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ý1he Greatest Christmas Ever NEWAC NEWS For Sunny Dodson of the Durham County Senior Citize&s Lodge in Orono Christmas Eve 1990 becamne the happiest day of her life. 'It was my best Christmas ever," she said. Answering the door to her apartment at the Semior's Lodge on Christmas eve she came face to face with her son after thirty years. As soon as we saw one another we knew - "he ran into my arms", she said. "We have a friendshiip Celebrates 2nd Birthday ý--Alex and Gillian would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year. They are the daughters of Shelley and J.D. Leask and the granddaughters of Max and Carol Lycett and Bill and Barbara Leask. Alex would like to thank, her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousin Lyndsey for an exciting second birthday (Dec. 14) and Christmas. She can hardly wait until 5 month old Gillian can enjoy it too! Alex would like to tel Grandpa Max that this was "the best Christmas ever" and sends a special hello to great grandmas Estelle Leask. and Margaret Hancock and great uncle Jack. GOTCHA!! Best Wishes from the Mundys that will last forever," she states. Sunny said Andrea Poirier, Ottawa, had been looking for her for the past eight years and found her residence this past August only to wait until Christmas eve to make his appearance. And Sunny did have some news to catchup on finding her son studying to be a doctor, playing piano professionally and with a iterest i weight lifting. 1.-My best Christmas ever." They don't al go south There hasn't been much bird watching on my part of late but Bill Bunting and I did take an opportunfity to catch a glimpse of a few birds on Sunday and there was at least one surprise. But before, we get to the Sunday event we could mention that a Blue Heron has been making its appearance along the Orono Creek in an area south of Taunton Road. It is not the first year that a Blue Heron has been noted spending the winter along the creek and apparently there must be food available to keep it in the area. Bob Faulkner has reported it i the- creek at the north of the sub- division and Bill Bunting watched it fly along the creek valley during one of bis wallcs. And further Bill tells us one of his neighbours reported that they had seen a pre-historic bird in the creek. No doubt the Blue Heron. Sunday it was off to the Whitby harbour which was fairly well iced in and as such no birds. But walking out to the end of the warf the lake came in full view with a large flock of Common ,Mergansers, a couple of Buffleheads, a few Goldeneyes and Scoup., A good assortment of ducks for the area. It was a surprise when we caught a view of this whitish bird flapping a while and then soarig for a while of shore in the lake. Immediately you knew it wasn't a gull by its flîghî. It tumns out it was a Marsh Hawk and that's another surprise being up here for the winter. The Marsh hawk did have company, not over the lake, but back iniland. A number of Red Tail Hawks were sighted along with a Rough Legged Hawk, one of a number that winter in tins area. We did take the opportunity to visit Lynde Shore Conservation Area. It is here that the Authority has a number of bird feeders in place in a small bush area. Generally the birds in this area urono swimmers pictured above top (1-r)-Diane Jenkins, Tracy Arnott, Caria Werry and Scott Boumeester. Bottom (1-r) Wayne On the morning of December lSth the NEWAC Swimn Club held time trials for the entire teamn. This was a great opportunity for the non-competitive members of the Swim team t6 try competitive swimmning amlongst their friends of are active at the feeders but it wasn't the case on Sunday. The birds were there but they were feeding off natural foods in the shrubs and grasses. There were some twenty doves perched in one tree and of course the regulars as chickadees, tree sparrows, Orono- Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 9, 1991-3 &eare-dtowards -e-1 year olds, emphasizes efficient swimming through, stroke improvement, proper turns andfast starts. There are no0 competitive swim meets scheduled in this program. This programn is a great start towards competitive swimming in hefuture, a future with NEWAC. Esso swim program wiIl run a new session starting January 12, 8 to 9 a.m., Saturday momnings, at a cost of $45. Please cali Jeri Frisina 623-124 and watch for the upcoming ad for dates and tixnes for registration. As a closing we would like to thiank ail parents who came out to support the swimmers, Santa for visiting and special dhanks to elves Werry and Adele Jen1kinis. Absenit Yolanda Jones and Michael James. Tara Arnott (she was in Pickering On December .l6th, 14 NEWAC swimming). swimmners competed in a "C" and below level meet at the thetea. Mny ersnalrecrds Donovan Recreation Complexin the ean. Mny ersnalrecrds Oshawa. were set plus 16 club records were Again Orono swiinmers did very set. The entire teamn was broken well. Congratulations to Scott into 3 teams with the Brady Bunch Boumeester, who was swimming i coming i lst, the Blanks 2nd, and his first swim meet,, surpassed his 3rd were the Dirty Socks. Points fv ettmsadaostig were ccuiulatd atthe irst club record in the1 9 and 10 year NEWAC Time trials in September old, 25 metre butteffly. and they were carried over to tis Adele Jenkins had 3 best times meet. Each swimmer got 1 point and also set a record in the 100 for swimming their event, 2 points metre IM i the 8 and under group. for improving their times and a 3rd Adele also tied for top point winner point for making a new club in the 8 year old and under. She record. Included in the teamn for received a plaque with hier name this fun event were the members of inscribed on it. the Esso Swim. This program Diane Jenkins had' 4 best personal times. Ai Tara Arnott was our sole cardinals and both the representative at the Pickering woodpeckers taking their turns at Christmas Classic meet. Tara did the suet bags. extremely weîî at this meet, Its not a great deal to report, winning a total of 6 gold and 2 other than the Blue Heron and the sivreca. Marsh Hawk. sle eas Congratulations swimmers! Thne Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act ... is now in effect. This Act covers ail municipal corporations and a wide range of local boards - including those in education, police, health, roads, public utilities and conservation authorities. Each of these organizations is required to have - for, access by the public - a listing of the general classes of records and personal information. While the law provides for a right of access to these records, limited by certain specific exemptions, it also protects your personal information. 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