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-jOon eemynre, elnHm. ut çi, Helen MacDonald has graduated from Trent University with an Honours BA in Canadian Studies, English Minor, and from Queen's University with a B.Ed. Trent honoured Helen's aca- demic work with the James G. W/harry Scholarship, a gift of the Quaker Oats Company of Canada, for excellence in Canadian Studies. Helen gratefully acknowledges the support of her family, Roy, Kyle, Garrett and Grandma Frances Brearton of Yorkshire, England, of Dora MacDonald and the H4artmann sisters Who frequently cared for her children so she could "chase a dream" and of her frends; particularly the founding members of the Newtonville playgroup and the members of FOCUS. Helen is the daughter of Christine and Jan Bajorek of Oshawa. She returns to her studies in the fail to conduct MA research on Polish Immigrants to Canada. - Sandy Archibald made pre- sentatian to council on behaif of the Durham Countryside Adventure., Since the Great Ganaraska Country Adventure is flot happening this year Durham Farm Fresh have been working with various groups trying ta establish a Durham Countryside Adventure, build- ing on the momentum generat- ed by the Great Ganaraska Country Adventure. To date they have nineteen participants and $2,500 from the Regioni of Durham. Archibald was requesting financial assistance from council for the Durham Countryside Adventure to be held September 13 and 14, 1997. Council agreed ta support with the sane level of funding previously giveni to the Ganaraska group. The amount is not to exceed $3,000. *Jack Munday on behalf of the Lions Club. It is generally feit that theý Older Aduit Centre Cammittee is overlook- ing the advantages of renavat- ing the Lions Centre ta meet their needs. Any manies the Lions Club would receive for the sale of their building wouldbe chan- neled back into the communi- ty. If the Lions Centre were not sold to the Town for an Older Aduit Centre, the Lions Club feel they will have to selI it within twa years. Decreasing hall rentais have made the building ta costly to keep. Don Welsh of the Older Adult Centre Committed again urged council ta pursue the Rice/Duros plan. Welsh still felt there were too many unknown expenses linked with the Lions Centre. Afier an mn-camera session, council told the twa parties that they had instructed CEO Mr. Stackwell ta meet with the Lions Club -and repart back with their battom line on July 2nd. - Clay Taylor, president af the North Claringtan Rate Payers Association, told cauncil his group could live with the new noise by-law. It is flot their wish ta put Mospart out of business. Debbie Pearl, Vice President and CEO of International Motorsport Graup Inc., the group that is leasing maspart asked for more time ta experiment and work out solutions ta every- one's benefit. Mr Stockwell felt the new by-law addresses the noise problems adequately, but there is still room ta make changes if necessary.' *Council agreed to purchase the "Nantucket Sales Pavilian" which is currently located on Courtice Rd. just north of Credibiity Losa In tme matter of a couple of minutes earîy last week 1 suffered a 'credibility loss' as to mny knowledge of birds and their habits. It created a few sad moments which I have yet to forget. You may remember that I mentloned earller this year mhat a pair of chickadee had setup house-keeping In a blrdhouse f had put out for display In front of the house. For at least a month there were 'comings' and "goings', by this flighty black and white duo. As a matter of fact one appeared on CBC television as It. entered It's house. They were well, known by the OBO crew working I Orono for the election feature of POUl 161. It was becomiAng difficuit cutting the grass around mhe post and its guy-wires. As I had not seen the birds for a. number of days I opened the box to determine if they were still using the house. The base of the nest, green moss, was I place along with topping of lluffy debris. No eggs however and no young. It didn't even look as if they had been nesting as there was no. cup to the nest.1 1 went back again the following day and the saine appeared. "Yes I could remnove the boxes and the structure", which of course I dld. The nest went to the compost pile. The next day 1 took another look at the nest wondering why there hadn't been a cup to the nest. Lifting back mhe top fluf there was five spotted small eggs and a cup dld exldst. It really was a sad moment and, yes. a loss of credlbllity as to my knowledge of blrds. Ail over some littie inconvenience in grass cutting we lost the opportunity to see the young take their solo flight and be momhered and fathered for a week or Sa. Judglng from the Hwy #2. This building is ta be relocated ta the forner pol- lution control plant located on Liberty St. S. immediately N. of Hwy 401. At its new loca- tion it is ta become the Tourist Information Centre for Clarington. This plan has a budget of $1 64,200. *The 402 name petitian sub- mitted by re sidents of Orono requesting the installation of sewers, has been farwarded ta the Regional Municipality of Durham for review and con- sideration. number of cails I have been getting this year about birds and through general conversations there Is a great interest in birds and many do enjay tme presence of birds on their property. As an exaxnple a long- distance eall from north of Port Hope was received on, Monday enqluling about Northern Orloles and their nesting habits. We also heard about the list of birds on their property inlu ding the Blue Finch, no doubt the Indigo Buntlng. It was evident there was a love of birds by our caller who had to do mast of her birding from inside her home. Bluebhrds Bunting and 1 left Orono early morning, 6:30 a.m., Tuesday, reachlng an area north of Kirkfield Lft Locks. It was an hour and a, quarter drive. Its out in no-mian's land, cattie grazing country for eight kilometers and ideal for Bluebirds. We did see five pair wlthln a short distance of one and another. There are well-over fifty boxes alang mhe side of the dirt road. As ta species noted it reached close to forty wlth a Sedge Wren mo st note- worthy. 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The Indigo Bunting Is consldered one of the Iast migrants to retumn from the South.,