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04-28-2008, 12:56 PM
PUBLICATION: The Ottawa Sun
DATE: 2008.03.27
EDITION: Final
SECTION: Sports
PAGE: 66
BYLINE: JEFF MORRISON
COLUMN: Outdoors
WORD COUNT: 379
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Dinner's for the birds! Ducks Unlimited fetes 70th
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Ducks Unlimited celebrates its 70th anniversary in Canada at its annual fundraising dinner for conservation tomorrow night.
The dinner generates crucial funding through live and silent auctions and raffles. The money is used to support Eastern Ontario initiatives, such as Marlborough Forest wetland rehabilitation, the Atocas Bay Wetland restoration project, the introduction of greenwing programs to classrooms and the Wetlands for Tomorrow campaign.
The tradition of gathering prominent members of the business community to support conservation of Canada's wetlands continues. This year, DU honours its many local partners in conservation, with Frank Papineau serving as master of ceremonies.
DU Canada has worked to preserve wetland habitat for wildlife and their human neighbours since 1937.
For more information about the Ducks Unlimited fundraising dinner and auction, contact Michael McCaugherty at 613-276-3851 or ducottawa@yahoo.ca.
TACKLE ANTIQUES SHOW
Antique fishing tackle has become a passion of many collectors, and now even Canadian lures are fetching thousands of dollars. This weekend, vintage tackle man Patrick Daradick will be at the Spring Ottawa Antiques Sale. Daradick, a 20-year veteran of the antique lure business, is offering free identification and appraisals from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. You can also check out Daradick's collection of Ontario-made tackle, considered one of the best in the world. In addition to lures, a virtual cornucopia of antique paraphernalia, such as old fishing creels, catalogues and memorabilia, will be on display. Ottawa's largest antiques sale will feature scores of professional dealers. The show runs tomorrow 5-9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Carleton University Fieldhouse. For more information, call Catherine Knoll at 613-521-1970.
OH DEER, DON'T FEED 'EM
Even though heavy snowfall was a problem this winter for the deer population, Pembroke MNR say there will be no emergency feeding program. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources maintains that we should not feed deer, but rather continue to create trails for them. Under extreme conditions, emergency deer feeding has been implemented in specific locations, and the public has been asked for assistance. Such was the case back in 1996, but ministry officials feel those conditions do not currently exist in Renfrew County. Two publications about deer in winter are available on the MNR website at www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/pubs/deer1.pdf (http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/pubs/deer1.pdf).
DATE: 2008.03.27
EDITION: Final
SECTION: Sports
PAGE: 66
BYLINE: JEFF MORRISON
COLUMN: Outdoors
WORD COUNT: 379
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Dinner's for the birds! Ducks Unlimited fetes 70th
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Ducks Unlimited celebrates its 70th anniversary in Canada at its annual fundraising dinner for conservation tomorrow night.
The dinner generates crucial funding through live and silent auctions and raffles. The money is used to support Eastern Ontario initiatives, such as Marlborough Forest wetland rehabilitation, the Atocas Bay Wetland restoration project, the introduction of greenwing programs to classrooms and the Wetlands for Tomorrow campaign.
The tradition of gathering prominent members of the business community to support conservation of Canada's wetlands continues. This year, DU honours its many local partners in conservation, with Frank Papineau serving as master of ceremonies.
DU Canada has worked to preserve wetland habitat for wildlife and their human neighbours since 1937.
For more information about the Ducks Unlimited fundraising dinner and auction, contact Michael McCaugherty at 613-276-3851 or ducottawa@yahoo.ca.
TACKLE ANTIQUES SHOW
Antique fishing tackle has become a passion of many collectors, and now even Canadian lures are fetching thousands of dollars. This weekend, vintage tackle man Patrick Daradick will be at the Spring Ottawa Antiques Sale. Daradick, a 20-year veteran of the antique lure business, is offering free identification and appraisals from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. You can also check out Daradick's collection of Ontario-made tackle, considered one of the best in the world. In addition to lures, a virtual cornucopia of antique paraphernalia, such as old fishing creels, catalogues and memorabilia, will be on display. Ottawa's largest antiques sale will feature scores of professional dealers. The show runs tomorrow 5-9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Carleton University Fieldhouse. For more information, call Catherine Knoll at 613-521-1970.
OH DEER, DON'T FEED 'EM
Even though heavy snowfall was a problem this winter for the deer population, Pembroke MNR say there will be no emergency feeding program. The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources maintains that we should not feed deer, but rather continue to create trails for them. Under extreme conditions, emergency deer feeding has been implemented in specific locations, and the public has been asked for assistance. Such was the case back in 1996, but ministry officials feel those conditions do not currently exist in Renfrew County. Two publications about deer in winter are available on the MNR website at www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/pubs/deer1.pdf (http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/pubs/deer1.pdf).