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wp T#--Bcugog Citizen ~ Tuesday , November 10, 1992 Mill runs strictly on wind power Sundays at Greystone BRUNCH 11 to 3 Cold Buffet & Soup ...... $7.95 Hot & Cold Buffet ....... $10.95 Children 5t0 10 ....... 1/2 Price Children under ......... FREE EVENING BUFFET 5 to 9 Adults ...oceeeereernnenee. $12.99 Children 5 to 10 1/2 Price Childrenunder5 ......... FREE Reservation are not necessary, but it's always nice to know you're coming. Open Evenings for Dinner 5 PM to 11 PM Closed Mondays & Tuesdays Open Sundays from 11 AM to 9 PM On Thursday, November 19th at 6:30 PM ANNE MICHAELS, winner of the Canadian Authors' Association Award for Poetry, will be reading from her first collection of poetry "MINER'S POND" At Stables at Greystone, in association with Books Galore and More. Extensive Tapas Menu included. Call early for tickets, seating is limited. $25.00 per person. For further information please call 985-8645, 985-1734 or 985-1598 Accepting CHRISTMAS PARTY RESERVATIONS -and - Reserve Now for Greystone's NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER & DANCE 7 Course Dinner, Bottle of Wine, D.J. $195. per Couple - All inclusive, includes Taxes & Gratuity RR #2, SHIRLEY ROAD, PORT PERRY 985-1598 Brighten your pond, naturally Basil Leonard believes the Little River Pond Mill is an idea whose time is overdue. The Pond Mill is a Canadian designed and manufactured device that uses the power of the wind to clean the water in all kinds of ponds, doing away with costly systems of aeration that run on electricity or gasoline. Mr. Leonard, a retired General Motors manager who lives in Sonya, north of Port Perry is a distributor of these mills, so he's obviously partial to the product. But they work and the proof is as close as the large pond on his own property with crystal clear water and not a trace of algae to be found anywhere. The mills work this way. The wind turns the mill blades which drive a vertical shaft connected to an impeller located about 20 inches below the surface of the pond. The movement of the impeller rotates and circulates the water in the pond. This prevents a build-up of "sludge" and algae growth, both of which give stagnant ponds their foul odour In biological terms, the pond becomes aerobic rather than anaerobic. Mr. Leonard says that once a mill is installed, the water becomes crystal clear in about five weeks time. With strong winds, all the water in a pond will be turned over as often as seven times in a 24-hour period. He first saw the mills in western Canada where they are used widely in prairie "dug-outs" for watering cattle. The devices were invented by a westerner who spent a decade tinkering with them. Since setting up as an Ontario distributer last spring, Mr. Leonard said he's a bit - Appearing Live - Nov. 21st - 'Prior Convictions' disappointed they have not been more widely accepted though he believes the economic slump has alot to do with this. Still, he said the devices can be used in different kinds of ponds such as recreational, or lagoons for animal, human or industrial waste. The town of Omemee installed four of the pond mills on sewage lagoons and eliminated the odour that was upsetting residents living nearby. One device will handle the water in a pond up to three acres in size and to a depth of 33 feet. The Little River Pond Mills retail for under $3,000 (includes installation) and Mr. Leonard said delivery takes about four weeks. Basil Leonard with the Little River Pond Mill In background. p | © The device uses wind power to clean pond water. (ses story). 15 WATER ST., PORT PERRY 983-3281 WATCH FOR I1ORE THINGS HAPPENING SOON at CRANDELL'S