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Vol. 75 • # 47
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
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Serving Kendal, Kirby, Leskard, Newcastle, Newtonville, Orono and Starkville since 1937
MTO
pulls
leases
While the latest completion date for the 407 extension
to Highway 115 is set around
the year 2020, the Ministry of
Transportation has terminated
leases on the farmland they
purchased for the highway
right-of-way.
Mr. Steve Fracz of the 8th
Concession in Leskard, sent a
letter to Mayor Adrian Foster
on November 19th expressing
his disappointment with the
government’s
wasteful
approach to the property in
the path of the 407 extension.
“This would be a wonderful
opportunity to rent the land
and houses out to make revenue until the highway is created,” Fracz stated in his letter
to the Mayor. If a better
approach is not taken, Fracz
says the valuable land will be
left to perish and thousands of
taxpayers’ dollars will be
wasted. Though Fracz farms
in Leskard he does not have
any land on the 407 route.
Clarington council passed a
resolution at their December
3rd council meeting requesting
the
ministries
of
Transportation, Agriculture
and Rural Affairs, work
together to determine a more
appropriate construction man-
Everyone at Orono Public School shared cake last Thursday as they celebrated their Excellence Canada Blue and Red Leaf
certification in the education category. Pictured from left to right are grade three students: Jaylynn Cox, Jordan Rodd, Emily
Duncan.
agement practice. Council is
looking for an approach that
balances the interests of agriculture with the construction
schedule.
“They don’t have to touch
this land for five years, Fracz
told the Orono Times reporter.
“Why can’t they work with
the farmers in the area for a
few years, farmers are the easiest group of people to work
with,” he stated.
Staff
Planner
Faye
Langmaid agrees with the
sentiment expressed by Fracz.
According to Langmaid the
ministry will begin to do the
field work, the -- archeological and geotechnical studies
on the land next year. “They
are not building the highway
immediately, why do they
have to do the studies all at
once,” Langmaid wondered.
According to Mr. Ajay
Woozageer, Media Liaison
Officer with MTO, much of
the field work including
archaeology, hydrogeology
fisheries, groundwater investigation, locating utilities, surveying and heritage assessments must be completed during the warmer months, which
overlap with farming operations. “For this reason farm
leases have been cancelled to
ensure access to needed lands
407 see page 3
Elementary teachers strike Friday
by: Christopher W. Brown
[email protected]
On Friday December 14th,
elementary schools teachers
across the Kawartha Pine
Ridge District School Board
will be on a one-day strike
against the Ontario Liberal
government's Bill 115.
Kawartha Pine Ridge
District
School
Board
(KPRDSB)
chairwoman
Diane Lloyd stated, "We
understand and sincerely
regret the severity of this disruption for our students and
staff, and urge parents to
make alternate arrangements
for care of their children on
this day."
Local KPRDSB Trustee
Cathy Abraham said parents
will be notified in a variety of
ways, "The plan is to send a
letter home as soon as possible in order to give parents as
much time as we can to make
arrangements for the day.
There will also be a synervoice message going home
and messages posted on our
board website and on all
school websites."
Orono parent Becky
Armstrong says, "While I support the teachers, I do not support how the strike is going to
affect our kids."
Armstrong works parttime and says, "I am not
working Friday, So I'm going
to be able to look after my
children, but I'm not sure what
other parents are going to do
about the situation."
Rachael Heeney another
parent of a student at Orono
Public School says "I completely support the teachers."
She agrees with Armstrong, "I
hope it doesn't hurt the students in the long run."
President
of
the
Elementary
Teachers
Federation of Ontario (EFTO)
Sam Hammond said, "Public
elementary teachers and education professional’s have
been forced into one-day
strikes starting Monday to
protest the loss of their fundamental rights."
Starting Monday morning,
school boards across the
province were giving 72 hour
notice of any strike action.
On Tuesday morning, the
KPRDSB was given its 72
hour notice which puts school
closures and picket lines in
place for Friday morning.
