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Orono Weekly T imes, Wednesdlay, Septemnber 30, 1998-9 New dîgs for dogs The ribbon was cut on Saturday to open Clarington's new Animal Shelter. Pictured above are, front row, 1-r -, Councillor Charlie Trim, Councillor Jim Schell, Clerk Patti Barrie, Mayor Diane Hamre, Councillor Jane Rowe,,Councillor Mary Novak, Councillor Troy Young, Deputy Clerk Marie Knight. Back row: Joe Gerrits - contractor, Paul McIntosh - architect, Karen Lyle - Animal Control Officer. St. Francilo PARISH FEAST DAY - On Sunday, October 4th, St. Francis of Assisi will be cele- brating twenty years as a parish. A , mass of Thanksgiving wilI take place at 2:00 p.m., oflicîated by Bishop Doyle and past- Pastors of -St. Francis. Following Mass the Bishop will bless and dedicate the new monument and con- clude the day with a wine and house? Depends on your point, of view. And sense of smel l. The best definition of a kybo 1 ever read was: "4a littie house behind a big house, about 100 yards away. In winter, it's 100 yards to far; in summer, it's 100 yards 'too close." cheese social. Ail are welcome to attend. R.C.I.A PROGRAM - For anoeinterested inbecoming a Catholic an R.C.I.A cou'rse will begin on Tuesday, October 2Oth at 7:00 p.m. For more information contact the Parish Office at 987-5446. KNIGHTS 0F COLUMBUS DINNER - A roast beef dinner wilIl be held at the St. Francis of Assisi hall on Sunday, October 25th. There will be two sittings, 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Adults $10.00 and chul- dren twelve and under $5.00. Tickets are available from any member of the K of C or from Bill Wilks at 987-4940, Carl Good at 987- 3795 or John Gorman at 983- 5117. Clarington's new animal shelter opened officially lIast Saturday, September 26. The new shelter which occupies the former Works Department garage on Liberty St.'S. took 4 months to complete. The total cost of the renovation was $3 50,000. The new shelter is P Arthur Black THE PAUSE THAT REFRESIIES INVOCATION 0F THE MUSE O, chaste Erato, hear my plaint I would sinigthe joys of yon house so quaint Pray guide the hand of thy unworthy scribe, O Blessed Muse -- 1 refer to the Kybo Yep ... Kybo. That's what we called it when 1 was a kid -- the kybo. I've heard that the name was an anagram for Keep Your Bowels Open, but 1 can't con- firm that. 1 do know that the kybo was known by other names: Backhouse, Outhouse, Boghouse and Wee House -- to name a handful. Domestic outhouses have al but vanished from the North American landscape and 1 think tlat's a shame. It's difficuit to describe them (let alone sing their praises) to kids at the tail end of the twentieth, century. Kids who have grown up with shiny bathtubs and porcelain toilets, without ever having to think about -hot and cold run- ning water. I once tried to explain to a college kid, the old Halloween prank of furtively moving out- houses farther down the path. three times the size of the old one which had 16 dog runs and a small area crammed with three banks of cat cages. The newly opened Animal Shelter boasts a kitten adoption room, a cat adoption room, a stray cat room, a quarantine He looked at me blankly for a moment, then said "But would- n't moving them like that wreck the plumbing?" The John. The Jakes. The Necessary. The Comfort Station. Great places to sit and think, tse old outhouses. Stimulating. I remember sit- ting there one time gazing-at the crescent moon carved in the door. Why a crescent moon, 1 wondered. Out of curiosity 1 looked it up. It tumns out that the crescent mooni is an ancient symbol for women and 'way back in the days when only a fraction of the population could read, such symbols were required to keep men from accidentally stumbling into the ladies privies. (The symbol for the mens outhouse, by the way, was a circular 'sun'. It disap- peared about the time kybos went co- ed.) The Dunnie. The Closet. The Loo. The Head. Plenty of evidence of pio- neer cleverness in the construc- tion of outhouses aswell., That crescent moon was more than a mere design. It room, a grooming room, 10 indoor dog runs, 12 indoor/out- door dog runs, a kitchen with laundry facilities and oiffices. Over two hundred vis itors toured the facility on Saturday,. and 3 kittens found new homes. functioned as a pretty service- able 'air freshener' in the days before air conditioning, and yet it was narrow enough to thwart unwanted animal intruders. 1A lot of early outhouses were whitewashed. Why white?, Think 'night'. In the days (and especially the nights) before street lights and flash- lights, a white building was a lot easier to Eind in the dark. The SmalI Room. The Reading Room. The Throne. I remember once wondering why most outhouse doors opened outward instead of inward. That made no sense at ail to me. A door that opened inward could be held shut with your foot toprevent someone fromn interrupting your revery. Why didn't the doors open inwards? I asked an old Finlander about that very mystery back when 1 lived in the bush near Thunder Bay. He looked at me as if I'd asked him which end of a shotgun 1 should point at a partridge. He explained that, while nocturnal animais such as, skunks, porcupines and large, dangerous bears have extreme curiosity regarding the contents of outhouses, they aren't really swift when it cornes to opening and closing doors. In other words,- inward-opening doors would make it very easy for animals to get in, but mighty tricky, to leave when their, um, curiosity had been satisfied.. The Honey Bucket. the Chapel of Ease. The Thunder Box. .And why such a long walk? Why, I wondered, did outhous- es have to be so far from the w IoI oroid * -e- DURHAM REG ION Are YOD on the svstemp In September, the Region of Durham started to phase in TeleRead, a new systemn which allows you to cali in your watcr meter reading using your telephone. Soon, you will no longer have to mail back your completed meter reading cards. WHEN CA NI USE TEL EREA D? Sorne customers will be on the ncw systcm in advance of others. However, we anticipate that ail customners will bc able to access the TeleRead systemn by the faîl. You will know you.are on the new system whent you receive the new TeleRead Meter Card, along with a brochure on how to use TeleRead. Until then, pîcase continue to rcad your water meter and retum your reading card as before. Finance - Depart ment Questions? Local Calis: Toronto: Lixbridge, Cannington, Sunderland, Beaverton: 571-6611 686-6611 1-800-465-6611 NEWCASTLE FUNERAL HOM Fun#era Drector - Car( Good Personal, professional, affordabie service. Genesîs Bereavement Resource Centre on-site to serve the community. Informative funeral home tours are welcomne 386 Mili Street South, Newcastle (7uttnortftof 401- Parkng off r-,pert Street) (905) 987-3964