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Wednesday, May 16, 2012 1937 - 2012 · Celebrating 75 Years Orono Weekly Times - 3 FILL Continued from front on the site, the majority of the stockpiled dirt has been moved, Peacock told the Orono Times on Friday afternoon. According to the final grade plan in the second permit, the 40,000 cubic metres of dirt brought in must be Are you in an abusive relationship? Call Bethesda House 905-623-6050 or 1-800-338-3397 brought down to a level that is close to the grade of the road by the end of this August. The final grade elevation in the permit is very specific, according to Peacock and the proponent is working to meet it. Peacock is expecting the site operators to go through the process of rolling over the fill with a packer to compact the fill, which is bulked up when it is brought to the site and dumped. According to Beth Mezaros of Clarington Citizens for Clean Water and Soil, while no additional fill has been brought into the site for a few months, the pile of fill is currently approximately 10 feet high, and the group is skeptical that it will be brought down to road level by the end of August. With the amount of soil brought into the site, Peacock acknowledges it will take some work to meet the final grade plan, but he is determined the GRCA will make sure it is done. Judge Ken Brown gave the entries in the Spring Flower Show at the Orono Horticultural Society a good looking over on Thursday at the Orono United Church. FRUIT TREES Continued from pg 2 Heaven knows there are a billion apple trees in this neck of the woods. And they come in a mind boggling number of varieties. The amazing thing about this apple tree was that it was an orchard unto itself. This apple tree has no less than six; count them, six varieties of apple on one tree. At first I thought I was looking at some kind of tag attack by a bewildered garden centre worker who had tired of tagging the other trees and deposited the whole batch of tags on one tree, but when we checked with the expert he told us that it was indeed a tree with multiple varieties that would grow on different parts of the tree. Apparently this kind of multiple fruit tree is achieved by something called grafting. Grafting fruit trees and vines is done in order to produce desirable varieties of fruit that might have a hard time growing well on their own. They are grafted to the rootstock of a heartier plant allowing only the new variety of fruit to be produced.This system can be used to produce citrus fruits, pears and even avocados. What this means here at the House is that a whole new world of possibilities has opened up for our orchard idea. Instead of having to plant half a dozen trees to get all the fruit we want we can now put in just a couple and have so much fruit that even the birds and wildlife won't be able to eat it all before we can get to it and all because of grafting. Now that's graft that I like. ~ Happenings ~ Wednesday, May 16th 2012 - Orono Amateur Athletic Association, AGM 7:30 p.m Wednesday, May 16th 2012 - Clarington East Food Bank AGM, 7 p.m St. Saviour Church, Orono Thursday , May 24th 2012 - VictorianTea and Fashion Show, St. Francis of Assisi Parish Hall, $10.00, 12 p.m to 3 p.m Sunday, May 27th 2012 - Tri- City Gospel Chorus, Newcastle United Church, Free Admission Sunday, May 27th 2012 - Orono United Church Sunday School "God's Creation" 10:30 to 11:30, Free will offering. Tuesday, June 5th 2012 - Big Brothers and BigSisters of Clarington AGM, 23 Scugog Street Bowmanville. Sunday, June 10th, 2012 - Open House, W. Vance Allen 90thBirthday, Oddfellows Hall, 2 P.M