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2 The Canadian Statesman. Bowinanville. October 10, 1979 Section Two Pamless Plannmg? In general, municipal planning often has a poor reputation. It is sometimes criticized for having too much red tape, being too insensitive to citizens and taking too much time to get things done. But a meeting to discuss the Courtice area urban plan last Wednesday, September 26, was a good example of painless planning. About 75 persons were gathered at the Courtice Secondary School to discuss the latest of a very long line of planning proposals for the Courtice area. Questions were asked, views were expressed, diagrams were explained and information was supplied. Furthermore, the whole meeting was over before nine p.m. We wonder what has caused the change in attitude at Courtice. We note that during the hour-and-one half discussion, not one dissenting voice opposing Courtice development could be heard. Everyone now seems resigned to the fact that development will occur in Courtice; the only issues now are when and where and how much. What has caused the change? Could it be that the latest plans for Courtice are so well-prepared that they have satisfied everybody? Is it that proposed development will probably not occur as quickly as had originally been feared and residents now feel comfortable at the prospects of the Courtice community gradually expanding in size? Or is it that after all the hearings and plans and meetings to discuss Courtice during the last five to 10 years everyone has become resigned to the idea of development taking place in Courtice? Probably all of the reasons we have listed above and a few more as well have caused Courtice residents to become satisfied with development or at least unwilling to resist it any longer. It now seems that the way is cleared for growth in Courtice. Everything else depends on such things as the municipality's development policies and, of course, the commercial and housing markets. Ottawa Back i Business Yesterday, the 31st Parliament of Canada swung into action after nearly five months absence while the newly elected Progressive- Conservative government found its way round the cabinet offices and settled in for the first time in many years. This first session should be an interesting one and a real test for Prime Minister Joe Clark and his ministers, including our own member Allan Lawrence who probably has had more cabinet experience than any of his colleagues. He was a minister in the Ontario provincial government, prior to his federal election. One major factor that will help the Clark government considerably is the fact that none of the opposition parties will be too eager to force an election over any issue, including the sale of crown companies. They will make a great deal of noise and do their best to delay any action, but in the long run, the Liberals especially realize that an election at this particular time would be disastrous for them. So, the new minority government doesn't need to worry too much about being defeated for at least a year and possibly longer. At this point, it is difficult to predict how Prime Minister Clark will measure up to the task ahead of him. We've been accustomed to Pierre Trudeau's methods of conducting the business of the nation and will certainly be judging Clark's performance in a comparative way. In our opinion, Mr. Clark will not be as prominent in the proceedings as was Mr. Trudeau. He's proven himself a good organizer and we believe he will rely more on his cabinet ministers to handle their own ministries and the problems connected with them than has been the case heretofor, possibly stepping into the breach only if one of them runs into real problems. In contrast, Mr. Trudeau was always in the forefront, apparently the head man in almost any situation. This should be quite a change that may take a while to accept. Whatever lies ahead, there should be some good debates on many topics of national importance in the days ahead and the people of Canada will certainly be watching and listening to see if they have in fact improved their prospects by electing the Conservatives to office. Church's Need for Change From the reaction in the United States to the visit last week by the Pope, it would appear that the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church is going to have to modernize its thinking or run the risk of losing many of its people. Here was an exceptionally personable man, who had a glorious opportunity to inspire his followers to greater dedication, pouring out doctrines that in this part of the world are out-dated and, in fact, unacceptable to a great many Catholics. It was suggested by several commentators that it was regrettable that his advisers from the United States had not brought Pope Paul up-to-date on how things are in the United States as compared with other parts of the world. Whether such a briefing would have made any difference in his comments is difficult to say, but it certainly would have been well worth trying. Sooner or later, the church will have to accept women as priests because in this part of the world they have come a long way to gaining equality with men and will continue to work toward that end until it is achieved. Along with this long delayed change comes what they consider to be their right to avoid having children if they so desire, or limiting the number they have by artificial birth control. These two objectives of many Catholics at the moment run afoul of the church's laws so what is happening is that many otherwise devout Catholics pick and choose the laws they want to follow and discard those that are unreasonable or objectionable to them. Apparently, His Holiness has been invited to visit Canada sometime soon where he will receive a warm welcome by not just his followers but by people of all faiths because he is such a warm charismatic person who draws people to him. Maybe, if and when that happens, some changes will have taken place in the church to bring it more into line with ways in the western world. The Bluffs - Bowmanville Beach SUGAR- and SPICE War Times Boy, the world is in some mess its punitive peace terms, laid the weakened, chiefly by its external the winners in the economic war. today, isn't it? With two world wars foundations for World War IL. affairs policies, or lack of them, and The U.S. dollar is no longer the in this century, and the oceans of That one produced as little, or the meddling in foreign affairs of the international monetary standard. blood shed in them, not to mention less. It vaulted Russia and the U.S. notorious CIA. The Panama Canal is going. the limited wars in Korea and Viet into the great confrontation that has It had its shining moments; the But let's not forget the tremendous Nam, you'd think mankind would been going on ever since. It wrote Marshall Plan to put devastated power that lies in that great, half- come to its senses, sit back and say, finis to the British Empire and Europe back on its