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Blind Races, Betty Cowan, Orono on Vegetable Caricatures Katie Jury' -Bowmanville an 1939 Case S John Boy Walton comes to the village of'Orono A motor coach pulled into town on Wednesday morning, parked, and unloaded it's cargo of movie location peo- ple. The movie people did the grand tour and in 1/2 hour were on the bus again. The movie to be filmed partially in Orono is a Hallmark Hall of Fame Production called Flood: Who Will Stop the Rain? This movie starring Richard Thomas, better known for his role as John Boy Walton from Walton's mountain is to be televised in November. Flood: Who will stop the Rain? is set in a small town in Indiana that is under threat of being flooded. The movie hopes to capture the spirit of the town folk band- ing together to save their town from the rising flood waters. The filming in town will be on September 15 and 16. The library, the town hall and the empty store at 5331 Maine St. will be uses as locations. The empty store will be converted into a jew- eler's shop. If you are interested in becoming an extra in this movie call Rita Bertucci at 416-410-7482. They need approximately 60 extras rang- ing from ages 20 to 75. Area residents voice concerns about Lishman development The ground that Phil Pisani and his dog are stand- ing on was once under water. Since moving here 18 years ago Pisani has watched the Wilmot Creek slowly dry up. In fact, this year for the first time a bull rush is growing along the creek bank, an indi- cation that there are serious changes happening to the creek. This is precisely the reason Pisani does not want ft see the proposed Lishman development proceed in an area were the Wilmot Creek and one of its tributaries meet. The fact that the Ganaraska Conservation Authority have no problem with this proposal thus far also has Pisani puzzled. Having been involved in the building industry for many years, Pisani knows the importance of development and is all for creating jobs. It should be up to the develop- ers to prove why they should build in a given area, not up to us to prove why they shouldn't, said Pisani in an interview last week. "With all the serviced industrial land available in Clarington, why do the Lishmans have to build their fur garment manu- facturing plant on a parcel of land were the Wilmot Creek and a tributary meet", Pisani went on to say. Danny Hooper also lives on the 7th Con. just north of the proposed Lishman site. When Hooper wanted to dig a spring fed pond on his prop- erty he was told he couldn't because it would warm up the creek water. "Why can they (the Lishmans) do alil this work when I can't do any- thing on my property"? said Hooper. This has been the worst year for flash flooding that Hooper has seen. "How are they going to control all that water" he wants to know. "I'm not knocking the jobs, I'm glad they want to come to this area", Hooper went on to say, "but this development should be in an industrial area, not in the woods with two creeks". When Hooper started voicing his objection of the proposed plan, Bill Lishman and a planner showed up in Hooper's driveway within 24 hours. At that time Hooper was shown a scale model in BA BLC Arthur Black Well I suppose it was only a matter of time: there is now an entire website devoted exclusively to Canadian lawyers. Actually, this may be an honour the lawyers would rather live without. This website is the brainchild of Torontonian John Styles. And he is no fan of lawyers. Over the past decade, he's spent tens of thousands of dollars fighting skirmishes with the legal profession. He started the website as a kind of legal Better Business Bureau, separating the saints from the shysters. Anybody with access to a computer can. visit the website (http://www.canlaw.com) and find out if a specific lawyer has been the subject of a complaint. "We're trying to provide a service to both the legal profession, which refus- es to do its own houseclean- ing, and the the world at large," says Styles. The man has a point. Lawyers are notoriously reluctant to air their own dirty laundry. Last year in Ontario alone, there were nearly 5,000 complaints registered the back of the truck of what the proposed development will look like. This model included a residential subdi- vision of some 35 homes. Hooper said it just about blew him away. The traffic going on and off the property will also be a concern. The road will have to be reshaped and that again would disturb the Wilmot. Besides the obvious envi- ronmental concerns with the creeks on the property, Mr. Hooper says there is an old dump an indian burial ground that will be disturbed. Hooper sees this as an election issue, and thinks that if council goes ahead with this proposal they are setting a double standard. Murray Taylor lives beside the proposed development and he thinks it's just great. "Speaking from a business point of view, this is a won- derful opportunity for Orono", said Taylor. with the Law Society of Upper Canada. The Law Society -- self- styled watchdog of the legal profession in Ontario -- bestirred itself to act on exactly 160 of them -- and then issued only a slap on the wrist more often than not. Will John Styles' website change the common percep- tion of lawyers as pond scum in pin stripes? Probably not - -but the Dumb Lawyer jokes going around may help to vent some of that public spleen. These are examples of less-than-stirring perfor- mances by courtroom lawyers who began speaking before their brains were in gear. To wit: LAWYER: Now Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated? WITNESS: By death. LAWYER: And by whose death was it terminated? LAWYER: What was your relationshie with the plain- tiff? WITNESS: She is my daughter. LAWYER: And was she your daughter on February 13, 1987? LAWYER: Do you know how many month pregnant you are now? DEFENDANT: I will be three months on November 8th. LAWYER: Apparently then, the date of conception was August 8th. DEFENDANT: Yes. LAWYER: And what were you and your husband doing at that time? LAWYER: Doctor Davis, as a coroner, how many autop- sies have you performed on dead people? WITNESS: All of my autop- sies have been performed on dead people. To be fair, lawyers might be forgiven for the odd men- tal lapse. They're not always dealing with brain surgeons on the stand. LAWYER: Mrs. Wilson, is your appearance this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? DEFENDANT: No. This is how I dress when I go to work. LAWYER: And lastly, Gary, all your responses to my questions must be oral, O.K.? 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