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Letter to April 5,1976 Dear Mr. and Mrs. James: On behalf of the High School Band Association please let me extend our thanks for your help in our Disney World project. This was a very worthwhile project and educational. The students worked hard to raise money to augment the help they received from the com- munity. While they were away, they learned to live under circumstances not always comfortable and to perform capably in situations less than ideal and still corne home smiling. Members of the band were excellent ambassadors for Bowmanville and Canada wherever they went in Flor- ida. They were very well- received and we can be very proud of them. The notices inserted in Bits and your kind editorial helped us keep the citizens of Bowmanville informed in a the Editor way that would have been impossible without your enthusiastic support. Again, many thanks. Sincerely, Shirley M. Frank, Secretary. Dear Editor: In answer to Ms. Liz Armstrong's questions as to where I would prefer to live (after Bowmanville, of course), in London, England, or New York City - I thought that this might happen. It seems a Canadian cannot say anything complimentary about the U.S.A. (even about the ideals of their constitution- al documents) without being accused of being pro-Ameri- can. I am not pro-American or anti-British, but pro-Canadian and anti monarchy. Whether the two go together remains to be seen. Yours forever clarifying, E.P. Chant ('Out of the Mouths of Babes') with an Ariens Rocket Tiller l Heavy duty 7 hp tiller for the serious gardener * Cultivate between rows ail season long Two speeds forward and two reverse * Tines have independent drive forward, reverse Qnd neutralfor travel 9 Handlebars and operating controls swing to both sides for walk-beside tilling You get the electric starter a $99.95 value FREE with the purchase ofan Ariens Rocket Tiller. This is a limited time offer at Ariens participating dealers. Come on in and see us. Tirn's Rent-AiI 55 King St. E., Bowmanville Metric Midway at Qntario St. School i i 4,5 t, (4 44 t 44 44 44 44 t .7 .7 I P i ~4r t 44 t If you're still confused by the metric system, the students at Ontario Stree Public School can help out. Last Wednesday evening they converted one hallway in the school to a "Metric Midway", and parents were invited to try their luck with metres, litres, grams and celsius temperatures. While a fev parents declined to have their weight taken in kilograms or their waists measured in centimetres, they could try to guess the length of the hallwa'y ir metres or buy 50 grams of fudge for 15 cents. Here, Grade 2 pupils Kell3 Greenway and Louise Baker domonstrate how many litres there are in these bottles and cartons. - Photo by Liz Armstrong Oshawa Marsh Bat tle Conadian CIuk by Doug Taylor mudhole with cattails." "If you don't become part of The naturalist, author of a the solution then you become 1974 publication entitled part of the problem" was a "Birds of Oshawa and the message left with over 90 Lake Scugog Region", ex- members of the Men's Can- plained that marshiand pro- adian Club and their wives duces more life per acre than last week. any other acres of ground on The message came from the face of the earth. Jim Richards of the Oshawa The unfortunate situation Naturalists club with respect which Mr. Richards referred to the battle that organization to is that "not unlike our is currently facing with the farmland, wetlands in Ontario Oshawa Harbor Commission are disappearing very quick- over the proposed destruction ly." of the Oshawa Second Marsh. He explained that such Mr. Richards advised his lands "seem to be prime keen audience that the quality targets for some development of our life is measured by the and developers" which he quality of our environment explained is due to the general and suggested that if one sits public not having a clear back and says somebody else understanding of the value of will do something, "no one the wetlands when such value will". He insisted that one is related to them by the need not be an expert but only developer. need be concerned. The speaker stated that we Mr. Richards' comments are fortunate in Ontario to focused on the necessity of have been given such a marsh areas. and the various beautiful natural setting and forms of wildlife they support, explained that it is a transi- which he said "naturalists tional zone between the north appreciate as more than just a and snnth, n fact which oives RENT-A- CAR I b. 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At present, although the province did put a stop to such a practice, the plant still has provision to dump chemicals from industry into the stream in an emergency, rather than pumping them through the plant "White in the water is not as pretty as the white snow along the banks," Mr. Richards commented while a slide projected on the screen show- ed a typical scene of foaming waste in a stream. Noting that it is fine for a politician to question the need for maintaining marshlands, Mr. Richards stood firm on the basis that there are numerous possibilities for harbor locations but not so for marshes. The long standing battle over the proposed location of a harbor in the Oshawa marsh has only recently come to a head with the naturalists demanding answers. As to the need for the harbor, Mr. Richards advised that existing industries claim it is cheaper to ship overland by rail and truck. Claiming not to question the government's knowledge of a need for a harbor, Mr. Richards did however suggest that such is what amazes the naturalists through the gov- ernment's insistence on put- ting a harbor in the marsh. He was.insistent that if the marsh were not there and it was decided that a harbor was a necessity, it would be built elsewhere, probably out into the lake similar to Toronto. Letter to the Editor 690 Cosburn Ave., Toronto, Ont. The Editor: Bill Smiley's columns are always interesting but his "Winter's End," March 31 issue said everything. Surely each reader should cut it out and place it in a Treasure scrapbook. It's a CLASSIC. May we repeat in part Mr. Smiley's concluding sentences "but happy as simpletons, fundamentally incapable of being depressed, just glad to be alive. Join us." Sincerely Mrs. Robert Ford (Marion) Bv t s 48* thscs for Y Good onail 19 regular and calorie. reduced flavours. 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