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IO-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, July 5, 1989 Pictured above Joanne Moffat, Moffat, Orono and Martha Forbes of Ancaster inspecting one pot of chili being prepared by one of the competitiors. Below the Red Hot Cafe in its rustic form; . t} - i ' -■ - Newcastle Lions holg second chili cook-off The Newcastle Lions Chili Cook-off was held Saturday and Sunday at the Orono Fair Grounds until' ideal weather conditions. . The event featured some 20 cook teams from both Ontario and far south in the US.. An added feature this year was a Flea Market with items from soup to nuts. In speaking with Mrs. Ron well the the for trket ' with Locke she said they were pleased with the eyent and ideal weather. She said cooks enjoyed the Silting both 'days and the flea mt retailers were well pleased sales. . According to Wendy Partner she backs-up the statement of success for the retailers saying the crowds wera up and down during the two days. 4-H members (Continued from page 7) You could be part of this group of 4-H members who will be learning learning how to set career'goals and assess your strengths and abilities. You'll learn about some of the exciting, exciting, non-traditional careers that are available and the educational paths that lead to them. You'll take part in a career fair, find out how to explore new careers and learn about the transition from home life to university to career. All 4-H'ers will stay in residence and will attend a barbecue and an indoor indoor beach party. Enrolment is limited, so if you're interested, contact the Rural Organization Service specialist in your county today. There is a $15 registration fee to cover the cost ot accommodation ' and meals. The deadline is July 8. Woods, Water life and Wild by Marion Strebig NVe have a lot to answer for! One of the joys of living id Ontario Ontario is that one is never far from water. But, although we are drawn to water by the same primal urge which drives us as children to wade through puddles rather than step around, we treat our waterways badly. Last Sunday I walked part bf an urban river valley and saw first hand how thoughtlessly we alter water courses. Although borJered by development, the downs! ream section of the creek followed a more or less natural course, lull ot bends ancf twists. On the banks, plants, , woody shrubs and trees grew the skin of the unwary. On the far bank a lush pea-green shrub covered with bloom proved to be a , particularly succulent stand of poison ivy. On steeper banks', stands a native grey dogwood and; an introduced species, buckhorn; had stabilized the slopes, aided by tangles of riverbank grape and Virginia creeper. in the heat, damselflies with brilliant irridescent blue bodies and blaèk wings shimmered. A male redwing divebombed us until we were safely out of his territory. From the safety of â vine tangle a catbird mewed. In the heat most birdsongs were stilled, but there were occasional absent-piinded bursts from the Song Sparrow, House Finch and Northern Oriole. A Redi-eyed Vireo chatted away in what sounded like an interminable telephone conversation, full of appropriate appropriate pauses. As we climbed the bank we could see where the stream, in response to spring rtin-off, had begun to change course and cut a new meander. A steam following its natural course can minimize the impact of flood conditions by creating a new curve in the channel which slows the flow.- Abruptly we stepped from a relatively natural stream course into a desert. For the next several kilometers the stream .had been transformed into a cement conduit for storm water. Here in the straight, unshaded, cement-lined creek bed, it is too hot. for any aquatic organisms to survive. Yet naturç had not been totally defeated. Tough weeds like dock and thistle thrust up through the cracks. In places on the sloped cement cement sides, the sgplings of Manitoba maple and Chinese elm had clawed through and attained Organizers hope to clear some $600.00 this year rather than facing another deficit as last year which amounted to $3,000. The musical entertainment entertainment was cut from the program program this year as well as the operation of a bar. Denise Johnson of Pontypodl won the showmanship award on Staurday and as well obtained honourable mention in the texas chili cook-off. The draw for $ 1,000 was won by John Read of Wilmot Creek. Home-made chili was served by the Lions throughout the two days. several lee! of growlh. Incredibly, in the cement stream bed itself, wherever organic matter had been trapped, clumps of bur reed and grasses, flattened by the force of recent recent runoff, grew. We certainly were not plagued anymore by mosquitoes. mosquitoes. In fact, it seemed as though nothing moved in the throbbing heat. Finally we came to a place where the concrete ended and the stream, like a person removing tight clothing, stretched, expanded and began to twist and turn. Channelling Channelling the power of the little stream in- 1 to that straight, narrow funnel made no sense hyrologically, ecomically nor aesthetically. The power of the stream confined in a narrow straight channel had been sufficient to lift and carry off one of the huge slabs of concrete. Such concentrated water flow on this section section of the river has increased problems problems of erosion and sedimentation downstream, and reduced both the number and variety of species of aquatic life which can survive such force and turbulence. Besides ce- ment ditches are not attractive. Although assaults on our waterways waterways never stop, citizens do have recourse. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources is responsible for protecting fish habitat, the local conservation authority for protecting protecting river valleys and the Ministry of the Environment for stopping pollution. However, it usually takes noise from an individual or group before action is taken. If you are interested interested in finding out what one group in an urban area is doing about stream rehabilitation, contact Chris McGuckin, Conservation Council, 489 College Street, Suite 506, Toronto, Ontario M6G 1A5. DR Y GLEANING SER VICE 24 HOUR SERVICE GOOD RATES ' ONE DAY SERVICE 1 MILL STREET, NEWCASTLE In the blazing sun of the first real heat of summer this cool corridor of vegetation offered relief of humans and animals. As we picked our way along a narrow, path and across storm sewer outlets, mosquitoes, mosquitoes, disturbed by our passing, took revenge. Farther along, on more open slopes, yellow sweet clover and purple vetch formed a waist high sea through which we waded. 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