In response to the one-day
strikes
Premier
Dalton
McGunity said in a news conference, "The EFTO has disrupted nine years of labour
peace over a disagreement
about pay. It's regrettable that
students miss any time learning, and it's unfortunate that
families will need to make
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Fatal fun
by: Tracy Tonkinson
By the standard of today’s avalanche of misinformation and
the hoaxes that litter email boxes and internet sites every day, a
prank telephone call from an Australian radio station to the
Edward VII Hospital in London, England last week seemed
pretty old school, even lame.
The young DJ’s involved couldn’t believe their luck when
the bad accents they used on the nurse unusually manning the
hospital switchboard that day, not only persuaded her that it was
the Queen of England calling, but that it got them to the nurse
in charge of Kate Middleton’s case, who gave them some limited information on how the Duchess of Cambridge was doing.
Fast forward three days and disbelief turned to horror when
the switchboard nurse, Jacintha Saldanha was found dead in her
nurses’ quarters, an apparent victim of suicide.
Suddenly all around the world the knives were out for the
pranksters, their radio station and the whole idea that making a
phone call that fools someone into thinking they are talking to
someone they are not is not a smart or acceptable thing to do.
Of course what these two unfortunate DJ’s did is neither
unusual or the first time that the royal family has been unwittingly used in this way. Just before the 1995 Quebec referendum, the Queen herself was pranked by Canadian DJ Pierre
Brassard. Brassard posed as then Prime Minister Jean Chretien
and asked the Queen to record a speech giving support to
Canadian Unity. It took 17 minutes before she realized she was
being pranked.
Until now prank calls have been considered about as serious
as an episode of the Simpsons. Everyone laughs at Bart when
he calls Moe’s tavern asking for Amanda Hugankiss. The
American comedian Tom Mabe who has been dubbed “the
comic with a cause” has a website that describes his brand of
prank calling as providing hilarious clean humour as he messes
with real telemarketers who try to sell him everything from carpet cleaner to coffins. To date as far as he knows no one has
been physically harmed by their treatment at his hands, but how
would he know?
Hoax calls have been the stuff of comedy since Johnny
Carson and Steve Allen were in short pants and while there is
no doubt they can be annoying such hoaxes were considered
pretty harmless until the Saldanha tragedy.
Perhaps as frightening as the affect the prank call had on its
victim was the outpouring of hatred against the DJ’s. Death
threats were so common on their twitter feed that it had to be
closed down. While their actions were with hindsight stupid and
dangerous, there was surely no way they could have predicted
that the poor woman who was their unwitting dupe would have
been so mortified she would have taken her own life. It makes
one wonder whether she would have felt as devastated if the
royal family were not the reason she was involved in the prank
call at all. That question will never be answered. The questions
now being asked are about how far is too far, who is fair game
and who should be left out of the joke.
There will always be a buddy who wants to razz a friend,
there may even be a radio DJ who is willing to risk being fired
to continue this practice, but after the experience of 2Day FM
radio hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who may yet face
criminal charges relating not to causing a death, but taping and
transmitting a private phone call, it seems unlikely that the phalanx of lawyers that advise radio and TV companies will be
allowing their charges to continue the prank call practice for the
foreseeable future at least.
Whatever the legality of hoax calls, the tragic result of the
2day FM radio prank will haunt the family of Jacinta Saldanha
for the rest of their lives and has undoubtedly changed the
career trajectory of the DJ’s that perpetrated it.
The reality is that as tragic as recent events have been, a year
from now there will be little public memory of the toll it took
on the victim of the prank call, her family or the DJ’s involved
in making it. The royal baby will be born and there may be
some newspaper editor or radio show host who delves back into
the archives and brings the tragedy up again for the sake of selling a few extra papers or stirring up a controversy, but the real
discussion about whether prank calling is still an acceptable
way to raise a laugh will likely never come to a satisfactory
conclusion, and lame or dangerous, someone in Australia,
Britain or even Canada will still be making prank calls.
