and fellowship in special "events for women". One such event is Weekend Camp for Women which wîll take place at Camp Quin-Mo- Lac September 6, 7, and 8, 1985. Registration deadline is August 20, 1985. Oshawa Presbyterial U.C.W. held a one day retreat at the home of Presi- dent Pat Beach, Greenwood, Ontario, on June 26, 1985. Thre theme was "Women in the ible", led by guest Margaret Elliott, Pickering, Ontario. Immediate com- parison swiftly put the focus on women today and the Oshawa group finds that sharing feelings and ideas assists growth and acquain- tance wth one another. This in turn creates a stronger working tearn to unite women of Oshawa Presbytery "for the total mission of the church". The themne of the Quin- Mo-Lac weekend early in September will bc "Women and the Bible",, led by Josephine Mewett, Peter- borough, Ontario. For fur- ther informati,.n contact any executive member or local United Church Wonen 's Unit. 1 MINSITRY 0F NATURAL RESOURCES PRESS RELEASE LINDSAY August 2, 1985 Scott Jones - Environmental Biologîst Do you have a purpie mar- tin house ini your backyard? If so, you could help the Brazilian Association for the Preservation of Wildlife study the miovements of pur- pie martins between North Amierica and Brazil in order to learn more about migra- tion patterns and to promote their conservation in Brazil. Purple martins spend the summer in North America and winter as far south as southern Brazil. They are a common summer species in Ontario and are noted for consuming large quantities of mosquitoes and -other flying insects. A total of 300,000 purple martins were marked with flourescent microtags of five different colours last March in southern Brazil. The microtags consist of a fine, non-toxic powder which was sprayed over the birds and ,adhered to the feathers. The markers are flot permanent as they are lost when the feathers moult during the first year after application. The Canadian Wildlife Ser- vice has offéred to assist ini the project and has, by way of a newsletter, requested the assistance of people who have purple martin houses. Feathers shed by the bi.rds, particularly the long wing feathers, should be collected and mailed to Ottawa where they will be examined under ultraviolet light to detect the marker. Feathers with the flourescent mîcrotags will then be forwarded to Brazil. Any feathers that are col- lected should be sent to the- following address along with your name, address, and the name of the nearest town or city where the feathers were collected. Purpie Martin Project Canadian Wildlife Service Ottawa, Ontario K1A0OE7 You will be notified if any of the feathers you submit contain the microtag. This is an excellent opportunity for interested people to take part in a worthwhile wildlife management projeot. BUTTON COLLECTIONS - A SUCCESS Pauline Smiley - District Visitor Services Programmer To confront the perennial battie of litter build-up, Balsam Lake, Emily, Serpent Mounds, and Darlington Provincial Parks have in- itiated a new angle aimed at continuing the conservation of park resources. It is called the Lindsay District Provin- cial Park Incentive Program. In this program, park visitors are encouraged to collect bottle caps, to main- tain a dlean camipsite, and to, participate in organized litter, pick-ups. In return, each par- ticipant receives a button bearing a coloured photograph and the park name for each of the incen, tive categories. After collec- ting all three buttons,' the park visitor automaticaily. receives the fourth button, the "Lindsay District Good Camper" button and a cer- tîficate. Since the-program's onset, over 1,500 buttons have been awarded. The park visitors, through their own efforts, have created a much safer and cleaner environ- ment for flot only their neighbouring park visitors, but also for the wildlife fre- quenting the parts. Public Notice to its Citizens MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS NOVEMBER 12TH,'1985 Deputy Returning Off icers Poil Clerks Ail residents of the Town of Newcastle who are in- terested in beirig appointed Deputy Returnlng 0f- ficers or Polil Clerks for the forthcoming 1985 Municipal elections to be heId on November l2th, 1985, are invited to submit their applications to the Town Clerk, flot later than Monday, Septelmber 3rd, 1985. Sttate qualifications andi experience, if any. NOTE: Persons who have already submitted their applications or have been appointed, need not re- apply. Date of Publication: August l4th, 1985 David W. Qakes, B.A., A.M.C.T., Town Clerk, Town of Newcastle 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario LiC 3A6 Our File: 10.50.4. P.O. A 0389j ForRicher For Po'orer VIKI BATES a