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fflj.p. The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, Wednesday, March 3, 1999 Page 7 Spring Arriving Early? by I. Challice Quote - "The beautiful thing about tbc relationship between a man and his dog, is that each is thinking that lie is taking care of the other." The signs of spring arc quite evident, evident, throughout our little town, snowdrops, snowdrops, star of Bethlehem, tulips, early perennial onions arc all to be seen and of course tbc sun is growing stronger each day! Congratulations to our granddaughter, granddaughter, Jackie Sutherland, on her recent flower demonstration at Bowmanvillc Museum. Sympathy of the community to Mrs. Phyllis Lowery and all Lowery families on the passing of John, Saturday, February 20. Funeral was held from Northcutt-Elliott Funeral Home Monday, February 22. John was a 60 year member of Kendal Orange Lodge and a veteran of W.W.II. The Community Care dinner had a "Hawaiian Theme", as all tables were decorated and waiters and waitresses wore lcis around their necks. A delicious dinner, with pineapple juice, ham, baked potatoes, vegetables with cake and ice cream for dessert. Dini Schocnmakcr welcomed the crowd of 54 and grace by Reverend Mcrvyn Russell. The group responsible responsible was thanked. A very enjoyable interlude of music by the '.'Down On The Corner" gang (Bonnie Cowle and friends) and special selections for the Challice 56th Anniversary and Alf Piggot and Hazel. Town Hall Card Party Reid Harness 90, Hazel Piggot 89, Marion Staples and Aleck Moffat tied at 80, Charlie Campbell 79. Low score - Frances Cathcart. Lucky draws - Elaine Doty, Bob Orono News Allin, Jean O'Neil, Wilma Kirk, Francis Cathcart, Marjorie Williams. Card party every Wednesday night at 8 p.m. United Church News Wheelchair facilities arc available at Orono. Please ask our ushers for assistance. Up-coming services: Sunday, March 7 (Lent 3): Service of Communion at Kirby 9:30 a.m. and Orono 11 a.m. Donations for the East Clarington Food Bank will be taken. Sunday, March 7 - Evening Healing Service at Orono 7 p.m. Sunday, March 14 - Regular services services at Kirby 9:30 a.m. and Orono 11 a.m. World Day of Prayer - Friday, March 5, 7 p.m. Orono Church. Freewill Freewill offering. Refreshments. Country: Venezuela. Everyone including men are welcome. Gate 3:16 is in need of bedding, blankets, sleeping bags, warm winter clothing for men and women; also snack food. Please leave in classroom #5, lower C.E. Hall, Orono church. Canadian Cancer Society needs volunteers to assist with the Society's Residential Canvass in April. It only takes a few hours to complete a door- to-door route. Please call Clarington Branch President Don Yeo at 623- 7543. Wilmagale Resource Centre for Women and Children (an initiative sponsored by Bethesda House) is selling selling cookbooks for $10. Please call 697-9472 or the office to order your copy. The centre also needs office sup- M Humen Awouroee DéveéopperwidH DeveéopmwK Cenade fwourc-- Human-- Canada same old grind? perk up your business with the Targeted Wage Subsidy program from Human Resources Development Canada Reduceyour wage costs by up to 6096 Gain dedicated employees Help Qualified workers re-enter the workforce Call Employer Services at 725 3521, 725 3301 or 725 5186 for more Information Canada plies, children's craft supplies, cleaning cleaning supplies, snow shovels. They also collect Canadian Tire money. U.C.W. #3 meets on Tuesday, March 9, 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Jean Bcmrose. St.Patrick's meeting. U.C.W. #4 meets on Tuesday, March 9, 8 p.m. Main Hall. The speaker speaker is from Durham Access to Care. Everyone, is welcome. When we read in the "Clarington News", the distribution of the government government monies, one wonders if we live in the wrong end of "Clarington"? We know we live in the "smallest" area, but it sure doesn't diminish our tax load! Remember our upcoming bus trip to "Canada Blooms". It sure was great last year and it really brings spring into reality. Now for some exciting horticultural news! My next door neighbour, Mrs. Mary Tamblyn has a "real green thumb". She has an hibiscus plant over 3 years old! It is now well over six feet tall and still fresh blooms, and many buds! Big red ones! St. Saviour's Church was fdled to capacity Sunday morning, as guests, Cubs, Beavers, Brownies and Girl Guides were in attendance. Her many friends and neighbours will be saddened to hear of the passing of Mrs. Nellie Baird (Arnott) on Thursday, February 25, in Toronto. She rested at Mclntosh-Anderson Funeral Home, Toronto. Service was from the chapel on Saturday. (Nellie and Cyril were former residents of Orono). Congratulations to Mr. Peter Chrisomolis a former teacher here in Orono, who recently received the 1999 Ontario School Library Association Award. (Distinguished Administrators). The Chrisomolis family family were- former owners of our house (11 Mill St.). A good attendance Sunday evening at Kirby United Church, for the presentation presentation of "Sleeping Children Around The World", Delightful music by St. Paul's United Church Jr. Choir, under the direction ' of Allanah Coles, Bowmanvillc. Reverend Russell welcomed welcomed all, Billie Kemp, Bowmanvillc, as guest speaker explained the origin of the project and showed very pretty and educational slides of Columbia, where she and her sister Marianne Chapelle, Belleville, enjoyed a recent trip, showing where the "Bed Kits" were donated to the poor and needy children. Kinsmen Support Pathfinders' Expedition A $400 donation from the Bowmanvillc Kinsmen Club will help speed members of the Third Bowmanvillc Pathfinders to an international camp in New Brunswick this summer. Aubrey Rees, a representative of the Bowmanvillc Kinsmen and a past deputy governor of the club, was on hand recently to present the cheque. The pathfinders and their leaders are also pictured. pictured. Back row from left: Brenda Lloyd, Judy Townsend, Kelly Ogilvie; Middle row: Elizabeth Salisbury, Erin Ashton, Samantha Salisbury and Amber Ashton. In the front row, from left are: Aubrey Rees, Rebecca Townsend, Erin Forget and Rachel Boldt. News from Tyrone From page 6 this area will be on Friday, March 5 at 1:30 p.m. at Hampton United Church. Everyone is invited to come. Guest speaker will be Eileen Burgess. We arc well into the season of Lent and the Easter services are planned beginning with a Palm Sunday service on March 28. Our church is serving pancakes at Purple Woods on March 19. If you can help for a few hours that day, call Bill Hasiuk. Don't forget the lasagna supper at Enniskillen on Saturday. Dianne McGill has details. Visiting In Southeast Asia There has been no column for the last few weeks because I spent sixteen days in Malaysia, visiting daughter Karen. We toured the city of Johor Bahru where she lives, seeing the Sultan's palace with its silver dishes and crystal chairs and lamps and visiting visiting a fishing kampung where we were entertained in one of the homes. We also visited Melaka where the Portuguese, Dutch and English each left their mark on the city. Chinatown in this city was dressed up for the Lunar New Year. Shopping is a favorite pastime in all of Malaysia. 4-H Unveils New Partnership Delegates to the Ontario 4-H Council's Conference, and Annual Meeting gathered ■ to "Celebrate our 4.