‘The Little Guy’
Lands must not go to waste
To The Editor:
This letter is with regard to
the future of properties in the
path of the eastern extension of
Highway 407 through Durham
and the Municipality of
Clarington.
Since
the
McGuinty government has
chosen to delay completion of
this highway, it will be almost
a decade before construction is
completed
eastward
to
Highway 35/115. (If then.)
In the meantime, the current
farms and land owners live
under the threat of an unwanted expropriation. It is important that the highway corridor
does not become a wasteland
of abandoned buildings and
farmland while we wait for
construction. In my view, the
Province of Ontario must work
with the community and with
local property owners to keep
agricultural land in production
along the future Highway 407
right-of-way. Likewise, homes
and buildings should be salvaged wherever possible.
Ideally, the 407 properties
should be rented until such
time as the highway land is
needed. In my view, former
owners and long-time renters
should have the first right to
continue using the property.
I realize work must be done
in terms of activities such as
soil testing to get ready for
building
Highway
407.
However, I am concerned that,
even if we assume the highway
will be finished by 2020, surplus farmland and properties
along the corridor could still go
to waste. Assuming the possibility of additional delays, we
could be facing 10 or 12 years
of lost opportunities within the
Highway 407 corridor. This
agricultural land feeds people
today. It must not be wasted.
Looking beyond the completion of Highway 407, I
think the planning approach
should be to restore the rural
and agricultural land use that
currently exists. With the eventual completion of Highway
407 east to Hwy. 35/115, there
is the possibility that a swath of
speculation and development
could follow the Highway 407
corridor.
In my view, we need a plan,
supported by the community
and all levels of government,
that will protect the rural environment and productive farmland continuously, including
while Highway 407 is being
built through Durham. In managing the impacts of building
Hwy. 407, the choices are up to
all of us. However, the
province of Ontario is the only
agency with the power and
authority to ensure we keep
Class 1 and 2 Farmland in production.
Over the past several years,
I have tried to work with everchanging Ministry and civil
servants. No one is really looking at the waste of land and
buildings in this process. It
looks like we learned nothing
from the Pickering Airport
Lands. Someone once told me,
“You can see all the Class 1
land in Ontario from the CN
Tower.”
I welcome comments from
your readers on this important
emerging issue in our Durham
Riding.
Yours truly,
John R. O’Toole,
member of provincial
parliament - Durham
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STRIKE
Continued from front
alternate arrangements. While
inconvenient, these one-day
legal strike actions do not
warrant the intervention of the
government. I hope teachers
will do as they've committed
to do, which is to take no
more than one day away from
school."
Bill 115 is known as the
"Putting Kids First Act" sees a
zero per cent salary increase
over the next two years, elimination of the retirement gratuity for payment of unused
sick days, a restructured
short-term sick leave plan that
would include up to 10 sick
days down from 20 days previously.
The issue that seems to be
upsetting the teachers unions
the most in the Putting
Students First Act, requires
school boards and local bargaining units of teachers and
support staff to accept agreements consistent with the government's fiscal and policy
priorities.
In a press release Minister
of Education Laurel Broten
said, "The Putting Students
First Act, is another way our
government is taking strong
action to put students first and
to maintain Ontario’s reputation as a world leader in publicly funded education. We’re
working hard to protect the
extraordinary gains we’ve
made together in education
over the last nine years."
Hammond said, "Bill 115
gives the Ontario Education
minister unprecedented powers to impose collective agreements on school boards and
locals, moving autonomy
from boards and ETFO locals.
The Bill not only puts the
minister above the Ontario
Human Rights code and the
Ontario Labour Relations Act,
but it allows no judicial
appeal in provincial courts."
Last week President of the
Ontario Secondary School
Teachers Federation (OSSTF)
Ken Coran announced there
will be , "A withdrawal of voluntary and extra-curricular
activities by all members
starting the morning of
December 10th." Coran stated, in a press conference,
"Teachers will arrive at
schools 15 minutes before
school is started, and will
depart from their workplaces
at the end of the regular work
day."
