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New Arrivals Welcomed at Zoo Dfm'l Be TEMPTED . Tn Trust Just Anyone With Your Home Decorating Advice. ABERNETHY'S i 9K-.ni AAfl WAtUAm Section Two Wednesday, February 27,1985 Now more than seven weeks old, these Blue and Gold Macaws are beginning to develop a nice bunch of feathers. However, like most parrots, they probably won't be days old. flying until they're 100 Cinnabar is a baby Guanaco born at the Bow- porters, she loves to be manville Zoo last month. When the friendly little visitor at the zoo, Karen creature isn't busy nibbling on cameras and re pampered by her daily Connell. by Catherine Denny The pacing, waiting, watching, and worrying that comes with each new addition addition to the family is experienced experienced no less than 100 times a year at the Bowmanville Zoo. Although mothers in the sanctuary are quite capable of delivering and caring for their young, zoo owner Keith Connell likes to be there to lend a helping hand. In the past few months alone, Mr. Connell has overseen overseen the births of two zebras, zebras, a guanaco, two blue and gold macaws, a donkey, and two African pigmy goats. And there are many more animals due to arrive by March. "If there is a simple problem problem like a leg getting caught during labour, we can help out," explained Keith. "Although "Although we do call a vet for serious difficulties, in emergency situations we don't have time to wait for a doctor," he added. In fact, Mr. Connell, who has been delivering and raising a wide variety of animals for over 30 years now, is considered an expert expert on the subject and is ranked among the top ten zookeepers in North America. . When Mr. Connell started the zoo in the mid 50s, it had only peacocks and pheasants. pheasants. Today, it contains over 118 different species from all over the world. Keith admits it was dif- , ficult, at first, to make trade deals with other zoos to get the animals he wanted. It was not until he began raising raising species in high demand and building a good reputation reputation in the field, that he was able to negotiate any sort of contract. Today, the largest portion of the local zoo's income is derived from the sale and trade of animals with other privately owned and city owned zoos from across North America and overseas. overseas. Mr. Connell's animals are in great demand because of their high quality, and their rarity. Of course, visitors to the Bowmanville Zoo aren't particularly drawn by the prictf value of the animals as much as they are by the zoo's famous open concept. "Most of our animals are allowed to roam freely about the grounds," Keith said. "This way people can actually touch them and pet them. It's a lot more fun this way," he continued. Weather permitting, the zoo will re-open to the public public again in April with a number of new displays and variety of new arrivals. This young donkey, recently born at the Bow manville Zoo, looks to his mother for reassurance Women's Institute Holds Meeting Twenty three members of Providence-Shaw's W.I. and three guests met at the home of Annabelle Rickard on Feb. 21, 1985, some in costumes of yesteryear, the theme of the day. The meeting was opened by Pres. Rickard with a poem, the Ode and the M.S. Collect. The Roll Call was to name an important date in history. The answers ranged from the first white habitation in Canada to the Bicentennial celebrations, and included dates when members became Canadian citizens, the birth of the Bluenose, the death of King George VI, and the formation formation of the region. It was quite a review of events. The minutes and treasurer's report were given by Marilyn Dow. Dorothy Crago reported that the 4-H Club was preceding preceding with. a few members. Ruth Cahais reported on the Rug Braiding course and the Summary Day which will be held in Orono on March 25th. An evening course on Meat Awareness will be held in St. Paul's Church on Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. The Motto, presented' by Ruth Cahais was "To Understand Understand the future, we have to look at the past." She showed local pictorial history books and one, about the Mennonite migration, that included her ancestors. Our guest was the museum curator from Orono and Kirby Museums, Diana Layng. She showed pictures and brought samples of very old handmade clothing. She told of the cleaning cleaning procedures used on these old articles and how the museum attempts to keep them preserved. The use of a fulling machine to shrink cloth was explained, a term new to many of us. Ms. Layng was thanked by Gert. Hendrikx. In a costume parade, Betty Ball wore her mother's hand- embroidered white wedding gown and told how it arrived in Canada after the wedding in 1918. Marilyn Dow also wore her mother's wedding dress made of brown cut velvet. Joan Tax was able to wear her own wedding dress! The other costumes were made more recently with the look of an earlier era. Pictures were taken and the meeting adjourned adjourned for a social time and lunch provided by the Education and Cultural activities group. At this time we were able to register for the Slave Auction. We are pleased to welcome Mrs. Betty Blaker, R.R. 2, Newcastle, to our membership membership and would welcome others. The next meeting is to be a tour of Darlington Nuclear with plans to meet at Maran- atha Church at 1:00 on March 21 for a car pool. Shirley Brown P.R.O. Secondary School Teachers Reject Latest Board Offer Secondary School teachers in Northumberland - Newcastle have voted overwhelmingly to reject the last official offer from the Northumberland Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education. . In a vote supervised by the provincial provincial EDUCATION RELATIONS COMMISSION on Monday, 96.7% of the teachers voted to reject the school board's offer. Ruth Baumann, Provincial Vice- President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation and Chairperson of the teacher negotiating team, emphasized that the first priority of the teachers is to return to negotiations. "If the board had any doubt about the unity of the teacher position, the vote should make the teacher position position clear", she said. Outstanding issues include: salary, salary, staffing and limitation on management management rights, including just cause and the right of a teacher to be represented by the Federation during a professional dispute. Advertisement Receives Provincial Award Three Canadian Statesman advertisers were presented with awards last week after the announcement that their ads had won first place in the Ontario Community Newspapers Association Advertising Competition. Competition. To mark the event, the winning advertisement was reproduced on an aluminum offset printing plate, and presented to each advertiser. Above, Advertising Manager Brian Purdy presents the framed plate to Doug Abernethy of Abernethy Paint and Wallpaper. ■WllleeMwii» NfV-CABlU lUPtMNWtM Gill •*> 3303 Karen Connell (left) and Bowmanville Zoo owner Keith Connell arc pictured pictured here with two new additions to the goat shelter located near the back of the grounds. The animals, which stand only six and seven inches off the ground, are the livliest babies at the zoo. Rip Van Winkle Ad Wins Award Bowmanville Audio-Vision's ad won top honors with an idea that incorporated Rip Van Winkle. Mr. Ted Denny is shown above receiving the reproduced ad from Statesman Advertising Manager Brian Purdy, t ■ ' • •' Tt Olïè'j Interesting Twist Wins Ad Top Honors Dennis Pizzeria's advertisement took first place in its category for its uniqueness. The ad's heading states that, "We'll never advertise in the Statesman again ... unless we're better prepared to handle the response!" Mr. Sam Psoras is shown above receiving the aluminum reproduction of the ad from Advertising Manager Brian Purdy.