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Les Stanfield of MNR places Off the Wall and On the Floor One thing about art form, paintings, sketches, sculptures, etc., it does allow the mind to drift and wonder especially if you have a desire to let it drift and wonder. This was the case last week taking some time to view Tony Cooper's artistie offering on the lawns at the Visual Art Centre in Bowmanville. To mec a form a sculpture. There was interest generated in that Tony is a resident of Orono but as well this was at one time a touch and go situation on whether it would be allowed to proccecd. Procceed it did and with assistance from the Ontario Arts Council Tony was able to complete the projeet. Just a few corners left to cover at the present time. I do approve and can think of ntngmore appropriate in this lo&..,îon, locatcd beside the Visual Art Centre. It did cross my mind how fortunate we were because it could have been a Blue Spruce or a Red Maple, perhaps another flower garden surrounded with a border of stone, a fountain or mirror pool. You can spend time with eachi individual section, and thecre are many, buiît into this Tony Cooper picce of art formn. You cau say MI have not seen it before". You wont sec another just likec it but that may not be the case when the town spends. the $130,000 of Infrastructure funds for beautification just outside the Bowmanvile Recreation Centre. Don't get us wrong somcthing should be donc to spruce up the surroundings at the Recreational Centre. Want to bet you can say 've seen it before". In letting one's mind drift we wcre taken back a year or so ago when tine artists were part of a show at the Station Gallery in Whitby, one being Marilyn Sherry of Orono. There is much of Marilyn's work that is just beautiful to my eyes. Bill Bunting and 1 often drive past the Station Gallery on our way to Cranberry Marsh and after some persuasion I did succeed to get Bill to stop and visit the galiery for the show. It was different, somewhat unusual - "Off the Wall" so to speak. But as it should it put the mind in motion as tô what I might see and what the artist had in mind. t is a question, especially in'this case, that can neyer be answered. And where does the "On the Floor" comne in. Well, of course, part of the exhibit was laid out on dhe floor. A littie more of the unusuai docsn't hurt at ail. Justice Roger Çonant said, "this is a unique day in the history of Darlington and Upper Canada. It is a celebration of the seulement of Bowmanville and Darlington Township. We take great pride in lôoking back on our heri tage. " It was a dark country which Roger Conant led his family to from Massachusetts. He had refused to join the American Army and Ieft the Boston area. with 5 thousand pounds in gold. He, his wife Rhoda and seven children landeti in Newark where they met Govemnor Simcoe who promised them free land for' homesteading. The first year they settled by a creek rich in salmon in the Dariington Milis (Bowmanville) area. They buiît a log cabin and logged 800 acres. They logged more acres the next July and began trading furs with the Indians. In 1798 Conant wcnt to Montreal to invest his fur trading profits and his 5000 pounds of gold. He began manufacturing Durham Boats, flat-bottomed craft which were paddled up the rivers from Montreal carrying blankets, knives and ammunition for trading. In 1806 he built a grist miii at Smith's Creek (Port Hope) to grind grain which, until that time, had been hauled 110 miles to Kingston. A trip which took two weeks by canoe. "There are many tales about Roger. One of which is die story that he buried his fortune in a cooking pot before his death. If hie did, there is stiil a pot of gold to be found." "It takes great strength and perseverance to build homes ini a aiong wltfl Local Louncillors. Mary Novak, Johin O'Toole and David Scott.t lU~~is]~V~I mm , 'jI lY m SHQP AROUND, GET YOUR BEST PRICE THEN CALL US FOR YOUR BETTER PRICE We use the full 7% G.S.T- Credit to give you the maximum $$$ for your Trade-In. Toit Free from Area Codes 905, 416 or 705 at 1-800-361-8154 or local calîs 688154 SKELDING FUEL LTD. SINGE 1958 SPECIALIZING IN FURNACE FUEL DELIVERIES *AUTOMATIC FURNACE QIL DELIVERY .24 HOUR EMERGENCY HEAT SERVICE *SENIORS DISCOUNT *EQUAL BILLING PLANS *PARTS PLANS AGRICULTURAL & CONSTRUCTION " GAS " DIESEL " QUALITY TEXACO LUBRICANTS " MOTOR QILS * GREASES " HYDRAULIO & GEAR QILS " COMPETITIVE PRICES " EXCELLENT SERVICE LOCALLY OWNED & OPERATED BY CHRIS & ROSEMARY COOPER COME SEE US AT OUR FULL SERVICE GAS BAR 26 CHURCH ST., NEWTONVILLE 786-2502 w ?uic int -1 m r--