-H Future" in Orillia on February 27 and 28. Ontario 4-H Council's president Donna Bridge and Ontario Ministry of .Agriculture, Food ■ and Rural Affairs ■ Assistant Deputy Minister Jim Wheeler unveiled a new partnership agreement which enables the Ontario 4-H Council to be in the driver's seat. Starting on April 1, 2000 the Ontario 4- H Council will be responsible for 100 per cent of the delivery of the pro- VANS (Regular & Extended) ASTRO/SAFARI VENTURE VAN 1998 Safari Ext. Tan, loaded, Dutch , doors, aluminum wheels, 1 ,995 rear heat, 38,000 km. 1997 Safari Ext. Blue, auto, air, ^ 8 passenger, 37,800 km. * 1 m g995 1996 Safari SIT All Wheel Drive Blue/Silver, loaded, 4 front and rear air, *21,995 power seat, 59,500 km. * APV VAN 1999 Venture R u ed u m ^ ul > a 7 eak rn A1SRP *30,335 child seat, 4 door, CD, H^EE loaded, DEALER DEMO, io,9ookm. *27,937 1998 Venture IS White, 4 door, CD, $ 0% je M O C child seat, loaded, 2"Wg99 3 30,000 km. 1997 Venture LS Ext. Tan, 4 door, loaded, $03 EAE power seal, aluminum wheels, keyless entry, modular seats, 22,300 km. 1996 APV White, 3.4 V6, power locks & . _ _ _ _ _ -, ofv ,i windows, tilt & cruise, 66,000 km. 1 5j99& 1997 Venture LS loaded, keyless entry, $oi AAE CD, modular seats, * ,""3 mmmssmmmmmmmmi COMPACT CARS CAVALIER Z-24 CAVALIER 4 DOOR 1997 Z-24 Black, 5 spd., power $ J 3*995 locks and windows, * keyless entry, air, 67,500 km. 1998 Cavalier While, auto, air, power locks, * - -- -- -- -- lilt, cruise, CD, 31,200 km. *1 4,995 1996 Z-24 Green, auto, air. power locks and windows, till, crulso, cassette, 16,400 km, SUNBIRD 1998 Cavalier . _ _ -- -- -- Green, auto, air, .. . -- -- -- *14,995 23,000 km. *14,995 1997 Cavalier Tan, auks, air, j 57,500 km. 12,995 1996 Cavalier Rust, auto, air, cas- « - -- ---- _ setts,ONLY 9,256 km. *1 2,795 1994 Sunbird - Black, 5 spd., V6, air, sunroof, g aluminum wheels, 92,216 km. 1991 Sunbird Red, auto, air, cassette, ONLY 65,200 km. 4 Door *5,995 «y, gram and the role , of OMAFR'A will be that of a funding partner. uu ' "We have moved from having having OMAFRA in a parental role, to a place where the Ontario 4-H Council is the 'senior 'senior partner'," says Bridge. "We have been moving toward this kind of partnership for 10 years." Singapore is an island country of three million people, ninety percent of whom live in high rises. It has the busiest harbour in the world, with a ship leaving or arriving every three minutes. The MRT (mass rapid transit) is clean and efficient. The Raffles Hotel is every bit as impressive as the photos: however, room rents arc over my budget. St. Andrew's Cathedral has, on any Sunday, continuous services services in English, Cantonese, Mandarin and Philipino, the hymns were familiar; familiar; the language was not. The weather is hot and humid, or hot and raining. The people are kind and laugh easily. Taxi drivers arc helpful helpful and interesting; taxis are the best form of transport in Johor. The flowers along the roadsides and around the interchanges are lovely, so are the acres of oil palms. A very interesting trip! DO YOU HAVE HIGH CHOLESTEROL? DO YOU SMOKE? You're invited to Stutt's Pharmacy for Clinic Information Day Tuesday, March 9th 1 p.m. to 5 pim. :■ ' featuring, Cholesterol Information and Testing - Find out what the risk factors are - What you can do to reduce the risk Smoking Cessation Info - What are the risks of smoking - What are the various options in cessation aids Sponsored by Merck Frosst Canada Stutt's Pharmacy 5344 Main St., Orono 983-5009 DAWN'S Casual Clothing for Ladies & Men 5 King St. East, Newcastle GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALE SAVE 70% ON ALL REGULAR PRICED CLOTHING • Stanfield's * Blue Bay • Mustang • Ash City • WWF • Coed Naked • Lingerie Petite Sizes - French Dressing Shop early for best selection. No lay-a-ways and All Sales Final. Cash, Visa, Amex, Debit Machine - No cheques please. Starts March 2nd © JP . vl tâ Pet of the Week This is one of a litter of adorable German Shepherd-cross pups now available. But, here's a bit of a warning -- they're going to grow into big dogs. Come on down to the Clarington Animal Shelter and meet them. Pet Friendly Tip The best way to protect your pet is by obtaining a current municipal pel license. Sponsored by: Call (905) 623-7651 (^laiïnglon