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Orono Weekly Times, 9 Aug 2006, p. 2

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2 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, August 9, 2006 Subscriptions $33.02 + $1.98 GST = $35.00 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 IPAPI toward our mailing costs." Canada ypcna ORONO WEEKLY TIMES - 5310 Main St., P.O, Box 209, Orono, ON LOB 1M0 E-mail: oronotimes@rogers.com or Phone/Fax: 905-983-5301 Publisher/Editor Margaret Zwart Sports and Display Advertising - Donna Wood Front Office and Classified Advertising - Rosey Bateman 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. You gotta enter to win! When the fall flowers come into bloom, you know the Orono Fair is just around the corner. While we're still deep into summer, I did see some goldenrod flowering on the roadside last week. The good thing about it being summer yet, is that it's not too late to start thinking about what to enter into this year's Fair. For the first time this year, the Fair Book is on line, at www.oronofair.com. Entry forms are on the web site as well, but they can not be submitted submitted on line, they have to be printed out and mailed in. You have until August 26 to mail .in your entry form, and there are over 30 categories to pick from, each with several classes. So if you don't have a prize cow or chicken to parade in the show ring, you might have an award winning winning cake recipe, or a great photo, or exceptional exceptional roses this year, or maybe your family wants to create a float for this year's Fair Parade. Clifford Francis hasn't submitted a column for weeks because he is working on his Fair submissions. He's been sanding and repainting woodworking projects for the Fair; a totally new venture for him. Apparently John Shephard makes great pickles, according to Clifford, and he's encouraging John to enter ajar of his pickles pickles into the Fair this year. Paul Jones claims that his red pepper jelly won a ribbon at the Orono Fair years ago, and he's promised to enter ajar this year. Anyone with an apple tree in the backyard would do well to prepare a basket of their nicest apples for the Fair, as they are almost guaranteed guaranteed a ribbon, as Fred's Fmit Market have submitted submitted the only entries in this category for years. There could also be an upset in the tomato categoiy, John Conrad hasn't' been home to tend to his tomato patch, as he's been fighting in . Afghanistan. The Fan Ambassador Contest is looking for contestants again this year. The winner winner of this contest gets to represent the Durham Central Fair throughout the province in the coming year, and compete in the Ambassador to the Fair Competition at the CNE next year. Anyone interested in competing should contact Heather Rutherford at (905) 983-9979 or at rutherfordmh@rogers.com. Volunteering is another way to get involved with the Fair. Any fair of this size takes hundreds hundreds of volunteers, and there are abundant opportunities to help out, including helping out at the gates. To get involved you can call any of the numbers on the web site or contact a Fair Board member. The 154th Durham Central Fair could be your year, but you gotta enter to win. Letter to the Editor Too much bureaucracy August 8,2006 Dear Editor: Re: Farmers' Christmas Parade of Lights What started eight years ago as an impulsive act to organize a farm,parade to kick off the Christmas season, season, has resulted in an • evening of visual delight and an outpouring of spontaneous spontaneous goodwill. Sadly, due to external pressures, it is now. a divided group with some favouring a policy, put forward by the Municipality, of police control, with staff and cpmmittee involvement, while others hold steadfast to the principles of paying your own way, self-reliance, community participation and no government interference. This letter is to advise Mayor Mutton and Clarington Council, Roger Anderson and Durham Regional Council, Chief Vern White, Durham Regional Police, Municipal Staff and their agents on the Agricultural Advisory Committee, Committee, that I will be traveling traveling on the regular parade route on the evening of Wednesday, December 6, 2006, with a well-lit tractor and farm implement, in a legal manner, as has been my custom for the past seven years, either alone or with some friends. I will not request a permit or your assistance to do so. Those members of past parades whose comfort level requires them to be compliant compliant with Staff and Police directives are encouraged to investigate the excellent parades in Bowmanville and Newcastle organized by their respective B.I.A.'s. -Wm. J.Hasiuk,

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