160 yrs of rural traditions

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NEWCASTLE EDITION
Vol. 75 • # 33
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
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Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono, Starkville and Tyrone since 1937
160 yrs
of rural
traditions
One of the big attractions
of the country fair past and
present, is the opportunity it
provides for meeting people.
That aspect of the fair’s allure
is being reflected in the
Clarington Museum’s historical exhibit marking the Orono
Fair’s 160th anniversary this
year. The exhibit is being
called, “Meet your friends at
the Orono Fair,” which is a
throwback to two earlier Fair
themes. The theme of the Fair
in 1945 was, Meet your
Friends at the Orono Fair, and
the theme for 1921 uses a similar slogan, according to
Jennifer Steen, the exhibit
curator at the Clarington
Museum. Steen told the Orono
Times she came across a Fair
ad in 1921 which stated; Meet
your sisters, cousins, aunts,
old friends and new friends at
the Orono Fair. The ad also
goes on to say, “There are two
great Fair’s in Ontario, one in
Orono and where the other
one is doesn’t matter, its past.”
The entrance fee to the Fair
that year was 24 cents.
Steen has been pouring
through
the
Museum’s
archives pulling out items of
interest to highlight in the historical display which will be
set up on the centre floor of
the arena for the four days of
What’s
Inside!
160th
Annual
Orono Fair
Schedule
of Events!
See Page 14
The hay rudder made by Massey Harris in the late 1800’s will be on display at the Clarington Museum’s historical exhibit
at the Orono Fair. The rudder was a Massey Harris display model and is in pristine condition according to Museum
Administrator Martha Rutherford, pictured.
the Fair. The exhibit will feature a number of old photos
depicting different aspects of
Fairs gone by like baby con-
test photos and posters promoting fair activities from
dances to horse racing. The
baby shows were introduced
at the Orono Fair in 1910 and
stopped in 1940 according to
Steen. In 1916 a Fat Mans
Race was introduced at the
Fair which Steen says was a
50 yard dash for men weighing over 200 pounds with a
ORONO FAIR see page 3
Atkinson to get recognition once again
by: Christopher Brown
The lengthy battle of
where the best location to
erect the Joseph Atkinson
Historical Plaque comes to an
end this Saturday.
On September 8th , at 2:00
p.m the Newcastle Village
and District Historical Society
(NVDHS) will present the
new Joseph E. Atkinson
Parkette, located on the green
space at the west side of the
Newcastle Library.
Myno Van Dyke spokesperson for the NVDHS said,
“This was the perfect fit to
commemorate
Joseph
Atkinson.” Van Dyke added,
“While Atkinson wasn’t properly educated he always had a
affinity for books. While
working at the Port Hope
Times, he read many of the
books that were in his editors
office. While editor himself at
the Toronto Daily Star (now
known as Toronto Star) he had
free book services for anyone
wanting to read.”
Van Dyke said that The
Clarington Library has also
had a large helping hand in
the Atkinson Memorial. “It
was Cecil Carveth, the former
Clarington Library Board
Chair who brought up the idea
of getting a historical plaque
for Joseph.”
He went on to say that
while it took a while to lock
down a location for the
Atkinson Historical plaque,
“Gail Rickard the current
Chair of the Clarington
Library Board was in complete favour of putting the
proposed plaque there.”
Regional Councillor Willie
Woo stated that it was great to
see the project finally to come
to an end. “This has to be the
best location for the new
Atkinson Parkette.”
Van Dyke said “While not
everyone was on board for the
proposed parkette, people
came around afterwards.”
Currently the land is called
Memorial Park, and Van Dyke
says that, “The Legion was a
little apprehensive at first but
after showing them what was
going to happen they were
okay with the changes.”
Asked why Joseph E.
ATKINSON see page 3
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“Port Claringbourg Lakes”
Weird name isn’t it… well that name might become a reality
when the new proposed boundaries come into effect for the 2015
federal general election. It’s a combination of the new riding of
Kawartha Lakes, Port Hope, Cobourg and east Clarington. It’s a
proposed riding with a large rural area.
Since 2003 all of Clarington have been voting as a whole; we
have been tied together in the same riding with our northern neighbours - Uxbridge and Port Perry in the Durham Riding. Both the
north and south of the Durham Riding has a large farming community, we have the same tax issues and as neighbours we know what
each other’s issues are -- issues that affect Clarington affect
Uxbridge and Scugog as well.
Now skip ahead two years, to the 2015 general election that sees
Clarington as we know it ripped apart. Bowmanville and South
Courtice would vote with South Oshawa in one riding, Hampton,
Enniskillen and Tyrone would vote with North Oshawa in another
riding.
Wait a second; you’re probably thinking the same thing I was
when I found that out, what in the world do Oshawa and Tyrone
have in common? What issues would be argued during the general
election? Would farming play a major role in the election or would
urban issues dominate the election campaign? It seems pretty far
fetched to assume that the balance of power would be held in an
area like Tyrone so north Clarington’s voice would be effecively
silenced in Ottawa.
Now for the only boundary change that makes a tiny bit of sense
is the proposed Kawartha Lakes-Port Hope-Cobourg riding.
Newcastle, Orono, Kirby and Kendal; the smaller eastern
Clarington communities would vote in that riding all by itself. Now
think of it, if you’re a farmer you have to be happier with that proposed riding. East Clarington farmers would be in a riding that has
a large farming base. This would mean the federal representation
would look after the needs of the farming community.
If you follow politicians on Facebook you know that Roger
Anderson, the Chairperson of the Region of Durham is quiet upset
about the proposed boundary changes and he took to Facebook last
week after the announcement and said, “Durham needs to be represented by members from within Durham and not three hours away.”
He went on to say, “Make sure you read up on this and let your MP
know how you feel.”
He is correct to say that we the people have the right to be heard
about the riding changes. He is right by saying that splitting
Durham up is wrong and the people of Durham need to contact
their federal members of parliament to ensure this doesn’t go
through, but Durham doesn’t really have a Member of Parliament
right now… so who do we call, Roger?
The vacancy left by Bev Oda over the summer has left political
parties scrambling to fill the void, but with the boundary realignment announced last week, the landscape has changed. If these new
boundaries are put through will sitting members have to challenge
each other for the party’s nomination under the new federal districts?
That doesn’t concern the only candidate to capture his parties’
nomination, Erin O’Toole. While he didn’t comment on the proposed ridings; he does say that he believes that proposed boundaries
will change again before a final bill is adapted into law next year.
If the proposed changes don’t happen we could see some current
MP’s fighting for their political life. Erin O’Toole might have to
challenge current Oshawa MP Colin Carrie for the nomination of
the proposed Oshawa-Bowmanville riding, and it could be a political blood-bath.
Don’t get me wrong it’s a political reporter’s fantasy to see two
sitting members duke it out over a political riding. Anyone who followed politics in 2004 (the last time the ridings were changed)
remembers the Shelia Copps/Tony Valeri duel of Hamilton East –
Stoney Creek. It was a blood bath; candidates were accusing other
candidates of cheating, stuffing ballot boxes, and stuffing people
into the voting booth at the last minute when the doors were closed.
