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Members, officers of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce The above members and Pictured above, not in order, Radciffe, Dianne Sone, Jean officers of the Newcastle Helen Simpson, Robert Grahamn, John Luxon, Betty Chamber of Commerce held their Cronkwright, Ina Cox, Barb Dubeau, Pauline Mote, Geri annual meeting on Monday night Shetier, John Muzik, Ron Bailey. in the St. Francis of Assisi hall. Eighth concession busy corner on 115 10 c ars involved in six accidents in 15 minutes Within fifteen minutes last Thursday morning, around the, hour of seven to eight, six individual vehicle accidents happened on Highway 115, south lane immediately north of -the eighth Une over pass. It involved a total of ten automobiles. There were no major injuries although one female occupant of one of the vehicles was taken to Memorial Hospital in Bow- manville where she was shortly thereafter released. The Newcastle detachinent of the O.P.P. stated that drifting snow blowing from the north- west caused poor visibility and the snow was becoming slushy. They said there was no-way to estimate the damage but that some of the cars were heavily damaged. Two cars were mnvolved in the Major Plumbing (Continued from page 4) period for Orono with an unassisted goal and it looked like they had the gaine and the series wrapped up. Millbrook had other ideas however, as they came storming out in the third period with lots of determination and a shortened bench. Three goals for Millbrook and one for Orono by Matt Caruana assisted by Nathan Adegeest in just over a minute midway through, dhe third period r'.t a real scare into the Orono ,,1,>porters '. The boys kept their composure and played fine defensive hockey the rest of the way to hold on to a 5 to 3 win of the game and thus eliminating Millbrook from the playoffs. Once again Josh Brandt stood tail in the nets for Orono making several key saves early in the gaine to allow the offense to build thecir lcad. We now await the next round with a game likely in Orono on Friday nighit. flrst accident followed by another two cars in the second accident. The third accident involved a car smashing into the barrier and being involveti with other southbound cars. The final accident also involveti two cars. it has been noted that a number of accidents have, occurred in this location this winter and most during periods of drifting snow. Durham to draft $35 million -Wish list A number of projects are being considereti in the Region of Durham that would qualify for federal infrastructure money. Under the plan t he federal govemment would provide some $11.5 million with a similar amount coming from the Ontario government. The final amount would bc supplieti by the Region. Staff is expected to have a proposal before council within the next two weeks. And the Robins are back? It is an unlikely event.and itis more ta the fact that the Robins neyer possibly left in the first place. At least seventeen of them, andi perhaps a few more. We caught them flyi ng around at the Lynde Shores Conservation Area south of Whitby Sunday morning. They ahl looketi in excellent health, plump andi a deep deep red inl colour. They were like roaming nomatis flitting about from tree top to tree top, neyer staying too long in one place. It was a bit of a surprise but there they were. What in the world they survive on is beyond us but the most important thing is they must know where the food supply is located. 1Dropping into the conser- vation area we were greeteti by a host of American Tree Sparrows. These red capped, grey stomach with a black spot on their chest b irds were busy gathering Goldenroti seed that had blown froni the plants to the snow- covereti grounti. The Goldenroti seeti is very small s0 there is a lot of scurrying around for even a snack. This snack period lasts for about a haîf hour and then the birds disappeared resting up for their next feeding period. ThIe sightings on Sundav not only included the above but Blue Jays, a pair of Cardinals and a number of Doves. it was then off to the lakefront inx south Pickering just beside the nuclear generating station. You may have seen the television news cast, last week, of people cutting ducks out of an ice sheil at this particular site. The birds coming in from the water were spending the night on shore squatting down on the ice covered beach. They were stuck when the water on tie outside of their feathers froze to the ice. A goodly number had been rescued by local citizens of the area. Since that time straw has been, spread around on the beach area on which the birds now rest. There is a lot of activity at this beach front with fishing on open water from the water pollution treatment plant, bird watching and bird feeding. A rmal activity centre. While here a fiock of forty to fifty Common Red Poils were recorded. These small birds from the north again were feeding on seed of wild plants just back of the beach. Two ducks also gained our attention heing somewhat of an oddity. We finally considered they had to bc a cross between a Pintail and a Mallard. The two were rather black overall, with a white ring around the neck, one with a white patch on the breast, and with wings sitting up at the end while swimming. They also seemed to be front-heavy while ini the water. To complete the moming bird watch we did catch a good glimpse of the small falcon, the colourful Sparrow Hawk. It was in full colour taking its usual perch on a hydro wire. 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