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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, March 14, 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. It has been our experience the people will not hesitate when it comes to getting their picture in the paper. Each week we are out in the community searching for photographic opportunities, and some weeks the opportunities jump out at you and other weeks we really have to dig. We like to publish photos of people being active in the community, but in a community the size of Orono, those pictures are not available to us every week. When we cannot find people pictures for the front page, we will often run pictures of the many farm animals that dwell among us. This being a rural community there is an abundance of photogenic farm animals to choose from. Over the years we have had as our front page picture, photos of cows on numerous occasions, sheep, horses, and last week we had our alpaca front page picture. Although I do not ask the animals if I can take their pictures, it has been our experience that up to a point these animals do not mind getting their pictures taken. We are particularly partial to cows, (they have such an attitude) and have had them grace our front page on many occasions. Cows will watch you for awhile, until they get bored then give you this `whatever' look and go back to chewing cud. They will still watch you out of the corner of their eye until they feel threatened, and they will take off. Some horses will come up to the fence, sheep are somewhat stand-offish and the alpaca was practically posing for the camera. We tried to get a picture of a donkey this week, but he was too far away from the fence and had no interest in moving away from the bale of straw he was nibbling at, to move closer to the camera. We have his number though, and will persevere. Only twice have we had people turn us down when we asked if we could take their pictures. On both occasions these people were picking up litter from the side of our rural roads. Last spring we ran across a man on Morgan's Road in Newcastle picking up garbage. He said he did not want his picture taken because he had been acknowledged for some feat of bravery and he did not want his reputation ruined. He had explained that some years ago he impeded a thief from getting clean away, a feat for which he had received an acclaim. Last week in Orono we spotted a long standing, community minded member of our village picking up refuse along the road and she too did not want her picture taken. What is it about the act of picking up garbage alone that makes one want to remain anonymous? There is a totally different dynamic when people go out in groups to pick up garbage. While we do not have the expertise to figure out this anomaly, we do know that we are grateful for every single individual who goes out of their way to pick up the refuse others willfully throw out of the windows of their moving vehicles. The shame is in the act of throwing the waste out in the first place. Further shame on the fast food outlets who continue to provide take-out services in containers that are neither recyclable nor biodegradable. Fast food outlets continue to provide their products in disposable containers because we want them. When we throw food and beverage containers out the window it saves the fast food outlets disposal costs. Shame on all of us who pass by garbage and think someone else will come by and pick it up. What we should be doing is picking up the discarded food and beverage containers that litter our roadsides and return them to their place of origin. Shutter shy stewards Losers pay lion's share To The Editor: Re: Toronto Star 13 Mar. "Horse industry fears loss of slots" Why should slot profits subsidize the "horse industry"? If the horse racing community needs more money to keep their chosen game solvent, simply employ the proven "user pay" formula. Jack up the wagering vigorously. The nice thing about the gambling business is that the losers pay the lion's share of the commission and don't care what the juice percentage is! Some of the seasoned winners will note the payout adjustments but the handle will probably remain constant and this form of entertainment can and should be self sufficient. The Harris government was looking for a convenient partner (at the time) for slot profits. That was then. This is now. All government spending must pass some sort of legitimate litmus test and this one fails. Sincerely Kelly Adams Orono Correction In the February 29th edition of the Orono Weekly Times in the story "The grass is not always greener on the other sid", we incorrectly stated that Mr. Robert Phippard had to pay $200 to discontinue the Weed-Man service to his lawn. We regret this error. DOYOUHAVESOMETHINGTOSAY? Letters to the Editor are always welcome! oronotimes@rogers.com