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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 10, 1990-3 Donate Orthobiotic Chairs to Memorial Tales Told Twice Rex Walter, Doreen Park and Sharon Wilson by Shelley Allin For several years now, the Ladies Auxilary of the Legion Branch 178 have made a presentation to the hospital. Doreen Park presented a cheque for $1300 to Mr. Rex Walters, from the Bowmanville Hospital Founda- tion, to pay for the two brthobiotic chairs for the medical floor in the East Wing. Sharon Wilson, Head Nurse Manager for the medical unit, stated, "the chairs are mobile and provide better support than wheel chairs." Bingo and catering are the main fundraising for the Ladies Auxilary. With attention focused lately on the opening of the new East Wing, Arouin Where are the House sparrows? If the visitors to our bird feeder in front of the house is an indica- tion Sparrows have left the country. It's not that the feeder is not be- ing patronized for it is and in fact the birds empty the 12-station large feeder of sunflower seeds every four days aong with a daily scoop of mixed crack corn, wheat and oats on the ground for the ground feeders. There is a flock of House Finch at the feeder on a regular basis to the point that they will utilize all the stations with some awaiting their turn either i the tree or the pole. We can add to this the blue jays in good numbers, chickadees, white and rose breasted nuthatches and some American Goldfinches. On the ground the doves show up periodically along with the squirrels and a night-raiding rabbit. We think we have solved the squirrels clinbing the pole through the use of a large plastic Pepsi bot- te circling the pole. But where have the House Spar- rows disappeared to? In former years there was always a small flock of House sparrows around the house and on the ground feeding but not this year. A couple of years ago we did read an opinion of one of the or- nothologists that the House Finch, an introduced species to North America, would soon replace the House sparrow. He was of the opi- nion that the House Sparrow could not co-exist with the House Finch. vould appear with the surge in pulation of the Finch the Spar- the old wing also is undergoing ma- jor changes. Al asbestos has to be removed and all the patients have been transferred to the East Wing. This down-sizes the patient bed capacity from 86-63 beds. The in- convenience will last for ten mon- ths. Beginning October 15, the emergency entrance will be relocated to the immediate right of the usual entrance. Due to the decrease in size of the temporary emergency area, concentration of resources will be directed to the true emergency cases. The hospital will make use of Home Care Services whenever possible, which will result in a shorter length of stay. This will rows have left. A new venture You may recall that some time ago we did have a conversation with John Read of Orono who was in- týresting in designing a mulcher for brush and limbs. At the same time I had some thoughts as to writing a book on birds and their dependance with certain trees for food. I don't know how John made out with his mulcher but we have scrap- ped any notion of writing a book. But somewhat along the same line we think there is a market for fruit bearing trees and shrubs that attract birds. You kill two birds with one stone, as the saying goes -plant a tree or shrub to help the en- vironment and at the same time at- tract birds to your property. Trees at a nursery are rather cost- ly but of course of good size. Why not a three year old seedling at a much reduced cost and there is only the seeds to collect, germinate and wait for the three year period to ship. And these trees could be sold on a mail-order basis. Sounds simple and possibly a catch-on idea. So we collected some seed from a Dogwood Tree, a Black Cherry, some Acorns and Maple. They are now in the ground and we did ex- pect some results come this spring. Telling Bill Bunting of the idea he informs me that it takes two years for the Dogwood seed to germinate. That put my timing off for a year for Dogwood seedlings. And as far as Black Cherry is concerned they had tried germina- tion at the Tree Nursery with very poor results. Bill did say however also impact on waiting lists for elec- tive surgery as is common to the other hospitals in Ontario. When renovations are completed, bed capacity will increase to 121 beds. Hospital President, Mr. R. E. Elston, states "we are advising our community that over the next ten months, our patients will encounter busy, conditions at Memorial Hospital as we deliver most of our in-patient and out-patient services from the East Wing. Nevertheless Memorial Hospital remains coin- mitted to maintaining a high level of quality patient care to our coin- munity." How to deal with the Office Tyrant by Gord Mills Having spent a great deal of my life in the environment of an office I came to know what I term the of- fice tyrant. It helps quite a bit if you can identify the different kinds of "difficult people". I have been able to place these types neatly into several different categories. They are, the autocratic dictator; the backstabber; the tight lip; the know-all; the soothing delayer; the fault finder; the downer. Next comes the strategy to cope with them. You should ask yourself; Does the person cause a genuine problem? Is he or she con- stistently a problem? Do your other colleges agree that he or she is a problem? If the answer to all three questions is yes, you have sucessful- ly identified a "difficult person." So how do you tackle them? Each case will demand a different response because all "difficult per- sons" are different. A word of warning, in all cases respect the ego needs of your subject. Good reading on the subject is "How to handle difficult people" by Dan Kline, a former gouvern- ment office worker from Califor- nia. Try Coles or Smith's - Good- Luck. rhat seeds that had passed through the digestive system of Robins and dropped to the ground under a Black Cherry tree did quite well in germination. l'il be damned if I'm up for that one or even how to approach it. Harry Haitsma, Orono, retired last Friday after sixteen years with curply in Orono. The Forum Flames, slowpitch team won the championship by win- ning a nine to one game over Barry's Variety. The Town of Newcastle are seek- ing further funds to support the cost of the Orono Arena and Com- munity Centre Complex. Canadian Folk singer, Wiz Bryant, will be playing at the Orono Town Hall to help celebrate Library week. Two break-ins took place over the weekend; one was at Rahm's Garage in Orono and the other was at the All Seasons Holiday on Highway 115. Arnold and Nancy Wallace, Orono, were surprised when their family and friends joined thein with a celebration of their 40th wedding anniversary. In recognition of Thanksgiving, the kindergartens and grade ones of Orono participated in a Thanksgiv- ing Dinner. There has been an increase in hunting license fees. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT John and Valerie Witheridge are pleased to announce the arrival of their son Devon Edward on Oc- tober 8. 1969 75 boys have registered to play hockey this year under the banner of Orono Amateur Association. Mr. Stirling Mather was re- elected as president of the Orono Amateur Athletic Association. A Toronto Company, Whiterock Estates, has purchased 4,500 acres of land in Cavan township to re-sell under the slogan "own a piece of Canada." Clarke High School, Bowman- ville High School and Courtice High School and O'Neil Collegiate participated in an Orienteering meet in the Durham Forest under direc- tion of Lars Carlson. The Northumberland - Durham Board of Education has voted that students will attend School on November 11 for Rememberance Day Services. Betty and Joe Bothwell wish to honour her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Savery with a celebration of their 40th anniversary. A social evening and dance will be held on October 25. 1943 The Newcastle Ball Club will be holding a dance at the community Hall. Russ Greighton and his Dance Band will be in attendance. Judge German's car, which was recently stolen was recovered in Trento'h. The Orono Branch Red Cross are planning a Christmas Bazaar. An Autumn Musicale will be given at Part St. Church, Orono, by the students of Mrs. W.C. Lynch. I a truly beautifui alternative FIBREGLASS NAILS Call for an Appointment J'Me Fashions 983-9341 a li