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Ail about potting -cuttings A large group of Junior the art f pltanting cuttings. Gardeners were found to busy Above, Jessica Morgan and Ïast week, Tuesday, in learning James Morgan, of Pontypool get tast minute instructions from MinnieZegers. Orono Weekly Ti Bill Bramai his, Ontario If you've travelled up around the Cobalt, area, you likely have seen the Highway lBook Shop. It's flot like an average book store. It's so unusual that it's a tourist attrac- tion! First of ahl, it's out in the middle of nowhere. There's nothing but bush country around it. It's miles from any urban centre. There are a few farm, houses in the distance. And the only apparent signs of ac- tivity are the speeding cars and trucks on nearby Highway i1, which leads to the James Bay Fron- tier. But the Highway Book Shop starties people who stop there. It's a wlbite frame building, and inside it's huge! Although it's way out in the country, it's vast! It rambles on and on. And there are over a quarter of a million books on the shelves! Every time we've visited the big complex. there have been several people wandering around looking at or buying books. During the summer, the big store is visited by an average of 1,000 buyers or browsers a week. In the back part of the building is the publishing side of the business. In terms of titles produced, the Highway Book Shop ranks up there with the Ontario's top publishers. The last 1 heard, they'd published well over 200 titles, the majority Imes, Wed nesday, Marcb 21, 1990-5 h and small books about the North. The man behind this success story is Doug Pollard. in 1957, he and his wife opened a small printing shop on some property they owned beside Highway 11. Later, they began to seIl books as a sideline. Then people began to ask for more local historical materials, and Pollard began printing local pam- phlets. Eventually. he branched out into printing northern authors. The whole thing mushroomed and they had 12 fuIl-time employees. The walls bulge with new and used books. The presses are constantly printing and reprin- ting publications. Pollard himself is a book addict. He's a voracious reader. I've met hlm a few times. He's a gracious scholarly-looking man who's been a boon to artists and writers who live in the Northland. He's so highly thought of that Nipissing University conferred an honorary Doctor of Letters degree upon hlm because of his contribution to culture in the North. He travels extensivety and I've missed hima the iast couple of ti mes I've dropped into the shop. 1 hope our paths cross soon again. Hopefully, right on his home ground - Ontario's- now-famous Highway Book Shop. Junior Gardeners leam ail about pottmng cuttings We wetcomed everyone to the to place their cut flowers in the meeting, and gave a special warm "Pot-eu-fleur". Hopefully the wetcome to our new members. It's flowers' will come from their truly wonderfut how our group is gardens in the summer. Moss, growing. decorative wood, or fancy stones Our meeting was opened with may also be added but no cut 'The Youth 'Gardener's Creed." foliage. With special tender loving One of our new members Jason care by the children, they'tl be able Zegers brought in his pink to have their "pot-eu-fleur", in the geranitum seedlings in his little por- table greenhouse. The plants were growing very nicety and we att en- joyed tookîng at them. It was very thoughtful of him to share the ex- perience with the others. The Junior Gardeners were then given colored pots in whîch to plant their "pot-eu-fleur." Different rooted cuttings some of which were sansevieria, hahnir, euonymus (Japonica), kalanchoe, bridat veil, spider plant, swedish ivy, spanish shawl, and euphorbia, were passed around for the children to choose, from. The cuttings were then planted very carefutly into the light soit mixture. The children wer e also given somne water holders in which to place their cut flo August 'show. Mrs. Zegers demonstrated to the children how to take clippings from the sensovieria plant. They were in- structed to let the cutting edge dry for a day and then plant the cuttîng in soit. We ctosed the meeting with "Our Gardener's Prayer." AIl of us are tooking forward to 'our next meeting on Tuesday, Apritlth, where we will be visiting the Jensen's Greenhouses in Newcastle. The chitdren who live closest to the church will meet first at the church at 7:15 p.m. We'1tleave by 7:30. The others wilt nieet us at Jensen's Greenhouse. Shelley Etmanskie junior Gardener Assistant McLaughlin to attend Broadbent gala event Audrey McLaughin, L-eader of the Federal New Democratic Party, has confirmed that she witt be guest speaker at the tribute evening on April 7th in honour of Ed and Lucille Broadbent. The dinner dance to be held at the General Sikorski Hall on Stevenson Rd. in Oshawa, will be the first opportunity for McLaughin to appear in the Durham region since she reptaced Broadbent as party leader tast December. McLaughin who stated she, "would be delighted to attend," in confirm- ing her attendance with Oshawa MPP Mike Brea ugh, will be joined by Ontario NDP Leader Bob Rae and United Steelworkers' Director Leo Gerard. ~though there are a number of tickets for the event still available, community support and interest for the evening is strong and it is ex- pected to be a sel-out as people will be joining together to honour IItoadbent for his work in our com- munity and country and to have the opportunity to hear and meet Audrey McLaughin, the first woman to lead a national political party in Canada. For further information' cati 723-5917. ADVERTISE n the ORONO TIMES There is a variety of- federal programs for seniors in Canada. Would you lîke to know what they are? 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