Its politics at its best when same party candidates go for the throat.
Back in July I, said that this is an important by-election, but
that’s not really the case anymore. Now we have been put into
limbo. Will the candidate we elect be representing us for longer
than two years? Will the candidate pay attention to us for the two
years he or she is elected for? Will potential candidates bother to
put their names forward for a two year term?
It will be a whole new slate for the “Port Claringbourg Lakes”
Riding in 2015.
Growing things in Newcastle
To The Editor:
Just a line to tell you that
peach trees have grown in this
area for years. Jack and I were
married in July 1949 and rented an apartment at the home
of Chris and Birdie Law.
Chris was a great gardener
Opinion
and I have enjoyed peaches
from his peach tree.
Also I would like to extend
congratulations to Vicki
Lesnick, a great worker in the
Newcastle
Horticultural
Society. At the August 21st
Annual Show she was award-
ed the Silver Cup for the most
points in the show – well
deserved.
Thank you sincerely,
Hazel Crago
Newcastle
How will you celebrate the harvest?
by Diana Stephenson
Despite the diverse cultures
represented in today’s society
one thing we all share in is the
tradition of celebrating the
harvest. From gathering for a
feast, to singing and dancing,
building bonfires to pummeling one another with tomatoes
in the town square, around the
world people love a reason to
celebrate; and a successful
harvest is probably the best
reason there is. For our
ancestors a successful harvest
meant more time in the winter
months to work on improving
their tools, developing early
forms of art and culture and
other technology but quite
simply it meant survival, at
least for another year.
Since the invention of the
plough, humans began to control their food supply and
spent less time wandering in
search of food, they could
stay in an area and cultivate
their food source and their
culture. Century after century
of trial and error the technology of farming improved and
spread around the world.
While the technology and
knowledge of farming has
seen increased yields however, those farming today know
just as their ancestors before,
that Mother Nature decides
the harvest.
Mother Nature, the spirits,
the gods or God, people
around the world have devel-
oped ways to celebrate the
harvest and give thanks to
whatever deity they believe
inhabit their fields. Perhaps
that is why many of the most
superstitious people you will
meet are farmers. There are
those who will not cut all of
the crop, they will leave a
small stand of hay or corn in
the field overnight to allow
the field spirits to redistribute
themselves. The corn doll
wasn’t always a child’s toy
but a way of giving the field
spirits a place to winter.
Some cultures place offerings
from their crops on a large
bonfire to thank the gods.
OPINION see page 3
ORONO FAIR
Continued from front
prize of $2 for the winner.
Fair goers were very
impressed with the electric
home toasters and irons
demonstrated by the Seymour
Power Company at the 1912
Orono Fair Steen discovered.
A local Tobacco Association
which was formed in 1958
had their first exhibit at the
1960 Fair and sponsored a
Tobacco King and Queen
contest that year.
A sad piece of Fair history
was in 1910 when four people
died from typhoid fever they
contracted from eating at the
Orono Hotel on Fair Day. It
was later discovered the well
water at the hotel was contaminated.
A section of the exhibit
will be dedicated to home
crafts that were so important
like baking, home preserving
and
sewing,
Museum
Administrator
Martha
Rutherford told the Times.
The exhibit will showcase the
areas rich agricultural heritage and will feature some
Massey Harris show room
implements that are in pristine
condition which the museum
acquired several years ago
from the Massey Harris
Company and have never
been on display.
Rutherford hopes Fair
goers will get an appreciation
of the history of one of the
longest running fairs in the
province. “While people
enjoy the Fair today, I hope
people understand it has been
part of our community for 160
years,” she stated.
ATKINSON
Continued from front
ing back, “When he was editor of the Toronto Daily Star,
he bought a house on King St
Ave.
and
gave
Atkinson deserves this honour, Van Dyke replied by saying, “You don’t see a lot of
people who helped so
many people while living, and have helped
even more people
after
passing
away.”
Van
Dyke says
that, “He
(Atkinson) is
arguably one
of the most
famous residents
(of
Newcastle) in
all of Canada.”
He went on
to say that
Photo supplied
while living in
Newcastle, he
Joseph Atkinson, (pictured) in a undated
would often
photo at his desk at the Toronto Daily
come back to
Star. Atkinson, a Newcastle native, was
Newcastle to
editor of the Toronto Star from 1899 till
help out his
his death in 1948. Under Atkinsons
family. “His
leadership the Toronto Star, became the
sister Hannah
largest Toronto newspaper.
kept him com-
OPINION
Continued from pg 2
Today in most parts of
Ontario we gather at a fall festival to eat candy apples and
poutine then hop on a carnival
ride meant to remove aforementioned poutine and candy
apple. We come together to
show off our biggest pumpkin, trot out our best horse,
display the quilt stitched all
winter and spring, the excep-
tional blossoms the garden
has to offer or bake an apple
pie from a recipe that has been
handed down from generation
to generation. Today’s harvest celebrations may not
seem to be steeped in the
superstition of our ancestors
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have a
noted resident
who came from our little community and made their mark
on the world stage.” He went
on to say, “It wasn’t just a
local newspaper, it was a
national Newspaper; he was
known across Canada.”
Members of the Atkinson
Foundation, Atkinson’s charitable foundation will be at the
dedication on Saturday as
will officials of the
Toronto Star, andcommunity leaders. Residents of
Newcastle are
asked to come
and help celebrate
the
grand-opening
of
the
Atkinson
Parkette.
After
the
speeches, and the
reception, Woo will
give a guided tour of
the old Newcastle areas
where Joseph E. Atkinson
was raised. “You have to give
credit to people like Myno
and the NDVHS, without
them they wouldn’t have gotten the process going and the
historical plaque would not be
anywhere right now.”
but when you attend the
Orono Fair or Newcastle Fall
Festival you are continuing a
ritual that has been enduring
since that early human placed
that first seed in the ground
and prayed it would grow.
So this year after a damag-
ing late spring frost, too little
rain for the early part of summer, hot conditions that
brought some crops on early,
and humidity that did not
allow some crops to flourish;
how will you celebrate the
harvest?
it to his sister to use as a
boarding house.”
Woo said “(Newcastle)
was blessed
t o
~ Happenings ~
September 6th - September 9th - Orono Fair, Orono Fair grounds
Saturday, September 15th - St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 41 Temperance Street,
Bowmanville, 2:00 p.m. to 6 p.m., Acoustic Blue Grass, $5.00 per person. Under 18 Free.
Saturday, September 15th - Orono United Church, Spaghetti Supper , 5:30 p.m. Adults $13,
Under 12 $6.00 , Preschoolers Free. 905-983-5159
Looking Back...
Gleaned from past editions of the Orono Weekly Times
25 Years Ago…
Jean and Vance Allen have
taken their last trip on their
rural mail route out of the
Orono Post Office closing out
their contract with Canada
Post at the end of August. The
two served 300 points of call
on Rural Route two for a period of 31 years. The route has
been taken over by Shirley
Perdue on a temporary basis.
