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8-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, September 11, 1985 Nothing like a good heavy horse show The heavy horse show was afternoon with a good few years. an excellent feature of the numnber of entries, possibly There were six such hitches Orono Fair on Saturday one of the best over the past las the above winner of the Stili il MacDonald's Farmm still holds initerest at the Orono Fair and Marcia Morris of Orono showvs her affection for this elderly pony stabled a t the farm for the four days of thie fair. Pony was courtesy of' Rus,- ty McQuaid, Cutc.Othier animai,,,and bes were couitesv of Don Staples, Russ Dow, R.R . 4Bowman- ville, Reid Harness, Orono, Mrs. L. West1, Orono and Clare Martin, Leskard. rockpile. Their luxuriant ,up- piy of bernies and buigs (which live only on this vegetation) provide abundant food and nesting sites for warblers, song- sparrowNs, garter snakes, and a host of other beneficial animlaIs. They chortde, f'lit, or bask in the sunshine. Other o as es dot the meadows; at their edgý-es, lux- uriant fence rows bustle with brown thrashers and meadowlarks, vwhile S bobolinks babble above. Down a grade, we hike, through once-barren erosion gullies, now a luxuriant quilt of shrubs, trees and grassy patches. Grouse flush, amid an explosion of wing beats. Deer tracks by the dozen tel of our more secretive compa- 'P nions. At marsh's edge, we pause. A small rnarsh, it takes sustenance from the surroun- ding huis and nurtures, in turn, the wildlife over countless acres. Luxuriant greens of waterlillies,' sedge and duckweed foil the stark- Cochrane family of grey contrast of beaver- Nestleton. drowned trees. Matt tells of his early alarm as he saw the trees drowning. And of his awe at the astonishing array of plants and animais which, in sequence, seized upon nwycreatedx habitat: Mallards and wood ducks, teal and even Canada geese. Turtles anid bullfrogs, green Conservation frogs and m)uskrats. And a and rural landowner REGIST WOODS, WATER 1985 AND \WILDLIFE by Mike Sing-leton -iStOoo eae Federation of s rn Bev s Ontario Naturalists Monday, Sept Spaceship) earth is, corn- 6:3C pared to the individual, so huge thiat one person c:an 't ORONO UNI have any meaningful impract- right? WRONO! t spent a fewN hours, recently, traiipsingL around a farmn with the owner. And it was, truy, n ORONO SHOPF exhilarating exp-erlen2e. O D 'Snippits' flood back intoO D mind, as though right before F L me. F L High above the pasture's ORON( m igh ty red -ta il su rv e y s h is S domain fromi the crumibling S A U o skeleton of a once-mnightySA . O elm. At its base bustles a liv- $8.00 per cou ing asis A angl ofTickets available at raspberries, dogwoods and o o n other plants, sprouts fromi theorfm n lattice of a century-old host of fish that wind the; way among rocks before wo_ Many are in water barely deeper than their backs. A haïry woodpecker beatsý its famniliar tattoo on the -reso- nant' nowý-dead larch, a chickadee peers from its precious nest-hole, lower on the trunk. Crossing a ridge, to another little. valley, we~- marvel at the luishness. Moisture sustained, year- round, by the wooded ridge, it is a living sponge. Mottled greens and yellowvs of sphagnumn mosses compete in a perpetual see-saw of slowý- motion growth. Gurgling beneath our step, they re1ease their precious water. We step beyond and they rebound, resorbing the bog's lifeblood, and leaving flot a sign of our passage. Orchids abound - some species in bloom, others finished. Strange carnivorous plants abound also - sundews that glue and roll-up their in- sect prey, to be planted as fer- tilizer at the plant's rmots. And pitcher plants, now in bloom, their hair-Iinied traps filli ng with drowned insects. Downstream we go, to pause by the outflowing stream - a mere trickle, really - now in a young-wooded glade. Despite summer's heat, it's a cool, refreshing locale - thrushes work the meadow floor while foxes rest in the den across the (Continued page 9) FRATION' 5-1986 , Cubs, and Scouts tember 16, 1985 ] 0i P. M. ITÉD CHU RCH PERS, DRUG MART FIMERS DANCE 10 ARENA Tu B ER 5 ipIe 9.00 P. M. it Reflections, Main St. team member. Orono Fair Resuits (Continued fromi page 7) Lucy DvdoBoman.- vill\\was t he 1topIlsheep hoperson ftollowed by Trry01-1riston,Courtce a ndLI NMi ke Coomb1Ilesý, Howm flanil[c11L. Terry Or iston also hiad thie top plac- ing lamb w \ith LcyDavid- sOn,.second and Rob David- son third. W,ýinniing the Juni Beef Orimiton ith Shannon cor ish,, Tyrone i.in scod Tet op 1 or Bee Showmlan wýas Bob (joble, Hiandley,Capelrtse cond. Terry Ormiston hiad the top Junior heifer with Pennyv Piper, Leskard placing se- cond. Top Senior heifer ,wnt to Jackie Handley, second to Todd Ormiston, Courtice and third to Joanne Handley, Campbellcroft. Brian Goble of Janetille had the top ,teer wvith Jeff Byýers scodand Andrw DaeyBowýnmnille third. The top Twýo Shiowýpersons frm e acb l ub w\Ceeeii to compete atmtis ye ar's -4-H Chamnpion ivetock & Showmanshlîp(Competiton" wbich was hld Se:ptember 6th, 7:00 P.M. atithe Durhami Central F air. A spcial tbianiks w the ledes'1 bee4-Hcub wbIO 1ha1'e 01olunteerdagrt de('ll mue11a1d dd a terrfic: job tIs ycar. -i beyareC: s\\ineý C lub Dalc VanC(almp, 13l ]C kstock: 1 awrece McLaughlin, Nestleton. Sheep Club - Rob Worden, Courtice; Jimi Coombes, Bowmnanville. Beef Club - Jim Byers, Blacksîo)ck and Gerry Corniishi, f-yrone. -Thank You!" Inspettion Station AlilVehicles lnicluding Dump Trucksi Scbool Buses PROPAN E Propane Conversions and Service MANGAR'Sl GARAGE rono - 983-5130 ORCHARDS LIBERTY ST. N. 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