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6 - Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, May 24, 2000 Botswana Aubrey and Koren, fearing for their safety, actually left Zimbabwe, and came home to Canada at the end of April. This article was written on April 17, 2000. After 4 months, it is time to throw away a few pieces of well-worn clothes; no one will accept them in trade for curios they are so ful l of holes and patches. After 4 months, it is time to come home. Zimbabwe, our favourite beautiful most comfortable place here continues continues to press towards civil war, spurred on by an autocrat afraid of losing power in a continually delayed election. Comrade Mugabe accused the white farmers of being enemies of the state when they banded together to support support A political party other than his own. Now that the election is approaching and the President's popularity is low, he finally wants to resolve the twenty-year problem problem of land redistribution,, taking farmland from white farmers and partitioning it to return the land to black people. people. His current technique is to passively encourage violent farmland squatters who have killed farmers and destroyed property. The police are also not intervening, despite the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe ordering the police and the President to remove squatters. And through Zimbabwe we must board our plane to leave Africa. Our six brief days in Botswana the richest African country -- are over. Recently discovered mines provide almost three quarters of the world's gem-quality diamonds and have enabled Botswana to be the only African nation without foreign foreign debt. Botswana is also the only country with a welfare welfare system, providing food but not money. Unlike many African nations, the people here are well spread out. The population population is low 1.4 million (the largest city had only 133,000 inhabitants) and they are certainly certainly serious about their cattle cattle here. Beef is an important part of the export economy and the (imported) cattle outnumber outnumber people. Both the truck wheels and our shoes had to undergo cleansing at .several veterinary control posts along the roads - a feeble feeble stab to prevent the spread of Foot Mouth Disease amongst the cattle. The Okavanga Delta (named because of its triangle-shaped triangle-shaped watershed area) is Part 18 Flowers (continued front page 5) By Aubrey and Keren Kassirer 120,000 square kilometers of water, reeds and 200 metre deep sand slowly brought south from Namibia and Angola. Rocks are scarce. All manner of game roam the flat islands (said to be large termite mounds) when not flooded by rains that fell in Angola five months earlier. Before setting up cam ft in the Delta we drove two hours from Maun, bounced for one hour in an open-back 4X4 truck, raced in a 'speedboat along a hippo-made channel in the water through 3 metre tall papyrus, then poled 90 minutes in a Mokoro (dug-out canoe made from the sausage tree). We learned to pole, swanr in a "pool" with reeds underfoot in a strong current, and went on a bush walk. We certainly saw a lot of tracks: elephants, buffalo, hyena, and endless antelope. We also spotted hundreds of red letch- we, a water loving antelope that gracefully lopes through reed-filled waters to find food and escape predators. The mosquitoes were reminiscent of Canadian summers by the lake, but these African mosquitoes mosquitoes may be carrying malaria. On the second part of our trip, we visited Chobe National Park, the home of the largest concentration of • elephant in Africa. We got up close and personal with elephants elephants eating and drinking, at times less than a metre away from us. Ears flapping, trunks twirling to grasp grass or suck in water, and babies hiding beneath- their mothers, from huge to small these graceful hulking animals were amazing amazing to watch. We saw water- bound hippos mating, crocodiles crocodiles remaining still until suddenly suddenly sliding into the water, and amazing bird life, beautiful beautiful and numerous. We only hope African nations, despite their political problems, will continue to protect the natural wildlife (as Botswana does with aggressive aggressive anti-poaching forces). Only then will they remain for our children to see (no, we still don't have any). Kirtiey 10. Narcissus, 2 stems, long or short trumpet - 1. Ann Dilks, 2. Shelley Etmanskie, 3. Inez Harris, 4. Loma Atkins 11. Narcissus, 2 stems any other variety, no foliage - 1. Ann Dilks, 2. Isabelle Challice, 3. Inez Harris, 4. Loma Atkins 12. Lily of the Valley - 3 stems and foliage - 1. Shelley Etmanskie, 2. Irene Matchett, 3. Helen Schmid, 4. Inez Harris 13. Any other flower, 3 stems, grown from bulb or rhizome - 1. June Heard, 2. Pat Bales, 3. Minnie Zegers, 4. Shelley Etmanskie 14. Any other spring flower, flower, not listed, 3 stems - 1. Minnie Zegers, 2. Doreen Lowery, 3. Helen Schmid, 4. Pat Bales 15. Bleeding Heart, 3 stems - 1. Doris Neeley, 2. Loma Atkins, 3. Shelley Etmanskie. 4, Inez Harris 16. Branch of flowering shrub or tree, not to exceed 30" r 1. Isabelle Challice, 2. Jackie Kirtiey, 3. Irene Matchett, 4. Minnie Zegers SECTION B - Potted Plants 17. Trio - 3 individually potted seedlings, ready for planting - 1. Pat Bales, 2. Loma Atkins 18. African Violet - any variety - 1. Doreen Lowery, 2. Minnie Zegers, 3. Loma Atkins 19. Any foliage house plant, named - 1. Inez Harris, 2. Minnie Zegers, 3. Pat Bales 20. Any flowering house plant, named - 1. Ann Anderson, 2. Minnie Zegers, 3. Loma Atkins SECTION C DECORATIVE 21. Happy Mother's Day - arrangement in a tea pot - (a) 1. Jessie Watkins, 2. June Heard, 3. Loma Atkins (b) 1. Isabelle Challice 2, Doris Nelley, 3. Shelley Etmanskie 22. Song of Spring - Water - viewing design, front view - 1. Shelley Etmanskie 2. Ann Anderson, 3. Minnie Zegers, 4 Pat Bales 23. Small Treasures - small design in a trinket box - (a) 1. Minnie Zegers, 2. Plat Bales, 3. Loma Atkins (b) 1. Shelley Etmanskie, 2. June Heard, 3. Doris Nelley BEST TULIP - Jackie IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE IN THE ORONO TIMES 983-5301 Kirtiey JUDGES CHOICE Doreen Lowery SUBSCRIBE TO THE ORONO TIMES COLLISION REPAIR PROFESSIONALS Fred Devries Proprietor FRED'S AUTOBODY LTD. Estimates • Repairs • Restorations 163 Baseline Road, Unit 1 Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3L4 Tel: (905) 623-6353 Fax: (905) 623-3913 851 NEWCASTLE FUNERAL HOME Carl Good ~ Joyce Kufta 386 Mill St. S., Newcastle 987-3964 www.newcastlefuneralhome.corn "Caring for our Community " Public Forum... 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