These are likely a lot of stories to tell of serving the community for the period of time.
50 Years Ago….
The new Clarke High
School, mid-way between
Orono and Newcastle, opened
its doors on September 4
when 277 pupils enrolled in
the five grades. Enrolment
will no doubt increase within
the next week as students
return from summer jobs.
The new school, recently
completed will offer students
most modern facilities in such
departments as home economics, industrial arts, science, chemistry, music and
art.
A gleaming gym will
become the recreation centre
of the school where all indoor
games will be played. The
school also has a large playing
field along with modern office
and staff accommodation and
a modern cafeteria. The official opening of the school will
be held near the end of
September.
75 Years Ago…
Agricultural Park on Tuesday,
September 7th, in the afternoon proved to be a real successful event. Exhibits were
plentiful and the children took
great pride in their own fair.
A parade of all pupils in all
schools around the grounds in
order of number of school
sections, took place before the
grandstand. These pupils
were afforded the opportunity
of giving their school yell.
Physical culture and chorus
singing were other features of
the afternoon. The children’s
races took place during the
morning. Congratulations are
due Misses Anna and Carol
Staples for obtaining the highest number of points for the
Orono school.
The Orono School Fair,
which was held at the
Meanwhile Back on the Ridge
by David Craig
The other day when I went
to put on my fedora type hat
that I occasionally like to
wear, it wasn’t where it was
supposed to be. This is the
second hat I’ve lost in three
years. This hat is sort of
gray/green with a narrow
brim, size seven and is just
two years old. The other missing hat is a dark blue captain
type sailor hat. It was my
brother’s and has sentimental
value. If you see either of
these hats, they’re mine. I
wear a hat so seldom, it is not
a habit anymore.
In the ‘30s and ‘40s everyone wore hats and smoked
cigarettes – Spencer Tracy,
Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy
Stewart, and Randolph Scott.
Each wore distinctive fedora
type hats. The brim could be
shaped so no two hats were
identical. Wearing a fedora
makes you feel well dressed,
sexy and finished. It is good to
wear if your hair is messy or
the rest of your outfit isn’t
perfect. It is the part of your
outfit that people notice first
and remember best.
Hats are no good in small
cars or high winds.
When I was younger my
mother used to say, “Wear
your hat. You know you lose
15 percent of your body heat
through the top of your head.”
Now whether this was a scientific fact, Irish folklore or her
way to get us to wear our hats,
I don’t know.
Given the fact we now
have seven billion people in
the world and hardly any of
them wear hats, do you suppose that his could be an
unexplored cause of the current global warming trend we
are now experiencing?
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Swift action...
Column & photo by Jim Richards
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Unless I’m planning a
major birding trip during the
winter, as in my KenyaTanzania (Africa) safari in
2010, (which depletes my
funds) I usually spend my
summers in the Canadian
Arctic. I seldom get full benefit of the short, (albeit productive) breeding bird season
here in the Durham area and
to engage in my photography
as I normally leave for the
arctic in mid-June and return
in mid-July. I leave at the peak
of the season and return when
it’s basically over.
This year, I spent the entire
spring and summer working
around the Durham area and
more specifically, in the
Ganaraska Forest. On one of
my almost daily forays to the
forest, I noted Chimney
Swifts circling and uttering
their ‘chittering’ calls in the
Kendal area. Given that this
species, not unlike so many
others (too many) are now on
the ‘threatened species’ list, I
decided that further investigation was warranted.
I know that Chimney
Swifts nest in hollow-top trees
as well as old chimneys and
smoke stacks.
I also know
from past
experience
that
they
will
nest
on the
walls
inside
a b a n d o n e d
barns if they
a r e
secluded. With For further information visit,
the kind birdscanada.org/research/speciesatrisk/chsw
permission of
the ownglued to each other and to the
ers, I gained access to a numwall using the birds’ saliva.
ber of abandonded tobacco
The nest forms a shallow
kilns in the area, and on July
bracket with no actual lining.
1, I located 4 active nests in 3
Four to 5 eggs would be conof the kilns. One nest in parsidered a normal clutch size,
ticular held 6 dull white eggs
and they are incubated by
and was in a location about
both sexes, and the eggs hatch
15’ from the ground floor
in about 19 days. The young
pasted on the side of a wall. I
are tended by both adults as
say pasted for a reason. Swifts
well and non-breeding indibreak off small dead ends of
viduals are known to assist
twigs in flight (about 1” –
and act as ‘helpers’. Naked
1.25” in length). They are
and with eyes still shut, the
young
are
known
to
climb out of
the nest
a n d
explore
t h e i r
s u r roundi n g s
almost
immediately, and
they are finally able to fledge
and fly at about 25
days old. I checked
the nest again on
July 8, and it held
5 eggs and 1
young. A final
check on July 15 revealed 6
young in a very crowded nest.
Chimney Swifts are odd
looking critters. About 5.25”
long with a wingspan of
almost 10”, these blackishbrown birds resemble swallows except for their short
stubby tail and very short
beak.
Most
authorities
describe them as a “cigar with
wings”. Magnificent flyers,
they can attain speeds of over
100 mph. Usually flying in
small flocks in a somewhat
erratic manner, they catch
insects on the wing, and are
never seen perched in the
open, only clinging to the
inside walls of barns, chimneys and sometimes old
(unused) silos, as their legs
and feet are not adapted to
perching.
They usually arrive in this
area in mid-May from their
wintering grounds in the
Amazon Basin of South
America, and depart again
usually no later than mid-late
September.
They are found as a breeding bird in southern Canada
from the east coast as far west
as Saskatchewan, and south
into Florida. In the west, they
are replaced by three other
species; Black Swift, Vaux’s
Swift and White-throated
Swift.
Starting in early August,
after the breeding season
ends, swifts begin to form
larger groups and communal
roosts, sometimes numbering
well into the hundreds, and
birds can be seen at dusk
descending into one of these
favoured sites. These roosting
sites are now being constantly
monitored by wildlife agencies as well as by ‘citizen-scientists’.
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Labour Day Weekend Races
People can spend their
holiday long weekends in a
number of different ways. At
the beach, tinkering in the
garden, taking the family on a
road trip or anything else they
choose. But when you’re
locked in a battle for the track
championship at a legendary
racing facility, there’s no
place like home and in this
case, home is Canadian Tire
Motorsport Park Speedway.
The half-mile oval kicked-off
the month of September with
a three division show, highlighted by a 50-lap late model
feature tilt.
Lucas Oil Pure Stock
The 15-lap Lucas Oil
Pure Stock feature tilt rolled
from the staging area, with
the Roy Nichols Chevrolet
pace car followed to the flag
by Henk Mulders and Kevin
Vande Beek.
The #54
machine broke from the pack
early and never looked back.