On Tuesday morning,
teachers and staff at Clarke
High School could be seen
entering the school prior to
the union's 15 minute rule put
in place on Monday morning.
One teacher said, "I usually
stay afterwards to work with
students and finish work, but
yesterday the first day I left on
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photo by Christopher W. Brown
Orono Public School elementary school teachers will be going on a day-long strike on
Friday December 14th. Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario unions are upset about
the passage of Bill 115 claiming it takes away their collective bargaining rights.
time."
Coran said Bill 115, "Has
caused chaos in our schools,
and the government could
have chosen to prevent these
actions from having to be
taken by our members, but
instead chose to remove the
democratic rights of education
workers and to interfere in the
free collective bargaining
process."
Shane Hartwell, chairper-
son of the Clarke High
School, School Council said
in an interview with Orono
Weekly Times, "Clarke's
School Council and the
Teachers at Clarke, are working together to find out what
can and cannot be done right
now."
Lloyd said in and interview
with the Orono Times, "We
don't see any disruption for
high school students, as a
result of the planned one-day
strike at the Pines Senior
Public School." She spoke
about the proximity to The
Pines, "We expect staff, and
high school students to pass
the elementary school picket
line on Friday without any
problems."
Durham
member
of
provincial parliament, John
O'Toole said "I can under-
407
to Harmony Road in Oshawa,
and a 10 km link to the 401 in
the Ajax/Whitby area completed by late 2015. Phase 2,
the section from Harmony
Road to the East Durham
Link, joining the 407 with
Taunton Road in the Courtice
area will be complete by the
end of 2017. Completion of
Phase 2, from the East
Durham Link to the 115, is
anticipated to be complete by
the end of 2020. This Phase
includes completing the East
Durham Link from Taunton
Road to the 401.
According to Langmaid,
engineering and field investigations could be carried out in
a staged manner much like the
construction schedule.
As having agricultural
lands lay fallow is problematic for adjacent farms
Clarington’s
Agriculture
Advisory Committee has
voiced their concern regarding the cancellation of the
farm leases and its impact on
the community.
Continued from front
in the 2012 and 2014 seasons,” Woozageer told The
Times in an email. Farmland
beyond the highway right-ofway will require the same
investigations, according to
Woozageer.
The latest commitment
from the province is to have
the first phase of the 407
extension, the 22 km section
from Brock Road in Pickering
STRIKE see page 4
~ Happenings ~
Friday, December 14th, 2012, - Orono Bingo, 7:00pm sharp, Orono United Church, come and enjoy
the fun.
Sunday, December 16th 2012 - Gather your Food and Toys the Orono Firefighters will be around
Orono between 11:30a.m - 4p.m. You may also drop food at the fire station during these hours.
Monday, December 24th 2012 - Christmas Eve
Tuesday, December 25th 2012 - Christmas Day
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STRIKE
Continued from page 3
and they should have a right
to protest. What I have a problem with is the unions using
the kids are pawns. "
O'Toole states that, "The
union bosses are saying
they've lost their democratic
right, but in reality they
haven't lost it. Like police,
who cannot strike, teachers
need to find other ways to
show their frustration."
"It truly boils down to the
question of whether teaching
is an essential service or not."
Back in August when Bill
115 was being voted on
O'Toole voted for the bill, he
said that the liberals were
going to make the issue a confidence vote, "The Progressive Conservatives didn't
want to cause an election over
this issue. We had already
been to the polls and didn't
want to go back. We also
believed in an across the
Wednesday, December 12 , 2012
board wage freeze and Bill
115 was best thing to do."
O'Toole stated, that it was
unusual for the government to
negotiate with the teachers
unions, "Usually it's left up to
the school boards."
Lloyd said that KPR and
other school boards had an
agreement, "We had come to a
peaceful conclusion between
the school board and the
teachers unions, but when it
was presented to the Ministry
of Education, they had rejected it." She added, "If our
agreement was passed, some
of the provisions within Bill
115 would have been the same
and some wouldn't have
been." When questioned,
Lloyd could not say what
parts of Bill 115 were part of
the original Board agreement.
