The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

2 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, September 27,2006 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 (PAP) toward our mailing costs." CanadS 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. "The boathouse door" "And the days grow short as we reach September." Yes, it is that time of year again. Summer is over and the ritual of "closing the cottage" cottage" is upon those of us who venture in the lands of lakes. Can anything be sadder than putting the paddles away, and "mothballing" the boats. It was a glorious summer, and as always--in Ontario--it passed by too quickly. As the leaves again drop from the trees and lie in gay profusion, most of us give the occasional thought to our own mortality. Others, who maybe do not "cottage", "cottage", will keep those thoughts away by pursing the demands of city living. There are pluses and minuses to owning a cottage, but--for sure, doing the autumn close-up shocks us with the realization of the onward march of the seasons. For most cottagers, the cottage experience is really about "the Lake", or about water. Canada is truly the land of lakes. Today, our lake welcomes the slanting rays of the fall sun. The water seems to have a very different personality from just three, or four, weeks ago. The lake, on this fine day in autumn, seems gentler, almost as if it senses our sadness and is expressing its sympathy. As we reach for that last paddle, the laughter of our children and grandchildren seems to mingle with the sun streaked clouds and drift into our soul. Children seem to be at their happiest in water. The recent excitement and joy of the "big catch" by a seven year old, comes echoing back. In our cities, even pretend cities, such as Clarington and "The City of Kawartha Lakes", we will rush back to tasks which block out these melancholy, persistent memories. We will convince ourselves that we are important, and that we have everything everything ahead of us, in our dream future. But here the memories persist, the soft joys of the past, the children grown, the . beloved pets now gone. All that seems to be with us, waiting to be pushed behind the boathouse door. Letters to the Editor "We should all be paying close attention" Dear Editor: she did a wonderful job as council change. We should all Mayor. Her stated aim was "to be paying close attention. , Diane Harare deserves bring democracy back to A'" accolades on two accounts; council", a worthy goal, givén Yours very truly, firstly, for entering the may- what we know about the oralty race, and, secondly, for ongoing shenanigans, not to Pat Irwin Lycett bowing out. There are many use a more defamatory word. Orono of us in this, area whom she Her stepping down states even can count as loyal friends, and more strongly a need for "Thanks for the memories!" To the Editor: a dog which would. some- road after dark without a ride times come out barking and both ways. It's so pleasant to hear growling as I walked by. I The enjoyment of music from people who have influ- worried about that dog before, has been a pleasurable experienced experienced our lives. during and after my fifty cent ence throughout my life. Mrs. Lynch (Payne) was lesson.. Thanks for the memories my piano teacher when I It was a scary walk along Dorothy! attended Orono Public School, that road after school for à I remember being very tie girl, after dark during the Sincerely, frightened walking down the fall when the time changed.' ' gravel road towards her house Now-a-days, its unlikely Marjorie Lowery (nee White) by the Mill Pond, as there was that a person would travel that Orono With choice between trees and residential areas--trees lose To the Editor: Clarington residents to ques- or a campaign speech? tion candidates about their First of all, I don't think As reported in the Orono position on the greenbelt and that, residents need any so- Weekly Times last week, Linda whether or not they get. sup- called "press release" from Gasser issued a press release, port from developers. Does any candidate to tell them to the content of which told that qualify as a press release GREENBELT see page 3