With the former enduro ride’s
windshield wipers flapping to
signify another feature win,
the racer from Aurora,
Ontario was chased across the
line by Mulders, point leader
Willy Howells, last week’s
feature
winner
Jeff
Vanderbelt and Stuart Hinds.
Vande Beek celebrated the
win by taking a gentle jab at
his unofficial team mates in
the Late Model division.
“I have to thank all my
sponsors for helping me get
this car to the winner’s circle
tonight,” said Vande Beek.
“We added ‘Steelcase Tire n’
Mag’ decals to the car before
coming here tonight and they
bet me $20 that I wouldn’t
win, so I guess I’m in line for
a little extra bonus.”
Evans completed the top 5.
Ever the showman, Baker
thanked the crowd for supporting his 2012 campaign in
the #63 John Baker’s Auto
ride.
“I want to thank everyone
for coming out tonight and
I’m sorry if you get tired of
seeing me win all the
time...but I love it,” said
Baker in victory lane. “This
car was amazing tonight and
it’s so great to race here in
front of such a great crowd
every week.”
Bob’s Towing
Thunder Car
Late Model
The
Bob’s
Towing
Thunder Cars opened the program with Oshawa’s John
Baker Jr. strengthening his
hold on the division championship by winning both
rounds of qualifying.
The feature event action
got underway, as Tom
Cormier and Dale Wood
paced the field to the green
flag. Coming from 3rd place
on the gird, John Baker Jr.
wrote another verse to a
familiar song with yet another
victory.
Wood, Steve
Mayhew, Cormier and Ross
With the Late Model
drivers introduced to the
crowd before heading into
battle for their 50-lap feature,
it was time for the next round
of the “Kyle and Darren
Show.” Just three points apart
in the standings coming into
the night, Kyle Donaldson
and Darren Kearnan would
come from 4th and 5th place
on the starting grid. Mark
Gordon and Richard Boake
paced the pack for the early
stages, but everyone was
watching the charge that was
coming from the middle of
the field.
With only two caution
flags – both for solo spins in
the second turn by Rob
Brown – to slow the race
speed, the field was able to
spread out and once in front
of the pack, Donaldson was
never challenged. Kearnan
settled for 5th place and may
have watched his championship hopes drive away.
Gordon, Dwight Brown and
Boake filled-out the rest of
the top-5 finishers. Always
soft spoken outside the racecar, Donaldson gave a tip of
the hat to the team that prepares his #53 Planet
Recovery/Downtown
Rug/Custom
Steering
Chevrolet.
“The car was perfect
again tonight. It’s easy to
drive when everything comes
together the way you plan,”
said Donaldson. “I spent
about 90 per cent of the race
looking out the windshield
and that’s always a good
thing. It was a tight battle
coming into the night, but we
were able to build a bit of an
advantage and at this stage of
the year, every little bit
helps.”
Saturday at the Park
Harold Boake – whose
son Richard drives the #90
Late Model – was the King of
the Hill winner...His 3rd place
finish in the Pure Stock feature unofficially clinched the
2012 track championship for
rookie runner Willy Howells.
Coming into the night with a
lead of more than 70 points
on Corey Hayward, Howells’
cause was helped when the
#70 car cut a tire 4 laps into
the race and lost several laps
making the change under
green flag conditions...5th
place Pure Stock feature finisher Stuart Hinds surrendered that position in post
race inspection when his car
was found to be below the
minimum weight...Anthony
DiBello worked some long
hours with the help of Late
Model driver Doug Wills to
get his Thunder Car back in
action after a hard crash
Friday, August 24th at
Kawartha Speedway...The
2012
season
wraps-up
Saturday, September 8th as
Royal Distributing presents
Fan Appreciation Night. On
track action will include the
Lucas Oil Pure Stocks, Bob’s
Towing Thunder Cars, Late
Models and the TECHTONIX
Open
Wheel
Modifieds. For complete
details, see www.canadiantiremotorsportpark.com.
Local youth national
Champion
contributed by Cindy Nelson
Greenwood
Quinte Legion Track & Field
Club
member
Trevor
Greenwood has become
a National Youth
Track & Field
Champion.
T h i s
y e a r ’ s
O F S A A
J u n i o r
Boy’s discus champion, sixteen year
old Trevor
Greenwood
topped off an
outstanding
track & field
season at the
Royal
Canadian
Legion and Canadian
National Youth Track and
Field Championships held
Aug 17-19 in Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island.
Trevor brought home the
gold in the under 18 men’s discus throwing the 1.5kg discus 49.14m and also
earned a 9th place
position in the
shot-put throwing 13.63m.
The
club has not
had
a
national
y o u t h
champion
since 2007.
The
R o y a l
Canadian
Legion has
sponsored the
youth track and
field program at the
local, district, provincial and national levels for the
last 36 years.
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Darlene Read and friends have spent many months knitting bears to send to needy children in Senegal, Chili, Haiti, Uruguay and other needy countries. The
group met at Read’s house in Orono on July 25th for a Teddy Bear Picnic. Pictured left to right are: back row - Christine Goad, Annabel Anderson, Nancy
Healer, Simone Borlase. Third row - Dianne Michaelis, Beverly Williams, Anna Klaren. Second row - Trish Wheely, Doris Gray, Marilyn Ransberry. Front row
- Karen Read, Jennie Read, Darlene Read.
From The House At The Centre Of The Universe
The real reach for the stars
by: Tracy Tonkinson
It is a tragic irony that in
the same week the first man
on the moon passed away, the
National Aeronautics and
Space
Administration
(NASA) has become so desperate for funds and publicity
for its Mars mission, that it
agreed to ‘debut’ rapper
Will.i.am’s new song, Reach
for the Stars, on Mars.
I can’t be certain but I have
a feeling that whereever he is
buried Neil Armstrong will be
having a little spin right now.
And who would blame him?
That day in 1969 when, if you
are old enough, you will likely have been enthralled by the
grainy black and white images
that were being bounced back
to a breathless Earth,
Armstrong took his ‘one small
step for man, one giant leap
for mankind’.
Up in the Apollo 11 space
craft that took Armstrong and
his colleagues, fellow moon
walker Buzz Aldrin and the
pilot that got the short straw
of going to, but not stepping
on the Moon, Michael
Collins, you can only imagine
the anticipation.
Back on Earth I was nine
years old and in 1969 the
thought that being an astronaut was even a viable job
option was a pipe dream. Noone could imagine a real per-
son would ever walk on the
Moon, but there he was, Neil
Armstrong, in his big white
suit and goldfish bowl helmet,
doing just that.
Over the last 50 years
NASA has continued to thrill
us now and then. We were all
bored with space when Apollo
13 launched, until Jim Lovell
reported to Houston that there
was a problem, putting the
spotlight back on the dangers
of space.
I remember first the
launches and then the
tragedies of the space shuttles.
When Challenger exploded
right in front of a shocked
world, it was doubly tragic for
the loss not only of all the
crew but of teacher Christa
McAuliffe, the first civilian to
be allowed to fly. Then just
when we thought it could
never happen again a small
piece of foam insulation broke
off the external fuel tank at
the Columbia launch and we
all knew that they were not
going to make it back alive.
