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III Orono Weekly Times~ Wednesday, August 16 1~95 11. LII 11111 I I THE People were lined up to sample the delicious food being served at the 28th annual Beef Barbecue at the Orono Park last Wednesday evening. The band the Jazz Cats were also on hand to add at littie ambience to the whole event. BASI1C 1BLAC K continued from page 6 Heavens, no. The folks who run the shop want you to try a sample. Sniff the bouquet, sw irl it around in your glass. Wouldn't want to get stuck with a bottle that's "gone off'. 1 haven't seen any Water Boutiques in Canada yet, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time before they start poppîng up in Toronto's Yorkville, Vancouver's Granville, and'trendy hot spots in between. tn the meantime, we'd do well to remember one of the great truths of bottled water. Evian spelled backwards is 'naive'. Golden r-"Liddle Opens in Bowmanvill Ail day breakfasts have corne to Clarington with the opening of the Golden Griddle Family Restaurant in Bowmanvill&ii-t the Flying Dutchinan Hotel. The menu offers of course its lamous breakfast items, but also lias sandwiches, burgers, steaks, and turkey dinners. The newly ren- ovated Dining Room is well kept and creates a very fiee cating atmo- sphere. Large class Windows over- look tbe Hotel 's pool area. Key to the restaurant arc thecir buffets. There arelunchi and dinner buffets during the weck, with a good selection ail affordably priced. The dinner buffet is only $9-99, with the weekly lunch buffet a very inexpensive $4.99. The prize of aIl buffet,; howcver is the weekend brunch buffet. Running until 2 p.m., this buffet costs only $7.99. The restaurant replaces the Brew Pub that was located at the Dutchman before. The manage- ment is hoping to appeal to a wider range of clients and families with its change to the Golden Griddle. Stop by one day and give the new restaurant a try. The Flying Dutchman Hotel is locateil at the Liberty Street exit onto the 401. fSAY *G BEEF! From Ottawa Alex Shepherd, MP Durham Many rural areas are feeling their very survival is being threat- ened. Children of farmers move off to the cities to secure employment and this causes a strain on fami- lies.- As well,' fewer farmers are cultivating more land. Added to this is the problem of less land under production each year. It's no wonider Canada's agri- cultural community feels its con- cernis are often overlooked by gov- ernment and financial institutions. Members of the government's agricultural caucus are having a two-day forum this week in Kenora to address the problems of Canada's rural communities. Although Durham isn't strictly rural, agriculture is Durham rid- ing's second largest industry and agriculture accounts for 10 percent of the region's manufacturing. Some of the issues 1 will brinig to the floor at this meeting are tech- nology, tourism and banking. With tie growth of the infor- mation highway it doesn't really matter if you live in Tyrone, Enniskillen, Orono, Lecaskdale or Blackstock - your access to the worlds is the samne. 1But it is taking longer to get this technology to rural areas. The gov- ernment is working on creating a highly integrated information high- way system and rural Canada should be-one of the main bene- fac tors. The federal and provincial gov- ernments are spending millions promoting tourism. The federal government is spending $50 mil- lion alone in joint ventures with private industry. A large portion of this money, 1 think, will go to Air Canada and Canadian Airlines International. Rural areas like Durham won't; see much of this money. Rural areas, often the desired destination of travellers doesn't get plugged into the big picture. Finally there is banking. Since banking has become highly centralized in head office based in Toronto there is little understanding of the needs of the rural dwellcr. What has developed is what I cail a lending gap. In other words, banks willingly take the deposits from rural areas and are very slow to lend that same money back. This only exacerbates the degeneration of rural areas because more money is simply transferred into the urban community. 'Me risks and rewards may well H ÏERE'S ANIMAL CONTROL HOURS Animal Control Shelter hours of operation are 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and on Saturdays 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Please cali 623-3379 for assistance. ICIMNkPATY OF ONTARIO Dates of Publication: Wednesday, August 16, 1995 P.0.53 2 _ - ý iAh______ ($on cig be the same in urban and rural areas but because of the high con- centration of lending to urbanites it appears thereis a bias in favour of the urban dweller. The other issues which will be discussed by the rural caucus cen- tre around rBST, the importation of pesticides and the protection of our marketing boards. 1 will be pushing for fair access to money, at competitive rates, access to technulogy via the infor- mation highway and more money for the tourism industry. Next week I will report to you on what took place at the forum. SUBSCRIPTIONS $7.20 August 1 to January 1