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Vol. 58, No. 18 ORONO, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11,1994 Luke takes ail the attention in his stride Youth Drop-In Centre closiug end of month The Orono Youth Drop-In Centre will close at the end of the month. 1The Centre opened in the OId Mill on the west side of Main Street in January and has operatedl from that turne. The decision to close the centre carne on Saturday when a group of volunteer workers and members of a support group met at the Centre. Funding was one of the main reasons for the closing but there was consideration given to a revamping of a program for such a centre. The support group was about to submit a request for funding from the province but put such request aside until further consideration can be given to such an operation. Reconsideration of the Centre is expected to be taken in late summer or in early September. INew exhibi*tors -enter in flower show event NRS Edvan Realty Ltd. used with the thermometers just being two instruments while young the proceeds fromn their Bunny held up close to the ear and an Luke handies one showing it is Raffle to buy two special infra-red light, reads on the children friendly. The thermomneters for the pediatrics eardrumn and picks up the presentation was. made by unit at Memorial Hospital. These temperature.' Dorothy Harford of NRS Edvan tympanic thermometers are non Patricia Downs accepts the Realty. evasive. It is great for children Loc.%al 50+ -Méovin, & GroJovin" group% to demon,$",st'rate Line Dancing steps Members of the 50+ Movin' & Groovin' Club that operates out of Orono and han been active over the past weeks in Line Dancing will be demonstrating the dance at a Seniors Active Living . The seminar is being held Thursday, May 19th from h1 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Bowmanville Lions Centre. The seminar will include lunch at a cost of $6.00. The seminar includes not only the demonstration of lime dancing by the Orono group but also seniors exercise programs, TAI CHI. Also included in the prograin is a report from the Seniors Community Action Teamn which is working towards further pro motions of senior events in the municipality. The Action Teamn wan devised at a former meeting and luncheon on April 2th.* The Seniors are hoping that in the not too distant future a centre may become available to thern through the revamping of the Bowmianviile Fire Station which will become redundant with the opening of the new fire station later this year. Also onMay l9th a representative of the Public health Department will speak on Osteoporosis. Further entertaininent for the seminar includes the renditions of the Country Four and a further popular group the Clogging Grandmothers. The Orono Horticultural House Plant Show was held at the church on Thursday evening, April 28th. There was a real nice attendance with new faces. Shelley opened the meeting and O'Canada was sung with Doreen at the piano. Minutes of last meçeting -was given by Fbo Sharp,, and a poem read by Shelley. Adele McGill was called on'to give the treasurers report. $3,146.80 in the bank, $59.85 dues to bc paid to District # 17, $400.00 grant was received from the Municipality of Clarington. Members were asked to donate perennials to Orono Public School for a new flower bed they are preparing, in front of the school. Mrs. Cheri Eikens from J.C.'s Evergreens was our guest speaker on annuals, and was introduced by Shelley. Cheri showed new varieties of geraniums, New Guinea, Impatiens, tuberous begonias. New colour of Impatiens is "Show Stopper" a deep red, double Impatiens, vibrant orange and red colours. Cheri spoke on the publishing of their lst issue of "Good Neighbour G'ardener«. If yoù have some heLpful hint-s, etc., let ber knorw. Questions were asked by mnembers. Lorna thanked our guest speaker. Ther-e were lots of draws. Cheri donated three lovely baskets of plants for the draw. Along with the lovely plant show there were many Hobby & Crafts shown. Sorry I didn't get the naines of ail that showed. There was also a plant sale. Next montli is plant sale also. So corne and maybe you will find something that you would like. Doreen was called on to announce the winners of the Plant Show. We had 8 exhibitors with 51 entries. Most points in the show went .(Continued page 2) Armstrong's IGA organizes ctecrnup Happenings.. Rebekah Lodge Chili Luncheon The Heather Rebekal Lodge wil be holdi ng a Chili Luncheon on Thursday, May 12th from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. For tickets contact Violet Dunlop 983-5212 or Joyce Major 983-5858. Want to give a hand? The Orono Parent/Teacher Association are looking for some élp this Saturday at the Public School grounds for the construction of the new playground equipment. As weil there are plans to create a Trail Walk with variou s exercise stations. The local group han had a lot of support for this project and this week-end with ail the help that is possible the job could be completeti Why you can even start at 7 a.m. states Jeff Greer, head of the Association. A busy week-end If you want some things to do this Saturday and you complete the job at dhe school there is always the Environmental Fair in Oshawa, the event at the Ganaraska Forest Centre and as we have run out of space check coming event. Armstrongs IGA. Orono, along with the Orono lst Cub pack carried out the ýGreat Hometown Spring Clean-Up carnpaign on Saturday last. Although Don Armstrong remarked that the Village looked quite dlean, the group still across the country. collected 30 bags of garbage in The local Orono Cubs were al the central area and on streets presented with a pass to attend the leading to the downtown. Hockey Hall of Fame feature in The campaign is being Toronto, courtesy of Armstrong's undertaken by most IGA stores IGA. ORONO, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1994 Vol. 58, No. 18