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ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5th, 1971 ORONOWEEKLY TI ES Seeond CIasa Mait Regis~ratlon Naniber 03611 Pablished every Thassday at the office of publication Main Streef~, Orono~ Oataaio, Phone 983-5303 NO HANG-UP HERE We stili fail ta get hung-up over the Miles for Millions Walkathon. Not, however in the respect of raising money for those in need but in the as- pect of the Waikathon, walking miles upan miles, which ta us is a sheer waste of energy, which could be directed elsewhere to rniv,'h greater beil- efit ta society. There is no doubt that the idea has caught on for in 1970 10,000 took part in the Oshawa area walk which increased ta 18,000 in 1971. It would be rather hard ta cast a speli on the Walkathon as far as the organizers are concerned for it is naw an assured success as a means ta raise thousands upon thousands of dollars. The walk itself means nothing ther than sore, aching feet and a guide ta collect maney. Why not divert this energy ta something worthwhile and stili maintain the sponsors ta create the revenue. The auting could be twa-fald. Let's sponsor the walkers ta do work on an hourly basis and they could get as many sponisors as they wished just as they do far the walkathon. Surely it wauld be more rewarding ta assist the elderly in cleaning up their premises, chang- îng storms, and other odd jobs around the homes of the infirm. Help dlean-up parks and recreation areas, remove, debris and litter from aur streets, dlean-up aur streams, plant trees, possibly paint some formns of communitjy property along the raad- ways, build bird houses' for aur.parks, carry out pollution probes, etc., ets. The imagination is real- ly unliniited and only takes a little imagination ta expand the pragram in éther fields. Possible this would' require more argani zatian as the thousands would have ta be organized into small work groups but it is possible. It could very weIl be established on a communîty basis as far as the workathon with revenue being turned into a regional or district treasury. Let's be more realistic and provide a. two-fold purpose ta the endeavours. Any takes from the> Chamrber of Commerceor Church Groups-ta organ- ize such a programme for 1972? PSYCHIATRISTS DEBUNK THEORY ABOUT MARIJUANA, The widely held view and previous research finding that marijuana is a relatively mild intoxi- cant causing serious psychological disturbances onyin rare cases now faces a stiff -challenge. It's about time. Two U.S. psychiatriststs now fidthat "normal" youngsters can suffer serious psychological1 disturbances, following regular smok- ing marijuana. Their in-depth probe also suggests adolescents mipht be particularly vulnerable ta the effects of this mind-alterinig drug. The repart- written by Drs. Harold Kolan- sky and William Moore, and fublished hast week by The Journal of the American Medical Associa- tion - involved abaut 250 marijuana users seen by them since around 1965. Actually, but 38 of these cases were used in the report. Deliberately ex- cluded were ail known ta have used drugs other than marijuana and those with prior psychalagical difficulties. The 38 - aged 13 to 24 - were regular users. They smaked at least twice weekly. Eight became psychotic while on marijuana and four of these attempted suicide. The 30 others showed less severe disturbanices ranging from paranoid delu- siens of grandeur ta excessive, sexual pramiscuity. The symptoms tended ta disappear within months and sometimes weeks after the smoking had been stopped. However, the twa, psychiatrists add- ed, severel young patierits wha bave been off mari- juana for as long as two years still show signais of disturbed brain funcétion; the latter includes im- paired'memory, difficulty in putting thoughits into words andl inability ta concentrate while reading. The public today accepts the wide-spread a- buse of drugs in a passive and disturbing manner. It isn't easy ta shrug off such impressive psychi- atric evidence as this, based on long years of care- fui research. o The cîty council of Oshawa en- dorsed a resolution Monday asking the provincial governmentflot to implement new regional' govern- ments, until existing regions have been critically examined. The request follows the recent proposai by the executive sub- committee of the Oshqwa Area Planning and Development Study, ta terminate the study and for- ward draft plans for the Oshawa- centred region to Queen's Park without recommendation. This proposai will corne before the study's full executive committee for a vote on May 12th. Council endorsed the resolution which was initially passed by the St. Catharines council last month, after a motion ta refer it to the OAPADS executive sub-committee was unsuccessful. In its motion, which is being circulated to municipalities in all of Ontario, St. Catharines re- marked that the regional structure appears to have basic faults, which make it inefficient and ai- SO impractical. St. Catharines, which is part of the Niagara Region, has cern- plainedbitterly of being overtax- ed and under-represented in reg- ional government. It is now at- tempting ta wîthdraw from the region. Mayor Ed McNeely, who is a member of the OAPADS execu- tive subcommîttee' and voted to recommend termination of the study, has pointed ta St. Cathar- .ies' experiences as one of the reasons Oshawa should not jump into regional government. What's happened ta them shouldn't happeni. to a, dog, he said St., Catharinesý has 30 per cent of the Niagara" Regian's popula- tion, bu t on ly 21 per cent of the representatiôn on the regional council. It pays ý49 percent of the regionai levy but receives anly ,33 percent of -the regional ser- vices. It. Pays To Advertise The resolution, which Oshawa council strongly supported, says the creation -of new regions at this time would be premature, be- cause regional gove rnment has not proved that it ean work. It will be forwarded ta Premier W. Davis and Minister of Municipal Affairs Dalton Bales. NO BILL FOR CLARE Reeve Stone of Clarke Town- ship on Tuesday saw the end to the study corne May l2th. He felt that Clarke had taken the proper action in not jumping into the study and 'now be faced with a bill of some thousands of dollars. .Reeve Stone also said he could sce this coming a year ago and that the study had accomplished very littie. Swim Club Holds Annua.l Meeting The Orona Swimming Club held their annual meeting on Tuesday evening in the Orono Municipal Building. The folwing officers and dir- ectors were elected ta office: Mrs. Joanne Hutton, president. Mrs. Beryl Clark, Secretary. Mrs. Ruth Grady, Treasurer.., Directors: Mrs. Irene Konzel- mann, Mrs. Joan Ard, Mrs. Darla Lowery, Mrs. Barbara Long, Mrs. Helen Henderson and Mrs. Mabel* Goode. Thirteen were present at the meeting. 1Swimming instruction and wa- ter instructions will be held at the Orono Pool during the first three weeks in July. The classes wilf be morning classes.. 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