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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, January 25, 1989-3 Two committees The Pines Senior Public amalgamate School News Report into one locally It took a long time I know that I have often said one of the reasons I liked Canada was the fact there were four definite seasons, all with their particular interesting interesting features. Of course winter was one of the delights with its blanket of snow, stark deciduous trees and of course a nip in the air. It brought a whole new type of activities to enjoy in the outdoors. We still remember, when living in Beeton to the age of twelve, the tunnels tunnels drilled through the towering snowbanks which often resulted in cave-like snow huts. The forts and Wen at one time an igloo. Here in the Orono area it wasn't that many years ago, possibly twenty, when bulldozers were required to open the sixth line road after a major storm. People would, following the opening of the road, drive by just to see the huge cuts through the banks of snow. This certainly is not the case today today and the past two winters have been most open. In fact it has almost been impossible to cross country ski on the tree nursery property property west of the Village with an adequate amount of snow. Bill Bunting and I gave up on the local cross skiing bit until last Sunday Sunday when we travelled to the Ganaraska Durham house finding snow conditions skimpy but in perfect conditions for the outdoor sport. The weather was great and after some four miles we decided it would have to be done again. The technique was a little rusty but it soon returned as did à few aches and pains. It was a long time coming. Another event - a long time coming coming was the viewing of eagles at the Petroglyphs. Bill and I have travelled travelled to the -Petroglyph park on a number of occasions without success success in this field. A week ago last Sunday we join-, ed with other birders some coming from as far away as London, On- Orono Scouting tario to walk into the park and finally climbing a bluff for a panoramic view of miles of forest and open land in the area. The whole venture, for the twenty present, present, was to hopefully view eagles in their natural habitat. We were successful, or to a degree. While walking in the park along one of the trails an immature Golden Eagle flew along the edge of a small lake and was visable for some twenty seconds before it disappeared below the tree line of the lake. Later, on top of the bluff, an immature immature Bald Eagle was sighted in the distance as it glided above the tree tops. It was at such a distance that even with the viewing scope neither Bill or I would have made a decision on what type of eagle it was. We will take the leader's word for this sighting, it was but a small line in the scope. The main identification identification of immature Bald and Golden eagles is by the placement of a dash of white on the underpart of the wings. You may remember that three years ago a Hawk Owl spent the winter east of Orono on the fifth line. Thousands of birders and local citizens viewed this bird during the months it stayed. Birders still think of Orono as the place where the Hawk Owl was so co-operative and stayed so long. They even came to Orono from the northern parts of the U.S. The Hawk Owl was the subject on the Petroglyph trip as one had been seen just a few miles for the park. Of course we made a trip to the sighting area, two trips in fact, but the bird was just not cooperating. cooperating. It had been seen sitting on a wire over the road that very day as well as the day before but it did not come within view for our binoculars. We may wait a long time again for the sighting of this bird. Patience is a virtue - it takes a long time. On Saturday, January 14th, the Pines grade 7 volleyball teams played their tournament at Bowman ville High School. Both the girls and the boys showed showed excellent team spirit, were confident confident and set out to win. The teams had won all six of their games by the finals. Final games were tense, hushed and exciting. The players and the coaches were nervous, not to mention the audience. audience. But it was all worth it in the end, as the boys jumped in and stole the gold and the girls captured the silver. So thanks to David Staples, Mike White and Bert Gibson for coaching the girls team. The players of this team are Amanda Garnett, Carrie McCurdy, Kathleen Minnis, Bobbie Taylor, Barbara Whifferi, Alana White, Katie Climenhage, Andrea Hartmann and Tanya Mercer. Equal thanks goes to Mike Farrington Farrington and Tim Nobes for coaching the boys team. The team members are Jeff Pearce, Daryl Reid, Evan Davies, Aaron Staples, Tyler Sokol- juk, Dwayne Morton, Jamie Lovekin, Jeff Darrach and Tom Tamblyn. Both teams and coaches put in hours of hard work and practice to get this far. It has really paid off! by Sherry Wright, Shannon Hancock, Angela Coe This week at The Pines, there has been a slight change in the Phys. Ed. program. Mr. Prole has rented the ice at the new Bowman ville arena. The Town of Newcastle has donated 1 Vi hours of ice time and the school is paying for one hour. There are 2 more sessions this term. Each student has to pay one dollar each trip to cover the cost of transportation. While at the rink, Mr. Prole, the Phys. Ed. teacher for the grade 8 classes, exercised the students by making them go one way around the rink for a while and anniversary Orono Figure Skating (Continued from page 1) The ceremony was put on by a Scout '.group from Bowmanville lead by Scout Master McNair. The first Orono Scouts to be invested invested at the ceremony were: Jim Linton, Manley Littlewood, Ronald Patterson, Donald Staples, Edwin Manning, Roy Forrester, LeRoy Myles and Franklin Tamblyn.' It was in 1949 that the first Cub Pack was organized in Orono and in 1974 when the first Beaver colony was organized. In 1974 the Orono IJnited Church took over sponsorship sponsorship of Scouting -in Orono. The Kinsmen presented new flags to both the scquts and cubs at this particular particular time. In 1978 the local cubs and scouts received