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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 25 Apr 1998, p. 17

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In the photo from left to right arc: Laurel Gould and Kayla (with parrot on her shoulder), Grade 5 and 6 teacher David Wing, Melissa Penny holding a book and cassette which was donated to Maple Grove School library and Rosalyn Boss holding a "Baby Pup". The Clarington/Courtice Independent, Bowmanville, Saturday, April 25, 1998 Page 17 Cranes have Landed at Fledging Grounds in Scugog Six Sandhill cranes, dubbed the "ULTRACRANES", "ULTRACRANES", descended from ONLY 79 LOTS le Grove W.l. The Annual Meeting of the Maple Grove W.l. was held on April 13th at 8 p.m. in the C.E. Hall with Mrs. T. Kelsey in charge of the business. Each member found a small caster egg wrapped in various . f ric nds with a number of farm colours and the lucky winner of the Easter Lily was Norma hands in Drayton and the Lott who had the pink wrapping. Regular business followed othcr three we ' e entertaining with suggestions for various ways to raise money. several students at the . The yearly reports followed and all offices declared vacant Aberfoyle School near by Mrs. M. Fhn off, Bowmanville. Guelph: By late Friday after- Mrs S. Doyle acted as Secretary and Mrs. H. Prescott pro- noon on Xpril 10, they were sented the slate of Officers which was accepted all safely penned in a shed Mrs. Flmtoff duly installed the Officers for 998-99 generously provided by Paul The group in charge of Agriculture presented the following - nd Rnnn n r program Norma Lott read Mother Shipton's Prophecy. Mother Orangeville Shipton was born in 1480 and many of her Prophecies have In the calm and cold air of co ™ tru „ .. , , .. . . , . early Saturday morning Bill Mrs. R Metcalf commented on the Motto Agriculture is new ' thc Max " Air fro ° n his like a wheelbarrow, it stays still until it is pushed. | 10me j n p urp j e y\\\\ l0 She said a wheelbarrow has one wheel and 2 handles and Omnom/iiif* whUo inn n..ff very uneven to handle and can easily tip over. and Aaron Lishmandrove As with the wheelbarrow so does Agriculture need a push at over in lhc truck and assem . times. 1 in 8 persons are involved in the agri-food trade. bi ed t (, c w j 1 j c | 1 | lad (, een Many farmers are upset over urban encroachment but still trailered there the day before they farm - pushing themselves to provide us with the food g y 9.3g a m ^'jg slran ' products we enjoy. Farming, like life, sits still unless we give it entourage was airborne and a Pn Sh ' . heading east to cover the 64 Brenda closed with a Prayer for Farmers. The meeting closed with the repeating of the Collect in unison. The group in charge served various quiches and pickles, tea, coffee and juice during the social hour. wings and had the ability to 4000 ft. was a lot colder than more often to ride thc rising unaided and if not, if we fly even slower than normal. on the surface. Several times air. could lead them back. That Thc result was that despite they found the lift of a rising The trip was a measured plan was revised because we 3000 ft. into Nelson Reader's our best effort we could not thermal and circled back to 64 miles but we estimate we thought we had too few birds Farm last week, following fly slow enough for them to take advantage of the free ride flew 80 or more in 2 hours to test the two protocols but two ultralights flown by Bill assume their customary posi- and could not be convinced to and 20 minutes of numbing as it turns out we accom- Lishman and Joe Duff. lion off thc wing tip of the continue on course until they cold. plished both. Unfortunately, This event marks the glo- lead aircraft. They had also topped it out. As the day pro- Our experiment was our birds seem to have an rious conclusion to 15 days of learned the art of soaring and grossed and the sun heated the designed to determine if these affinity for people especially uncertainty, which started on we discovered that the air at earth below, they broke away birds would return north if they occupy a school yard. Saturday, March 28th when thc flock was last seen in Virginia. Although two of thc birds were satellite tracked and they all wore conventional conventional radio transmitters, their propensity for people resulted in more accurate reports of their whereabouts. The day after their departure they were seen 400 miles to thc north, in Youngstown, NY on thc south side of Lake Ontario. Thc following following day they crossed thc border and landed in thc Gracefield school yard in St. Catharines. From there they seem to have circled the west end of the lake and headed north again to Holland Marsh north of Toronto and 35 miles directly to the west of-home base. The Operation Migration Team speculated that they would head further north or turn cast for home. This was not thc case and due to instinct or the prevailing winds, they drifted further west to Kitchener, 107 miles from their fledge grounds. To prevent them wandering wandering further afield, the decision was made to head them in the right direction, but by thc time the crew packed up an aircraft to retrieve them the flock split up. 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KaiHin is also offering the option of selling a 60-ft. estate lot to purchasers who want to oppor- f (unity to build their own masterpiece. PRICED FROM $229,990. | For more information call Kaitlin's Sales Representative al 987-9871 or 1-800-305-6849. | The Kaitlin Group Ltd. The Kaitlin Group™ ra .//. % // " Uottuamcj. 'Kyvca/mice 1* \ s K 1*1 r. m HWY.401 KALDWMtT. *"R s jttwcAnu Win Brown % miles to home. Shortly after lift off it became apparent that over the winter our maturing birds had developed fuller The Kaitlin Group" "Building Excellence" 427-86DM ml® aimmüti irmmwMm

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