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10-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 18, 1989 Juniors hold first convention in Orono On Saturday, October 14th, a large crowd attended the very first "Jr. Gardeners District Convention," held in Orono United Church, Main Hall. The hall was beautifully decorated with flowers, pumpkins, gourds and baskets of apples on the tables, (courtesty of Don Staples, Orchards). The District Director of District <<17 welcomed everyone and expressed her thanks for so many in attendance. The competitions competitions were really special, with 248 entries from 53 exhibitors. exhibitors. Her Worship, Mayor Hubbard Hubbard brought greetings' from the Town of Newcastle and congratulated congratulated the young, folks on their displays and congratulated' the leaders who give their time to teach the children. The Mayor promised a new trophy for next years convention. Despite a drizzle of rain, the crowd o'f children, some pârents and all leaders enjoyed an hour and one half tour of our local "Natural Resources", under the capable leaders of Mr. LJoyd Peiffer. We really appreciate his kindness, and all kids received pins and posters, which delighted the recipients! The capable lunch committee filled the empty tummies with . hot dogs, relishes, milk (courtesy tjf Beatrice Milk Co.) sweets and apples. Those hard working ladies included, Donna Hutton, Cory DeJonge, Pat Windatt and Marilyn Rutherford. We thank all the senior members who generally supplied sweets and muffins for this happy occasion. We wbufd also like to thank our local merchants who donated goodies for the gift bags. The District Director donated a large plastic green house to every Jr. member and these 1 will be put to good use next spring. Special guests included Mr. and Mrs. Yeomans, Port Dover d and she is immediate Past Presi- b dent of Ontario Horticultural v Association; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wyma, Ridgetown, Harry V( is 1st Vice-President of O.H.A. and they capably judged the competitions. Following lunch, three workshops were set up under the leadership of Cory DeJonge (grapeving wreaths); Narda , Hood Kafnp, Newcastle (fresh arrangements), Minnie Zegers (wall plaques). There were 62 entries entries from the workshops and these were judged by Mrs. Yeoman. The winning entry was ' a pretty wreath from Cory's class, created by Joanne Sutherland, Bowmanville Jrs. and she received the brand new plaque from O.H.A. and also a pretty keeper trophy. The director had the children in a few fun games and Minnie !Zegers gave out pretty, potted perennial plants to each member. ' We would like to thank Carol and Cor Mostert for this splendid splendid donation. Harry Wyma and Mary Yeomans expressed thanks to Orono Society for this excellent excellent first time convention and to all the junior members apd junior clubs represented included, included, Newcastle, Cannington, Pine Ridge, Bowmanville and Orono. ; We would like to especially thank Mrs. Jo Harris for all her hard work in preparation for this event and now is ill. Best wishes fpr a speedy recovery Jo! All children received the Town of Newcastle buttons and also the Provincial Crest buttons in their goodie bags and we thank all those who donated these. Another thank you to Mrs. Adele McGill and Mrs. Bertha White from our senior society who capably recorded and filled all the prize money bags. This was a very successful. event in the Horticulture Society and we hope it will be held next year, ■ Abortion (Continued from page 2) but this does not constitute an abortion. abortion. In the rare event that pregnancy results from rape or incest, and it is rare, society should be offering love, support and help to both vic tims, mother and child. The trauma of that rape will be with that mother the rest Of her life whether she aborts the baby or not. An abortion will only invite further trauma as she is bound to suffer at some point in time from post-abortion syndrome, syndrome, . 1 hope your readers will take the time to answer Mr. Stevenson's survey, if they have not already done so. We need to let our M.P.'s know that the 'right of pregnant women should be for assistance in carrying their babies to full term through counselling, financial' aid and adoption advicel Women should not have the right to kill their own children at apy stage of development. We are all on a journey for life - we| begin, so vulnerable and end so [vulnerable. , Whether or not someone wants us to live is a horrible basis for legislation. legislation. Sincerely, 1 Cheri Davies Clarke High School News Report (Continued from page 8) the finals. All in all our girls came out fighters "and went home winners. winners. The next game will be played Monday, October 16 at Clarke High School. Good luck girls! Senior Boys Volleyball The Senior Boys Volleyball team played in another tournament this past weekend at Durham College. After a shaky, early-morning start, the boys managed to progress out of their pool to meet 'Ajax in the semi-finals. The boys, kept up a strong offense to take the two games straight. It was on to the finals where they would meet a strong Brockville team. Although Clarke met and beat this team in Nova Scotia. Brockville came out strong with great defense to upset our boys and take the gold. Another silver for Clarke! G'et 'em next time boys! Special mention goes to Keri Davies and Mike Tait who managed to make the all-star team for the tournament. . The team is off to Crestwood in Peterborough this weekend for another try at gold! presents 2nd concert it was a great day for the 50 at the Orono United Church. Plenty of good entries in to 60 Junior Gardeners from Above the group with their confpetition, work shops and Orono and other close-by cen- leaders are returning from a awards all of interest to the très last Saturday when a Junior walk to the Orono Tree kids. Gardeners' convention was held Nursery. ' On Sunday, October 22nd, 8:00 p.m., the Oshawa Symphony will present the second concert of the. 1989-90 season at Eastdale Collegiate Collegiate Theatre, Harmony' - Road North at. Adelaide in Oshawa. . Sponsored by Canadian Tire - Mid- town Mall, the concert will feature the Oshawa Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Winston Webber, in Mussorgsky's Introduction to Khovatchina and in Symphony No. 1, Op. 10 by Shostkovich. The or-, chestra will be joined ' by Joseph Peleg, violin, in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, Op. 10. His musical intensity in chamber music or in solo performance has brought Joseph Peleg engagements and recordings in Canada, Europe, Israel and the United States. He has' a Bachelor of Music degree from the University'of Toronto, and a Master of Music from Indiana University, During this time, Mr. Peleg studied with violinists Lorand Fenyves and Joseph Gingold. He also had the opportunity to work with the eminent virtuosi Joseph Szigeti and Nathan Milstein in Europe. A native of Hungary, Jospeh Peleg spent his youth in Israel, coming to Canada in 1968. He is a former member of the Purcell String Quartet and the Gailliard Ensemble, and is a present concert-master of the Oshawa Symphony Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Chamber of Players of Toronto. Toronto. 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