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4 Volume 106 - Port Perry, Ontario, Wednesday, January : 26, 1972 ~ No. 14 Dr. Dymond: It is imperative that the mayors and reeves of local Coburg, . and Mrs, air oes to have a maximum of 15. } Is much foo ist on har drduing oF "Mfty'in'tie wea" : I ors: Helen Jowell iy one of twe teachers st the Port Perry Reeve ot ptiniic of regional goverment concensus Port. Perry Reeve. Robert Kenny is not optimistic that the elected heads of 'local mayors..and reeves i municipalities will be able to come to complete agreement over any form of regional 'government in this area. Commenting. on: the meeting 'last- week between involve Whitby and' Oshawa: " Municipal "Affairs Minister + Dalton Bales and four area' + MPPs, Mr. Kenny said there are just 'too many con- flicts". - between local municipalities to come to an overall agreement. (The four MPPs had Board calls 'public meeting in Blackstock A Public Meeting has been called for Mon. -Jan. 31; by: the Norhtamberland - Dur- ham County Bd. of Educa- "tion. The meeting will be : held at 8:00 p.m. in.the Re- creation Centre, Blackstock: Cartwright High School principal Gord Paisley who received news of the meeting on Friday, said that he received. 'no definite in- formation' as to what will happen at-the meeting, 'but ~< "it naturally will pertain to Cartwright High School." Mr. Paisley went on to call it -an 'exploratory meeting." There has been speculation that the meeting will deal with the future of the high school in Blackstock. Mr. Paisley said he does snot know at this time who will be in attendance from the Board of Education in but Cartwright representative Art Rowan _will be at the meeting. For Week Ending Jan. 20 Admissions .... .-.36 - Births: ............. 2 Deaths ............. .. Nil Emergencies ........ 88 Operations ........ 23 Discharges ..... 36 Remaining ............. 41 "suggested to | that agreement <M wee great importance tor government in this are Mr. Kenny said the main area of conflict between the local municipalities would He said there are municipalities 'north of "the ridges who do not want to be a part of an Oshawa-centred region. There are some who feel: Bowmanville "and Darlington Township should - be included in the region and some who feel they should not.. Mr. Kenny said the same is true with Pickering Township: with some thinking it should join Metro Toronto and others thinking it "should become a part of any new eastern region. Mr. Kenny, who favours the concept of an Oshawa- centred 'region, said one 'large area of conflict is how much politica power and of For: _ be fair to the rest of the Ee example, 'would representation by population region when Oshawa has a population of about 190,000? Mr. Kenny believes the fairest method would-be on an arbitrary basis, whereby representation from each municipality would be made (continued on page 6) Winter Camival February 10-13 Preparations for the first Winter Carnival is now in "high gear", ; February 10 to 13 and the' organizations taking part in . the arrangements are work. ing hard to make this first attempt a success. program should be ready and it will be printed in the Star in the February 2nd issue, Ratepayers object to possible land sale "The proposed sale of a land parcel in Reach Township to a company. which would use the area for the dumping of industrial waste is causing concern ' among some ratepayers in,the Township. "Reach Planning Board has held one meeting 'on the proposed sale, and is holding another = meeting this Thursday evening, January 27. It is thought the Planning Board will reach a.decision whether to allow the sale of the land or not.. Ratepayers who = have expressed concern over the possibility. of the industrial dumping area, say there i isa chance industrial 'waste (especially chemical) could seep into underground water courses in the area, An unsubstantiated report indicates that the company wishing to purchase the land has had tests made and sees no danger from seepage, The ratepayers contend that there is nothing to "hold" seepage, since the | area is sand and gravel. If Planning Board does approve the sale, the decision. must then have approval Council. The site of the land is on the 1st Concession, about one mile west of Highway 12. Correction | In the January 19th issue * of the STAR, it was, erroneously stated that Grant and Neil McLaughlin attend high school in Port Perry. The boys are students at Cartwright High School in Blackstock. The STAR regrets this error and any embarassment caused by it. should... The dates are ° from Reach communities reach some sort of accord in the near future with regards to a -proposed 'Oshawa-centred system of regional govern ~ ment. ; This is the proposal that Dr, Matthew Dymond MPP (Ontario) and three other local MPPs took to a meeting last; week with Municipal Minister = Dalton Bales concerning regional government. Dr. Dymond went on to say that the mayors and reeves - Patterson study: (on regional government) and make Mr. 'Bales aware of where there is .agreement and disagreament among themselves. Following the meeting .reconsider....the, & recommendations of the that would take in all of Ontario County, and include Darlington and Cartwright Townships and Bowmanville as well, He also believes that Pickering Township should be a part of the eastern region, --and- not part of Metropolitan Toronto. "There should be no more delay," said Dr. Dymond. "Regional government needs a starting point, But there must be local in- volvement on the part of the elected municipal heads." Citing his reasons for . 'Agreement essential to regional government supporting an Oshawa- centred region, Dr. Dymond feels that at priesent Queen's Park holds too much municipal authority, and this authority should be returned to the municipal govern- ments. He said he would like to see Queen's Park involved only with the allocation of grant money; and with the planning of 'master plans' for the overall regional concepts. But this planning must be done in close co- operation with the ; (continued on page 5) A spokesman for. the Oshawa-Ontario County District Health Unit: says "With Mr Bales; Dr: Dymond" "there have been "about a said the minister made 'no commitment' with regards to regional - government, other than expressing in- terest in the idea that the mayors and reeves must consolidate their agreements. and disagreements. Dr. Dymond is in favour of an (Oshawa-centred-regioni dozen cases" of pediculosis .Head Lice) reported recent- -.1ly among school children in 'the Port Perry area. In making the statement, Miss Elizabeth Schaefer, Director of Nurses forthe Health Unit stressed that these cases do not in any way constitute an epidemic. Miss Schaefer said that Health Unit stresses } - pediculosis treatment - "each winter "thefe are isolated cases of pediculosis reported to the Health Unit from all over the County. She said that there is an increase in 'the: number of cases reported, and that this was true for most areas in On- tario. To help prevent pediculosis, the Health Unit recommends that parents check their children's hair on a regular basis, and at the (continued on page 12) 4 In appreciation for the work done by the Women's Auxillary, Legion President Mike Hlozan presents June Simms with a corsage. All Auxiliary members received cor sages at the Annual Appreciation Night,