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December 12, 2018
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Firefighters’ drive for food bankBy Margaret ZwartOrono firefighters collected more than food and toys on Sunday. “We got a lot of appreciation,” Captain Mike McKelvie told the Orono Times reporter on Monday.
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Flowers and photographs at Society’s AGMOrono Horticultural Society’s annual Potluck Supper and Annual General Meeting took place on November 22. In the spirit of the Season, a collection was taken up for Maddie Blenkinsop to help offset costs due to an unexpected side effect from her double lung transplant earlier this year. Rosewood Country provided the entertainment.
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Editorial...
Correctness, Shmectness
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Today, there are 13 more sleeps until Christmas Day. This year Christmas started early for me, mid November to be exact. And its been wonderful, that is until “political correctness” caused a boycott against a 77-year-old Christmas song and – dare I say, a 54-year-old stop motion animated classic.
First the song, Baby, It’s Cold Outside, a holiday standard written in 1944. It was a different time, lighten up. Like you, I have heard this song many times, catchy tune, easy to sing. Like poetry, song lyrics can be interpreted in many ways. |
Honestly, priorities people. In 2011, “50 Shades of Gray” sold 125 million copies. In 2018, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is offensive. We do have free will after all. If you don’t like it, turn it off. I do fear for Mick and the boys, twenty years from now…
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Coming Events...Dec 12th - Orono Christmas tree lighting, 7 p.m. at the Orono Library Gazebo, 127 Church St. Hot chocolate, cookies & caroling - bring an ornament for the tree.
Dec 16th - St. Saviour’s Church celebrates Christmas with the Gospel Plus Singers, 9:30 a.m., 23 Mill St., Orono. Dec 16th - Council Meeting, 7:00 p.m., 40 Temperance St., Bowmanville, ON. Dec 25th - Community Christmas Dinner at St. Saviour’s Church, Orono. 12 noon - all welcome. Photos...See the photos published in this weeks edition by visiting our "Photo Gallery". High quality colour prints of our photos can now be purchased. Email us for more information.
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Looking Back...Do you want to know what was happening in Orono 25 years, 50 years or 75 years ago?
Read Looking Back in this week's issue. Missed Me
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