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( 1 6 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, October 3,1990 Section Two Students Graduate from Centre for Individual Studies Agri-Food Week To be Observed Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 Lawyer Sam is Finally Named as a Judge! People don't often stop to think about where their food comes from, how it's grown and exactly how it gets from the farm gate to the dinner plate. That's why many of the people in this province who are part of the complex agri-food system are busy organizing organizing the eighth annual Agri-Food Week, traditionally traditionally held the week before Thanksgiving. "From Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, we're asking the people of Ontario to give pause befo Twelve students received their graduation diplomas diplomas from the Centre for Individual Studies at the close of the 1989-90 school year. A graduation ceremony ceremony took place on Friday, September 14, to formally recognize the achievements of the students. Some of the staff members and students in attendance are shown above. From left are: (front row) staff member Laurine McAllister and the following students: Joy Wood, Kendra Stevenson, Mary Cotton, Bonnie Mac Donald, and Kellie Breen. Also in the front row (at right) is Dagmar Busshoff, Dean of the Centre for Individual Individual Studies. In the back row, from left, are: staff members Steve Sword, Deborah Eves, Gail Rickard and Tom Quinn. Mary Cotton was the valedictorian and Kellie Breen received the Individual Progress Award. The graduation ceremony took place at Bowmanville Bowmanville Hign School. UCW Groups Meet for Lunch Wesleyville News by E. Barrowclough Welcome UCW were among those entertained by Port Hope UCW at a delightful delightful luncheon at their church on Wednesday, Sept. 19th. The meal was delicious, with first course of casser- roles and desserts of many kinds, all made of apples. Everyone was welcomed by President Dorothy Sutton. Following the meal there was excellent entertainment provided by the Sing-A- Longs which included three generations - grandparents, daughter and grandchildren. A humorous reading by Dorothy Dorothy Sutton brought many a chuckle. There was a very unusual fashion show which E rovided much amusement ut not likely to start a new fashion trend. It was a day of good fellowship and good will in these days of so much stress in our country and in the rest of the world. On Wednesday evening, Sept. 19th, the East Durham Durham Historical Society held its first fall meeting at Hope council building. It began with a pot luck supper at 6 :30, one of the satisfying ways to start a meeting, with choice of so many delicious delicious food items. The meeting meeting was conducted by President President Maijorie Kenton, the financial report given by Art Reed in the absence of Rolf Kenton, and secretary's report report by Betty Elliott. Programmes Programmes of coming meetings meetings were available and next meeting announced for the same place, with stories of Wesleyville and Garden Hill to be presented. Past President Jackson Peacock introduced the speakers, his son Stephen and wife Christie, who told of their twoyear trip around the world. Their talk was illustrated illustrated with pictures of the Pacific Islands, which included included West and American Samoa, Tonga and others. From the commentary, the audience gained much information, information, politically and geographically geographically to add to their knowledge of these far away places. The other part of the pictures was of their stay in Nepal. The scenery was spectacular, and their stay gave an opportunity of gaining' gaining' intimate knowledge of the everyday lives of the people. Stephen and Christie Christie were thanked by all for the fine evening. Harold and Verna Austin attended the plowing match at Paris on Thursday, Sept. 20, and took the opportunity of travelling farther for a visit to Mamtoulin Island. A little frost has arrived in the area. On Tuesday morning the 18th, dahlia leaves were drooping but not badly frozen. Besides frost, there are other signs of fall. Telephone Telephone lines arc covered with rows and rows of birds gathering gathering for the annual trek south with their human counterparts. Merle Adamson Adamson says that on the morning morning of September 20th a flock of perhaps G00 cormorants cormorants gathered at Port Britain Britain shores and along tho beach west of there. About 25 of those large black birds stayed locally nil summer, easily distinguished by their size from black ducks. Residents there have been watching swans for several years, first one, then a pair and last year, two cygnets were hatched but soon after, • disappeared. This year, there were two more, but after after reaching a good size, they too disappeared. There are turtles in tho area. Could they bo the guilty ones? Congratulations are in order order for Lewis Thorndyko and Gerald Anderson, two young men, who on Sept. 22nd opened their new Parkview Auto Service shop on Croft St. in Port Hope, serving coffee and donuts to all who attended the event. We wish them every success in their venture. Sept. 28, 1950: The first crokinole party of the season was held at the church, with winner Berniece Best and Dr. Oke. Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, Pearson, Marion and Barbara, have moved to Port Hope where Mr. Pearson's railway maintenance work has been transferred Congratulations to Margaret Binstead and Ken Green whose marriage took place at Welcome manse on Wednesday, with reception at Wesleyville Church. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Toppin have returned to Toronto Toronto after visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Len Toppin. Mrs. D. 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"Take a few moments to think about the remarkable network which makes it possible possible to enjoy Ontario turkey and all the trimmings." Agri-Food Week is organized organized by the Ontario Federation Federation of Agriculture, which represents more than 22,000 farmers; maqy of the mar-, keting boards and commodity commodity organizations which help farmers ell food; food processors processors and retailers; and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Agriculture and Food. "Food is big business in Ontario. Every year the agri-food system and that includes everyone from seed companies, machinery manufacturers manufacturers and farmers to food processors, waiters and check-out clerks - pumps about $16 billion into Ontario's Ontario's economy," said Fuerth. "A business this size keeps people working. Directly Directly and indirectly, one in five people working in Ontario Ontario is employed in the agrifood agrifood and related industries," she said. "The food produced in Ontario Ontario is world class. We export export more than $2 billion worth of food and agricultural agricultural products around the globe each year. They are recognized for their consistently consistently high quality and, of course, their great taste. Ontario Ontario pork, for example, is in great demand in Japan. When it comes to speciality items, maple syrup and wild rice are nigh on the list of exported delicacies. The types and quantities of food we produce in Ontario Ontario are impressive. On 14 million acres of farmland, at least 200 different products are grown and raised. Besides Besides the well-known crops, such as corn and cows, Ontario Ontario grows Chinese vegetables, vegetables, ginseng, nuts, and sunflower seeds. Ontario raises deer, pheasant, trout and even buffalo. "Each part of the province province has its own Agri-Food Week celebration ana we encourage encourage everyone to get out and eiyoy them, and to buy the Food Ontario Grows," Feurth said. In. Durham, Regional planners will see a presentation presentation on agricultural farm land. For more information contact your local Federa tion of Agriculture, or your Ontario Ministry ture and Food offii of Agricul- lice. Sam Cureatz, former MPP for Durham East, announced the winners of the Newcastle Autumn Festival Decorated Bike Contest on Saturday, Sept. 22, 1990. Here he is shown with three-year old Laura Kearney, one of the four-way prize winners in the "Five and Under" category. The Fall Festival in Newcastle Village also included a pancake breakfast, flea market, craft show, and dance on Saturday evening. r FIRE PREVENTION WEEK -- October 6 to October 13 will be Fire Prevention Week in the Town of Newcastle Newcastle and many special events are taking place at that time. You can visit the Bowmanville Fire Station or Station No. 4 on Nash Rd., in Courtice daily between between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., starting October 8. This Saturday, October 6, antique and modem fire apparatus apparatus will be on display at Station No. 1, in Bowmanville, Bowmanville, from 10 a.m. to noon. An auto extrication demonstration demonstration will take place at 11 a.m. Finally, next Thursday, Friday and Saturday (October 11, 12 and 13), you are invited to visit the Fire Prevention Display Display at the Bowmanville Mall. There you can also meet "Sparky" the talking fire dog. The Fire Prevention Prevention Display will be open from 4:30 to 7:30 on Thursday Thursday and Friday and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday. Saturday. . GOING FOR THE GOLD - Durham East will be the 1990 host of the 4-H "Go for the; Gold" competition. competition. This event will be staged on Saturday, October 13, at Courtice Secondary School. Hours of the competition competition are from nine a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Another event on the 4-H calendar this fall is the Durham East 4-H banquet which is to be held at the Orono Community Centre November 30. FARM COMPUTER COURSES - The Ontario Ministry Ministry of Agriculture and Food is offering a number of high quality microcomputer courses later this year. These will take place in Bowmanville, Uxbridge and Sunderland. The first of the courses, entitled 'An Introduction Introduction to Farm Computing" runs December 3 and 4 at the Bowmanville OMAF office. The classes have been specifically designed for the farm community. For further information, contact your OMAF office. A registration form also appears in the latest Durham Region Agri-Notes newsletter. OPTIMIST CLUB FOOD DRIVE - The Bowmanville Bowmanville Optimists will be holding a pre-Thanksgiving Food Drive this week. From October 3 to 7, there wifi be a box at the Bowmanville Mall (between Miracle Mart and Shopper's Drug Mart) for donations of food. Any non-perishable foodstuffs are welcome. The food will be donated to the Daily Bread Food Bank which will distribute the materials to various communities