^ Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 2, 2002 - 5 Places I've Done Time by Clifford Francis r The Bear Facts People always show up at the Orono Fair who I haven't seen for a long time, and this year's Fair was no different, Mary Mae Mayfield stopped by to see me and so we had a visit. Mary Mae came from Chapleau to go to the University of Toronto and after the first year of school she came down to Orono to get a job at the tree nursery. Her daddy owned a sawmill sawmill in Chapleau and growing trees and cutting lumber kind of went hand in hand, Maiy worked at the nursery nursery each summer till she graduated, graduated, and working with her made summer fun. After school Mary took a teaching job in Oshawa. Two or three years later she married married a fellow from Oshawa and they bought a house in Port Perry. He was a fine fellow fellow who worked hard and drank little. Mary and her man soon tired of the south so she got a job teaching in,the Rainy river district and her husband fished and guided. Mary is as tough as a two dollar steak and after a few more years she also became a guide. Bear hunting was big business business up until two years ago. The cancellation of the spring bear hunt has been hard on Mary and her husband who have lost thousands of dollars in revenue. We talked about all the skunks and raccoons that roam around freely in our towns and villages and of all the dead animals on our roadways. roadways. They claim the same problem has arisen with the bears up north, most towns and villages have too many bears. Since most of the people people who didn't want the bear hunt to continue come from Southern Ontario, I suggested Mary trap a tractor trailer load of bears and ship them south. I will let them out in the parks and vacant areas and maybe some in the towns and villages villages around here. Mary phoned me last night and at last count they had trapped around 35 bears. They expect to have about 80 more before they hibernated. I expect to be rather busy placing these bears when they arrive next month Hopefully it stays warm a bit longer. 4-H Club new season The local 4-H Club is starting starting it's fall program and inviting inviting new members to join them at the home of Linda McClean, at 670 Regional Road 9. 4-H is an organization organization that promotes personal development and community involvement. It is also about meeting new friends and having having fun. The Club is geared to the 10 to 21 year old set where they will learn skills in communication, leadership, problem solving and goal setting. setting. Adhering to the 4-H motto of 'learn by doing' participants participants in the 4-H Club becomes actively involved in learning. The theme for the upcoming session is "On Your Own" and will focus on the life skills needed for living on your own. Participants will leam how to do laundry, shop for appliances, mend clothing, how to make healthy snacks etc. The next local 4-H Club meeting will be on Wednesday October 9,2002. For more information call Marina Bannan at 905-983- 8161, or Linda McCLean at 1-905-797-1117. Newtonville Euchre Tournament Results Sept 21,2002 1- Jean Jilisen 2- Betty Robinson 3- Reid Harness Mae Tabb Joan Sutcliffe DRAWS 1 - Marion Sears 2 - Jean O'Neill 3 - Dora McDonald 4 - Helen Couroux Alex Shepherd Continued from page 2 spending and dedication to the military complex which has so much control in society. society. Canadians hear a chorus of voices calling for more military military spending. I don't deny we are under funding our military but just what should the future role of our military be. The federal government's position is clear. The military has three roles, supporting our own sovereignty, the ability to use the military in time of natural natural disasters, and peacekeeping. peacekeeping. None of these involve aggression or peacemaking. Moreover some of the demands of the U.S. on us bring into question the whole role of our national security vis-à-vis our relationship with them. World opinion needs to be more outspoken about the dangerous approaches the Bush administration has demonstrated on the international international stage. We should be protecting our own sovereignty. But the real question is from where is our sovereignty being most threatened? For me our biggest threat is the U.S. not the people of Iraq. COMMUNITY CARE REPORT On a lovely, sunny fall day, Wednesday, October 25, a crowd of members attended the first fall meeting of the Community Care group. Again, there was a large display display of food care bags on tables for the folks in need. A delicious dinner of mashed potatoes, meat, vegetables vegetables and salad was much enjoyed by a crowd of over 50, followed by dessert and coffee. The ladies were thanked by Mrs. Dini Schoenmaker and hearty applause. The entertainers were introduced introduced as the "Peterborough Players" and were very much enjoyed by our folks. This is a group of seniors from Peterborough and their program was about the hilarious hilarious everyday things that senior senior citizens experience. Our notices were all given out for upcoming programs, dates, etc. The kind ladies from Kirby United Church provided the dinner. 6 k Orono Country Cafe ~ Full Menu Main Street., Orono, Ontario • 983-9009 Aft «üj 4 ae> Mistaken identity We had mistakenly identified identified the Drummond painting in last week's edition of the Orono Weekly Times. The painting pictured actually actually is called Late October at Boshkung Lake and belongs to Katherine Millson and Ellen Trafford. The oil sketch at (lower left) of the bigger painting called Late October Afternoon belongs to Don and Susan Brown of Newcastle. We apologize for any confusion confusion caused by the oversight. Bowmanville Museum Annual Free Fall Evening Open House Friday, October 4th, 2002 6:30 - 8:30 pm FREE ADMISSION - REFRESHMENTS Call (905) 623-2734 for more information THANKSGIVING FOOD DRIVE Clarington East Food Bank Help us to feed the hungry. Drop off food at Stedman's or IGA in Newcastle or call 905-987-4551 for pick up MORRIS FUNERAL CHAPEL LTD. SERVING DURHAM REGION SINCE 1841 ALL FUNERAL SERVICES PREARRANGED AND/OR PREPAID BURIAL - CREMATION - TRANSFERS "WHERE PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE IS IMPORTANT'* FUNERAL DIRECTORS PAUL R. MORRIS DOUG R. RUTHERFORD GARY M. CONWAY DEBRA D. KELLEHER 623-5480 ISION ST.. BOWMANVILLE - AT QUEEN ST.