Coran stated, "We hope
that students and parents recognize that this fight is not
with them, but with the
Ontario Liberal Government.
We encourage them to contact
their local members of parliaments to express their concerns about Bill 115 and
demand that it be repealed so
that the chaos in education is
ended. "
Teachers unions have been
without a contract since
August 31st of this year.
Leafs win
By: Keith and Bill Qualtrough
After 2 big losses to
Manvers
and
Newcastle,
the
Leafs were determined to change
the outcome. On
Dec 5 the Leafs
faced Manvers
and this time managed a very well
earned tie. There was
no scoring in the first or sec-
Newcastle
NEWCASTLE YOUTH
LEAGUE
Results for Nov. 24th
BOWLER
Cassidy
Dawsib
Deven
Ayden
Jacob
Timothy
Zachary
Prentice
Jordan
Taylor J
Game
One
Game
Two
88
69
88
72
137
93
160
125
165
154
92
104
92
77
145
112
99
154
153
227
LADIES’ LEAGUE
Results for Dec 3rd
Top Scores 150+
BOWLER
Game
One
Anne Arsenault 174
Del Lancaster-Forget 156
Janet Brandt
Lynda Willsher
Marilyn Major
158
Mary Pierik
Shirley Moffatt
176
Sue Carter
Val Witheridge
Game
Two
Game
Three
163
177
207 171
187
161
178
160
ond periods. Gibson Hegan
played spectacular in net, not
letting anything past him until
the third period. Orono
came right back and
scored the equalizer with a hard
earned goal by
Nathan Dennis.
The Leafs will
play
Newcastle
Saturday Dec 15,
and hopefully the outcome will be similar.
BOWLING
MIXED LEAGUE
SENIORS
Thursdays 7 - 9 pm
Bowling
GIRLS NIGHT
Top Scores 150 +
Results for Dec 4th
Results for Dec 5th
Results for Dec. 6th
BOWLER
Bob Lewis
Karen Wright
Jack Vanderstarre
Joe Mendonca
Kathryn Brown
Greg Forget
Jack Watson
Bob Kilgar
Brenda de Laat
Cheryl Mendonca
Mary-Lou Trolley
Randy Flynn
Adrian de Laat
Fae Forget
Ken Crichton
Game Game Game
One Two Three
170
161
176
210
158
173
161
220
250
184 162
174
181
172
212 163
251 174
164
157 173
256
152
248
154
203 201
181
163
Top Scores 150+
BOWLER
Alec Martin
Arlene Watson
Jack Watson
Marg Wade
Mary Pierik
Maureen Powell
Rita Roberts
Roy Hopkins
Russell Powell
Tony Ton
Top Scores 150+
GAME
ONE
GAME
TWO
153
180
177
171
159
249
203
200
156
154
174
157
BOWLER
Debbie Towns
Gina Fallagher
Janis Carvalho
Linda Samuels
Sandra Martin
GAME
ONE
GAME
TWO
155
165
187
185
165 184
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Looking Back...
Gleaned from past editions of the
Orono Weekly Times
25 Years Ago...
The Orono United Church
held an old fashioned
Christmas on Sunday evening
in the basement of the church
which was well attended. The
program was provided by the
younger set from the church
organizations and included
poems, vocal and piano along
solos along with an Air Band,
a play and carol singing. All
enjoyed the evenings program
with refreshments being
served.
50 Years Ago….
Santa Claus comes to the
village this Saturday afternoon to greet and meet with
the children of this district.
He is to arrive in Orono at
2:00 p.m. and will tour the
Village on the Orono Fire
Engine with siren blasting.
Following a trip around town
he will meet with the children
at the Orono Municipal
Building. A small gift will be
presented to each child when
he is presented to Santa. The
following week, Wednesday
through to Saturday, Santa
will return to Orono and will
set-up Santa’s shop in the
office at the north of H.
