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O-Orono ..l"y'-imesMeWdnesday. Januay 9 19 Congratulations are ini order for Newtonville Public School teachar, Mrs. Randail. On Decembar 20, 1993 Mrs. Randal had a baby boy. Hisname is Devon Mark. Welcome to Mr. Steve Cooper, who wil ba taking ovar dha grades 4 & 5 class at Newtonvilae Public until tha and 'of June. At this time the school is activaly saarching for Nawtonvile area Block Parants. To bacome a Block Parent you nead flot bc available twanty four hours a day. By putting dia Block Parent siga in your window, you ara doing a great service and baîng of great value to your community. The Block Parant program is available to help flot only childran, but to teens, seniors, joggars or walkers who may fmnd thamselves bamng followad, drivers who hava car problems, or anyone who bas bacome suddenly il or injurad. The prograni bas provea to ha very effective in raducing molestations, rapes and break-ins. It providas a safa anviroinmant for avaryona. The school is also in nead of a Happy Birthday to_ May Tompkins, Newtonvi lla, celebratiag 80 yaars on Saturday, Block Parant Chairparson for dia Newtoavile and surrounding area. If you ara intarestad in this position please contact tha school. If you are interastad in baing a Block Parant, fil out dia form on tha back of dia school's newslatter, or contact the school for more information.' Volunteers ara also naadad to judga dia regional Science Fair in Cobourg, on Saturday April 16. Please caff Mr. Kribs, at dia school if you ara interested. The school's PTA is holding an information evening tonight, January 19. This session is to ba hald in conjunction widi dia odiar schools in dia Clarke Associatad School Grouping. The avaning will ba hald in a 'carousel' format which will aJlow you to hear up to four short twenty minuta presantations from various Board support staff. Topics will include raading, math, tachnology, and self-estaam. The session wiIl ba hald at dia' Pines Senior Public, starting at 7-:00 pm. Jaauary 15. Calabrating with ber wera bar two sons, 4 grandchildran and 5 great-grandchildren. Kendal Hall News The first card party of 1994 was bald on Friday, January 14th. Thara ware 7 tables in play. H-igh score want to Marie Couroux with a score of 85. Second high score want te Tom Wilson widi 84. A tic score of 79 placed Rudi Grady and Branda Lowary 3rd and 4th. The draw was won by Tom Wilson and dia draw for frea admission to dia nekt card party want te Marlene Stacay. The 1Kandal Hilîs Ladies Lodga mat at the Hall on Thursday, January 13di and the Scarlat Degree was coaferrad on our nawest mambar. Plans ara undarway once again for a skating or sladding party for dia membars of dia Junior Lodga, this will ba hald in Fabruary. Plans ara once more uadarway for the big Bowling Coatest, betwean dia Man's Lodga and the Ladies Lodge, dhis will ha hald diae last Sunday in Fabruary. .Naxt card party will ha held on Friday, January 28th. Coma on out and, hava an avaning of cards and friandly visiing over a good lunch. P. Lowery Snowflakes have fallen That may ba an undarstatamant as wa driva around tha village with some caution I must say. But befora wa get into the waathar or whatavar may coma diare is ona incident in dia Village over dia week-end dihat saams to me ta ba worth mantioning. 0f course no one naads to ba told about dh i razing breazas of late and the drop in temparature ragistaring from our diarmomatar at -32 and, for my friands' information, that's cellus. It is so cold diat it may maka one diink of summar and no doubt many hava. But in most casas it bas bçan oaly verbal commants such as "l'Il bc glad whan its summar again". But dian diara ara odiers who will go a littla farthar and you may dascriba it 'to almost the ridiculous".. How about turning on dia air conditionar? What, no ona would do that whan dia thermomatar reads -32 degrces. Don't bc surprisad. Somahow, or othar tha air conditionar at Backars in Orono was turnad on. That must hava been somawhat frustrating and humiliating for dia air conditioner. It rathar hibarnates during the wintar months and bas tima off until at laast late June. What a shock it must have bean ta bc awakaned ta dia frigid cold aad 'whaals must hava startad spinning bacausa dia facility began to smoldar and it was a cail. for dia local fire brigada. Tha boys from Main Straat north had the problem undar control in jig tima with 1littla damage baing dona. 0f coursa thera was soma axplaining to bc dona. Now wa can get back to dia waathar but let us realiza diat it is January and it is winter. Somawhat on dia chilly sida but with a great fal of snow to whitan-up the landscape. And what about diosa big snow piles at dia sides and ends of dia driveways. On driving to Bowmanvilla Monday morning its saarnad diat evaryona was out shovelling, more than usual no doubt bacausa school was closad due to the storm. You could almost feal that diosa out shovalling wara, in fact, anjoying diamsalves. And I am sure that on our waekly Monday t rip to Bowmanvilla I hava neyer- sean so manypeopla out of doors. And basidas diat taking part in a haalthy axercisa. You could almost féel it. 0f course diara is a down sida, dia, car won't start, dia watar pipas ara frozen- and there is a power failura in soma part aast to Port Hope- This bona-chilling weathar would bc aothing naw for dhosa out on dia prairies or for diose in dia Far North. The Yukon comas in at -47C. Where have the birds gone Late this fail wa bad a wida salaction of birds at dia feeder and at timas diera would ba flocks of at laast 50 raprasenting the Amarican Goldfinch and the Housa Finch. 0f course diara were odiers. A coupla of mondis ago diey ail laft aaddiahefaading station was daserted until racantly whan a faw flaches hava raturnad along widi dia chickadeas. No dovas and ne Blue Jays. It is not diatothers haven't been raportiag a good salection of birds at thair feeders for thay hava. Others howavar hava baan raporting but a faw birds. Did some of dia birds have a prior warning of dia cold spaîl to cloak dhis araa and made off early Newsorthy Netnll WARNING! 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If you fail to clear and keep clear the entire surface of sidewalks abutting your property, the Municipality will remove the snow and ice and charge the cost of such removal to the property owners realty taxes. Clearing snow and ice makes the Municipality's sidewialks saler for ALL pedestrians. Your co-operation in keepîng sîdewalks clear of snow and ice AT ALL TIMES will be appreciated. IMPORTANT: Failure to comply with the provisions of By-law No. 93-144 may result in prosecution. NOTE: No further notice will be given. / LNI 1PA L rFr Dates of Publication. Wednesday, November 17, December 15, 1993 Wednesday, Januar 19, February 16, 1994 P.O. 2997 FrmAround Roy Forrester H......M..E for the south and took along thair friends. Birding outings have been rather sparse of late but we did identify a Hawk Owl parchad in a lower branch of a tree aloag the road sid&. It was sighted aast and some south of Pontypool. Many will remember the Hawk Owl that resided east of Orono some five years ago. It certainly was an attraction and drew birders from far and wide for a glimpse of this northemn bird. ./ch4e /îV$, more"&, ,flV