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8 Orono Weekly limes. Wed 1 lev h y. August 16, 2000 The word at the CPL celebrates 2000 Sydney Summer Olympic Games! "Swifter, higher, stronger," That's the motto of the modem Olympic Gamps, and this month, in Australia, the largest number of athletes ever to compete for the coveted coveted gold medals will take those words to heart. From their fairly humble beginnings in 1896, the Olympic Games have caught our attention in a way that few other sporting events can. They are amazingly extravagant, expensive to hold, lucrative to win, and prestigious to host. They are everything both good and bad about sport and spectacle spectacle at the dawn of a new millennium. millennium. Huge sums of money are involved, and controversy dogs each and every event, it sepms. Yet millions of viewers tune in daily, and more than a million visitors are expected expected to attend the Games in Sydney. Perhaps the attraction of the Olympic Games is just this: that for a brief while we get to see the power of the. human spirit, the driving force to be swifter, to jump higher, to be stronger. And perhaps it lifts us beyond our everyday existence, and gives us a glimpse of what our potential truly is. We at CPL wish our Canadian athletes the best of luck, and, regardless of your eventual placement, we know that you are all golden in our hearts! New main branch for CPL This past July, sod was cut for the new main branch of the Clarington Public Library. The new facility will be built onto the west side of the Municipality of Clarington's Administration Centre, on the site formerly occupied by an LCBO store. The new library will be a multi-level facility, designed with the demands of 21st century information provision provision in mind. It will replace our present, somewhat cramped main branch, which opened in 1965. Construction will most likely start in April, 2001, with the grand opening slated slated for early 2003. All of us at CPL are very excited by this project, which will put us at the forefront of library services in the years ahead. Plans for the new building can be seen on display in the foyer of the Town Hall. Off the shelf Some suggestions from the Information Staff... The Story of the Olympics by Dave Anderson • Capture the glory and the triumph of the Olympics with this overview of the history history of the Games and profiles profiles of the world's greatest athletes. With dozens of photographs photographs that capture the thrill of the Olympics. Olympic Games from Eyewitness Books • The origins and background background of the ultimate sporting sporting event that brings the world's best athletes together. together. On Your Mark, Get Set by Paulette Bourgeois • From the author of the Franklin books comes this fact-filled sport-by-sport description of the Olympic Games. Ancient Olympic Games and Modern Olympic Games by Haydn Middleton • Two colourful, informative informative books' which trace the history of the Games from ancient times to the 2000 Sydney Olympics. National Geographic Magazine, August 2000 • Features a profile of Sydney, host city for the 2000 Olympic Games, and its people. Includes a map of the Olympic site. STLTTS PHARMACY 5311 Main Street, Orono • Phone 983-5009 HOURS: Monday to Friday 9 - 6 » Saturday 9 - 5 A Get your Durham passport Tour Durham 2000 Passports are now available. The Region of Durham working working in co-operation with businesses businesses and attractions located located throughout the eight municipalities has created a navy blue "Durham Passport 2000" filled with savings, coupons, and ads from businesses businesses throughout the Region. The winner of the grand prize will receive two nights at bed and breakfasts such as The Red House and Bouwmeesters, lunch and dinner for two at Port Perry's Haugnes Chicken and Rib BBQ and Emiel's Place. The winner will also receive a gift certificate to be used at the Genuine Article antique shop located in the heart of Port Perry. The passport campaign will run through the summer and all fully stamped passports must be received by 4:30 p.m. November 30, 2000. You must be 16 years of age or older to participate. Each passport Is $1.00 and all monies raised will go to the charity. For a complete list of locations to purchase your passport please call Regional Headquarters at 905-668- 7711, ext. 4440. (continued from page 3) moved into the old farm house with one-year-old Darlene and newborn Joan. Son Don would arrive 16 months later. Soon after the move, Norma (Forder) got married and returned to Ontario with her husband. A while later, Barbara (McKell), the baby of the family, married a Quebec farmer. For the first time in their lives, Flo and Jimmy's nest was empty. Of the 13 Ransberry children, children, six survive -- Ken, Isabel, Mae, Mac, Eleanor .and Norma visit the cemetery and sit on the bench. Of Jimmy's and Flo's 36 grandchildren, grandchildren, 33 survive. As well, Jimmy and Flo have about 100 great grandchildren and many great, great grandchildren. grandchildren. Joan Ransberry pointed out that the Ransberrys are many in numbers, have settled settled all over the world and today, come from different walks of life. "Despite our differences, differences, we're held together by a common thread. And, we think of the thread when we sit on the family bench parked at a very special grave side in the Orono Cemetery," said Joan Ransberry. ORONO CHIROPRACTIC and EXERCISE CENTRE Ernest Schroeder, B.Sc. D.C. 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