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2- ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4th,1973 o rono weekly times Second Class Mail Registration Number 6368 Published every Thursday at the office of publication FRENCH IN STARTING GRADES The Northumberland and Durham County Board of Education-are considering instruction in French at the level of kindergarten and grade one. The Board members have yet to pass any opinion or arrive at a decision but theconsideration is to corne before the Board for approval or rejection in the near future. The case for french instruction possibly rests on whether or not this motion is truely to become bilingual. If the answer is in the positive then there is a real case for entering french at the kindergarten and grade one levels, and continue the process up through the public school grades to high school. It is in these formative years of our youngsters that the greatest impression is made and with all respect to secondary schools the pattern of life, ways and learnings are formulated at the elementary level. The learning of french in the high schools across Ontario is on the decline and nothing other than making french compulsary will this trend change. It is not likely that secondary schools in Ontario will reach this dictatorial position in regards french. The trend may be reversed however if french were to become a living experience for students from kindergarterl and up. But bere again, it will require specialists whose ability in the language and presentation can make it a living experiepce. We doubt very much if the citizens of Ontario are concerned over the french language or the thrust to bilingualism. The picture however, could change if a comprehensive program in french did start early in life. NEED MORE FEDERALSTRENGTH We have often advocated in this column that the Provinces of Canada have been delegated with too much power in affairs that are of a national nature. The Provinces in their desire to gain strength have denuded the federal government of powers which truly should be administered over the nation as a whole. The federal government has often weakened to further delegate legislation to the Provinces which in years to come can only divide the country to a further degree. Trade between the provinces is curtailed in some instances and barriers begin to rise for and against Canadians in different areas. Currently the provinces of Ontario and Alberta are battling over energy, and this has been placed before the courts. Criticism has been placed at the feet of the federal government in this matter but the government in Ottawa is faced with powerful provinces and the lack of a clear policy to handle the situation. Politicians must soon recognize, and especially at the Provincial level, that first we are Canadians and secondly of Ontario or any other Province. This, of course, had not been so nor is it likely to become a fact in the near future. It must however become a reality! It is interesting to note that the Province of Ontario has over the past few years kept a tight hand on municipal governments and are concerned that certain large centres do no become too powerful. The relationship between Ottawa and the provinces are similar to the provinces and their municipalities, but in the former Ottawa has weakened while the provinces have strengthened. A RECREATION COMPLEX While attending the Summer Athletic games in Oshawa last Saturday and enjoying not only the events but the facilides it brought to mind a couple of comments about local Orono facilities made by ,E.R. Lovekin and Douglas Moffat. The sports complex in Oshawa (the stadium, swimming pool, and civic field) certainly far passes what exists in Orono but there is similarity and improvements could be advanced to a degree in Orono. The Civic Fields in Oshawa is a noteable facility but the fairgrounds in Orono could also be developed through community involvement to a great degree than at the present. Continued page 7 PAPERS SOLD AT THE FÔILOWING STORES The Orono Times are soka the following stores in Orono; Middleton's Confectionery Stutt's Pharmacy M&M Variety ANNUAL O.H.A. CONVENTION -The 67th annual meeting of the Ontario Horticultural Association was held recently at the University of Guelph. Among the many interested delegates from across Ontario were mem bers from District 4. They were (left to right) Mrs. A. Steph- ens, director of Distric t 4; Mrs. C. Tink and Mr. C. Tink of RR1 Hampton, Mr E.A. Starr, director, Agricultural and Horticultural Societies Branch, O.M.A.F.: Mrs. W. Dilling, and Mr. W. Dilling, Bowmanville. Pickering nuclear plant helps hydro reach new record The continuing excellent performance of Pickering nu- clear station highlighted a year "of notable accomplish- ment" for Ontario Hydro, the utility reported today in its 1972 annual report. Deliveries of primary ener- gy totalled 73.5 billion kilowatt hours in 1972 -- more