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4 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, February 9, 2005 1 ' ill Places I've Done Time by Clifford Francis Poor Lily The picture of me and the little woodchuck in last week's paper stirred quite a controversy. People thought that the little fellow was a stuffed woodchuck. How in the hell could a kid like me at six years old stuff a ground hog? . I got the groundhog off an old fellow that lived on the ninth Concession of Clarke Township. His name was Oscar Skelding. He was a bachelor that lived one mile north east of Leskard in a log house. The groundhog was more like a dog than a woodchuck. He would follow me everywhere. everywhere. I had her for a couple of years. She was easy to look after. She lived in a hole in the ground where she slept at night and hibernated in the winter. One day she was playing alongside the highway and this old Ford car came flying up the road heading for Pontypool and ran over poor little Lily. The car never squashed her, she just had a little blood on the end of her nose. Through the tears, I got my jackknife out and skinned the poor little thing. Then Mr. Skelding gave me a board and I scraped the fat off her little hide and tacked her to a board to tan. Later on when her hide was tanned, a kindly old lady from Pontypool made me a hat. I didn't exactly look like Dan Boone with his coon-skin hat, but I didn't look too bad. I've had lots of pets since then. A few times, I was someone's pet--but not for long. Call 905-983-5301 ||p! li it ill Si aiiiijij 11 MS IHÉ ii hit H ti l i| 111 i! iiiiil III ill ilipfifs! pip ! =3, üü:! i : 1É| m jijlpp $|| II lit - m NEWCASTLE FUNERAL HOME Family owned and operated by Carl Good, Funeral Director, and Joyce Kufta 386 Mill St. S., Newcastle 905-987-3964 www.ncwcastlcfuneralhome.cotn "Caring for our Community " mm h i; i • j il : hi ! * ill ' : Mir 1 'll \!l III'"",, 1 ; ii' tfv" la l1 lll: : Ij'i: j ! 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Police were notified of a O'Toole Continued from page 2 car in the ditch on the north side of Station Street Orono, just west of the Durham Senior's Complex and were dispatched to the scene at 6:45 a.m. The driver of the car was Hospitals need more operating operating dollars if the provincial charged with failure to report an accident, which carries a $110 fine, plus failure to report damage on highway, also a $110 fine. government is to shorten wait times. More money for MRI machines Lakeridge Health will receive one-time funding of $138,000 to perform an additional additional 540 MRI examinations. This is part of à $5 million commitment announced last week by the provincial government government to add to the number of cardiac, cancer, CT and MRI procedures. This announcement is welcome, but it is also long overdue. In my view, the additional funding has occurred only because Ontarians have continued their advocacy for shorter waiting times. The provincial government government also announced an investiment of about $120 million to replace aging CT and MRI machines, as well as older cardiac equipment and to up-grade cancer therapy therapy equipment. Technology in healthcare is a future cost driver because diagnostic tools, like computers and cell phones, need regular upgrades and replacement. However, as PC Health Critic John Baird pointed out last week, the funding is merely for replacements. Health-care experts are calling calling for a net increase in the number of CT and MRI scanners, scanners, not merely the replacement replacement of old equipment, In addition, the announcement of more funding for new CT scanners is meaningless unless there is also more funding attached. In the past, CT scanners have sat dormant in some Province ol Ontario hospitals for hours cacli day because the hospitals hospitals did not have the provincial provincial funding to operate them. EGYPT GIFT OF THE NILE 't Opens At Clarington Museums Come explore an ancient civilization through rare Egyptian artifacts from the ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM The exhibit includes: • Items of personal adornment including wig, make-up jars, necklaces • Building tools such as axe, chisel and mud bfick • Statuettes from Egyptian tombs Exhibit is at the SARAH JANE WILLIAMS HERITAGE CENTRE January 19 - March 6, 2005 Museum hours: 7 days a week from 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Group Tours are available by calling the Museum office at 905-623-2734 This exhibit is sponsored by Ontario Power Generation tM i i w r * f • » • ^ » » * * * * • ***** ^ Saturday Feb. 12 ^ Vafentines Dance edom of Dance Studio, 6 Park St, Orono _ fà 1$S£, Freedom of Dance Studio, 6 Park St., urunu -/ x jotj jhinner and 2biinltA iviih u& > Çy C'f jbance the nujht a waif Sf 8pm -1am Buffet • Cash Bar • DJ X/ Burrei • iasii oai • uu v % Come out and support Orono s Freedom of Dance oMf CS Tickets are $25/couplo & are available at m? 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