in and around the Toronto Area (including the Town of Newcastle.) The Optimists are hoping to get 7,000 pounds of food this week from the Bowmanville area. About 70,000 pounds of food was collected in the Durham Durham Region during the Easter food drive. Also, the Club would appreciate any assistance in the sorting of the items collected. Volunteers are welcome to drop by the McLaughlin Armoury in downtown Oshawa between between four p.m. and eight p.m. on October 9. You'll be given a job connected with the labor-intensive work of sorting and boxing the donations. RESPITE SERVICES NEED VOLUNTEERS - Durham Region has one of the most active support agencies in Ontario, providing family respite for devel- opmentally or physically handicapped people Durham Association for Family Respite Services helps people in the Durham Region who are caring for an individual individual who is devclopmcntally and/or physically handicapped. handicapped. Volunteers are currently needed in order to help expand this service to include other families. If you con assist, please call 668-3812 or 427-3541. Training programs will be provided. DISTRESS CENTRE ON THEAIR - The Durham Region Distress Centre will host a weekly half-hour phone-in TV program on the Rogers Cable community channel (Channel 10). The focus will be on families and how they can cope with today's fast-paced society. Host Ronny Klaassen and her guests will discuss different different issues each week. The first broadcast is Wednesday, October 3, at-3 p.m. In this show, Dr. H. Frazer will be available to talk to callers. His expertise expertise is in the area of fears and/or phobias. HOSPICE ASSOCIATION MEETS : - The Durham Region Hospice Association will hold its first annual meeting tonight (Wednesday, October 3) at Durham College. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in Room L114. Please enter by the south entrance of the main building. building. Members of the public are welcome to attend. SEEKING OUTSTANDING YOUNG CITIZENS - The Ontario Community Newspaper Association is looking for nominations for its Junior Citizen of the Year Awards. There are just four weeks left to file nomination forms which can be picked up at The Statesman office any time during Business hours. Up to 12 individuals aged 6 to 18 are eligible for these awards which are co-sponsored by the Ontario Community Community Newspapers Association and Canadian Airlines Airlines International. Recipients and their families travel travel to Toronto where they will receive the awards from the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario at an OCNA luncheon. Recipients also receive a cash prize of $200 each. If you can think of any outstanding young person person who is worthy of this honor, please get in touch with this newspaper for further details. POSITIVE DISCIPLINE - The Family Education Resource Centre of Durham House is offering an eight-session study group at Enniskillen Public School this month on the subject of Positive Discipline. The focus will be on understanding why children behave the way they do and learning positive, practical ways for redirecting misbehavior and encouraging children. The first of the study groups takes place Tuesday, October October 16, starting at 7 p.m. For more information and to register for this or any other parenting program being being offered this fall, please call the Centre at 579-2021 or 686-4353. APPLE FESTIVAL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 - : Get your taste buds ready for the Bowmanville Business Business Centre's first-ever Apple Festival and Craft Sale. Warm apple pies, sizzling apple fritters and apple cider cider are all part of this event. Homemade country crafts will also be displayed and sold in the tents which will be set up on Temperance St. This event takes place between the hours of nine a.m. and three p.m. MEET ROBERT BATEMAN - Artist Robert Bateman Bateman will be at McCrimmon's Art Gallery in Newcastle Village on Saturday, October 6, between 7:15 p.m. and 10 p.m. He will be on hand to autograph his new book entitled "An Artist in Nature." Don't miss this rare opportunity opportunity to meet this famous wildlife artist in person. If you would like to reserve your copy of his book in advance, call the galleiy at 987-5204. PIONEER HARVEST FESTIVAL - Lanç Pioneer Village will feqturo special harvest-time activities on Sunday. October 7. If you travel to Lang, you will journey journey back in time and experience some of tho spirit of the pioneer Thanksgiving. Threshing oats, pressing apple cider, Hour milling, and many other special events will take place this Sunday. Tho museum is located located 10 miles southeast of Peterborough and two miles north of Keene. Hours arc from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. BUCKLE UP MONTH - October is Buckle Up Ontario Ontario Month and the Ontario Provincial Police wish to remind the public of the importance of remembering to use scat belts. Failure to wear them continues to be a contributing factor in highway deaths and injuiy. In fact, close to one-third of tho persons killed in 380 fatal fatal vehicle accidents recorded so far this year were not buckled up. Since holiday traffic is especially heavy on long weekends, you're reminded to take that extra measure of caution when travelling. Fasten those sent bolts! 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