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Orono Weekly Times. Wednesday, June 28. 2000 -11 Thank you, volunteers! Orono Public School held a special Tea Monday afternoon to thank the many volunteers who helped during the past school year. Volunteers pictured are: back row - left to right - Dave Stewart, Judi Campbell, Dini Schoenmaker, Joyce Rosseau, Beth Carr, Carol Hooper, Marie Nelson - Volunteer Coordinator, Donna Morrison, Brigitte Brown, Patti Chatterton. Front row - Marilyn Hancock, Wendy Pratt, Pam Mahoney, Carolyn Hart, Pat Lycett, Jodi Stewart, Christine Chapman, and Sandi Parkinson. BASIC BLACK ARTHUR BLACK WHINE NOT! There's a wonderful old James Thurber cartoon that shows a slightly goofy looking looking gent holding a glass of wine by the base (as only winegeeks do) and enthusing "It's a naive, domestic burgundy burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by it's presumption." , That's a near-perfect sendup of what I call winebabble: that smarmy, pseudo-sophisticated bafflegab bafflegab that you too often hear from the grape-stained lips of winelovers. I have no problem with wine descriptions that actually actually say something. If someone tells me a wine tastes peppery or fruity, that gives me a sense of what they mean. I have no trouble imagining the taste of an 'oaken' port or a 'woody' cabernet. But what the hell is a wine that displays 'angular resonance'? Or 'virginal overtones'? overtones'? Or a 'charming presence'? presence'? ' It gets worse. I have heard wines'described as 'boof. Or 'bootless'. Don't ask me. I read one winetasters notes on a hapless Rioja. He wrote: "amusing peptides. Hints of the Crimea." And in a Napa Valley wine store, there's a chi chi little 'connoisseur's guide' sitting on a shelf of sauvignon blancs that reads "From the first sniff, one is impressed by the precise, deep but never bom bastic aromas in which green apple and crenshaw melon scents and by a creamy, vanillin accent of oak, and it is wonderfully balanced on the palate with ripe richness set off by firming acids and brightness." Talk like that's enough to drive a person to drink. Wine talk doesn't have to be boring or pretentious. Someone once had the wit to describe a new Zinfandel as a 'De Gaulle' wine. Which is to say, 'tall, with an earthy nose, but slightly dead'. The Canadian possibilities are intriguing. We could have a Marty McSorley Merlot ('surreptitious.... sneaks up, blindsides you and leaves you for dead'). A Chretien Champagne (Venders you speechless in both official languages'). A BC Chateauneuf de NDP ('flat, tasteless, soon to be discontinued'). A Sheila Copps Catawba ('sharp, with a bitter aftertaste. aftertaste. ..) - oh, but we've already got Newfie Screech. I think it would be wise if wine tasters developed a sense of humour before the rest of the world dies laughing at their preposterous solemnity.. solemnity.. - . They might also want to. invest in a decent translation Region (continued from page! ) Courtice Road and Darlington Nuclear Generating station for construction of the South Courtice Water Pollution Control Plant. Designing this $85.8 million project will take the next two years, with construction construction to begin in 2002, completion in 2003. Development of the industrial industrial lands in Courtice are dependent on the completion of this water control plant. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE 983-5301 COLLISION REPAIR PROFESSIONALS Fred Devries Proprietor FRED'S AUTOBODY LTD. Estimates •. 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It has aromas of breeding, prevailing new wood over an elegant and perfumed perfumed bottom of spices, and matured black fruits well united united and with balsamic memories. memories. It is vivid on the tongue, with a great acidity very well integrated, a solid, full, silky, and greasy way, and a tasty and well-structured final. It is large and retronasal." Sounds suspiciously like a winetaster who forgot to spit and rinse. W4tKFB< ume Anyone wishing to further the cause of beautifying the walking trails of Orpno, please signify your interest by calling Carol at 983-5058 or Pat 983-9475 or Beryl 983-5591. DURHAM COMPUTER SYSTEMS "Do it once Do it right!" Computer Sales • Service » Training Homê/Ofüce Support & Solutions Local/Worldwide Shipping Services Personalized Service From Professionals Give us a call! We're here to support you! 987-2047 • email: durhamcs@home.com Visit our store at 71 King St. W. 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