Of course there was pride
at seeing the word Canada
emblazoned on the side of the
Canadarm and thinking how
cool it was that the first country to get recognized by passing aliens would be ours. But
we were soon back to ignoring the real life effort to reach
other worlds, even as we
seemed to have more science
fiction than ever to lose ourselves in through TV and
movies. Now NASA is back
on Mars and Will.i.am is with
them in spirit at least.
Maybe I am getting too
old, or too cynical, but the
thought of space exploration
relying on a rap artist to either
finance or pump up the volume on its efforts leaves me
shuddering.
While Will.i.am claims to
be aiming to inspire kids to
get involved in math, science
and technology and his record
company makes the most of
their brush with NASA, the
rapper will likely become
even richer and more famous.
From the perspective of a
grown adult looking back at
Neil Armstrong’s achievement with the wonder of the
nine year old who first
watched it, this is a sad time in
human
history.
Neil
Armstrong had to leave this
world twice to make the news;
today Will.i.am only has to
change his socks and its news.
Armstrong left this world
once to represent mankind on
the lunar surface and this
week to go to his rest. On both
occasions he did so with class
and dignity. After the first
public excitement had worn
off, Armstrong went back to
living a relatively quiet life,
farming, teaching and resisting all offers to become a
politician. Far from using his
time at NASA, as one of only
a dozen men in the lunar landing band of brothers, for self
promotion, Armstrong left it
to his fellow astronaut, Buzz
Aldrin to do the public
appearances and publicity
hoopla that surrounded that
first moon walk.
Will.i.am may be a nice
guy, and I wish him well with
his ‘debut’ on Mars, but I also
wish it wasn’t at the expense
of the reputations of the brave
astronauts and the trivialization of the achievement of
thousands of scientists and
engineers who worked so hard
to achieve an amazing feat,
safely landing the delicate set
of instrumentation known as
Curiosity Rover on the surface of a hostile planet millions of kilometres away.
No doubt the rapper’s latest song will be a stratospheric success, let’s hope it doesn’t eclipse the real reach for
the stars.
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Crazy raging
potatoes
by: Kyle Lagace (age 10)
Member of Durham East 4-H
What common food is not
quite round but rather oval in
shape? They prefer cool
weather so you should try to
get them in the ground early
in the spring. The most common colors can be brown and
red but they can also be
found in purple, yellow, dark
blue, and black. They have
yellow and black bugs eating
at
their
leaves.
Diatomaceous earth
helps to keep the
crops free of
this
nasty
bug. Have
y
o
u
guessed
what I am
thinking
of?
If
y o u
guessed
“potat o e s ”
you are
right.
Potatoes
come in all
shapes and
sizes.
The Durham
East 4-H Garden
Club had the opportunity to visit Brown’s
potatoe farm in Pontypool in
May to see how to plant seed
potatoes. Seed potatoes are
edible potato tubers that you
use for your everyday meals.
While at the farm we got
the chance to see the machinery and how it works to put
the potatoe seeds into the
ground.
We then went to the
underground storage area
where they keep their potatoes stored for the winter
months. This storage area is
also referring to a cold cellar.
It will normally have temperatures of 40F with humidity
of 80-90%. Under good storing conditions potatoes will
keep for up to six months.
If conditions are too light
and warm then the potatoes
will soften and begin to
sprout. The light will also
turn the potatoes to a green
colour. For best results potatoes should be
stored in a cool, dark place
with good circulation.
The Browns have many
pieces of machinery to help
them sort and bag the potatoes for shipping or to sell at
their farm markets.
When trying to
choose your best
potatoes
to
plant
you
can always
try to do
w h a t
M r .
Brown
a n d
h i s
worke r s
practice -“ I f
y o u
won’t
eat it--D o n ’t
plant it!”
One of the funny shaped
potatoes we saw on our
visit to Brown’s Potatoe
Farm in Pontypool this
spring.
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Residents’ health care stories drive change
People living in the
Central East Local Health
Integration Network (LHIN)
are invited to share stories
about their recent experiences
with the health care system as
work continues on the development of the LHIN’s third
Integrated Health Service
Plan.
The current plan, which
was launched in April 2010
and runs until March 2013,
provided a road map for
health service providers as
they worked together to save
a million hours in time spent
by patients in local emergency departments and
reduce the impact of vascular
disease. It included stories
from a local resident who had
to take her daughter to the
emergency department for a
minor illness because she
didn’t know what other
options were available, a
father who questioned how
patients were moved through
the various stages in the
emergency department, a
gentleman whose family was
suddenly faced with the reality of vascular disease after an
unexpected death and a friend
of a woman who didn’t realize she had serious kidney
disease until she followed up
on her high blood pressure
results.
By leading the creation of
a system that is integrated
and sustainable and that
ensures better health, better
care and better value for
money, the LHIN has seen a
decrease
in
emergency
department wait times during
the timeline of the current
plan and fewer people are
being admitted to hospital for
conditions such as diabetes,
heart disease, arthritis and
asthma.
As the LHIN gets ready to
launch its next plan in April
2013, people are invited to
once again share their stories
and specifically let the LHIN
know what should be available or provided by the system, which experiences have
impressed them, which ones
were frustrating and how they
could be improved.
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Cockshuts are all the rage at this year’s fair
Andy Dumouchel and his restored Cockshut 35 Deluxe are all spiffed up and waiting for
the Orono Fair. Cockshutts are the featured tractor of the Orono Heritage Tractor Club at
this year’s Fair.
If he had the room Andy
Dumouchel of Newcastle
says he would own as many
Cockshutt tractors he could
find, but as it is, he only has
room for the three he currently owns.
The Cockshutt is the featured tractor of the Orono
Heritage Tractor Club at this
year’s Orono Fair.
Dumouchel’s collection
started with the Cockshutt
which was the main tractor
on his dad’s dairy farm up
until 1996. This wasn’t just
any Cockshutt tractor; this
was the Cockshutt 35 Deluxe.
His relationship with
Cockshutts began with an
earlier model, the first tractor
on the farm, the used
Cockshutt 60 which his sister
bought for their dad. “When
my oldest sister began working she bought my dad a tractor to ease his workload,”
Dumouchel told the Orono
Times in an interview last
week. The Model 60 which
was distributed by Cockshutt
from 1942 to 1948 was manufactured by Oliver in Iowa
and was the same as the
Oliver 60, with its 2.0 liter
four cycle gasoline engine
When dairy farming started to pay a bit more,
Dumouchel’s father went to
the local farm equipment
dealer which was a Cockshutt
dealer, and bought another
used Cockshutt because their
first one had been such a
good working tractor. The
new tractor was a Cockshutt
30. This model was the first
Cockshutt made at Cockshutt
family’s Brantford, Ontario
plant, and with its live power
take-off, it revolutionized the
tractor industry. With live
power take-off implements
could continue to be operated
even when the tractor was no
longer moving forward.
