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At Orono Town Hall Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, July 16, 1986-3 Another success story for local Kinsmen Last Thursday, July 10th, a puppet puppet play was held at the Orono Town Hall and sponsored by Clarke Library. The puppeteers are two Toronto area residents Tracey Daoust and Kereth Collard known as Trent's Travelling Troupe, they will be travelling throughout On tario for the summer presenting plays. They performed two well- known favourites, Little Red Riding Hood and Sleeping Beauty, for the 104 children and parents who were in attendance. Some of the children get a closer look at the puppets in the above photo. Pictured front row (1-r) Tracey Daoust of Richmond Hill, Bobby Witheridge and Jamie Keene. Back row (1-r) are Kereth Collard of Etobicoke, Scott Sawyer and Devon Witheridge. The G.P.R. Kinsmen Club is, pleased to say that we are home club to a champion public speaker. This all started when the G.P.R. club held its annual club public speaking contest. Paul Arsenault was our club winner winner and was sent to represent our club at zone level. The G.P.R, Club ,is in Zone I which consists of nine clubs in the area (Ajax, Oshawa, Oshawa Motor City, Bowmanville, Manvers, Whitby, Port Perry, Brooklin & District and the G.P.R.) This zone public speaking contest was held March 8th in Oshawa in which seven other clubs were represented. Again Paul Arsenault conquered the verbal assault and emerged the Zone I winner, in front of a very enthusiastic, enthusiastic, loud and proud G.P.R. club. From here Paul went to represent Zone I at the District 8 Convention, To check speeding east of Kirby The Town of Newcastle has been informed thqt the Region of Durham , Public Works has requested requested the Durham Regional Police to enforce the speed limit on held June 7th in Haliburton. District 8 consists of 9 zones (a total of 68 clubs) covering most of Ontario. Ontario. Once again Paul faced a relentless verbal barage but with his outstanding right hand verbs and his short left hand nouns Paul Arsenault weathered the storm and after the nine zones had finished and the results were tallied Paul became' District 8 Public Speaking Champion. This is only the second District award to be bestowed upon the G.P.R. Club. Now Paul is on to the Canadian National Kinsmen Public Speaking Contest to be held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. To Paul, on behalf of the club we wish you well and are confident that you will be successful once again. ' Sincerely, Steve Clark President Regional Road 9, east of Kirby especially during the spring skiing period. It was noted in a Public Works report that the Oshawa Ski Club is improving conditions for on-site parking during the spring skiing season which is to eliminate on road parking. As to speeding west of the hill by skiers the Regional Police have been asked to enforce the speed limit. It had been my inténtion a couple of weeks ago when writing about birds to include an item about pigeons but time and space was not available. . It all starts with Marj Lowery stopping me on the street one day stating she had a question from her father, Art White, Bowmanville, wanting to know if I knew the only bird that drank like a horse.. Art does have an interest in birds arid àpparently does read this column. It was an easy question for me having kept pigeons for years and in fact being a member of one of the Bowmanville Pigeon Racing Clubs. As to my success in racing there always has to be Someone finishing last and this generally was my honour. To answer Art's question the pigeon drinks like a horse which apparently apparently he is well aware but was ready to put me on the spot. Often have I heard pigeon fanciers pose the question to the uninitiated. Since Art's question I have tried to find out why the pigeon drinks differently than other birds. This is somewhat like the case, one apple, one worm. The pigeon does gulp up water as the horse while other birds including including chickens dip in their bill and then throw their head back to direct the water into the stomach. Barclay Crozier of Orono North was in the office Saturday and knowing Barclay is a big breeder of such as Cockatiels and has some 2000 at his aviary this question was approached as to why the pigeon drinks like a horse and as such is the only bird to do so. Barclay pointed out that the pigeon was not the only bird to drink as a horse and that in fact so did the Parrot family. He went on to/ hat some breeders state there is v .elationship between pigeons and parrots. Still no direct answer why such birds drink in a different manner. , Over the past couple of weeks I have worked out my own theory being being that pigeons need a greater volume of water than other seed eaters even though there can be a difference in size. (Comparing the seed eating pigeon with the seed eating Finch). , The need for the greater volume of water arises during the raising of • young for young pigeons are fed what I have always called pigeon milk. When the young are small the pigeon milk resembles cows milk. As the young gain in age and size the milk changes to morMolids and finally is nothirig more than whole grain and fluid. It resembles feeding a human babv. This all requires greater amounts of water and the pigeon has not the time to dip and throw back its head to get the required volume. The Finch feeds the seed ,or grain '.direct-, so ' does. not * require the volume of water. <5tit of all this Art and I have learned one piece of information that being the pigeon does not hold the sole honour for birds of drinking drinking as a horse. What A Handle! Mac Ransberry asked Monday morning if I had seen any new bird over the week-end and aS a matter of fact I had and what a handle it carries. It is a northern bird sometimes seen, in the winter in southern Ontario, a Black-Backed Three Toed Woodpecker. The bird was sighted in south- 1 east Hope Township and after having having checked with Jim Richards, the district's authority on birds, he said it was the first he had ever heard reported south of Peterborough during the summer. Shop Red & White for ..... 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