Partner’s home in the business section. His hours will
be from 7:00 until 9:00 during
the evenings and from 2:00 to
5:00 Saturday afternoon. The
event is being sponsored by
the Orono Chamber of
Commerce and every child in
the district is welcome to visit
Santa in Orono.
75 Years Ago…
Orono Fire Brigade had
their second call in the space
Blaine Moffat, Orono Postmaster does the honours for the Orono Crown Lands Trust (OCLT)
raffle draw at Orono Cafe, with Blaine are OCLT directors Paul Jones and Keith Tregunna.
The raffle winners were: 1st prize Rob Gibson of Orono, 2nd prize: Nancy George of
Cannington, and 3rd prize: John Porco of Myrtle Station.
of three weeks when the
alarm
was
sounded
Wednesday afternoon around
1:30 PM.
The firemen
appeared in no time and were
soon tearing down to the
south end of the village to the
fire, being a garage on Chick
Richards’ property.
The
building was a total wreck. A
car belonging to Mr.
Armstrong, who lives in half
of Richards’ house, was in the
garage at the time but he managed to get it safely out of the
garage before any damage
resulted. The fire is supposed
to have been started by chil-
dren playing with matches.
We believe that Orono has the
fastest fire brigade around
these parts as it was no longer
than two minutes after the bell
rang that the engine was at the
scene and the firemen ready
for action.
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Basic Black
by Arthur Black
Make mine a double double
There are many things in this
world beyond my feeble ken –
nuclear physics, Microsoft
Word, women – but a daily and
ongoing bafflement is the corner coffee shop. How does that
work exactly?
By which I mean: how do
those enterprises stay in business?
From an outsider's perspective, it's economic hara kiri.
You have proprietors paying a
hefty rent to occupy a trendy,
expensively refurbished space
to sell heated beverages to, well,
basically, a roomful of freeloaders.
Granted, the cafe owners get
a nice return on the four or five
bucks they charge for a mug of
hot water and .000003 cents
worth of ground beans, but
still...
Think of the customer
turnover compared to, say, a
hamburger joint. At the Burger
King the customers are sliding
through like Jeep chassis' on a
Chrysler assembly line. And at
the coffee shop? Well, the lady
at the first table – the one
hunched over her iPad next to
the chai latte that's so old its
sprouting lily pads -- is working
on chapter twenty of her doctoral thesis on the influence of
Rumi on neo-Renaissance
architecture. At table two, a
homeless guy wearing Bose
headphones is puzzling over the
New York Times crossword.
The rest of the clientele is reading, writing, snoozing, gazing
into space or murmuring sweet
nothings into adjacent earholes.
Hardly any of them are buying and nobody's moving. I'm
no economist, but that does not
sound like an outstanding model
of mercantile viability.
And speaking of unsound
business practices, who's the
marketing genius who came up
with the idea of offering free
Internet access in coffee shops?
Brilliant! Now every geek with
a laptop who's still living with
his parents has a free downtown
office (with a heated bathroom
and complimentary serviettes)
where he can go and play Grand
Theft Auto until his fingers
bleed.
It makes no sense. And yet
there is an intersection in downtown Vancouver that features a
Starbucks on the northeast corner; a Starbucks on the southwest corner – and two independent coffee shops on the other
two corners! They all appear to
be crowded and they've been in
business for years.
So what do I know?
Well, I know that some coffee shops seem to be feeling the
pinch on their bottom line.
They're taking down the Free
Internet signs and taping up the
electrical outlets in an effort to
uproot the laptop squatters.
There's a cafe in Chicago that's
even resorted to flat-out bribery.
If a squatter voluntarily gives up
a seat when the place is crowded, management will buy that
squatter a drink on the house.
Which, presumably, said
squatter will sip while standing
outside on the sidewalk, looking
in.
Not every customer who
goes to a coffee shop is a space
hog of course. A lot of customers line up and get their
orders to take out – which again
would make sound, efficient
business sense if the customers
were ordering a double cheeseburger with a side of fries to go.