Gordon Cockshutt drove the
first Model 30 off the assembly line on October 7, 1946.
It was a two-wheel drive tractor with four forward gears
and one reverse gear and had
a four cylinder 153.1 cubic
inch Buda motor. Cockshutt
manufactured their Model 30
until 1957, building a total
37,328 units. In 1956 they
introduced the Cockshutt 35
Deluxe, an experimental
model painted in a crème
colour with red undercarriage, a reverse of their regular paint scheme. This model
had a 198 cubic inch
Hercules gas engine and a
cigar lighter.
“That was an exceptional
tractor,” Dumouchel stated.
They were only made in
1956, ’57 and for two months
in ’58, and there were only
1,850 made according to
Dumouchel. This was the
main tractor used on the family’s Alexandria farm in east-
ern Ontario, 14 miles from
the Quebec border. The
Cockshutt 35 was used right
up
until
1996
when
Dumouchel’s father gave up
dairy farming for cash cropping and died shortly thereafter.
One day when
Dumouchel went home to
visit his mom, she said he
should send the old tractor to
the scrap yard. “I don’t think
so,” Dumouchel told his
mom, he gave her a fair price
for it, towed it home and
began restoring it. At home
Dumouchel took the tractor
apart, and as all the metal
parts including the body and
the back rims were in bad
shape they were restored. He
didn’t touch the engine or the
transmission as they were
still in good shape. Once the
tractor was fully restored
Dumouchel began showing it
at the local fairs and pulling
in the antique tractor pulls.
That was 11 years ago.
Six years ago Dumouchel
stumbled across a second
Deluxe 35, a few miles away
at the farm of Billy Adams on
the 6th Concession. That
tractor has been used in an
underground parking garage
in Toronto for years to push
snow,
according
to
Dumouchel, and when they
didn’t need it anymore it
ended up at Adam’s farm and
Dumouchel bought it.
Four years ago he bought
a little Cockshutt 20. What he
really wanted was a Deluxe
20, but all he could find was
the straight 20, and as he
needed a restoration project
for that winter he bought it.
The walls of Dumouchel’s
garage at his Morgans Road
home are lined with the many
trophies and ribbons he has
brought home over the past
eleven years of tractor
pulling. “We do it for the fun
and
bragging
rights,”
Dumouchel says. Like everything in life there is a trick to
getting the most you can out
of the limited horse power
your tractor has, according to
Dumouchel, but he is afraid
the fascination with antique
tractors and tractor pulls will
die out with this generation.
Unless there is something
done to the antique tractors to
interest young people, like
flame throwers and remote
control steering, Dumouchel
is afraid the hobby will disappear. “I hope I’m wrong,” he
says, “I hope this doesn’t
happen, but the writing is on
the wall.”
The Orono Heritage Tractor
Club will have their antique
tractor display on the fairgrounds for the four days of
the Fair with the Antique
Tractor Pull beginning at
12:30 p.m. on Saturday on
the track in front of the
grandstand.
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photo supplied
Laura Vanhaverbeke (left) and Jean Rickard (right) at Laura’s
90th birthday party. Both Newcastle women celebrated their
90th birthdays in August.
Erin O'Toole
acclaimed as
federal candidate
Just over a month after
Bev Oda stepped down as the
Durham's
Member
of
Parliament, Durham conservatives have found a replacement candidate for the yet
unannounced upcoming byelection.
Erin O'Toole, son of
Progressive
Conservative
Member
of
Provincial
Parliament John O'Toole ,
was acclaimed on August
24th by the Durham Federal
Conservative
Riding
Association.
While others expressed
interest in becoming candidates, by the filing deadline,
O'Toole was the only candidate who filled out proper
documentation according to
the Association.
O'Toole stated in an interview with the Orono Weekly
Times Tuesday morning,
"The campaign is off and running." In preparation for his
nomination O'Toole said , "I
have been attending local
events around the riding and
meeting new people every
day."
He said he has already
held his first political event –
the annual Conservative picnic, which was held in conjunction with his father and
the provincial progressive
conservatives. "It was an
amazing event, and we met
with lots of local people who
spoke about issues that were
effecting them."
O'Toole says that he is
prepared for an election any-
time. "I have been contacting
the people who helped on my
nomination, and have asked
them to help out in the
upcoming by-election. “One
hundred percent of the people
who I've contacted are supportive and enthusiastic
about the by-election and
lending their support."
In an August 27th news
release, O'Toole stated "I'm
honoured
to
be
the
Conservative candidate, and I
am humbled by the outpouring of support from friends."
He pledges to work hard
to build upon this support and
promise to be an accountable,
accessible and professional
Member of Parliament for the
residents of Durham.
While a date for the byelection has not been set,
O'Toole said that it could be
called anytime soon. "Since
the Member of Parliament for
Victoria stepped down at the
end of August, I can imagine
Prime Minister Harper waiting till the end of the month
or later on in the Fall to call
the by-elections."
Presently there are three
vacant seats in the House of
Commons,
and
163
Conservatives, 100 New
Democrats, 35 Liberals, 4
Bloc Quebecois, 1 Green and
2 independents presently
Bev Oda was Member of
Parliament from 2004 to
2012. At press time, no other
party has officially nominated a candidate for the upcoming by-election.
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Grilled Corn and Potato Salad
The crunch of fresh corn kernels and the sweet heat of
charred poblano pepper contribute lovely texture and
flavour to this colourful salad.
Poblano peppers are now in
most supermarkets. If you cannot find them, substitute a
jalapeño pepper or two.
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Serves: 6
Ingredients:
12 small Ontario Potatoes (about 1-1/2 lb/750 g), unpeeled
2 tbsp (25 mL) fresh lime juice
1 tbsp (15 mL) vegetable oil
1/2 tsp (2 mL) ground cumin
2 cobs Ontario Corn
1 Ontario Poblano Pepper
1 Ontario Sweet Red Pepper, diced
1/2 cup (125 mL) light mayonnaise
1/3 cup (75 mL) light sour cream
1/4 cup (50 mL) chopped fresh Ontario Coriander
1/2 tsp (2 mL) salt
1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper
Preparation Instructions:
In saucepan of boiling, salted water, cook potatoes just until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and cool slightly; peel if desired and
cut each in half. Place in large bowl.
Meanwhile, in glass dish just big enough to hold corn, stir
together lime juice, oil and cumin. Add corn and roll to coat all
over. (Can be prepared up to 1 hour ahead.)
Place corn and poblano pepper on greased grill over medium
heat; close cover and cook until kernels are golden brown and
pepper is charred all over, turning pepper often, about 10 minutes. Remove vegetables from grill. Brush corn with any remaining marinade. Place pepper under inverted bowl.
Break corn cobs in half and place cut sides down; cut kernels off
with sharp knife. Add to potatoes. Peel, seed and dice poblano
pepper; add to bowl along with red pepper.
In small bowl, stir together mayonnaise, sour cream, coriander,
salt and pepper. Pour over potato mixture and toss gently to coat.
