Township of North Kawartha
June 2006
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Corporation of the Township of NORTH KAWARTHA Parks and Recreation Department |
Box 550, 135 Burleigh Street
Apsley, Ontario K0L 1A0 (705) 656-4922 Fax: (705) 656-4446 email: g.geraldi@northkawartha.on.ca |
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Activities
Galore!
2006 RED CROSS SWIM PROGRAM Chandos Beach July 3 to July 21 ( Afternoon Session ) Reg. at location July 3 from 11:30am - 1:00pm. July 24 to August 11 ( Morning & Afternoon Sessions ) Reg. at location July 24 from 9:00 to 10:30am. Quarry Bay Beach July 3 to July 21 ( Morning Session ) Reg. at location July 3 from 9:00 to 10:30am. Fee Schedule: Red Cross Program $ 40.00 one child / $ 70.00 two children* / $ 95.00 three or more children* * children must be of immediate family LifeSaving Society Bronze Medallion / Bronze Cross fee $ 110.00 per participant Register at the above dates and locations or in advance at the Municipal Office located in Apsley. Forms are available on our website at www.northkawartha.on.ca ** Note ** The first day of each 3 week session will be reserved for registration and scheduling. There will be no swim lessons on this day. If you have registered in advance you will receive a phone call on this day notifying you of your lesson time. There will be no swim lessons on August 7th (Civic Holiday). The second session will run from July 24th to August 11th at Chandos Beach only. For more details call (705) 656-4922 or visit www.northkawartha.on.ca. If you have any questions about any Programs you can contact Gary Geraldi at 656-4922 Wilson Park Community Centre Weekly Events: Monday: Line Dancing 7:00 PM Tuesday: Cards 7:30 PM Thursday: Adult Social 12:30 - 4:00 PM Wilson Park Community Centre Special Events
Ella and Sanford Trotter 
Congratulations to Ella & Sanford Trotter
who celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary on May 5th, 2006.
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Apsley Community Centre
Weekly Events: Monday: Walking Group 10:00 AM Tuesday: A.B.C. Seniors Club 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Wednesday: Walking Group 10:00 AM Line Dancing 12:30 - 3:00 PM Lions Bingo 7:00 PM Thursday: Lions Meetings 9:30 AM (2nd & 3rd Thursday of the Month) Friday: Walking Group 10:00 AM Early Years Centre 10:30 AM 1st and 3rd Friday Apsley C.C. Special Events:
Glen Alda Community Centre Weekly Events: Wednesday: Glen Alda Seniors Wed 10:00AM - 4:00 PM 2nd & 4th Wednesday of the Month Friday: Sewing Club 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (except July+August) Bridge 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM Glen-Alda Community Centre Special Events June 24th & 25th Boat Wise Course Come on out and get your power boat operator's license. It's the law and you might actually learn something. Safety First ... and don't forget the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. previous
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On the Watch by June Hitchcox 
RUBY –THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS Our tiny (slightly more than 3”; quarter of an ounce or 7 grams), pugnacious Ruby-throated Hummingbirds arrive early in May and are able to survive by catching small insects and by sticking their extendible, brush-tipped tongue - 13 times a second - into Sapsucker holes to lap up the tree sap. Feeders are a great help to them, particularly at this time. Clean the feeder frequently with hot water and a brush then rinse thoroughly. In a pot, to a quarter cup white sugar add 1 cup water, boil, cool and fill the feeder. Do not use red food colouring – it has been proven that it deforms the young. Flowers that attract them have nectar at about the same concentration as this sucrose mix. Hang the feeder near shrubbery, out of the sun and wind. Hummers have such high energy demands that they must consume twice their weight daily in nectar. When flying, their hearts beat 1,200 times a minute and their wings up to 4,500; they fly at 60 miles per hour. Due to the shape of their wings, they are able to hover and even fly backwards. About now, males will be displaying to females in a grand pendulum arc, diving down toward where she is perched, sweeping past her and climbing 2-3 meters in the air - then back. Once they have mated, she is on her own. She will lay 2, white, pea-sized eggs in the 2” diameter nest that she has built along a woodland margin, woven of cobwebs and plant down – it stretches as the babies grow - lashed to a branch by spider silk with lichens on the outside for camouflage. We had a nest off the end of our cottage deck. In about 12 days, the eggs had hatched and soon we saw 2 “needle” bills in the air begging for the nectar and insects that the mother regurgitated into their open mouths. On the August long weekend, the babies left the nest but were often at the feeder with their mom. |
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