They are not. They are
ordering concoctions such as a
half-skinny,
half-chai,iced
Frapuccino with whipped cream
and a spritz of hazel nut syrup
with an organically grown cinnamon stick on the side. Or
possibly a demitasse of
Ethiopian high mountain dark
roast pour-over with a decaf
espresso shot and a lemon slice.
It's ironic. Coffee shops
have been around since
Shakespeare's time. They are
the social equivalents of watering holes on the Serengeti -great places to meet with
friends, catch up on the latest
gossip.
The only problem – it's getting harder and harder to find
anyone who's nose isn't buried
in an Ipad or – radical thought –
to Just Get a Cup of Coffee.
Of course there's always the
Canadian solution.
No upholstered chairs, no
baristas at the bar, no Po-Mo
computer graphics on the wall.
Just fluorescent lights, formica
tables...and a queue that moves
like Jeep chassis' on a Chrysler
assembly line.
Timmy Ho's. Make mine a
double-double.
To go.
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1937 - 2012 • Celebrating 75 Years
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Orono Weekly Times
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5 p.m. Monday
DEATH NOTICE
DEATH NOTICE
COMING EVENTS
SERVICES
ESTATE AUCTION
Stapleton Auctions
Newtonville
Friday December 14th, 5:00p.m
KENNETH JAMES STAPLETON
Aug 22, 1944-Dec. 5, 2012 Ken
left this world at approximately 6
a.m.
Wednesday
morning,
December 5, 2012 to meet our
Lord after a 6 month battle with
disease. The struggle led him
directly into the hands of the Lord.
He will be missed by Anna Marie, his wife of 34
years, mother Meda Stapleton of Port Hope, father
late Hugh, daughters Kimberly (Paul) and Cheryl,
grandchildren Jordan and Justine and great granddaughter Camille, brothers Robert (Barbara), Frank
(Betty), sisters Lynda (Elida) and Carol (Bill),
Marie Jalsevac (mother-in-law), Stephen and
Bonnie, John and Joanne (brothers and sisters-inlaw), Annette (sister-in-law) and of course all his
nephews and nieces, all of whom he had a special
connection to. Ken also had a lot of friends everywhere he went, whether they be from a social or
business connection to the funeral business and I
know, they will miss him too. Born in Oshawa, Ken
was raised in Newtonville, ventured out to Toronto
at an early age and dedicated himself for a span of
more than 50 years with Hallowell Funeral Home
and Trull's Funeral Home now SCI CANADA.
Visitation was held at the Giffen-Mack Funeral
Home and Cremation Centre, 2570 Danforth Ave.
(at Main Subway) on Friday, December 7. The
funeral services was held at St. Dunstan's Roman
Catholic Church, . Special thanks to Bonnie, Fr.
Michael and Fr. Jeffrey and the Sisters of Life.
Donations can be made to Campaign Life Coalition,
104 Bond St., Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5B
1X9. Condolences may be sent to giffenmackdan-
St. Saviour’s Church
Fundraiser
Frozen Meat Pies
Chicken, Beef,
Tourtiere
Lge $10; Sm 3 for $10
Order: 905-983-6091
or 905-983-9642
Open for sale every
Saturday 9 - noon
23 Mill Street, Orono
Alterations & general
sewing done in my
home five days a week.
905-983-9761.
Selling the interesting contents from a local home,
including an unusual combination server Dining
Table; 8 pc. Tile Top Dinette; Sectional Chesterfield;
Antique Settee; Occasional Chairs; Numerous
Antiques and Collectibles; Complete Set Mapex
Drums; Casio Keyboard; Washburn Electric Guitar
and Amp; Sports Memorabilia; chests; Trunks;
Crocks; L/E Prints; Books; Coin/Paper Bill
Collection; Sears Band Saw; Sears Radial Arm Saw;
MF 8hp Snowblower; Wheelbarrow; Mowers; Golf
Equipment etc. etc.
Check the website, Preview after 2:00 p.m.
