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Orono Weekly flues. Wededuy, jIm.ary 31, 19903 Orono girl receives Canada Scholarship, Residents show interest hm waste management Bill Winegard, left, MP for Guelph/Wellington and Minister of State (Science and Technology) presented Kirsten Stephenson from Orono with a Canada Scholarship recently at the University of Guelph. The scholarshfps are awarded to first year students enter- ing science and agricultural pro- grains. Based on academic achieve- Nature in balance We often hear about nature being in balance and how one form of life is depended on another. A familar story is that o f the fox and the hare for when the hares get plentiful the foxes appear to bring things back in balance. >Just as well it could be the owls and moles. Amhurst Island off the shores at Kingston is noted for its owl population and hawk popula- tion. But this population is depend- ed on the mole population and then there is good reason why the mole population thrives on the island. It is a long chain of circumstances and characteristic. On Sunday afternoon we were walking in the wooded area back of the bouse where a number of varieties of trees and shrubs have grown unchecked over the years. There is a small grove of large' toothed aspen in one particular wet area. Their life span is not that long possibly fifteen to twenty years when they die, deteriorate and fal down. The vrocess har beengoing on ever since we moved to our bouse in that particular area. Our attention was attracted to three of these trees which had reached maturity. Even in the winter they don't look that healthy. The interesting feature was that the lower trunk of the trees had small chips out of the bark, about the size of a twenty-five cent piece. On a closer examination one of the trees had at least a hundred such chips taken from the bark. There had to be a reason. Certainly no human would have taken the time or have any reason to chip out the pieces of bark. It became apparent every chipped out piece of bark revealed a trench in which a grub or larvae hiad resid- cd and there is no douý-bt it had been ilie work oU aý woodipecker looking ~r a iasty mcal. 2The holes or trenches did flot go ment, the scholarships provide students with $2,000 annually, to a maximum of $8,000 over four years. Thec University of Guelph had 102 Canada Scholarship reci- pients in 1989. Photo-University of Guelph Il- lustration Services- H. Rauscher, photographer. 7 =- - through the bark into the tree but were possibly haîf-way through the bark. It was certainly home for something before the woodpecker arrived. Out of curiosity we phoned Harry Williams in Millbrook, a great outdoorsman especially in plants but also in almost everything cisc in the outdoors. Harry was quick with his answer and solution. "It would be one of the Bark Beates," he said, and like- ly it would be one of the black- backed woodpeckers that chipped away for his dinnier. He said it would be the Iarvae of the beatie which would be very much alive even' in such cold weather. He also said the woodpecker would have no trouble in hearing the movements of the lar- vae within the bark. Surely this last statement was right because wthout 'exception every chip out of the bark had a grove or hole where thelarvae had lived., Harry also commented a dieing or recently dead tree would be a good candidate for the Bark Beatie. So once again it proves that nature does not survive in in- dependence. It is a long chain only to be greatly weakened when one of the links are broken out. One thing that tickles me in this whole thing is, "I'm one up on Harry - he hasn't seen such a thing as yet." YES! Get the &acts. Let's Talk. CalI the OritarilýMinistry of Hîealth AIDS Hotline- Over the next three months a Public Liaison Committee formed by the Durhamn Region Waste Management Master Plan commit- tee will hold a series of public meetings throughout the Region outlining plans and action for a Durham Only waste management scheme. Two meetings are to be held in the Town of Newcastle with the first meeting being held last Wednesday evening in the Bowmanville High School. A fur- ther meeting is scheduled for March. The meeting was 'chaired by Ralph Blank, Whitby, chairman of the Liaison committee, a committee made up of citizens from the Rejonr. 1Glenn Pleasance of the Regional Waste Mangement committee outlined various projects now underway including the blue box programn which is taking five per- cent of the total waste created in the region. Pleasance also spoke of comn- posting which is to be part of the waste management plan. He said in- dividual backyard composters are now being monitored in the Town of Newcastle through the GOOD committee and the results of this project are to be known sometime in February. Sam Cureatz congratulated the region for their action and said it was important that the general public avail themselves of the public meetings to become better informed as to the problems of waste management and what action must be taken. John Reid of McLaren Con- sulting then outlined the scheme be- ing undertaken to arrive at a solu- tion for waste management in the region. Reid referred to two former reports of his consulting firm, which had been, presented in 1985 and in 1988. He spoke of incinera- tion, landfill, processing of waste and the three R's. He said thr ough a recent survey it was found that citizens recorded by 33 percent the protection of the en- vironment and 28 percent the pro- tection of health and safety. .Reid said the choices for waste management would come from one of three choices or a combination of the three. These, hie said, included landfill, small energy from waste plants with landfill or a larger ver- sion of energy from waste and land- f iii. The meeting provided inventory maps of the region as to exîsting land uses. Reid said the next step would include the screening of the inventory mapping to then include identification of candidate site areas and then finally detailed analysis and comparison of the can- didate sites. The meeting was opened up to questions and answers at which Bob Stephenson- of Newcastle Salvage suggested, that more use could be made of existing scrap yards, -and said his firm did accept car batteries when this question was posed from the audience. It was also noted from the au- dience that the inventory mapping did not recognize agriculturai lands as one of the uses in the Region. The meeting was unable to answer a question posed to the com- position of garbage in Durhamn. It came from the audience. that it would be difficult to provide a solu-, tion when one d oes not know what they are handling. "You are putting the horse before the cart," it was said. The Liaison committee is looking for further membership from al areas of the Region. Further infor- mation by phoning 1-800-465-4216. Makes plea for bridge over creek in Hampton A Mr. Fitzgerald of Hampton mnade a plea to council on Monday for at least a one-lane bridge over the old milI pond and a walkway. He said the community was not satisfied with the decision of count- cil last year not to proceed with a two-lane bridge over, the Bowman- ville Creek. Mayor Hubbard said the $850,000 cost Was Just too much for the Town to bear. Fitzgerald said those on the west side of the creek must travel over heavy travelled roads as Taunton Road to get to the other side of the Village. He, said the scheol, post of- fice and' church were cutoff from those in the western part of the community. "There had alwaYs been a bridge over the creek," he said. (Continued page 8)' Skate '88 makes further contribution to arena The chairman -of Skate '88 Bowmanville, Garnet Rickard, presented the Town of Newcastle counicil on Monday night with a couple of cheques towards the building fund of the new Bowman- ville arena. Mr. Rickard said this was the second payment of three and has brought the total donation to date- to $800,000. Rickard pointed out that Skate '88 had agreed to raise $1 .1 million and had actually raised $1 .5 million through donations from the com- munity. The donations on Monday also included $30,000 fromn advertisifig signs in the arena and $25,000 froin the Bowmanville Kinsmen. The third and final payment wiIl be made next year as it relatqs tè the $1 .1 million commitinent. Rickard sought a meeting with council as to the use of the extra funds. Mayor Hubbard was authorized to setup a meeting with Skate '88 as to the use of the addi- tional funds. -.February 6-9, 1990 Centre 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Ibesday thru Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 ip.m. Friday Canada's agri -business showcase Sponsored by: For further information contact CIFES: (416) 479-2720 See your local farm equipment dealer and supply outiet for special discount registration form. ORONO TOWN HAILL presents A Play for the Entire FamiIy "«SaIIIng on the Age Wave"e performed by the Peterborough Theatre GuiId Saturdaey, Fob. 1,0 at 2:00 p.m. at the Orono Town Hall FREE ADMISSION Made avallable through a grant by Theatre Ofarlo