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A real fine gesture by Orono Fish, & Hunt -Big Brothers promote Pet Show at Orono Fair The Big Brothers Association of Newcastle is sponsoring a Pet Show at the Orono Fair and as well is presenting a Sport Swap event to be held at Cowan Pontiac-Buick in Bowmanville. On Sunday, September 9th at 1 p.m. at the Orono Fair the Associa- tion holds their Childrens' Pet Show. Registration begins at 12 noon in the Agricultural Building with no entry fee being charged. Children 16 years and under may enter their pet in a number of classes - best rabbit, best cat, best hampster, best dressed pet, and most unusual pet. For dogs there are nine classes - the largest, the smallest, the longest tail, best groomed, curliest hair, dog which looks most like its owner and best performance to sit, lie down, roll over and the best trick performed. The Sport $wap is being held on Saturday, September 15th at Cowan's in Bowmanville. Sports equipment may be dropped off on Friday, September 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. or on Saturday morning from 9 to 10 a.m. Sale of items from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Presents Midland plaque Real Orono hospitality has once agairn shown itself to be without competition. Last Monday, the Orono Fish and Hunt Club played hosts to about 120 senior scouts from the Hungarian Scouts Jam- boree, at their facilities just west of Orono. The Hungarian Scouts Jamboree Executive, contacted the Orono Fish and Hunt Club, to determine if their rifle ranges could be used dur- ing the jamboree. The club not only agreed, but provided instruction through members, Peter Etman- skie, Ken Moore, Wayne Sargent .35C. a copy and Ken Stephenson, and in addi- tion provided about 120 senior scoits with a full lunch served by Mrs. Verna Sargent and Mrs. Shelley Etmanskie. The Publie Relations Officer with the group, George Szentkiraly said that the group were somewhat over- whelmed with the degree of bounteousness provided by the members of the club. In speaking, through an inter- preter with a group of scouts who had travelled from Budapest, Hungary, to be with the group, I learned that the "Sloppy Joes" served at lunch was their best meal yet. Hunt club members said that they were glad to help the scouts, and to let them see that to have guns and fire them, requires careful training and gun handling. The Orono Hunt and Fish Club, by their actions have done much to foster international friendship. They have also provided many plea- sant memories of Orono, for the scouts, from all over Canada, the United States, Europe and South America. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, August 29, 1990 Last week Albert Naylor, member of the Midlands that it Newtonville, on behalf of Midland have new colours and they were Regiment, presented Bill Tomlinson dedicated early in June of this year of Orono with a plaque in apprecia- at the 50th anniversary heid in Port tion of a donation of new colours Hope. for the regiment from the family of The Regiments original com- the late William Tomlinson, Orono. manding officer, Col. Arthur It was a dream of William Thorn of Miiibrook and Col. John Tomdinson, who had been a (Continued page 2) Happenings LOCAL ACTOR TO APPEAR ON TELEVISION Frank Moore of the Kendal area, who played prominent roles in the production of Les Miserables at the Royal Alexander, Toronto, will appear to-night, Wednesday, August 29 on "Top Cops" at 10:00 p.m. on Channel 4. HOUSE TOUR Oshawa and District Real Estate Board and Big Sisters N.O.W. have organized a tour of houses in this area for September 22. Tickets are $10.00 each and available at Olde Tyme Feeling in Orono or by calling Big Sisters 436-0951. Proceeds to Big Sisters, Newcastle, Oshawa, Whitby. ANNUAL CHURCH B.B.Q. Don't forget the Annual Church B.B.Q. and corn roast at Grant Yeo's on Wednesday evening, August 29th beginning at 6:00 p.m. Everyone welcome, especially friends from Kirby, Newcastle and Orono. Come out and enjoy a social evening with your friends and neighbours. Bring your lawn chair and coffee mug. The Yeo's live on Lawrence Road between the 4th and 5th Concessions, east of Hwy. 115. SAGA EVENT HAS MANY ATTRACTIONS The Save the Ganaraska Again committee is holding an event this Saturday with a preview Friday afternoon which includes a Garage sale along with a varied program of entertainment. It is being held at Elva Reid's on Durham Road 9 at the Carscadden Road. Household items, plants, baked goods, books, and collec- tibles are among items for sale. As to entertainment Bernie Martin will be present with his puppets. Also included will be folk singing, musical entertainment along with the serving of hot roast beef sandwiches, cider, coffee etc. Could be interesting. Pay a visit Saturday. MISPRINT - 1990/91 COMMUNITY ACTIVITY GUIDE Please make note of the following information that was misprinted in the new 1990/91 Community Activity Guide. Registra- tion Dates: Place - Newcastle Fitness Centre - 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Fall Series - Monday, September 24, 1990; Winter Series - Monday, December 17, 1990. Orono House League Hockey - contact 983-5840 (page 31). Hampton Baseball - contact 263-2125 (Directory), Centre for Individual Studies - contact Gail Rickard 623-6505. For more in- farmation, please contact the Community Services Department at 623-3379. Dreaming of the Little Brown Jug by Uord M1lis Harness racing is a working man's sport. Royalty never shows up at Kawartha Downs or Belleville or Barrie. Despite this, men who drive ex- pensive cars, some who can barely muster the GO train fare, family men and women too, somehow get the smell of the barn in them and are hooked for life on harness rac- ing. At the Orono Fairgrounds, Keith West and wife Marie, train a few horses, and in the fall, after the fair, break a few yearlings. Keith and Marie are country people who know the value of old fashioned courtesy. The ammonia smell of manure and hay drifted out of the barn as Keith explained that following a life time of involvement in all kinds of sports, he became hooked on horses in 1957. He said he bought a horse and gave it to a guy to train, and through this involvement went on to earn a Class A license for driving and training, the highest level in Ontario. Keith said that the A driv- ing license enables him to race at any track in North America. Recently retired from General Motors, Keith spends all his spare time at the barn with the horses. The pride and joy of the stable is a spirited 3 year old, John D Casimir. Owned and trained in partnership with Jim Gray, also of Orono, Keith has a sparkle in his eye when he speaks of the potential of the horse. Purchased as a yearling at the Royal Blue Sale at New Woodbine, the son of harness racing legend Willis Hanover, is racing this season in Ontario Sire Stakes races. Keith, who has broken 40 horses as yearl- ings, is proud that 38 of them have raced successfully. Not completely satisfied with that record, he dreams of one day train- ing a Jug winner. Winning the Little Brown Jug, the premier race for 3-year-olds, held in the U.S., and the equivalent of flat racing's Ken- tucky Derby, is the dream of every harness racing man. If you get caught up in the "harness racing bus" Keith warns that the cheapest thing about horses is buying them. He said that when approached by a person who wants to buy a horse for him to train, he explains all the costs involved first. These include, the approximate $20 daily training costs, the truck- ing costs to local tracks, the blacksmith fees, the harness ex- penses, and veterinary bills, which can run up to large sums. He said that some owners become so attach- ed to their horses, that often the ex- penses of owning, balanced against the return, are forgotten through genuine affection for the animal. Training is time-consuming and tedious. A horse that is racing demands extra time spent with it. Despite altof this Keith and Marie West love it, as Marie says, "Horses are so beautiful and powerful, yet they need us every day." Here's hoping that one day you have a date-with that Little Brown Jug - a dream all harness racing lovers share with you. 1 -a-