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ÊHk Places I've 1 wB Done Time A mmmmm ^ Qrono Weekly Times - Wednesday, September 18,2002 - 3 Chili Time Saturday night I went to a com boil--some people call it a com roast but I don't why. We had quite a few of them back when I lived in Leskard. Leskard hasn't changed all that much over the years. It still has a main street and one other block with two streets-- Shater Lane and Tye Street. To my knowledge there has never been a spinster in Leskard. I don't know if it was because all the girls were pretty or because there was no street lights in the village. They all looked fine to me day or night. I do know that a few years ago when the local citizens took a vote for street lights, the fathers voted it down. In those days it was difficult difficult to get anything in Leskard. Colin Brown once said to get a cemetery in the village, they shot the first man because people used to live so long. And I know this to be a true story because the old abandoned cemetery sits up on a hill behind the Damneara Ranch. I have been there many times and saw with my own eyes a tombstone that reads "Here lies Les Moore, 4 slugs from a 44. No Les, no Moore." That should be proof enough. Tmth be told, I owe my life to the girls of Leskard. One night I fell into a large tub that wé were cooking com in. Thank goodness they got me out before I drowned or the water got too hot. For weeks after, I had nightmares of being eaten by cannibals and waking up in a cold sweat. You can't have a corn boil without baked beans or chili. Whenever we had a pig roast at the ranch, I always cooked chili. This Saturday is the annual chili contest in Orono. This is my prize winning recipe. Clifford's Fine Chili • Soak 25 lbs of beans for 24 hours (your choice of beans) • Cook slowly over an open fire • Stir between drinks • Add 2 lbs. of hamburg and 4 oz. chili peppers every 30 minutes. • Add diced onions and green peppers hourly • After 4 hours, add one pint of black molasses. When cooked, add one small bottle bottle of tabasco sauce. Pour in 2 - 40 oz. bottles of Jamaican Rum 140 proof. • Stir thoroughly. • It is now ready to serve. You can either eat it or drink it. It's sooo delicious! Make sure everyone goes home after the party and remind them that for every mile of road there's two miles.of ditches. A couple of things are happening happening in Orono this,weekend. Saturday is the chili contest on Main. Street. To register for the chili contest call Donna 983-5207. The more the merrier. merrier. I will be setting up in front of the Times. Our chili theme will be Hillbilly chili. Come and see us. Saturday night come to the Orono Arena... it's Euchre time again with lots of door prizes and large cash prizes for best scores and lone hands. Come on out and support the Arena Building Fund and stay and have a delicious lunch. Well worth the price of admission. Board of Trade celebrating scarecrows in Clarington CLARINGTON - The Clarington Board of Trade has invited participating scarecrows scarecrows to come out with their creators and celebrate local business. You are invited as well so, come out to Orono's Main Street on September 21st. Orono Main Street is the place to be on Saturday, September 21. The community community is invited to join the Clarington Board of Trade and representative scarecrows from the 2nd annual Scarecrow Festival for an afternoon of FREE fun and entertainment from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Along with our Hoedown, the Orono B1A is holding their 1 annual <Ohil inCook-Off * so; Postal Service continued from front Trim had announced in council council that a postal outlet would be stationed in the Roaster's, a small store on Mill St. in Kendal. As he spoke, Canada Post was setting up shop there. Cecile Perron, wife of Roaster's owner Christian Perron, expects to become the new post master in Kendal. The Perrons' have hired on the two clerks who had worked in PVR Variety (now Kendal Variety), Sherrill Souch and Maureen Wilkin . "We will be providing all the services we had at PVR," said Maureen Wilkin, in an interview over the phone. "Express post, money orders, registered mail, sending and receiving packages and selling stamps." Wilkin didn't wish to comment comment on why Kendal Variety did not receive the postal outlet. outlet. When Oh was phoned again and told the news about the outlet having been open at another small store in town, she was shocked, "Why didn't they call me?" Pat Dyck, the retail business business manager for Canada Post, was away on vacation and so could not comment on why she made the decision to put the outlet in Roasters. Diane Corfe, the post master master in Millbrdok who answers ] Ms. Dyck's pager while she is gone, could not comment. "I don't know why," she said in a phone interview yesterday. "I think it was maybe done quickly to get the service back." So the citizens of Kendal have won their fight for a post office but time will tell if Miae Oh will win the fight to succeed in her business. Earth... our living room... KEEPTT CLEAN! flllfl vivL Miae Oh's Kendal store no longer serves the community's postal needs. Who's Your Favourite Teacher? 1 Do you have a favourite teacher? We'd like to know who it is! On the first Wednesday of every month, the Orono Times will be doing a feature feature called Teacher of the Month. Students can write in to the Times or email Anita DeVries at: ade- vries@primus.ca telling us who your favourite teacher is and why he or she should be teacher of the month. We will pick a winner based on the submissions we receive and do a short feature which will appear in the paper. We will also send them a gift basket from local businesses to honour and encourage them in their work. > Wfotitd'yti Think? Warren's w iilpp L ¥"ij HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREATEST! With much love from Marg, Chris & Tammara, Ken & Judy, Mike & Jen, Connor, Liam, CaHin, Shannon, Nolan, Leah & Jensen! r come for lunch as the Chili Cook-Off participants will be cooking up Chili for all to taste. Main Street will be closed off to allow for a great day of family entertainment, between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. This year's Hoedown, sponsored by the Clarington Board of Trade, will bring businesses of all types together together to promote awareness of Clarington's diverse agricultural, agricultural, professional, retail and industrial enterprises. "We'd like to thank over 40 companies for registering a scarecrow in this year's festival. festival. Your support is greatly appreciated," says Sheila Hall. All registered companies are listed on our website at: v iclaringtonboardoftrado.com ~ Happenings ~ \l V * , V t V Saturday. September 21 Chili Cookoff From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Main St., Orono. Prizes for best chili and best decorated chili table. Live entertainment, climbing wall, jumping castle, vendors and artisans. Chili taste testing and judging at 2 p.m. Cooks start at 8 a.m. Chili cooks register with Donna at 905-983-5207 or Evelynn 905-983-9167. Free tables for artisans and vendors - phone now 905-983-5207. Scarecrow Festival put on by the Clarington Board of Trade takes place from noon to 2 p.m. September 22 to November 3 A.A. Drummond Exhibit - 'A Heritage of Landscape' an exhibition to celebrate the career of the Orono artist, Arthur A. Drummond at Clarke Museum and Archives, Kirby Ontario. Opening reception Sunday, September 22 from 1-4 p.m. Free admission. For more info call Museum and Archives 905-983-9243 or Maiy Lofthousc 905-983-5188. October 7 to 25 Are you looking for work? Gain creative and effective job search skills in the Job Finding Club. Meta Vocational Services Inc. is offering a three-week job search program from Oct. 7 to 25 where you'll learn to access the hidden job market, effective interview skills, preparing resumes and cover letters and more. The Job Finding Club is sponsored by Human Resources Development ^Canada. For more info call Cathlccn Lycctt at 905-697-8887. • V '/