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Syd M.L. (aka Autumn) assisted with zookeeper duties Monday morning at Jungle Cat World’s March Break Safari Camp by giving Geronimo his breakfast. Syd, along with the other campers, get an up-close experience with the animals and what it takes to be a zookeeper. There are a few spots open at Jungle Cat World’s March Break Safari Camp this Thursday and Friday. For information and to register visit zoocamp.com.
On March 8 the Orono Town Hall Board sponsored an International Women’s Day event. This year as a community we celebrated local Women in Agriculture. The number of incredible women who make farms work in our community is infinite. This year’s event honoured 10 of those women.
Recently the Orono Weekly Times featured the newly assembled team of Outreach Workers employed by the Region of Durham. This team is assigned to bridge the gap between the homeless or unhoused population and their access to the health and wellness services that are available in the community.
With spring weather arriving early this year, unsafe ice conditions and slippery stream banks already exist. Mild air temperatures and high flows from spring rains will continue to weaken any remaining ice cover. These hazardous conditions can cause life-threatening injury if a person falls into the extremely cold water.
Fraudsters are persistent, persuasive and sometimes aggressive. However, their solicitation methods have changed and expanded over the years. Twenty years ago, the general population had landlines and the internet was not as widely available as it is today. Unsolicited visitors to your front door were much more common in the past. Fast forward to 2024, and fraudsters can now reach you through text message, internet, phones, email, and social media platforms.
The rain on Sunday stopped long enough for The Knights of Columbus, St. Francis of Assisi parish to present the board members of Marigold Hospice Care a donation of $1000. Present were Knights: Peter Speziale, Kevin Wilson, John Bouwmeester, Fr. John Rathinaswamy, Joachim Baur, Fred Horvath, Deacon Doug Penn, Lou Speziale and Al Gabriel. Marigold Hospice Care Board members present were: Leo Blindenbach, Jackie Nixon, Yvonne BonsKryzanowski and Willie Woo.
We all have memories we value and keep of our childhood or of celebratory events and milestones, or of a special person in our lives. Some are kept in our heads, some in boxes, on a shelf somewhere, or hung in a closet.
Community Care Durham is pleased that so many elected representatives have volunteered to help deliver Meals on Wheels for the organization during Community Champions Week, March 18 to 22.
The heavy bombers of the RAF and the RCAF had a glaring weakness, when attacked from below by enemy fighters. Air gunners in the forward, top and rear turrets could attempt to ward off direct attacks. To exploit this vulnerability, the Germans developed a night fighter aircraft that could direct upward fire from below, to which many an allied bomber fell prey. Subsequent to the Normandy invasions, allied fighter bases, initially in France, followed then by other European locations, enabled fighter escorted bombing raids that would remedy this imbalance.
Last weekend the acting troupe, ‘Drama in the Creek’, performed the play ‘Renovations for Six’, to an appreciative capacity audience.