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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 15 Aug 1973, p. 13

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I ùe~a1au-i ýian, Bowmnvîllie, August 15, 1973-1 Snoopy in Newcastle 'Parade Ueler !to the &iitor August Il, 1973 Dear Sir: I would like to express my amrto for the fair manner in hih our paper published the story concerning the ciosed meeting held by the Clarke Toxnship Municipal Coun- cil t0 discuss the Mosport situation. Here is my side of the incident. In the minutes of the Clarke Township meeting of July 17, 1973, contains the following - and 1 quote: "August lst, 1973 at 7:30 p.m., in the Couincil Chamjbers Orono w as sededfor a speciai meigof Couincil wýith repreentaivesof the fol- loing age citoresoive the problemsn» of trespass, sa1nitaion, dalmage, etc., resuing rom recentacti- vities at Mosport Park." The mninutes go on f0 name 0w eagciej(s includling the ~ itict ealthiUnit, E. R. So th -cene as set for- a special metngofthe Clarke TownshipCucl The Mun![licipal Acf is quiteý specific about meet- îings of Couincils and Local- Boards. Section 190 (1) of the Act sates "The meetings, except eetng of a corn- m-ittee inicluding the coin- mlittee of the-whoe of every oncland of every local boarýddeIe by the Deprtmntof Municipal Affaýirs Act, ex1cept boards of comiiss ioners of police and school boards shaîl be open to the public and no person shaîl be excluded therefrom except for im- proper conduct." There is no doubt that this meetiing Was an open mneeting bt Reeve Edward Woodyard came up with bis p)uzzlin.g decision, ruling that the meeting was a committee meeting and as such was closed to the public and press. Clarke Township does not have a Mosport Com- mittee anid as such this gathering calledi to discuss theMosortsituationcould not have- been described as a cmitteemeeing. For some unknwn ra- szon Reeve Wodyrd ant- ed the meeting to be a sec'luded gathering anid he mad if secudeddespite the efforts ofý Depuity Reýeve Kirk Entwisle anqud Coun- cilor GerrittHekpto keep it open for the Public. I was ,angry-'v-- but i obeye'd Reeve Woodyard's decision. After ail, the police officer was just too big f0 argue with. There is too much non- sense like this in municipal polîtics. Our local govern- PLUM13ING & HEr,,ATING and Aie CONDITIO!NNG T.',-£,E, ONTA91O0u ~.Poe263-2650 inents miusit unction in an open mnanner f'or the good of us al - ot l'or the niinority. As John Philpot Curran said in 1790 *Eter- nal v igilance is the price of' lib.Lrty." Sincerely, Kenneth E. Lyall Newcastle, Ontario. It's time to encourage private ownership of rec- reation land. In Ontario, there are 26,400,000 acres and about 8,0)00,000 people. Yet in a supposedly free enterprise province, about 82 per cent of the land (21,876,000 acres) is_ held- by the Province of Ontarjo, Most. of it is bush, unisi$iiabie for farming and thie tovern- ment bolds it idile. Miners may stake for prospecting and timber rights are granted to big corporations frorn time to time. But grants to individuals for recreation are not encour- aged.-> We should reverse this Government policy. With increased leisure, more Ontario people want a place to caîl theiir own. Land, worthless for mining and wortb less than $10.00 an acre for timber, should be thrown open for recrea- tional use both summer and winter. Snowmobiles make even the most rem- otp 'an-ds easier of access., Citizens; shouid be aliowed to dlaim parcels of 25 to 50 acres upon payment of a fee of $5'00'per acre weith clear titie to be given upon suitable.development with- in three years. Aecess by road and rail would make these proper- ties available and proper spacing and zoning would preventl the crowding that now defaces some of our resort areas. Duinig the past thirty years, large amounts of Ontario bushland have been purchased by Ameni- cans via the tax sales. Yet present Government policy aims to forcing native Canadians 'off the land. ARDA encourages farmers to selI their -holdings. Then the Government buyý the land to lease it to other tarmers or increases Crown holdings and the granting of timber licences to big companies discour- age pnîvate use. A positive policy for recreation land would mean better prospects to our depressed areas. An active land grant, road clearing and development program would provide work for the unemployed and give more Canadians a chance to own a piece of Canada. John C. Medcof Dear Mr. James:' ' 1 arn prompted to write the following comments after attending a Councit meeting of the Council of the Town of Bowmanville held last week, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 1973. It brought to my mnd the following saying: "The difference, between day or night.- 1 also attended a Public meeting at the Hobbs School in H-ampton, on July 23, 1973, dealing wi th the Lennox-Osb awa transmis- sion lines and its alterna- tive corridors. This public meeting was jam packed with interested citizens and concernied individuals who are going to be seriously affected by these transmis- sion lines. Questions arose as f0 what will it do to the environment, or- what about our homes, busines- ses. TV rcpin etc. Ton mianv (juestionis were rais- cd to niaine (hem infl. In ail, it xas a meeting )tf mch excitement and cnen Now. a little about the Bowmanvillc Couincii meeting: A letter was on their agenda from the Ontario Hydro. asking our elected officiais l'or their comments and ifiput as to what they feit would be the best, corridor for these proposed transmission lin- es. A, B or C'??'? To my amazement, one of our Counicillors, MVr. Mason, commented (bat generalfy speaking most of us rea liy don't give a HOOT whère it goes.- and in the saine, breath made a motion that Ontario Hydro be informed that our Council of Bow- manvilie feels Corridor A would be the one most suitable. Again to my amiazement, this mnotion wa)s seconded and carried unantmously Tet wr no further questions asked. This indicates to me (bat our complete council is in favor of Corridor A, thec one closest f0 Bowmanville. After being stunned and amazed by this action. 1 corne to the foltowing conclusion: Why should we be concerned, il doesn't corne througb ourtown. It's not going to run across Mr. Mason's house or as a malter of tact not across anybody's property who sits on the Bowmanvilie Counicil, 50 why worry. I got the feeling that not one single member on our Council has everseriously studied the proposed cor- ridors or the effect they may have on the citizens, agricuitural lands, or en- vironment >of our area. My suggstions to our Council are as follows: That wîth Regional Gov- ernment being passed, and becoming a reality d an. 1, 197-t, 1 suggest that they PLEASE start looking a littie beyond the boundar- les of Bowmanviile. There are people living there (00, who will hbe itaiiy affected by these power fines. Within 'a tegmonths. Bowmanville, Darlington, Newcastle and Clarke xiii ail be one area municipal- i. In oi-der (o avoid disasters. we'd better start acting as one, and consîder each other's prohlems, ra 'ther than >aking the attitude thatwe don't give a hoot!! X'ours truty. Rob)ert Dxkstra, raduates More (han 80 per cent of the 19M~ Kempville Coliege grad- uates have tound employ ment, xxith fewxer than four ver cent in non-agriÎculiural jobs Basil Wren, C olege Place- ment Counseilor. says ithat -though many jobs are open on farms. graduates often prefer farm positions v.hich eventually'lead to a share in the owýnership'.. Abýout a third of the students went directly to family farmfs. The job range inciuded saiesmen in agriculturat in- dustr, managers and train- esýý for arcltrtbusiness. industrial tchiii..gox- ernment agricufltur:îi adx's- ors, primary produets inspec- tors and goxenent tai(-iuaa tory technicizins. -The axerage sa tarie's', Mr. Wren savs. -c orrespiond- ed roughly (o t hose receci\x e by comintnit,\ -ollege grad- uates, in t eproxiimit i:!l sex cithou.sand idollars' O)PEN THURS.& FR1.' TO SERVE YUBTE I FREE DELI VERT

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