feet; Kennedy's stunned nation of the Western "Hey, chaps. Enough is enough. reduced that sturdy people to a showdown with Kruschev over the hemisphere, the U.S. of America. Let's sit back, cultivate our own drained, impoverished, third-class Cuban missiles instalment; an The giant may be slumbering, gardens, and have a few centuries of power. It split Europe down the attempt to make a better deal for having nightmares, twitching in his peace and friendship. Let's relax a middle between two philosphies, blacks in their own country. sleep. But he's far from dead. little, try to make sure everybody communism and capitalism. It But these are flawed by other There is still a great, latent has at least two squares a day, stop launched on the world the final events and attitudes: the backing of vitality in the States. With strong burning up irreplaceable energy, weapon by which mankind could right-wing dictators around the leadership, and a renewed sense of and make love, not war." write kaput to his own species. world; the loss of face in Korea; the purpose, the Yanks can make a Not a chance. All over this planet Has it smartened anybody up? Not treatment of Cuba; the meddling in tremendous comeback, as they have eople are starving, shooting, exactly. Today we have Iranians the affairs of other nations; the proven more than once. urning, blowing up, raping, beating on Kurds, Chinese glaring at fairly indiscriminate supplying of For our sakes, they'd better. multilating, and demonstrating, all Russians, Cambodians hammering arms to anybody who could pay for Despite what our ubiquitous in the name of some non-existent Laotians, blacks fighting blacks all them; and finally, the abortive, nationalists blather, Canada is ideal, such as freedom, or over Africa, Jews and Palestinians badly-burned-fingers mess of Viet riding on the coat-tails of the U.S., nationalism, or language, or religion toeing off, dictatorships in South Nam. and you'd better believe it. If they or color. And nobody is making a America, India in turmoil, At home right now, the States has suffer, we suffer. If they bleed, we nickel out of it ail, except the revolution in Central America, a rather panicky President, growing hemmorhage. purveyors of weapons. Irishmen blowing up each other with inflation and unemployment, Let's not give it away: our gas and All over the world, in vast areas of giddy abandon, old Uncle Tom beligerent blacks and hardline ol and water and hydro power. Let's Asia, Africa and South America Cobley and all. unions, and a recession on the trade shrewdly, like a Yankee. But particularly, there are probably 300 We don't seem to learn much, do horizon. Abroad, "it has lost a great let's not get mean and stingy and times more refugees, orphans and we? The United Nations, a noble deal of credibility, and seems to be narrow, either. Let's be just plain starving people than there idea, conceived with a touch of the pushed around by anybody who has neighbourly. were at the beginning of this century greatness man can aspire to, is a plenty of oil. For the simple fact is, that if of enlightenment. joke, albeit an expensive one, American imperialism is coming Canadians get all upright and World War 1, with its millions of merely a political sounding-board home to roost, and there are a lot of righteous and miserly, refusing to dead, produced a bare decade and a for every new pipsqueak nation that vultures among the roosters. Cuba is share, they could walk in and take half of peace. It also signalled the wants some publicity along with an out-spoken enemy. Mexico, over this country and help beginning of the end of the fairly fair plenty of foreign aid. sitting on a huge oi deposit, is cool, themselves. And nobody, nobody in and benevolent British Empire, The U.S., which emerged from considering past grievances. The the world, would lift a finger to stop allowed the beginning of the massive W.W. II as a great, powerful and Philippines are gone. Japan and them. international communism, and by wealthy nation, has been terribly Germany, the losers in W.W. II, are End of sermon. By Peter Parrot PHOTOGRAPHY - is the first topic of this week's column. But I'm not going to bore you with information on cameras and lenses and shutter speeds. Instead, I'm going to try to express some of the fun and joy of photography. About photographic gadgets, I will say only this: You could spend a lot of time talking about lenses and filters and light meters and all the other paraphernalia of the photographer's craft, but in Mny opinion, too many accessories can become just plain cumbersome. The best bet is to get familiar with a few pieces of equipment and use them well. With a little artistic flair and a little care in what you are doing, you can get great pictures. And no amount of accessories can save you if you've got your thumb over the lens or if you let your flash batteries fade. of course mistakes will happen. Some very wise person could have been referring to photography when he said that if something can go wrong, eventually it will. And when it does there is a certain sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach that only photographers know and understand. It's a feeling you get when you know you've blown it. You get the feeling when you find out that there was no film in the camera when you took those great shots yesterday or that the shutter speed was incorrect and the flash gun wouldn't work or that a slip of the hand in the darkroom has wiped out, half a day's work. And for newspaper photographers, there's always the risk that history will be made before your very eyes and you'hl be stuck with a flash on the fritz or no more film to shoot. Fortunately, the nightmares I have described above are very rare. The events I have described have a habit of occurring about every six months. I've found that just when you're getting reasonably confident and pleased with yourself, the fickle finger of fate intervenes. A mistake trips you up and you might lose a shot. It appears to be nature's way of telling you to take a little extra care in what you're doing. But now, let's take a look at some of the nicer things about photography. First of all, I have found that (at least for myself) the .novelty of photography does not wear off. Some people let their golf clubs rust in the garage or tool kits gather dust in a closet as they lose interest in a certain craft or hobby. But in my own experience, photography is unique because you wait with eager anticipation to see the results of your latest efforts. Photography is really a constant challenge because you are only as good as your latest photo. Here at the Statesman, we develop our own photographs so we have the added enjoyment of looking at the wet negatives as they come out of their developing tanks. You eagerly look at the results of your work and the only thing similar to this kind of expectancy is the feeling you get while you are opening a Christmas present. And then, the thrill of seeing a Turn to Page 5