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6 - Orono Weekly Times. Wednesday. January 3, 2001 )* NEWCASTLE FUNERAL HOME Family owned and operated by Carl Good, Funeral Director, and Joyce Kufta 386 Mill St. S., Newcastle 987-3964 www.newcastlefuneralhome.com "Caring for our Community " BASIC BLACK ARTHUR BLACK Celebrity Bears The bear - a big, skinny cub, really - was exhausted. It had been chased by the dogs for a whole, hot, miserable Mississippi afternoon, ending up trapped in a muddy water- hole, hounds on all sides of it, snarling and snapping. One of the hunters galloped up, dismounted, leapt into the waterhole and clubbed the bear senseless with his rifle butt. The bear, alive but stunned, was hauled out and lashed to a tree just as the rest of the. hunting party arrived on horseback. "There's your bear, Mister President" brayed the Great White Hunter who had clubbed it. "Go ahead - shoot 'im." The year was 1902 and the man he was talking to was Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. Roosevelt was an avid, even fanatical, hunter but he had his limits. A groggy, half- starved bear cub tied to a tree with ropes? That's where he drew the line. The president refused to shoot the bear. He also refused to let anyone else shoot it. It turned out to be the best public relations decision Theodore Roosevelt ever made. A sketch artist for the Washington Post had accompanied accompanied the hunting party and decided to immortalize the moment in a cartoon entitled "Drawing The Line in Mississippi". For some reason, reason, the cartoon caught the public's fancy. And not just in The Excited States of America -- it went around the world and made Roosevelt famous as 'a man of humanitarian humanitarian principle'. It also gave birth to a children's children's fad that is as popular today as it was a centuiy ago - - stuffed bears. Our parents had them. You and I had them. Our kids have them. And we call them 'Teddy' bears because of that loveable old bear-sparer 'Teddy' Roosevelt. It's an odd coincidence, but just 12 years after the Mississippi encounter, a Canadian bear was about to step onto the world stage. The year was 1914, and a troop train had stopped in White River, Ontario to take on water. A Canadian army lieutenant by the name of Harry Coleboum stepped off the train to stretch his legs. Down the platform he saw a grizzled old trapper with a bundle of black fur in his arms. "What's that?" he asked. The trapper held it out and said "It's yours for twenty dollars." It was a tiny black bear cub. Lieutenant Coleboum bought the bear cub, dubbed it 'Winnipeg' after his home town, smuggled it aboard the train, and later aboard the steamer that took the Second Canadian Infantry Brigade to England. The bear became the brigade mascot. He also grew rather sleek and fat from an excess of army rations. When Lieutenant Coleboum got his marching orders to the French front, he left Winnipeg in the care of the London Zoo. By now the bears name had been shorted to Winnie. And it was at the London Zoo that a British writer by the name of A.A. Milne and his young son Christopher first saw Winnie. Christopher loved the bear -- so much so that his father began writing bear stories to entertain his son. Those stories would soon become famous in dozens of languages around the world as The Tales of Winnie The Pooh. Winnie was back in the news recently when a painting of Pooh bear by the original illustrator of the books, sold at auction at Sotheby's for $ Quite an auspicious run for the little orphan bear cub from White River, Ontario. More auspicious than the Mississippi bear that President Roosevelt so magnanimously magnanimously decline to shoot back in 1902. Actually Roosevelt wasn't quite the humanitarian he came to be portrayed as. True, he didn't shoot the bear tied to the tree. He walked away, muttering to an aide "Put it out of its misery". Which the aide did. With a hunting knife. The Washington Post cartoonist cartoonist didn't draw that part of the story. 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Must possess and: maintain G2 or better license Experience driving a pickup truck or van with trailer would be an asset Must hold current qualifications in the following: Basic Rescuer CPR and Standard First Aid Skateboard and/or in-line skating experience would be an asset Daytime, evening and weekend work is required SKATEBOARD COUNSELLOR I Required Qualifications Must hold current qualifications in the following: Basic Rescuer CPR and Standard First Aid Skateboard and/or in-line skating experience would be an asset Daytime, evening and weekend work is required The Skateboard Park operates evenings and weekends, May 1 st - June 30 th and September 4 th - October 7 th , 2001. Full operation runs July 1 st - September 3 rd , 2001. Anyone wishing more information should contact the Community Services Department at 623-3379 ext. 272 or comserve@,municipality.clarington.on.ca Interested candidates should submit a resume no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, January 19 th , 2001 to : Office of the Chief Administrative Officer 40 Temperance Street Bownianville, ON L1C 3A6 Please quote File No. 2-01 publication dates: Nov. 29, Dec. 6, Dec. 20, 2000/ Jan. 3, 2001 P.O. #6420