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^ , 16 - Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, November 8, 2000 Tim's Fish in' Lines by Tim Rypstfa Durham Region The past week the weather weather has been perfect to spend the day near the water. On Friday, I spent the % evening at WUmot Creek fishing fishing with toy good friend Jordon McDonnell. We arrived at the creek at around quarter after four and fished until six. Using roe for bait, Jordon had a great catch, landing pne fish near nine or ten Inches and the other close to eight inches. inches. I on the other hand caught one small rainbow trout under three Inches. We both had a fun time and ate some chocolate and chips which Jordan had brought along! The next day I planned to go fishing at seven in the morning and fish till three twenty In the afternoon. I went to Wfimot Creek at Hwy. 2 with Dan Reid. We were using a couple of small split shots that were spaced out with a small hook with roe. We also used Brennan Irish heritage day act to honour Irish legacy Queen's Park - Durham MPP John R. OToole Introduced Introduced a private member's bill in the Ontario Legislature entitled An Act proclaiming Irish Heritage Day. If passed Into law, the Act will establish March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, as the day on which the historic legacy of Ontario's Irish community will be commemorated officially officially and celebrated across the province. "Ontario is home to an Irish-Canadian population of 1.7 million people, almost one-half the 3.8 million Canadians who claimed Irish ancestry In the 1996 census," census," said Mr. OToole, after meeting earlier in the day with the Dublin Chamber of Commerce Trade Delegation In Toronto. "The Irish brought to this country '- and to this province - their values of hard work, devotion to family family and service to community," • OToole added. "I think it's Important that we recognize those contributions, along with the enduring role of Ontario's Irish community In Canada's development as a nation." Irish immigrants were among the first settlers to Canada. Canadians of Irish ancestry excel In all aspects of life In Ontario, as legislators, legislators, lawyers, doctors, homemakers, homemakers, farmers and academics, academics, to name only a few. Great Canadians such as Timothy Eaton, Marshall McLuhan, Thomas D'Arcy McGee', Michael Power and the current Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the Honourable Hilary Weston, all share Irish heritage. "The Ontario Irish community's community's heritage is an integral integral part of our national cultural cultural mosaic and belongs, really, to Canadians of all backgrounds," OToole stated. stated. "What better day than March 17th for all Ontarians to celebrate our Irish heritage?" heritage?" RECYCLE Kidney disease strikes families, not only individuals. March is Kidney Month. Please give generously. The Kidney Foundation of Canada www.kidney.ca When Hollywood comes clear floats to Indicate the strike. Both of us at the beginning caught some small trout. I approached a large unoccupied spawning bed, and dropped my roe sac along the undercut bank, A hefty rainbow picked up the sac in no time and when 1 landed it I saw its' beautiful colour. The fish was ten Inches Inches with a pink band parallel to Its' side, this is a common colour on the rainbow, and unlike other rainbow trout its' belly was very red. After a brief look I released the fish. We ended up walking to the mouth and saw some pike so we switched to a couple couple of power shads I had with me. Both Dan and I missed a lot of fish by either snapped lines or bad hook sets. We ran out of shads and Dan switched to a spoon and caught a pike close to five pounds. I had a great weekend fishing and I wish you all good luck fishing. In spite of protectionist sentiments south of the border, border, Canada and Ontario (principally Toronto) are still very popular with producers of television series, movies of the week, feature films, commercials commercials and music videos: When U.S., or other foreign television and movie producers producers come to Durham Region (as they do over 50 times each year), the Region and its area municipalities are ready to gain as much economic advantage as possible from these productions. The Durham Film Industry Steering Committee (FISC), composed of representatives from area municipalities and the film industry, compiled and printed its first "Film Production Resource Guide" four years ago, and it was an instant success. This publication publication lists all firms in Durham Region, which can or do, provide goods or services services to the film industry. One thousand copies of the Guide are distributed annually, solely to industry insiders, members of the Directors Guild, producers, location managers and other industry decision-makers irt Canada and the United States. Armed with this Guide, these people are encouraged to source as many of their needs locally as possible, when working in Durham. Production crews now ask for the most recent edition of the Guide whenever whenever they are working here, and several of the local firms listed listed report that they now do work for the film industry on "shoots" outside of Durham Region. The Committee is currently currently preparing to revamp the Guide for 2001, and wants to hear from local firms, which can meet the needs of this lucrative, but very demanding demanding industry. Firms must be prepared to supply the high est quality goods and services, services, at all hours of the day and night, seven days a week (or "24/7" in the current vernacular). vernacular). Norm Leigh, Durham's Manager of Business Development, and Chair of FISC, stated, "This will not be just another telephone telephone directory. We won't list all business categories, but rather just those firms or individuals with very specialized specialized products and services." Leigh went on to say that, "Most film crews already supply supply certain key services, such as hairdressers, costumers, carpenters and make-up artists." Interested business owners are asked to complete a brief questionnaire and return it to the Region. Responses will then be evaluated, evaluated, and those firms which have a truly unique business, business, and can meet the exacting demands of this industry, will be included in the new Guide. Questionnaire available 905- 723-0023 or 1-800-706- 9857. One month left With one month left of the Tour Durham 2000" passport passport campaign, fully stamped passports are starting to arrive. The Grand Prize winner winner will receive an awesome weekend getaway for two. The passport campaign will run through until November 30, 2000 whën all tully stamped passports must be received by 4:30 P m - For a com plete list of locations on where to buy your Tour Durham 2000" passport and .a complete list or rules please call Regional Headquarters at (905) 668-7711, ext. 4440. Morrison's Hardware W Count Down r to OPEN HOUSE °8) Saturday, November 11, 2000 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Come see our competitive selection of Christmas lights, decorations, gift ideas and more. • Refreshments Served • • Free Draws • * In-store Special*; • - Let us help you get ready for Christmas J**"