Terms Cash, Approved Cheques, M/C, visa, Interac
10% Buyers Premium Applies
Auctioneers
Frank & Steve Stapleton,
905.786.2244
www.stapletonauctions.com
‘celebrating 42 years in the auction industry’
CHURCH DIRECTORY
Orono United Church
with Reverend Ceri Rees
111 Church Street N., Orono
905-485-5502 [email protected]
Sunday December 16th
Third Sunday in Advent
Sunday School pageant
& White Gift Service
10:30 a.m. service
Sunday School Program
Everyone welcome Wheelchair accessible
Anglican Churches
The Rev. Canon Tim Foley
St. Saviour's
Orono
St. George's
Newcastle
23 Mill Street 905-885-0730
9:30 a.m.- Holy
Communion
Sunday School Youth Group
Coffee and Fellowship
to follow.
www.stsavioursorono.ca
250 Mill St. S. •
905-885-0730
8 a.m. - Communion
11:00 a.m. - Worship , Sunday
School • Holy Communion 1st
& 3rd Sunday • Morning Prayer
2nd & 4th Sunday
Coffee and Fellowship
to follow.
Now available:
Crisp and Juicy Russet,
McIntosh, Empire and
Mutsu, Red
and Golden
Delicious,
spy and
Royal Gala.
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FRUIT
MARKET
905-983-5628
Also available: Ontario Honey, Maple Syrup,
Apple Butter, Jams, Potato, Carrots, Beet,
Cabbage and Winter Squash
Hwy. # 115 South of Orono
IN MEMORIAM
HELP WANTED
In Memory of
Doug Gordon
Feb 10th 1961 - Nov 18th
2002
It’s been ten long years
since we saw your smile
or heard the sound of your
laughter.
But the hardest part of all
is the empty chair.
When the rest of us are all
there
Merry Christmas Doug
We Love You
Mom and Dad and all the
family.
Office Administrator
needed for the Orono
Agricultural Society
Part-time paid/part-time
volunteer position. The
successful applicant will
be a highly organized,
flexible/adaptable, multitasking individual with
excellent communication
and customer service skills
and the ability to maintain
a home office. Possess
advanced computer skills
including Microsoft Office
– Word, Excel, Access,
Publisher. Please submit a
detailed application outlining current experience,
background and education
to:
[email protected]
by December 14, 2012.
Only candidates selected
for an interview will be
contacted.
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Fred Andrews
Independant
Distributor
905-435-5407 or
Recycle,
Reduce, Reuse
[email protected]
Pro Painting
“No Job Too Small”
905-983-5761
• General Repairs
• Reasonable Rates
• Reliable Service
- Senior Rates -
Clifford Francis
Christmas Trees
for Sale
Balsalm & Fraser Fir
The Egg Shack
905-786-3447
Open Sunday in Dec.
until Christmas.
Mon-Fri. 9am - 5pm
Sat. - 9am - 4pm
Sunday - 10am -4pm
Orono Bingo
Friday, Dec. 14th
at 7 p.m.
Orono United Church
Regular games, jackpot,
and share the wealth.
Come enjoy some fun!
Orono Firefighter
Food and Toy Drive
Sunday Dec. 16th 2012
11:30 4:00
you may also drop food
at the fire station
Wood Heat Solutions
2012 Winter rebate
Sale a $350.00 rebate
on the ECL 1400.
Limited Quanties, or
Trade out discounts up
to $1,500 on the purchase of an E-classic.
Your Central
Boiler Dealer:
Frankford
613-398-1611
Bancroft
613-332-1613
Discover
REFLEXOLOGY’s
healing and relaxing
benefits with Erin
Parker CR at Terrens
Customner Appreciation
Day Dec. 19th or call
905-983-9378 or
1-705-313-2995
to book.
Discover
REFLEXOLOGY’s
with purchase of 1 hour
reflexology or gift card,
your name will be
entered in a draw for a
free session Value
$60.00 E. Parker
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1937 - 2012 • Celebrating 75 Years
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
ORONO
WEEKLY
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