than in any previous year and a 7.9 per cent increase over the 1971 total. In his forword, Hydro Chair- man George Gathercole said that supplies of secondary energy increased sharply by 59 per cent to 6.5 billion kilowatt-hours, due mainly to exports to the U.S. Ontario Hydro's revenue rose 11.5 per cent to $702.2 million, and assets increased nine per cent to $5.5 billion. The major portion ($394 mill- ion) of the nine per cent increase was for thermal-el- ectric generating facilities. During the year, said Mr. Gathercole, the third 540,000- kilowatt unit was commiss- ioned at Pickering, raising total system capacity to 14.4 million kilowatts and making the Pickering station the world's largest producer of electrical power from the atom. The first 500,000 kilo- watt unit at the coal-fired Naticoke station also began operation. Construction pro- ceeded on additional capacity of 9.6 million kilowatts, all to be brought into operation progessively between now and 1978. Of Hydros nuclear future, Mr. Gathercole noted: "For the moment our nuclear program is being inhibited by a shortage of heavy water, which bas occasioned some temporary interruptions in the operation of Canadian nuclear stations. Once the shortage has been oversome -- in part by Atomic Energy of Canada's Bruce heavy water plant and eventually by the develop- ment of additional heavy water production capacity -- our nuclear program will move ahead on a large scale." In 1972 nuclear stations produced nearly nine per cent of the electrical energy gen- erated by Hydro. By 1990 between 60 and 70 per cent will probably be generated by nuclear fission. Mr. Gathercole reported that the utility's planned bulk transmission corridor betwe- en Nanticoke and Pickering had met with "some of the difficulties and delay encount- ered by many other public cand private enterprises in loc a ting their facilities." However, the matter had been referred to the Solandt -How to stop smoking Here's what two women smoking, 50 be would bide did: his cigarettes from me, and Mary Budnick of Michigan after awbile 1 really didn't reports, "I elimated smok- bave any cigarettes to smoke ing episodes one by one; and So I just didn't smoke I trained myself not to anymore." smoke. The first thing I From New York, 4nnette eliminated was smoking in Goodricb reports:"I bad my car. I could smoke any dinner witb a man wbo was time of the day, a thousand speaking about a woman cigarettes if I wanted to, but friend of his. He said she was smoking in the car was just one of the most elegant and out'of the question. Then the immaculate women be had next cigarette I eliminated ever seen, but she had a very was the one before work and dirty habit: she smoked. breakfast; smoking any 'Tbis made a tremendous other time of the day was impression on me. Suddenly fine and if I wanted to double seeing smoking as so unaes- up that was OK. One by one I tbetic. Rigbt away I started went through and gradually looking at asbtrays with eliminated every single butts and thînking bow dirty smoking situation." it ail was. After about a Ada Brown of Louisiana week, I just couldn't smoke has a different story: "By anymore. If was as simple as not buying them, I didn't that, and I stopped." have any to smoke. My If quitting smoking is one husband does smoke and the of your problems, ask your first couple of weeks I was lung association for copies of sneaking around getting the newspaper in which butts out of ashtrays. I tbesé stories and others are decided this really wasn't reported. No charge -- it's a doing me any good, I was 'Christmas Seal sevice to still smoking. My husband help your bealth. knew I was sryingmedquit Commission for review and an independent consultant was subsequently appointed to conduct a further study. Hydro, he said, is now developing and implementing a system of open planning to give citizens a greater say in the location of Hydro facilities Not only the property owners involved but environmental- ists, ecologists and conservat- ionists will now be able to participate in the analysis of alternatives. "It is hoped," said Mr. Gathercole, "that greater public participation will in- crease acceptance of facilities and that decisions will be reached in time to avoid critical delays. If we fail to provide in timne for future needs, the consequences in consumer distress, industrial dislocation, and failure to support industrial expansion and the creation of jobs could be extremely serious." Ontario Hydro's success in maintaining electrical service throughout the province dur- ing a four-month strike in 1972 bas been viewed by some, he said, as evidence that Hydro must be overstaffed. But these people "overlooked the long hours worked by those who remained on the job, the vactions sacrificed, the fa mily life disrupted and the fac t that (Continuedlpage 7) Building a Ho use? or remodelllng your present one? 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