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Wednesday April Surface water is twp concern By Doris Bruce of the office of be Ministry Environ uas invited council meeting on Monday to talk about garbage disposal and land fill sites He suggested the Ministry may have money to help mumcl politics to improve their such as building fences gates and roads The main problem now with the township one Is surface water Deputy reeve Held said that could be caused by a plugged culvert He also said when his site was finished it will be covered with top soil and trees planted and will look better than it did before Opinions were flexible on the life of the present site ranging from to years but Mr Creamer said it is not too soon to start looking The minimum acreage of requirement is acres An option on the land should be taken out first then testing done to see if it is suitable Clay type land is better than sand or gravel he said to protect against seepage Another alternative 13 to share costs with another municipality and truck the garbage somewhere A motion was passed to pay Pat Patterson per hour from for on the disposal site and also to extend the Mount subdivision contract tu Pot Disposal for one year at an increase of per month Erin Township has agreed to prime surface a portion of the town line between Erin and East township Ken Graham has resigned as represcn from Erin town ship to the Wellington County Farm and Home Safety Council and a replacement will be sought The road men were out working on Sunday tu alleviate the flooding which occurred in Glendevon subdivision in three major locations The hydro went oft when the water came up because the connections had been placed too low Council is withholding payment to hydro until the work is satisfactorily accomplished Association of County Regions of Ontario arc holding a semi nor on Urban Rural Relations on April at Bristol Place Toronto at a delegate Klem s asking for a zone change to operate a small smith shop In wheels The inspector was to look into it and his report to next Mr Met com plained council that the snow plow cut his mail box in half and was directed to talk to the road superintendent who present He also made a request to council to hard tup a portion of road leading to Acton Meadows Golf Course as the road was always dusty but allocations have already been made for this year road improvements council said Roadside cleanup and culvert cleaning were the suggestions to be sent to the Credit Valley Conservation Authority that is outlining a program to supply employment for students Road accounts were presented by Ed Barden Council will petition the for over and above subsidy for roads which has raised this year from 260 to 280 This 10 is for the new truck The total road budget is of which 279 275 is MTC subsidy A truck driver laborer is needed for the road crew and will be ad vertised John Salmon reported he has been accepted tu attend the Building Inspectors School to be held April to He also wishes the public to be aware that he is only at the Municipal office on Mondays and Tuesdays of each week Frank and Ivan Gray attended council meeting Their farm on lot 15 concession is zoned agriculture but is designated as potential gravel extractive in the official plan Situated loo close to the village to ever be extracted they wish take away any obstacle against future subdivision in the township of Erin village and asked for an amendment to the of plan to remove the extractive designation They suggested this would be a buffer zone between Erin Village and Telephone Gravel John will talk lo county planner to get his ideas then report back to them A motion was passed to request the Minister of Treasury and Economics to amend the Municipal Act to allow councils to charge more than 1 per cent per month on unpaid taxes and recommend per cent per annum over bank prime interest rate and that Jack Johnston be notified of this request FEATURE HOME OF THE WEEK OPEN HOUSE 14 Sunday Go west on 17 aids road from Trafalgar to of line fallow Open House signs Beautifully decorated 3 bedroom country homo with Franklin fireplace in large farm kitchen with dan living room dining room and laundry on mam level heated pool on lot with mature trees and steam the property Asking Stephen P Saxe Limited Realtor Coll Eleanor for more information or directions Canada one vast apathy club Docs anyone In this country even care any more whether the federal election April Mayor June Doesanypnc even care any more whether there is a federal election in which we might ex change a right wing reform parly for a right wing party cither winner being at the mercy in a vote of right wing left wing party Day after day or listening to the news and watching the news and reading the news has created In me at least the greatest sense of apathy I ever in my life And I have a hunch that millions of Canadians agree with me Does anyone care any more what Mar a rather silly woman with verbal dysentery among other ailments has yet to reveal Not me Does anyone care any more how many Christian Arabs in Beirut killed how many Muslim Arabs In Beirut Not Docs anyone care that Prince Charles was seen jogging on a beach in Australia that Pierre has written another book that Canadian writers and artists and theatres and publishers all claim they need more of our tax bucks to survive Not me Only they A colleague of mine describes an organ at the university he attended It was called the Apathy Club It put out notices like these The Apathy Club will not hold its usual meeting this month Or True to its convictions theApalhy Clubfalledto elect a new president when no one ran for I he office and no one showed up vote for those who did not run I have a feeling that Canada Is turning into one vast Apathy Club Oh we re not yet quite completely lifeless You can sec this by reading the Letters tothcEditor columns where all the cranks quacks and bigots are given a chance to sound off But when all the news Is bad news- unemployment falling dollar violence threat of wars we are inclined to tune out and to tune In to some sort of escapist entertainment This is rclfectcd In nil sorts of It considered a big deal if there is a per cent turnout for on election Outside the larger cities where there is constant hype from the sports writers sports are dying out Small towns and cities that used to pack their arenas and baseball grandstands to the home boys fight off those Infidels from the next town draw only of spectators these days Well what the cause of all this apathy you might ask I believe it Is the result of modem communication systems which are supposed to bring the world closer together and are Instead making I duals harder and more selfcentred as they find themselves drowning in a flood of worldwide miseries which they feel help less to alleviate Does anyone really care about the killing of baby seals except those directly in voived the hunters trying to supplement a meagre living the tors who enjoy ihc publicity they get and number of old ladies of both sexes who compose ferocious letters to the editor condemning the hunt while downing a few slices of spring lamb and mint jelly Not me My sympathies are completely on the side of the sealers It hard dirty work they do and they don do it because they arc sadists any more than the killers in a slaughter house enjoy knocking sweet little calves over the head so that you can have your veal and your calf skin gloves When It is proved to mc that the harp seal is an endangered species I join the protestors Not before Where were all these Billy twits when It was not baby seals that were being laugh but baby brothers and uncles and cousins and fathers during the Great Wars I don remember too many letters lo the editors In those days The same sort of people who write protesting letters today about the seals arc probably the spiritual descendants of those old women of both sexes who went around pinning white feathers on guys in civilian clothes during W I And gave you surly service and short measure in II always accompanied by the snarl Don you know there a war on This to guys tn uniforms Ah dear it an age when some people seek to swell out of their little selves to en gorge themselves on publicity If it were not for the ubiquitous media ever seeking to touch the lowest of emotions there would be no problems about the seal hunt The Newfies would run a few protestors off the edge of an Ice flow and that would be that How did I get away over here in New foundlond if I so apathetic Well maybe I not And that s a good sign Apathy leads to constipation Constipation leads to And the next thing you know my daughter will be saying to her kids Don worry boys We never ii to have a cent But Grandad has piles