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-1 - ý i ,,lk Ik a w M , k Iî V II, 1 Il 1111k Outdoor bowling at Vacation Bible School This group of children take time -out from the competition of outdoor Ifyau go down ta the waads today, you're infor a big sur- prise famous chidren's sang Iyric There's nothing John Bindemnagel would love more than a big surprise the-next Urne he's out in the woods. A bowling at the Vacation good tîme was In the Bible School to 'ham-it-up' making. for a picture. Obviously a Arthur Black realby big surprise. Iàke about nine feet tail and covered with shaggy fur. Grizzly? Kodiak? Nali. Bindernagel's seen more than lis share of bears. He's a wildllfe biologist who works out of Courtenay, British Columbia -- prime bear coun- try. Nope, what'Bindernagel wants ta see is a sasquatch. Also known as Bigfaat. Alias The Great North American Ape., Sa far, lie hasn't had the privilege, but lt's nat for lack of trying. John Bindernagel has combed the backwoods af Canadas west coast for the past 34 years, following up an reported sasquatch sightings; making plaster casts of what might or miglit not be sasquatch féotprints -- even golng so far as ta set up cam- eras in the trees, triggered by electronic pressure pads buried on forest trails. Orono United Church Sesqui Moment (continued from page 9)1 guarded nearby property in a temperature that ran down ta twenty below zero, the caldest snap of the entire winter. Throughout the aftemnoon, almost the entire population lined the street, silently watching the old church being burned down. Scores of cars from the surrounding district brought in valunteers who gave valiant assistance ta the firefighters in trying ta save the church and parsonage. The oniy things saved from the building were the two heavy front doors, and a few yards of curtaîn nmaterials from thse Sunday Schooi. 1William Stainton thse caretaker. said everything had seemed perfectly in order wheni he left-the church after thse marning service. The oniy part of the building that was saved was the new kitchen that was instailed during the renavating. The kitchen was piaced under the front vestibule, and this was the only part that escaped the flames. A new electric stove that had been installed was as goad as new. Renovation Just Com pleted The church was one of the aid landmarks of the village. It was built in 1862. Last summer the con- gregation undertook a renovatian project, at a cost of around $20,000.00. The church was compietely, redecorated and a new organ with chimes, a Sunday Scisool roomn and a new puipit were added, aiso new windows were being installed in memory of former staiwarts of the church. The church was reopened in October last. The new pulpit and screen were dedicated a week ago Sunday, and the dedication of tise Sunday Schooi was ta have taken place on Sunday, February 28th. The loss of the church, after the great efforts ta modemnize it, has corne as a staggering blow tatise congregation. Church service will be held in St. Saviour's Anglican Church until a new edifice is built. The Ioss is estimated at $80,000, with insurance being carried to the amount of $32,000. Already many offers of help in the building of a new church have been received, and a congrega- tional meeting will be held in the Orange Hall on Monday evening, February 27th. to ask for per- mission to buiid a new church, with work to comn- mence as soon as possible. Due to the severe cold weather during the fire, the women of the village gathered in the base- ment of the town hall, busily engaged themselves in the making of sandwiches and hot coffee which were hanided to the firemen and helpers until late in the aftemoon. Parsonage Dam aged During the height of the fire the order was given to remove the furniture from the parsonage 'as it was believed it also mnight be destroyed by the flames. In the excitement the would-be helpers tore a number of electric light fixtures from the ceiling. also bringing down plaster from the ceîling. I1n'this respect not enough care is given to the removîng of furniture, causing nxuch damage to persona] effects. It will rnost likely a week before Rev. and Mrs. Eustace will be.able to move back to the parsonage. CARD 0F THANKS We desire to express our sincere appreciatîon of the valuable service rendered by the ladies who supplied the*coffee and sandwiches. to Mr. Watson for keeping the Township Hall warmn for the Newcastle Fire Company, and to lail our peo- ple who helped in any way to combat the disas- trous fire which destroyed our church on Sunday afiernoon. The Officiai Board of Park St. United Church This article was published by the Oron o iWeekly Times Thursday. February 23, 1950 and reprint- ed on occasion of thse one hundred andflftieth Anniversary of the Orono United Church He's snapped plenty of deer, occasional bears and once (lie.forgot where he'd burled the pad) himseIl The closest he camne to lay- lng eyes on a sasquatch was in 1988 when he and his wîfe were leadmng a school hike an Vancouver Island. There, crossing a park trait, were three prints made by bare feet. They were clearly not made by bear paws -- no evi- dence of claws. Besides, they were much more human- looking.' Except for the fact that each print was better than two feet in length. Either John Bindemnagel had the tracks of a sasquatch, or Dennis Rodman was running around the Canadian wldemness with a terrible case of gout.* Maddenmngly elusive crea- ture, the sasquatch. There is one blurry video sequence of something large, hairy and apelike loping through the wýoods;, there are hundreds of snapshots of what mi glt be sasquateli footprints. Dazens of people swear they've seen somethlng In the bush that looked like a huge ape. Scientists have studied fecal and hair samples that they cannot identify as belonging to any known species.... But no actual sasquatch. No bodies. No dens or nests or bones that would prove once and for ail that the sasquatch exsts. Why is. that ? John Bindernagel doesn't thlnk that's so unusu- ai. He points out that the for- est where the sasquatch is belleved ta live Is a very effi- cient composter -- highly alkaline soul and lots of scav- engers and lnsects ta make short work of any mortal remains. "You very seldom fmnd the bones of bears out there, either." For another thing, people who have neyer been in the B.C. wildemness underesti- mate the ruggedness of the terrain. Entire airpianes have disappeared in the Canadian outback, neyer ta be seen again. I shouldn't be surpris- ing that we haven't found a sasquatch corpse. 0 f course, a lot of people dismlss the whole thing as a crack, right up there with UFOs in the White House garage and vampires in, the attlc of 24 Sussex. John Bindemnagel, knows the atti- tude well. In his 34 years of sasquatch pursuit he's weathered much skepticism, caused embarrassment ta lis famuily and worried about fixe impact of his hobby on the trajectory of bis career. But he's no wld-eyed fanatic. He doesn't even la im, flat-out that there are sasquatch out there. He only says there could be. "I'd like people ta get up ta Newasle PIiotcmraphic 5umnSr Of Savings 19 Kinlg St. edSt Ne wc,&StIe Colour ful frame only 4O9OfeexrsSET1/7 110, 126. Disk & 135 mm 78-34 9ofexie EP.119 PUB3LIC NOTICE The Municipality of Clarington has recelntly passed By- Iaw 97-35, the Woodlot Preservation By-law. This by- awregulates the destruction of trees in woodlots and within and adjacent to environmentally sensitive areas. The by-law provides that no land owner shail cause or permit, on any of his lands which are designated in the by-Iaw, the destruction of any tree without -a permit, unless otherwise permitted by the by-Iaw. If you have any questions pertaining to the by-law, please contact the Planning Department at 623-3379. ONTARIO Date of Publication: Wednesda'y July 30,1997 Patti L. Barrie, A.M.C.T., Clerk Municipality of Clarington 40 Temperance St. Bowmaniville, Ontario LiC 3A6 P.O. #6746