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., ý Oýrno WelTms Wdedy ebruaiïy25, 1998-3 Don and Pete Armstrong con gratulate Aunt Betty on her retirement Bowmanvî lie In her 26 years at the Armstrong IGA, Betty Mercer did everything from stock shelves to dlean -the washroom. Betty started her full tirne employment at the IGA in 1972. Since that time shes seen a lot of changes, the biggest being in November 1983, when the store moved from downtown to its present location on Mill St. t was a big change moving from the small, cramped store into the new one which seemed too big at the time said Betty. "Now the new store is almost too small," she said. The retirement get together was held at the home of Mrs. J. Armstrong on Saturday evening. A steady stream of well wishers came to say so- long. Along with the many gifts of cards an-d fiowers, Mrs. Mercer received a Royal Doulton figurine and a gold retirement watch. experience at flrst. It could be an outlng for 'people watchin4 there is no doubt. Every player takes a littie diffrent approach from total indifference to total concentration. To give you an idea of my lack of casino knowledge I did pull out three quarters from my pocket to see if there was a magic tug with the deposit of the coin, the pull of the lever, or a press of the spin button. The coin just passed through the machine into the trough. on the third try and the same result a robust gentleman wearing a Casino Niagara shirt asked if I was having a problem. "The machine is not taking my coin." "'You have to purchase tokens as the machine only takes tokens and bils." To be a good sport 1 invested ten bucks. No jackpot but of the 40 tokens and three minor wins I possibly spent ten to fifteen minutes at the 25 cent machine. Not much of a gambler when you can note individuals putting $100 bills into the machines and with big bids at the tables. With the loss of $ 10.00 at the machines and a parking bill of $11.00, ninety or so minutes at the Casino cost me atotal of $21.00. I don't begrudge the cost for the1 experience but will not be back. For me it, was educational in some form or other. I am, however, glad I did visit Casino Niagara. Toastmasters The February 17, 1998 meeting of Bowmanville Toastmnasters celebrated the Olympie spirit at its best. Chairman Toastmaster Irene Konzelmann linked her theme by asking. each mem- ber of the head table to describe the sport in which they would have liked to par- ticipate at Nagano. The theme was picked up by Toastmaster Cam Ber-iy when he asked for comments about various aspects of the Olympics during the Impromptu presentations. Topics ranged from possible solutions to judging biases to the Ice dance to the value of television to the gaines. -Prepared speakers spoke about Toastmnasters and their contributions to the commu- nlty. In winning the best speaker award Vanessa Hughes demonstrated how she campaigns for the United Way with the speaking skills she Is learning at Toastmasters. 1Toastmaster Mike Sullivan won the Evaluator trophy. On March' 10, 1998 Bowmanville Toastmasters will meet with other Area Clubs for a competition in Lindsay. Join us every Tuesday 7:30 - 9:30 except March- 10. We meet at "The Darlington Hydro Information Centre." For more information please caîl Irene Konzelmann 983- 9423. It was decided some time ago that I would spend this past week-end in the Niagara Falls area. The first Item of interest was, to be the Butterfly Conservatory which has been open for the past year. I had read about it and heard about it in the summer down at Lake On The Mountain- and recently from Bill Carman. 1 couldalso put on the agenda a vIsit to one of the wineries - Inniskillen, a popular brand and also a run at the Niagara Casino. Certainily 'm not supportive of Casinos but being In Niagara there Is nothing wrong ini looklng It over. "I'll, gamble a look'. 1 found the Butterfly Conservatory well worth the drive to the Niagara Park development. It was every- thing 1 had heard. Butterfiies, butterfiies everywhere In fact they stated at a pre-information showing that there were at least 2000 butterfiies flyng about, of which 1 have no doubt, and that there are forty diffrent specles. 1The conservatory is somewhat large 11,000 square feet and some 600 feet of pathways over a mlxed terrain and tropical growth. 11The butterflies are alI sizes and of many pattern colourations. You can hear the swish of air as the larger ones pass by. A sound similar to that of a bat but of course they are more beautiful. A large blue one was clearing one of the pathways with its fight pattern close to the floor. Everyone was giving way to this intruder of the human by-way. The conservatory does include the housing of some preditors of butterfiies, two Iguanas and two Quail, of which I saw one of each. There is also what may be called a small butterfly nursery, a -emergence" area where you can see butter- files as they make their way out of their chrysalids. It was also noted as man builds birdhouses for birds man also builds butterfiy houses which were on display and for sale. The interesting part is that I did not see any of these houses within the conservatory proper. A most interesting expenience. About the Casino. My arrival was 10 a.m. Sunday morning and I would say well over haîf of the hundreds and hundreds of machines were being operated and as weIl haif of the tables and wheels. It is a sizeable complex and as we have read It is to expand on a new site within the next couple of years. I did feel somewhat conspicuous and out-of- place. It is not as if you are about to look over a players shoulder to see how they are dolng or ask how the machine works. t was somewhat of a learning KENDAL UNITED CIIURCII 1Kendal,' Ontario "The Heart Of Our CommunitY" Sunday, March 1, 1998 11:15 ar. "The Simple Truth: Who Is Jesus?" Pleasejoin us Minister: Rev. David Black 78M-2950 St. Saviour s Anglican Church MILL ST. ORONO, ONTARIO Rev. Cliff Evans 983-5594 - 983-9639 Sunday Service, Sunday School & Youth Group 9:30 ar. 1lst & 3rd Sunday of Month HOLY COMMUNION 2nd & 4th Sunday MORNING PRAYER ORONO PASTORAL CHARGE Minster Rev. Mervyn Russell Secretary Marlene Risebrough 983-5702 Church Office 983-5502 CHURCH SERVICES Kirby United Church at 9:30 a. m. Orono United Church 11:00 a. m. 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