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mu IllliSI 1 The Lyons Den Pet and Aquatic Supplies of Newcastle Village provided provided considerable interest last Saturday at the Sidewalk sale with their little friends of budgies, kittens, kittens, hamsters and gold fish às' well as cages and supplies. Interest is shown above by Owen Taylor in the hamsters with Paul Cloutier and Scott Lyons representing representing the Lyons Den. Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, July 23, 1986-5 115 Tenders called for extension to Enterprise Ontario Transportation and Communications Minister Ed Fulton announced that tenders have been called for grading, drainage, granular base, hot mix paving and' construction of three structures' on Highway 35/115 from Durham Regional Road No. 4, Orono northerly northerly to Enterprise 'Hill, for 8.7 km. This project is undertaken to reconstruct Highway 35/115 . to a four-lane divided facility from Kendal leads division in E.O.B.A. The Kendal Eagles hold first" place in the . Senior ' E.O.B.A., Christopher Division, with à 9- 4 record. Ajax follows with a record of 7-8, Markham 7-10, Little Britain with a 2-12-1 and Newcastle with a 1-15 record. , The Ajax entry leads the E.O.B.A. Midget group with a 12-2 record ^followed by Port Hope, Oshawa, Bowmanvillc, Peter- north of Qrorio to Enterprise Hill. The contract will include new structure's structure's at Seventh Line, Eighth Line and at Highway 35/115 interchange. interchange. The work will result in improved driving conditions and traffic operations as well as reduced maintenance requirements through the area. Tenders will be opened for this project at ministry headquarters in Downsview August 27. borough, Whitby, Kingston, Little ■ Britain, Cobourg and Orono with a 4-13 record. Brockville and ' Belleville end out the league to this- point in the season. The Kendal Bantams continue to look for their first win in the Bantam-West Division of the E.O.B.A. Oshawa tops the list in the league with a 10-2 record with Kendal at the bottom 0-20. The first round of league playdôwns arc to be completed by august-14th. ; ; . The Orono entry in Midget will get a by into the Ontario playdowns in their own category. The Thunder Pumper FED, OF ONT. NATURLISTS WOODS, WATER AND WILDLIFE By Ron Reid A warm summer evening in the marsh can be a noisy occasion, full of chattering swallows, squabbling blackbirds, and the rising and falling falling crescendo of frogs. But the strangest of marsh sounds is heard only occasionally - the "wild wierd love song" of the American bittern. This reclusive member of the heron family produces a three-part pumping sound that resembles an old-fashioned stake driver, or perhaps a wooden pump - hence the strange name of thunder-pumper. This series of notes, which could hardly be described as a song, Is difficult difficult to describe, much less to imitate. imitate. Perhaps the closest we can come is to imagine a deep, .mineral "pump-er-lunk" or "pump-pudd'n". But., once you have heard the strange cry of the bittern, no written description is necessary to remembejr it for a lifetime. The bittern is a solitary bird, nesting on a mud platform disguised disguised afnongst the reeds. Even though the adults are large, about the size of a crow, their brown and beige streaking and characteristic pose, with neck extended and beak pointed skyward, provides a perfect blend into the light and shadow of a cattail marsh. Their first line of defence against discovery is to freeze motionless, but if disturbed, they rise in clumsy flight with dangling dangling legs and a startled cronk. A bittern hunting looks like a bittern bittern resting, with its' stationary pose. But when the unwary frog or minnow ventures within reach, his end is swift and sure, skewered by a lightning lunge of that shining beak. No one is quite sure yet how the bittern pumps its' song, although it seems to somehow gain resonance by swallowing air. The sound seems almost literally to be pumped' out, for it is accompanied by an incredible incredible series of neck and head contor- ■ ( • ,s. But no matter how i{ is ac complished, the song of the bittern is without doubt the strangest of , sounds to echo across a suiVimer marsh. DURHAM NOTICE TO THE RATEPAYERS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF'DURHAM The Audited Financial Statements of the Corporation of The Regio'nal Municipality of Durham for the year ended December 31 ; 1985 are available from the Regional Finance Department. Anyone interested in obtaining a copy of these statements should write to the Finance Department of the Regional Municipality of Durham., 60 Bond Street West, P.Q. Box 618, Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8B6. ' The following financial highlights reflect the operations, assets and liabilities of the Regional Municipality of Durham including the Waterworks, Sewage and Waste Disposal Systems and the Board of Commissioners of the Durham Regional Police. COMPARISON OF CONSOLIDATED REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES (All amounts in thousands of dollars) WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM: 1985 1984 Requisition on Area Municipalities 34,372 31,820 Ontario Grants 46,194 45,105 User Charges 37,573 33,598 Other Revenue 13,448 15,901 • * 131.587 126.424, WHAT THE Money WAS SPENT FOR: 1985 . 1984 General Government 4,874 5,173 Protection to Persons & Pr ( ppe/1y . 24,236 22,716 Transportation Services 13,589 12,864 Waterworks 14,740 14,143 Sanitary Sewer System , 17.582 19.031 Other Environmental Services ' 4,916 ' 4,182 Health Services 3,988 3,809 Social Services 17,938 18.262 Senior Citizens 16,405 14,841 Day Nurseries 2.440 '2,201 Family & Children Services 1,078 . 9§8 Planning and Development 2,364 2,244 124,150 120,424 YEAR END POSITION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (AH amounts in thousaqds-of dollars) * • 1985 1984 Cash and Short Term Investments 34,643 28,863 Accounts Receivable 18,653 15,924 Other Current Assets • 2,1(Î7 2,251 Restricted Assets . 3,118 3,482 Capital Assets •70,828 76,172 129,349 126,692 Accounts Payable, Accrued. Liabilities 12,91,7 12,435 Other burrent Liabilities ■ * « 2,121 2,039 Outstanding Long Term Debt 70.828 76,172 Reserves and Reserve Funds 33.751 26,972 Fund Balances 4,685 5,812 Unexpended Capital Financing 5,047 3,262 « - > . « Trust Funds Under ( Administration 129,349 126,692 1.342- 1.194