new colours with red and green scarves. The local group as well celebrated the 75th year of scouting and in 1987 Ororto United Church crests were presented to all members. It now brings the scouting move- V.. ment to 1989 and the 50th Anniversary Anniversary party being held on February 4 in the Orono Arena Community Centre. Tickets, $15.00 a couple, are now available by calling Don Scott, Orono or at the Village Bin in Downtown Orono from Diane Cowan. All those involved in scouting in anyway down through the years are encouraged to attend this outing. Both Scouts, Cubs and Beavers arc still most active in Orono. Club News Report by Lynne Lemieux On Sunday, January 15th, Orono Figure Skating Club hosted High Test Day for skaters in the area clubs. Several Orono skaters were successful in their tests, Briar Ransberry passed the 'Killian' dance in the Senior Silver Dance- category. As well Briar Ransberry and Tanya Clemens passed the Junior Silver Freeskate and Tracy Eames passed the Senior Bronze Freeskate. Well done girls! * On January 27th, 28th and 29th. Uxbridge will host their Freeskate and Dance competition. From Orono the competitors are Michelle Rutherford, Melanie Lemieux, Melissa Allin, Melissa Colville and Melonie Allin. Good luck to all! The Orono Skating Club will host a one day seminar on Monday, January 30th. Skaters will receive instruction from professionals in Stroking and Ice Theatre. It should be a very interesting and beneficial day for all. In the Canskate program, Ryan Kennedy, passed the Basic Badge on January 17th. The next executive meeting will be held Tuesday, January 31st, 8:00 p.m. at Shelley Allin's home. Town rebates portion of levy The Town committee on Monday turned aside a recommendation of staff and will refund Mrs. Bragg a sum in the order of $900 of a Town lot levy charge. , The Braggs had gained a severance of land which required a payment of a Town lot levy charge as well as one for the Region. The Braggs informed council that they had been given to understand that the Town charge would have been $1,860 and that they had a year to pay the levy. In the meantime charges were in creased by council and when the Braggs came to pay the levy they were informed that the price would now be $2743.00. The Braggs paid the higher levy but complained to council and asked for a rebate of the difference. Mrs. Bragg said they would have paid the lesser amount immediately if they had known that the fee was possibly to increase. Town staff had recommended that the difference not be paid as it would set a precedent. There were apparently some forty similar cases. Counc. Hooper said' there was nothing in writing over the issue and recommended that the difference difference be rebated to the applicant which was supported by council members. then around the other way. All in all, we enjoyed the first trip very much and we are looking forward to the next one on February 9, by Nina Darrach, Ashley Burnham Over a two week period of time, there have been try-outs for a school play. Ms. Wilson has worked worked very hard to get things organized. organized. The play is called, "The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch." This play is not to be entered in a com: petition like the last one. In full, the play is expected to be 1 Vi to 2 hours. Approximately forty people tried out, and roughly 18 were selected. To put this play together, first you must choose the play, decide if it is interesting enough so that the students will want to take part, and then you must choose, the cast. In one month the building of the sets, making of the costumes, and the gathering of the props will be started. Selling tickets, running the lights, and building sets will all be done by the students. The cast should be ready to present the play be early May. Both grades 7 and 8 are involved. The cast members are: Katie Climenhage, Grant Dafoe, Dyson Drury, Tricia Dubeau, Kirby Eady, Robyn Ewert, Jenny Good- murphy, Shannon flancocK, Andrea Andrea Hartmann, Tristina Hickson, Cindy Maroon, Kasey McQue, Tanya Mercer, Laura Notion and Melissa Wilson. • by Nina DarraCh, Ashley Burnham The Port Granby Monitoring Committee and (Town of Newcastle) Newcastle) Citizens for a Safe Environment announce amalgamation effective January 18, 1989. The committee shall now be known as "Port Granby-Newcastle Environment Committee." The priority of the Port Granby- Newcastle Environment Committee shall be to monitor the Federal Site Selection Task Force regarding the location of a permanent low-level radio-active waste site; and, subsequently, subsequently, to monitor the decommissioning decommissioning of Port Granby Low-Level Radioactive Waste Site. Further, there shall be a broad mandate to monitor local environmental environmental issues and increase public awareness in the Town of Newcastle. The Committee meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Old Town Hall in Newcastle Village (corner of Mill Street and Hwy. No. 2) at 7;30 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 15, 1989. Meetings are in- fôrmal and open to the public. All are welcome! Membership on the Committee is open to all residents of the Town of Newcastle. Should area residents have a concern, concern, the Committee would be pleased to discuss it. Port Granby-Newcastle Environment Environment Committee, R.R. 1, Newton- ville; Mr. John Veldhuis, dtiairman (416) ,263-2783; Mrs. Helen MacDonald, MacDonald, Secretary (416) 983-9667. to Lindsay Hilton and War Amps Chief Executive Clifford Chadderton...these two amputees share a special bond. And that bond is part of a long tradition here at The War Amps where the experiences of one generation shape » the future of the next. The War Amputations of «Canada National Headquarters 2827 Riverside Drive Ottawa, Ontario* K1V 0C4 (613) 731-3821 Charitable Registration No. 0286831 09* We at. J'Me Fashions are going to help you celebrate VALENTINE'S DAY V We are giving away a beautiful Sweater With every purchase between January 18 and February 10 you will receive a number. If your number matches number ' ■ drawn On February 11 you receive the sweater. . Happy Valentines