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Orono Town Hall BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 163 Church Street 1.1.05 Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1P7 $1.00 GST Included Wednesday August 18, 2004 Serving Kendal, Kirby ■ Leskard, Newcastle. Newtonville, Orono, Starkville andJyrone_since_l93^ Durham Central Fair Ambassador Haiti Colville competes at CNE SBSSSendlngvacatSle school a^iTo United Church this Je*. Durham East 4-H presents George Fox 1„\ . A three-time Juno and H activities he enjoyed as a (Bowmanville, Ontario) - The Durham East 4-H Association will host a George Fox concert on Friday, September • 3 at the Bowmanville High School. Fox will feature songs from his newly released CD, 'Canadian', as well as favourites from past releases. Appearing with Fox will be local music artist Jason Aiden McGill. A three-time Juno and four-time Canadian Country Music Award winner, Fox's accomplishments include 23 top ten and two number one Canadian Country Radio hits. 'Canadian' is Fox's first CD in three years, with 12 new songs that reflect his personal discovery discovery of Canada. "1 felt it was time to stand up and show some recognition for the places and people of this country," said Fox. "This is my way of taking my hat off to thank Canadians for supporting supporting my career for the last 15 years." Fox, who currently lives in Ancaster, Ontario, credits his time as a 4-H member in Alberta for giving him the confidence to be a performer. He hopes that this seven-location seven-location concert tour will allow local 4-H Associations to raise mnnev to suDDort the many 4- H activities he enjoyed as a youth. The Durham East 4-H Concert is being held at the Bowmanville High School starting at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20 each and can be obtained from Mike Metcalf (905) 987-9802. Proceeds from the concert will support the Durham East 4-H Association and 4-H Ontario. For information on all George Fox - 4-H Ontario Tour locations or to buy a copy of the CD 'Canadian foi $15, plus shipping, contact 4- H Ontario at 1-877-410-6748. 4-H celebrates 90 years In 2005, 4-H Ontario will be celebrating its 90th Anniversary. In 2003, almost 7,000 young people between the ages of 10 and 21 participated participated in over 13,000 different projects. Through the dcdica- FOX see page 3 Kaiti Colville's reign as Fair Ambassador is almost over and she can't believe the year has gone so fast. On Friday September 10, Kaiti will be crowning the next Durham Central Fair Ambassador. While she had wanted to compete in the fair ambassador ambassador competition for a long time, Kaiti said she never had the guts. It was the public speaking Kaiti said always terrified her. At the insistance of Clifford Francis last year, who said he wanted someone he knows to be fair ambassador, ambassador, Kaiti signed up at the last minute. "What's the dif.," she said, once she realized that all the people she would be making making her speech to, where the same people she served lunch and supper to as a waitress at the Orono Cafe. "It was more fun then scary," she told an Orono Times reporter last week. The speech part of the competitions consists of a prepared prepared speech and impromptu questions. The speech may be on any subject and should be one and a half minutes in length. Kaiti did her speech on memories of going to the Orono Fair while growing up. Kaiti's encouragement to any would be contestant is, "Don't shy away from something something because you're nervous, instead, look at is as an opportunity." opportunity." Besides completing her second year at university, Kaiti represented the Orono Fair at various functions throughout the year. The high point for Kaiti was attending the Fair Convention at the Royal York Hotel last February where she got to meet many other fair ambassadors. ambassadors. "It was great going to Toronto and telling everyone where Orono is," Kaiti said Participating in • tho Bowmanville Santa Claus Parade was also an official funtion, which she says was a lot of fun. "All the little girls kept staring at me," Kaiti recalls, "and one little boy asked me if I was the Mayor!" Kaiti's last official function before passing on the crown, is the opportunity to compete • 11 Mtil 1mmI Durham Central Fair Ambassador, Haiti Colville Exhibition Ambassador competition competition in Toronto on August 21st. While the Fair Ambassador Ambassador competition is still often mistaken for a beauty pageant, Kaiti says it is slowly moving away from that association, and she feels a male ambassador ambassador would help move it even further. Anyone interested in competing competing in this year's Fair Ambassador competition is asked to contact Heather Rutherford, a former Ambassador Ambassador herself. Heather can be reached by calling 983-9979. As an official representative of the Fair, the Ambassador is admitted to the fair free of charge, with the added bonus this year of getting to meet country singer Julian Austin AMBASSADOR see page 3 Orono Summer Concert Series presents McCormick Bluegrass Band tonight at library lawn