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S 2 - rono eokl Time,~ Wenesd...Ma.17. 9.5. OroioW '4eekfy 'limes Prodticed Weekly BHy Sonhon Ptibl ishing. serving your coinmunity since 1937 Publications Mail Registration No. 0368 Publisling 47 Issues Annually at the Office of.Publication Pg4xnted by Jarnee ?ublishing 53 10 MaIn trot, P,0. Box 209, Orono, Ontarlo LOB 1 MO Tlephone 905-983-5301 Fax 905-983-5301 Win.Troy Young. Owner-Edîter First Editor-ial Well it is finally here. My very first editorial. For those of you who do flt know wbo 1 amn let me introduce myself. My name is Toy Young and I arn the new owner of the Orono Weekly Times. But I cannot do this alone. The previous employees, Elaine and Chis, are both still witb the paper. As wefl, my fiancee Lisa Nikifork and my partner Scott Jordison will be helping me out as wefl. They are both new to the area, so please make tbem feel welcome. 1 have been in the area ail my life, and amn the son of Armond and Yvonne Young, the proprietors of Sonbon Homes. If you wiil notice in the mastbead, the paper is now being published under Sonbon Publisbing. This is a tribute to my parents whicb have made this whole endeavor possible. You will be seeing some changes to the paper in the up coming weeks. However, most of these changes will be in the layout and look of the paper. We will be working on increasing the size of the paper from 16 pages to 24, which will necessitate the addition of new articles. That is where we turn to you. Evenrtbough I am the owner and editor, this trulylis your paper. As Honest Ed Mirvish said to me, "we do flot truly own anytbing, we are only caretakers for the dîne being." We will be designing a questionnaire which will be in the paper sometime in the next few weeks. In it, we will be asking you the itaders wbat it is about the Orono Weekly Times you have liked over the years, and wbat you would like to seecbanged. Any ideas that people have to add content to the paper will also be appreciated. The Orono Weekly Times will be undergoing a period of growth and expansion. However, we will not lose our focus, We are based in Orono and Orono news will always be the most important with us. Please continue to phone in witb your local events and news. To ail those readers who have supported the Orono Weekly Times over the years, we hope that you wiil continue te do so. If you are ever in town, stop in and say hello. Responsible Reporting In this week's Letters to the Editor, you will find letters that speak out against this paper for running an article last week about the dog shooting incident. Many concerns were voiced over botb the article on the front page and the one învolving Randy Porter. We were even accused of being irresponsîble for running the Porter article. Prior to the article, we had been accused in open council by the mayor for inciting the whole incident by only reporting one side of the issue. Now that we have rep orted another side, we are irresponsible once again. Prom the very beginning of this incident, we bave tried te flot get involved. We bas acted only as the passer of information. Up unil this point we have only placed in our paper letters from concerned people or information as it came out in council. We have not dug deeper to find the truth, because of our delicate situation. To take a side would have placed us either for or against council or Mrs.;Gasser. We have tried te remain neutral to the incident, as we feel we should. I do flot feel tbat we have been in-esponsible for trying to find another view. We have been open to the public and allowed them to have their say. We did flot make any value judgements one way or the other. The issue bas gone much furtber than simply the loss of Mrs. Gasser's dog. It is now one of accountability on the Town's part. Mrs. Gasser feels that the Town bas mishandled the wbole incident, and from information passed on by ber and from the council, it would seem that t hbas. 'It remains to be seen wbat will come out of it. We will continue to pans on any information that comecs our way, both for and against the way in wbich tbis incident was handled. St. Stephen's is Ten Years Old I remember my first day at St. Stepben's High Scbool ten long years ago. 1 had previously attended St. Francis of Assissi in Newcastle. 1 was one of the 'pioneers' that bas been mentioned in recent articles about the school The first day of bigb scbool is stressful enougb, but being the first class of a brand new scbool is even scarrner. During my tine at St. Stepben's, we were always the bighest rade. We had no one older than us to look up to, or to be picked -on by. It was a very unique experience. We sbared the school with elementary students for three years, al the wile hearing rumours of the scbool's demise. But with the support of people in this community St. Stephen's has gone from its humble beginnings of 40 students to somewhere in the neigbbourbood of 500. Now a new building is being proposed for school, wbicb bas been at the old training scbool. for the past seven Kendal Column 1By now, you ail are aware that an lection is coming up on June 8th. For the past few days another lady and I have had the job of enumerating, and if nothing else it gives you a chance to see somne of the most beautiful countryside in this part of Ontario as well as meeting the friendliest people. Everywbere we were welcomed with courtesy and smiles, a few joking remarks about how did we get te work -on such a cushy job. Ran across the odd vicious looking dogs that didn't give us a warm welcome but.no battle scars, just tired legs and feet. Found more homes that 1 didn't know existed tucked away in quiet woods, besides inviting looking streams and some hîgh up on hilltops wbere you could look south and see out over Lake Ontario, or you could look te the north east and west and see the huis, the trees just coming out in their sping green. My partner in this saw a lovely big trout jumping out of the water in one stream, I don't say where on the fishermen wilI ail rush to try and catch iL' Our thanks to ahl those who were so polite to us, I know one does flot always like being interrupted on the weekend and in St. Stephen'es continued from page 1 see them flot merely existing in the world, but thriving, gave them immense professional and personal pride and satisfaction. Many of those present echoed the sentiments of one St. Stepben's alumnus wbo said "My time at St. Stephen's was best time of my life." Few of the early students of St. Stepben's wil forget the role that the school bas played in their lives. t goes far beyond a simple education. More important is the community which the buildings known as St. Stephen's High School represent. The challenges overcome, and triumphs enjoyed by individuals and the community are also but a part of the St. Stephen's expeience. The lOth anniversary celebration helped to higblîght that which stands at the very core of the St. Stepben's experience. The core and foundation of the St. Stephen's experience is a sense of community, of famîly, which does not simply end with graduation or a change of jobs, but continues tbroughout our lives. e111ufl/e -1.- ý&*, the evening but these are jobs that until they find a better way of doing il, must be done when the people are at home from their work and that- seems to be evenings and weekends. Ail in ail, despite having a bout of the 24 hour flu, it wasn't such a bad job but by Sunday 1 was just too tired to get up so didn't get out to church. By next weekend 1 should be back to normal and will have my usual write-up. As I look out the window al I can see is a steady Stream of cars coming home from thec north and I think of the stories that used to bc in the Toronto Star every weekend, written by Gregory Clark and Jimmy Friese of their trips to and from the cottage up the highway and thru Peterborougb to the north country. Now 1 realize that they were using this same highway that runs rigbt beside our bouse. How we used to laugb at their adventures and the length of time it took them to get to the fishing camp. 1 wonder if tbey could see the way things are now, if they would think it was an improvement and could they get as much comedy out of the trip for their columns and cartoons. Til next week. P. Lowery é au înc. GST IPlease support your local paper I Mail cheque to: I Orono Weeldy limes R PO. Box 209 I Orono, Ont. LOB 1iMO * For inquiries phone 983-5301 -- - - - - - - - - MERCER HEATING -Furnace Cleaning and Repairs -24 Hr. 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