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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, September 4,2002 ^ tana Orono Weekly Times St'/iithi f .is! it),iti'n / t-| ('/;</ Sinn 1 !:'n (jCNA Subscriptions $29.91 + $2.09 G.S.T. = $32.00 per year. Publications Mail Registration No. 09301 • Agreement No. 40012366 Publishing 48 Issues Annually at the Office of Publication "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. " Orono Weekly Times 5310 Main Street, P.O. Box 209, Orono, Ontario LOB 1M0 E-mail: oronotimes@speedline.ca • Phone/Fax 905-983-5301 Publisher/Editor Margaret Zwart T C(# L The Orono Weekly Times welcomes letters to the editor on subjects of interest to our readers. Opinions expressed to the editor and articles are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Orono Weekly Times. Letters must be signed and contain the address and phone number of the writer. Any letter considered unsuitable will not be acknowledged or returned. We reserve the right to edit for length, libel and slander. If your retail or classified ad appears for the first time, please check carefully. Notice of an error must be given before the next issue goes to print. The Orono Weekly Times will not be responsible for the loss or damage of such items. See you at the Fair With summer's' end unofficially marked with the passing of Labour Day, our memories of the past summer are mostly good ones. % By now the edge has gone off the heat wave and the general concensus is that we've had a good summer. The slow arrival of spring meant that local crops were off to a slow start, and their was no way the com was knee high by the first of July. Warmer summer weather has produced some nice crops leaving some local farmers in the position of being able to donate hay to the drought stricken west. The annual return to school means that the Orono Fair is a mere few days away. One hundred and fifty years of fair organizing is not to be taken lightly, and this year's line up is loaded with entertainment entertainment value. The Fair Board have decided to put the areas politicians out of their misery, and cancelled the politician v.s. media milking competition. That's not to say this event won't be back in future years. The milkers have been replaced by the hell drivers who take to the track in front of the grand stand beginning at 7:30 p.m. This is after the Fair is officially open by Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Food, M.P.P. Helen Johns inside the arena? We have tried to highlight some of the special events of this year's 150th celebrations, in the issues leading up to this week, arid by all indications this year's fair will be quite special. One item that did not as yet get special mention, is Fay and Gloiy Adams Sunday afternoon Country Jamboree. The Jamboree (special to this year's fair) will feature such guest artists as: Sally Shortt on banjo, Paul Reddick playing the harmonica, harmonica, singing by Larry & Fern, Larry Adams, and John Noonan. Comedy by Buck and Barney, a recitation by Sterling Mather, the Fitzgerald Family stepdancers and the Supper Brake Bluegrass Group. To all those who have gone above and beyond to make the 150th Orono Fair an very special event, thank you. See you at the Fair. www.dolighan.com Don Wood's horse Fraco Spring driven by Robbie Robinson, set a best personal record jit Oi Peter Armstrong, Don Armstrong, Keith Wood, Robbie Robinson, Mary Ellen^ unidentified young girl. ^Pictured from left to right: Bill Armstrong, îvc Allen, Don Wood, Glen Wood and