Taste and add more salt and pepper if needed.
Have
fun at
the
160th
Annual
Orono
Fair
from the
staff of
The
Orono
Weekly
Times!
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The Orono Agricultural Society is pleased to present
THE 2012 ORONO AGRICULTURAL FAIR
Saturday, September 8 at 9:00 a.m.
Thursday, September 6 at 5:00 p.m.
* * * Family Night 2 for 1 Admission * * *
Toonie Rides - Free Parking north of Fairgrounds off Centreview St.
Kendal Lions Serving Hot Meals upstairs in Arena
Maple Syrup Exhibits
4-H Exhibits
Scarecrow Display and
Competition
ARENA - OPENS AT 5PM
All Day
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Homecraft and School Displays
Commemorative Art Show and
Competition
Museum Exhibit - 160 Fair Years
Hot Meals Served upstairs until 8 p.m.
Opening Ceremonies & unveil
ing of the official framed fair
book cover artwork
Women’s Institute Tea and Rest Area
The Sensational Tebworth
Brothers
Fair Ambassador Competition
AGRICULTURAL BUILDING
OPENS AT 5PM
Field Crop Exhibits
Fruit & Vegetable Exhibits
Pay one price at the Midway - Free Parking north of Fairgrounds off Centreview St.
IN THE ARENA
LIVESTOCK AREAS
All Day
All Day
Competition
Women’s Institute Tea & Rest Area
COUNTRY GENERAL STORE
Shop and Mingle, Toonie Taste Tests
GRANDSTAND
6:30 p.m. Demo Cross Motor Car Race Impact Motor Sports
LIVESTOCK BARN
5:00 p.m. Livestock Lane
7:00 p.m. Durham County Holstein Show
GROUNDS ACTIVITIES
All Day
6:30 p.m.
Antique Tractor Display
Entertainment Tent Open
ATV/Lawn Tractor Pull
Toonie night in the midway
Hot Meals Served upstairs 11 a.m. 7 p.m.
12:00 p.m.
Jungle Cat World
1:00 p.m. Fiddlestix
2:00 p.m. Heartland
3:00 p.m. Jungle Cat World
4:00 p.m. Angie Austin and Friends
5:00 p.m. Goldilocks and the Three Squares
6:00 p.m. Music with Brian Children’s Entertainer
All Day
4-H Exhibits
Field Crop Exhibits
Competition
Friday, September 7 at 9:00 a.m.
* * * Pay one price at the Midway * * *
FREE Parking north of Fairgrounds off Centreview St.
IN THE ARENA
GRANDSTAND
All Day
9:30 p.m. Elementry School Ag Education
Activities
7:00 p.m. Central Canadian Heavy & Light
Horse Pull
Competition
11:00 am. Women’s Institute Tea & Rest Area
Hot Meals Served upstairs 11 a.m. 7 p.m.
5:00 p.m. Orono Fair Idol - Youth Talent
Competition
6:00 p.m. Prize Cake & Pie Auction
Auction of the official framed
fairbook artwork
7:30 p.m. Fiddler’s Contest
All Day 4-H Exhibits
Field Crop Exhibits
Competition
5:30
6:30
Cupcake Decorating Contest
Cupcake Decorating Contest
LIVESTOCK BARN
Livestock Lane
7:00 p.m. 4-H Lamb Show
7:30 p.m. Steer and Lamb Auction
GROUNDS ACTIVITIES
All day
Ken Jen Petting Zoo
Charlie’s Pride Ponies
ENTERTAINMENT
TENT(Horseshow Ring)
7:30 p.m. Icy Redd
8:00 p.m. KX 96 Presents Emerson Drive!
4-H Poultry Show and guided tours
Livestock Lane
11:00 a.m. Junior Beef Cattle Show
12:00 p.m. Beef Cattle Show - All Breeds
HORSE RING
9:00 a.m.
Light, Heavy, & Saddle Horse Show
GRANDSTAND
11:00 a.m. Parade Arrives on Grounds
12:30 p.m.Antique Tractor Pull
7:00 p.m.Great Lakes Truck & Tractor Pull
GROUNDS ACTIVITIES
All Day
KenJen Petting Zoo
Charlie’ Pride Ponies
12:00 p.m. Farmers Strongman Competition
1:00 p.m. Jungle Jack Children’s Entertainer
ENTERTAINMENT TENT
7:00 p.m.
The Charles Street Band
Cooking Demo & Guest Speakers
Sunday, September 9 - 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Pay one price at the Midway - FREE Parking north of Fairgrounds off Centreview St.
IN THE ARENA
Competition
Women’s Institute Tea & Rest Area
11:00 a.m. Children’s Pet Show
1:00 p.m. Adams Family Country Jamboree
4:00 p.m. Chrysanthemum Sale
Cooking Demo & Producer Displays
All Day
All Day
4-H Exhibits
Field Crop Exhibits
Competition
LIVESTOCK AREAS
Livestock Lane
9:00 a.m. Rabbit Show
10:00 a.m. Poultry Show
HORSE RING
8:30 a.m. Hunter Horse Show
GRANDSTAND
12:00 p.m. Rainstone
2:00 p.m. Demolition Derby - Impact Motor Sports
GROUNDS ACTIVITIES
All Day
Ken Jen Petting Zoo
Charlie’s Pride Ponies
12:00 p.m. Kid’s Pedal Pull- Antique
Tractor Area
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Basic Black
by Arthur Black
Take back the night
Once upon another lifetime
it was my honour to address the
graduating students of a private
school. When I’d exhausted my
repertoire of pieties and platitudes the headmaster asked me
if there was one piece of advice
I could offer that would guarantee success in whatever they
chose to do.
“Sure,” I said. “I can tell
you how a simple, easy,
healthy, dirt-cheap alteration in
your daily life will guarantee
success. I can also guarantee
that 99 percent of you will scoff
and reject it the moment you
hear it. Still game?
They were.
So I gave it to them in three
words: Get. Up. Early.
How early? Crack of dawn
early, I told them. Get up early
and work on your dream. Read,
paint, sing, sketch, write, knit –
whatever. Do just an hour or so
early every day. They groaned
and recoiled as if they’d been
clubbed with baseball bats.
For once, I knew what I was
talking about. Thirty-five years
ago, when I was a husband, a
new father and a holder of a
full-time job it occurred to me
that if I ever wanted to be anything more than the above, I
needed to find some extra hours
in my day.
It was summer, and I lived in
a part of the country where the
sun was already up and blazing
at 5 in the morning. And so,
after a few coughing, spluttering mornings, was I.
It’s a grand time to get
things done, the early morning.
There is nothing on TV, no colleagues to drop by and chat.
The rest of the family is asleep,
the phone isn’t likely to ring
and it’s ‘way too early for
Jehovah’s Witnesses to be
knocking at the door. Best of
all the mind is fresh, rested and
-- after a jolt of java -- frisky,
even
So I got up and wrote. Not
absolutely every day (I took
Sundays off and there was the
odd morning compromised by
flu or travel or a hangover that
made it too painful). But
almost every day -- and I got
more writing done in those precious one or two hours than I
did in the rest of the week.
