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2 - Orono Weekly Times 1937 - 2012 · Celebrating 75 Years Subscriptions $38.09 + $1.91 GST = $40.00 per year. No Refunds. Publishing 48 issues annually at the office of publication. "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund for our publishing activities." Wednesday, January 11, 2012 ORONO WEEKLY TIMES - 5310 Main St., P.O. Box 209, Orono, ON L0B 1M0 E-mail: oronotimes@rogers.com or Phone/Fax: 905-983-5301 Publisher/Editor Margaret Zwart Production and Display Advertising - Roxanne Johnston Classified/Sports - Sue Weigand The Orono Weekly Times welcomes letters to the editor on subjects of interest to our readers. Opinions expressed to the editor and articles are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Orono Weekly times. Letters must be signed and contain the address and phone number of the writer. Any letter considered unsuitable will not be acknowledged or returned. We reserve the right to edit for length, libel and slander. If your retail or classified ad appears for the first time, please check carefully. Notice of an error must be given before the next issue goes to print. The Orono Weekly Times will not be responsible for the loss or damage of such items. We're 75! We begin the New Year on a celebratory note as this year marks the 75th anniversary of publication for the Orono Weekly Times. In the 1800s, most Canadian communities were served with independent newspaper publications. From the history book on Clarke Township, Out of the Mist, we learn that Orono's first newspaper The Orono Sun, a four-page weekly, was published by a 20-year-old Ebenezer Thorne in 1856. After its demise, Sam Cuttell began The Orono News, which he published from 1885 until it was purchased by M. A. James and Son, publishers of the Canadian Statesman in Bowmanville in 1935, and discontinued a year later as a separate publication. Building on the legacy established by Cuttell in the Orono News, Roy A. Forrester began a new publication in Orono on January 28, 1937. Forrester begins the first story in that inaugural edition, "With this issue an old friend of fifty years standing renews its visits to the homes of this village and surrounding community." Forrester goes on to recognize the publication has a new name and new management, but "it emanates from the same office, and its purpose and desire shall be to chronicle whatever is of interest to the social and business relation of the people of this community." Forrester commits to serve the community as well as he knows how, covering the interests and successes of the community, and to "sedulously shun anything of a social or political nature that might have a tendency to injure or hurt any individual or to set at variance neighbours." Our new and revised (in 1951) Highroads Dictionary defines "sedulous" as: busy; diligent; constantly attentive. Forrester pledged to make the new Orono newspaper a welcome, interesting and homey chronicle of the social events and business interests of the people of this community along with echoes from the outside world. What followed was a contest to name the new Orono newspaper, with 16 suggestions which ranged from The New Orono News to The Orono New Era, Times, Enterprise, Bulletin, Central, Gazette, Banner, Herald, Sentinel, etc. The following week the paper was called The Orono Weekly Times with no further details of the naming contest. That a village the size of Orono still has an independent weekly newspaper is as much a testament to the publication as it is to the community it serves. One would be hard pressed to find communities - with a much larger population than the 1,900 people living in Orono - still served by a community newspaper. Many communities lost their independent publications over the past decades for economic reasons. As business sectors in communities began to erode, papers lost their long-time advertising base and either closed or were bought up by chain publications which do not strive to serve the communities in their distribution networks. The local community must be reflected in its local paper, and we fully acknowledge The Orono Weekly Times would never have reached this milestone without the support of this community. Like all other independent local newspapers, we too have faced our challenges, publishing in a community with a shrinking economic base, and we have had to make some changes to ease those pressures, and will undoubtedly have to make more changes down the road if we wish to remain viable in an ever-changing world. Forrester ends his first article in the new newspaper stating, "Looking forward to a very pleasant and happy sojourn among you and that it may not be long until we may feel ourselves as one of you and that the New Orono Newspaper may become our weekly message of goodwill to you and yours." The pleasant and happy sojourn Forrester wished for has lasted for 75 years now, and will hopefully see another 75. As a special feature this year, we will be including a weekly "Looking Back" column of items gleaned from back issues of the Orono Weekly Times, 25-, 50- and 75-years ago, compiled and contributed by the Clarington Museum. Kyle's community To The Community: How is it possible to convey our thanks to all of our friends, relatives, loving supporters and caring individuals, who have rallied around us all during this time of family tragedy? Would a huge billboard sign at all the entrances and exits to Orono be enough? Obviously not, because that would leave out Bowmanville, Newcastle, Kirby, Newtonville and all the rural community outside the confines of those villages. In fact, Brian and Ruthe, Mark and Melissa, Jasper and Jorja, Kaite and Paul and Ava, Adam and Alex and especially Tracy and Maisie and Ainslie and Lochlan felt the love and support of a whole community without any specific boundaries. To those wonderful individuals who brought food to the house (when we had one!) and gave so generously to fulfill Kyle's dream of an education fund for his kids, all those who offered hugs and silences when words were not enough, to those who shared so many memories with all of us to soften the grief, we offer our thanks. From the firemen who attended our fire, from the congregation of Orono United Church, from the many groups in town, and from the wonderful staff and owner of Orono Country Cafe - the message was never clearer: Orono is a wonderful place to live. We have always felt positive about the role of schools in our lives. That was confirmed by the friends and colleagues who came out to support us. Bowmanville High School past and present. Clarke High School past and present. Newcastle School, Orono School, Kirby School, Longworth School, Bowman School, John M. James School were all so kind to share their memories of the good times we had together. The Orono Athletic Association and all those soccer players Kyle so enjoyed as team mates over the past almost thirty years were all so supportive and helped us with their recollections. Ruthe and Brian could never have survived this without the strength and support of so many close personal friends. At the risk of leaving some important names out, we are going to mention just a few - John and Joanne, Ceri, Norm, JaneAnn, Joan, Blain, Jan, Adrienne, Meghan, Brenda, Diane, Rob, Dan, Rebecca, Corey, Gail, Carol, Amin, Ruth, Laurie, all the Moriarty family, Trinity Church community, Apple Blossom Shop and so many more who know they belong on our list. Ruthe and Brian will forever miss their wonderful son, Kyle. Nothing can replace the wonderful addition he was to our lives in the short time we had with him. The fire is but an inconvenience compared to the loss we absorbed in not being able to go through life's journey in his experiences with his wife, Tracy, and three delightful children, Maisie, Ainslie and Lochlin. Good insurance will replace all the REMEMBERING KYLE see page 4