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8 -, Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, September 21, 1983 Celebrating a birthday and reunion Sam Cureatz appointed Parliamentary Assistant After serving three years as Deputy Speaker of the Ontario Ontario Legislature, the Premier has given me a new appointment, appointment, and with it a new challenge which 1 am looking forward to meeting, On Friday, September 2, 1983, the Premier announced that I was to be made Parliamentary Assistant to -Solicitor General, George Taylor, an appointment which takes effect on. September 1'2, 1983. it will be my responsibility to assist the Minister in all his duties from steering legislation through the house and its committees, speaking in the Minister's stead when he is otherwise engaged, travelling across the province with him on ministry business and in any other capacity where he requires requires my help. . The Ministry of the Solicitor General is a multi faceted and most important one; As you may know, the : .solicitor General is the province's province's chief law enforcement officer. He is responsible for all law enforcement agències in this province including the Ontario Police Commission, the Ontario Provincial Police, and the Ontario Police Arbitration Commission. Commission. In addition, all fire fighting, prevention and investigation investigation services come under his jurisdiction through the Ontario Fire ' Marshal's office. He also has the delicate task of running the Chief Coroner's office which operates the all- important Centre for Jporen- ' sic Sciences. Might I thank Carmen Germane for inviting me out to the first multi-cultural picnic. picnic. A pleasant outing was held in the basement of the Orono United Church last Saturday afternoon in the form of a birthday party for Mrs. Kate Foster of Qshawa, a former principal of the Orono Public School, The event did in fact take the form of a reunion with former teachers and pupils being present. A light lunch was served. Pictured above are former teachers at the public school; Mrs. Bertha Touchburn, Orono; Mrs. Kate Foster; Oshawa, Mrs. Marjory Skinner Skinner (McDowell) of Mount Forest and Mrs. Marj. Brown A top sheet marksman in Orono (Adams), Lindsay. Other former teachers pre-> sent were: Mrs. Ruth Grady, Mrs. Fran Lunn, Mrs. Ethel, Lycett and .Mrs. Ethel Carleton. tario shoreline at Darlington Park walking out on that finger of land that is evident between the marsh and lake from Highway 401. Here again we encountered many which we had seen at Presquile but added the Great Black Backed Gull and Little Gull. According to Jim Richard's book on birds in this area the Little Gull was first noted to nest in Ontario in the Whitby area in 1962 and is still somewhat of a raréty. The Gulls were not the only only finds for between Rutherford Rutherford and myself we identified a Ruddv Turnstone a most colourful shore bird even in its winter plumage and especially so when it flutters across the crests of the water. The bird is true to its name. Having a litti;e crook "upwards "upwards at the end of its somewhat beak it truns over little pebbles in search of food while most of the oher shorebirds are picking off the surface of muds flats or drilling drilling into the mud. How interesting nature can be and how fortunate we are to be able to enjoy it. Orono Showcase Co-operative opens M : S-v " ' i The Orono Fish and Hunt Club held a successful turkey shoot on Sunday at their range north of Orono. Both shotguns, rifles and black powder took part in the competition for some turkeys and chickens. Gerry Duvall held the high score for shotgun until mid afternoon with 17 pellets in his card but this was equalled From around home by Roy Forrester It is some time since I have written about birding but then it is explainable as my interest rather dwindled somewhat due to the fact that new species were becoming difficult to find. It was like looking for a needle in a haystack in the forested areas north of the Village where already I had identified some 92 different breeds and overall a life-list of 116 species. Some three weeks ago this all changed when Bunting, Rutherford and myself left the forested area to take up a search at the lakefront and in lakefront marshes." Its an all- new world of birds and within three vists the total has now reached 129 different breeds. The first venture saw the three of us leave Orono at 6:00 a.m. Sunday to travel to Presguile Park where the Ministry had h arranged a shore-bird outing capably supported >,by a number of volunteers well versed in bird watching and with an abun dance of bird-habit knowledge. To say the least it was most enjoyable and Bunting Bunting was able to also add three new plant species to his slide collection which is always a bonus for Bill. So now we talk about not only Spotted Sandpipers but of Sanderlings, Double- Crested Cormorants, Do Witchers Witchers and Plovers. They are all there and always have been and I would hope will continue to be the case. We returned from the Presquile trip again full of vigor for birding and last Sunday visited the Lake On- . Ofono Showcase Cooperative Cooperative open their retail, outlet in the former" Orono Armouries building this Friday Friday with the, official ribbon cutting àt 4:00 p.m,, < The co-operative with a membership of some twenty arts and craft members from the area have been busy the forepart of the week in preparation for 'the opening and have tastefully displayed their wares of art, Crafts and antiques in close to 2000 square feet in two levels at the back of the building. The area has been refurbished and repainted repainted during the summer in preparation for the opening. Settings as the above picture picture will be open for viewing' and sale making a most attractive attractive centre for the work of local artisans in numerous media. Excitment with the group is runnihg high and well it should for the retail outlet is certainly most impressive. 1 May we extend congratula-" lions to the co-operative and ' all (he best for the future.