Productive? Well, thirteen
books, five seasons’ worth of
TV scripts, uncountable TV and
radio commentaries and a raft
of speeches – all written in the
early hours of the day. Oh, yes
– and 35 years worth of weekly
newspaper columns. Thirtyfive times 52…that means this
is my 1,820th column, give or
take.
I’m not boasting about this,
because it’s no big deal. I didn’t erect a cathedral or compose
a symphony – all I did was get
up early most mornings and sit
down in front of a keyboard.
It’s like building a home or
walking a hundred miles; it
doesn’t get done overnight; it
gets done a brick or a step at a
time.
Ah, but what about the hard
part? What about rolling out of
the sack at an hour when most
folks are in deep sleep (and
some are just rolling in from a
night on the town)?
Yeah, there are compromises involved. An early riser
doesn’t get to close the bars or
watch the Late, Late Show.
People who get up at dawn tend
to go to bed earlier than most
which means your social life
takes a bit of a hit. But there’s
nothing on television that you
can’t tape and watch at your
convenience. And having one
or two fewer beers with the
gang won’t do you any harm.
Au contraire.
Best of all, you get to have
some time to yourself to Get
Something Done. Read your
favourite author, complete a
correspondence course, paint a
watercolour, write those letters
you’ve been putting off. Move
your life along so that you’re
not merely putting in time.
Just do it.
There are other rewards,
often unexpected. Some years
after I gave my talk at the private school I got a phone call
from someone whose name I
didn’t recognize. She was a
film producer, working in
Edmonton. She had also been a
member of the student body in
the school where I gave my
talk.
“I just want to tell you,” said
the voice on the phone, “that I
took your advice – about getting up early. It made all the
difference in my career.”
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MPP John O’Toole
Federal Electoral
Boundary Review
Underway
The federal Electoral
Boundaries Commission is
adding
more
ridings
(Electoral Districts) in
Ontario. That means new
borders for a number of ridings, including my Riding of
Durham. There will be 15
new seats for Ontario. You
can view the proposed new
ridings online at www.redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca. This site also provides information on how to
comment on the new boundaries. There will be 27 hearings held across Ontario.
Generally, the changes are
the result of population
growth.
I have looked briefly at
the proposed boundaries. I
have concerns that in the
northern and eastern areas of
Durham Region, the proposed ridings are not well
organized. For example, the
proposed
OshawaBowmanville and Oshawa-
Durham ridings combine the
heavily urbanized area of
Oshawa with Clarington’s
environment of smaller communities and rural areas.
These are communities that
have not traditionally been
associated, since Oshawa
has generally been a single
Riding. Where possible,
Clarington should remain
intact, not divided. This concept should apply across the
board where population
allows.
In my view, the boundaries should attempt to coincide more closely with longstanding municipal borders.
The
fact
is
that
federal/provincial ridings are
the same. However, under
the revised boundaries, the
Municipality of Clarington
would be part of three different ridings. These would
include Kawartha LakesPort
Hope-Cobourg;
Oshawa-Bowmanville; and
Oshawa-Durham.
In the case of the more
northerly proposed Riding of
Haliburton-Uxbridge, the
name Scugog should be
added in order to ensure both
the Townships of Scugog
and Uxbridge are recognized
in the Riding’s name. That
being said, I am of the view
that Scugog and Uxbridge
should stay represented
within the Durham Region
and within the GTA.
Another question that
must be answered has to do
with whether the provincial
and federal ridings would
continue to cover the same
territory. The proposals from
the Electoral Boundaries
Commission would not
impact the next provincial
election. The riding boundary changes include public
consultation. I will be speaking to the Commission on
behalf of Durham Riding. I
look forward to input from
other elected representatives,
along with comments from
citizens in the weeks ahead.
Your feedback on all provincial issues is always welcome. I may be reached at
(905) 697-1501 or 1-800661-2433 and by e-mail at
[email protected].
Please stay in touch.
PCs Committed to Public
Sector Salary Freeze
The Ontario Legislature
was called back two weeks
early to deal with collective
bargaining issues regarding
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teachers and other public
sector contracts. As you will
know from recent coverage
in the media, Opposition
Leader Tim Hudak and the
Ontario PCs are committed
to an across-the-board freeze
in public sector salaries that
will save the Province an
estimated $2 billion each
year. This is the context in
which
the
Official
Opposition is expressing
support for the legislation
introduced by the McGuinty
government to put a temporary freeze on teacher
salaries. This legislation
only goes part way.
The McGuinty government is opting to single out
teachers in the Bill it tabled
when the Ontario Legislature
was recalled. In my view, an
across-the-board freeze in
salaries would be an equitable treatment for all members of the public sector. At
the same time, in a minority
government, MPPs must
work together. That means
both sides.
I want to ensure wage
freeze legislation has teeth
and does not contain loopholes that the government
can use to undermine debt
and deficit reduction in the
future. We also want to
ensure students, their families, and educators can look
forward to a full year of
learning opportunities in the
-
17
classroom.
The message of fiscal
responsibility is clear. The
Province is headed towards a
$30 billion annual deficit
and total debt of $411 billion
unless something is done to
rein in provincial spending.
This remark was made in the
Don Drummond report. The
fiscal crisis is made worse by
the $36 million paid to 98
per cent of eligible managers
and executives in the Ontario
public service. There is the
$190 million paid to settle
the Mississauga Power
Plant. There were millions
wasted at Ornge air ambulance. The list, unfortunately, goes on and on. It is time
for the McGuinty government to adopt an approach
based on the principles of
“freeze, fix, and reduce.”
We need to freeze wages for
the entire public sector, fix
the underlying problems that
fuel the McGuinty government’s structural deficit and
reduce the size and cost of
government. We need to
restore confidence in the
management of the Ontario
economy.
Leading Girls Awards
It was my privilege to
present
Leading
Girls
Building
Communities
Awards in association with
O’TOOLE see page 18
18
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O’TOOLE
Continued from pg 17
the
Durham
Riding
Conservative barbecue on
Wednesday, August 29th..
This provincial certificate
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honours outstanding young
women under the age of 18
who have given of their time
and talents to make our
communities better places in
which to live. The recipients
have also helped our neighbours who are in need at
home and around the world.
Congratulations to all recipients of Leading Girls
awards. They are: Madison
Blenkinsop,
Lauren
Doorenspleet, Julia Gregg,
Anissa Gregorio, Katharina
Keays, Arielle Keene,
Kathryn
Lang,
Jamie
MacDonald,
Rebecca
MacDonald,
Kaylin
Morissette, Courtney Porter,
Lauren Reid, Mikayla
Robertson,
Nellie
Schurman,
Sydney
Schurman, Jessica van der
Veer, Emma Ward, Siobhan
Ward,
and
Mikayla
Witherspoon.
Best wishes to all our
youth as they head back to
their educational pursuits.
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her helpers for the food
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