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i « i • BOWMANVILLE LIBRARY 163 Church Street 1-1-Q5 Bowmanville, Ont. L1C 1P7 $1.00 GST. Included Wednesday January 5, 2005 k™ 1 -! 1 'LL!».-! 1 ti "'i i Orono Town Hall Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937 III Rsliiiiiiii»i{i:iiiiili|| iiiii i hliJ: lii |||1 i iiiii llpfi •i . " S HI |j| lllllli Ill III 1 US ii ÿj; Hi i|pHi!!ii ill ill 11 ii ill i »i | : I ip il II i ...r i..;" • :i 'V',. ilili I liiilii i ,l I ii Ip iliàifeil ri • iiiiLIjilil • III j ||i| VH h..- "i'll, 1 ' '«««!' \i " : „ ■ " ||i mm f ii 1 _ 1 ...H": . : iliililljili : fjilijii iil il !:l ! L„ Jillij I] |||i|ii| «iiiiiiili U|iifii;| ill Mi :: jjpjil iii!' i iiiii Hilm! ill Ini! , ,'v " , I iiiii: Éiliillliiiiii ::■! j pi: liîtl i lllllli i Iiiii Iiiiiilh Participants in Clarington's Polar Bear Swim Year's Day. ini I! : Ii ii iiiii pi i iiiii Si i III iiiiii'lliUs."", "-ii"--*.I".!.;; pi lug; jjj 1 iiiii m i, :'i «/'Ii „ •i^'" sim Hi »* «* 1 r ' ill";,'.,; ■" I U-**: m! ! p •• mil ' .. iiii=Iiii"V -'ii' ; 'I ::;: I||||p|ii||i|f" lj!| 1 18 lii! -io, at the foot of Mill Street in Newcastle at noon on Saturd Polar bears "Plunge for Life" Thirty-two bathers took part in the 'Plunge for Life' on New Year's Day. They ran into the lake in Newcastle, which at noon on Saturday, measured 37 degrees on the Fahrenheit thermometer. The event, the only one of its kind in Durham Region, was organized by Willy and Donna Woo of Newcastle. Their aim is to help raise awareness of the need for organ .donations, and raise money for the Canadian Liver Foundation. This year's Plunge for Life raised about $5,000 according to Woo. Among the participants were members of the McFarland family of Courtice. At the end of July this year, 13 month old Katherine MeFarland, received a liver transplant. She suffers from a disease called Bilary Atresia. Katherine's life was saved through a living donation from her aunt, Margaret Seaton- Logeman who provided the young girl with a portion of her liver. Katherine's mother, father, an uncle and other family members and friends took the plunge on Saturday. Her donor aunt didn't take the dip, "she said she'd had done enough," according to Katherine's mother Heather McFarland. "All the support was overwhelming," overwhelming," stated Heather. "It was such a nice celebration, to have everyone in such good spirits and doing something crazy for a good cause." Katherine has to go to Sick Children's Hospital every six months for a check-up. "Everything is going well," said her mother. "She's a normal normal 18 month-old." Woo is planning next year's 'Plunge For Life', where he hopes to double this year's pledges and raise $10,000 for the Canadian Liver Foundation. The event next New Year's Day will begin an hour later, at 1 p.m. rather than at noon. Lieutenant Governor of Ontario speaks New Year's Message from Honourable James K. Bartleman eral corporate donors. By summer, the 850,000 sorted books had been shipped ' to First Nations schools and Native Friendship Centres throughout Ontario. Now when 1 visit these schools, 1 have the pleasure of seeing the enthusiasm of children and young people who come to school early, just to read. The tremendous success of this Book Program has raised awareness of the needs of BARTLEMAN seepages TORONTO, Dec. 31 /CNW/ - A year ago 1 asked the people of Ontario to donate good used books to stock the empty shelves of First Nations schools in Northern Ontario. The response was overwhelming: overwhelming: within two months Ontarians gave over 1.2 million million books! They arrived at Queen's Park by the truckload, many collected by school- children. OPP detachments opened their doors to gather- books from their local com munities. Volunteers came out to sort and pack, in Toronto and Orillia. Shipping all of these books was a challenge. A convoy of Canadian Forces trucks headed headed north in February to bring books to remote communities via winter roads. More books were delivered by the Ontario Provincial Police, Wasaya Airways, and shippers such as TCS Transport, thanks to support support from the South Asian professional professional community and sev-