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2-ORONO WEEKLY TIMES, WEDNESDAYl, JULY 26th, 1978 Orono Weekly Timnes VOTE WOULD SETTLE NOTHING A referendum concerning regional government as suggested by the Newcastle Ratepayer's Association would settle nothing. The outcorne could possibly be anticipated as most negative and surely mcst cf the rationale used wculd be from mis-information. At the present time, even tbougb tbe regienal forai cf government bas been in existance for almost fîve years the concept and eperation is a mystery. Hardly the background on whicb to hold a vote. On tbe otber hand tbe province is committed te the regional ferm cf government and tbere is ne indication at this timne tbat tbey are prepared te back off and reinstate the former system cof gevernment. In fact te do se would be disasterous and bighhy impossible. Semne municipalities, and Newcastle ceuld well be one, would be bankrupt te endeavour te take over sucb costs as incurred by the region on behaif cf these municipalities. Tbis would include tbe development cf a water plant in Newcastle Village and propesed expenditures for water and sewage plants in Bowmanville. Other centres wculd be in tbe samne position. Like it or net the regional systemn appears te be with us and there is ne backing eut. Mucb criticism cof the system is unfounded or misdirected. 0f course not ail is perfect but the systemn itself should operate if cnly parocbialism would give way te a -common-sense approacb te demfands. Ne, tbe vote will clear ne issues, but a better understanding and a council concerned with ail affairs througbout the region would act as a benefit teoits residents. THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY ... 0f wbat value is a peet? Net mucb, most people wouhd reply. Even tbe least sopisticated may enjey ,lcoking at a fine painting or listening te music or geing te a show. Se artists, musicians and actors - bowever far outside the mainstream cf business and mndustry - are seen te bave some value. But peets? They don't give ycu facts, like a newspaper story. They waste paper - they don't fill each page witb words, like a novel. They're net bighly productive, sometimes laboring for days on a single phrase. And above ail, tbey're bard te read - they bend and twist words, forcing you to struggle witb meanings and images and sonds... Yet wbat peets do is te provide new lenses, for seeing bidden trutbs. And lenses cannot be rusbed tbrcugb or rougbed eut. Tbey mnust be painstakingly shaped, finely pcished, befere you can see tbrcugb tbem. The same witb poetry. To try to see the value of a poet, consider the situation in tbe Republie of South Korea. Ycu could spend your days accumulating facts and information about its repression, or its economnic progress. You can balance intellectual arguments for and against its military dictatorsbip. But when you read the poetry of Kim Chi Ha, Korea's imprisoned poet, you find these shelîs of partial truth bave peeled away, ieaving man's injustice te man exposed like a throbbing heart. 0f torture and brutality, Kim wrote: Speak, speak, with torn body, every wound asaneopen lip as an open tongue. Poet Kim neyer murdered, raped, robbed or cheated anyone. But the lenses cf this poems reveal too much truth. South Korean President Park Chung Hee bas sbut hlmf away for life. He spent 19 montbs in solitary confinement witb a single bare bulb burning night and day in bis ceil. Poets like Kim Chi Ha don't just tell uls things tbat are true. Instead tbey let us discover trutb for ourselves. Tbat's wby societies need poets. For a people without poets is a blind people, stumbling towards social suicide. The Office cf Cburcb in Society, The United Churcb cf Canada. THREE CALLS FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT I the past week tbe local fire department answered tbree calîs, ail of a miner nature. On Monday tbe department was called te tbe tobacco farm cf Mr. Henry Aikens, west cf Orono. It is believed that a fire in tbe peak cf a kiln was started when a fcreign cbject in tbe cil burner caugbt fire emitting sparks te the peak. The operation cf tbe burner was being started for preparation cf tobacco curing. Witb the speedy arrivai of the Orone department tbe fire was extinguished wîth little damage being done. Between five and six on Saturday afternoon the department answered two calis all resulting fromn ligbtning. A tree on the fiftb line was struck by ligbtning and bad caugbt fire. A smoke alarm in a recently completed new home in Crooked Creek was activated by ligbtning witb an alarm being turned into the departmi-ent. There was no fire assocîated witb the alarm. The owner cf tbe new borne bad their former home in Crooked Creek destrcyed by fire hast year. M.Ligbtning on Saturday aise killed four cows owned by M.Dey cf tbe Garden Hill area. ti p fi t-C Pl Pl S( el w I SAMATQUEEN'SPARK Report from Queen.'s Park Sam Cureatz, M.P.P., Durham East Just prier te the Legisiat- ure's summer' recess, Pre- mier Davis indicated the Government's commitment te the recommendations and geais cf the Int erim Report cf the Royal Commission on 'Nortbern Environment wbich bad been tabied last April. Familiarily known as the "lHartt Commission" after Mr. Justice Patrick Hartt, its Commissioner, tbe Commis- sien's purpose is te study the part cf tbe province lying nortb cf the SOth parallel. Althougb far removed from our own initial surreundings, I know tbat many people bere are ccncerned about' wbat mole the gcvernment will play in the active development cf the north consistent with the goals cf tbe people cf nortbern Ontario. Also at issue bere is the need te strike an apprepriate balance between environ- mental concerns and a pat- ,tern cf ecenomic develop- ment cf benefit te the entire province. The Premier stated tbat he supports the concept tbat Ncrtbern residents should be more directly invelved in tbe decisicn-making process cf gcvernment. He aise reaffirmed tbe government's cemmitment te tbe recommendations cailing for a ministerial-level tri- partite. process witb rep- resentatives cf the federal and provincial governmnents and the Indians cf Ontamio. As tbe Premier stated, "We believe that witbout dloser collaboration, clarification of roles cf mespensibilities, and reduction cf interagency and intergovernmental duplicat- ion and cenfliet, ne ultimate solution te the problems cf native people is likely te develop". Justice Hartt is ncw con- centrating bis attention on two major Nortbern Ontario undertakings. This will serve tbe Commission in developing an environmental assessment process te meet the needs of the North cf Ontario. One is the preposed Ona- kawana lignite development south of Moosonee in North- eastern Ontario. Tis is the only known ceai deposit of significant size in the pro- vince. At the beginning cf this year, Onakawana Develop- ment Limite d signed a 21 year lease for the lignite preject witb the Ontario Gevernment. The project, wbîch by Cabinet décision, is subject te the Environmental Assessment Act, requires the company to begin mining lignite witbin seven to nine years in an open pit operation. Once construct- ion begins, it is expected the mine can be developed in three years, requiring 300 womkems to de so. The subsequent operation of the mine will require a work force cf about 200 persons. There are twe optiens for final use cf the lignite; ene is to build a thermal genemating plant and the other, te produce briquets fmom the seft ceai. A decision is expected by the company --t-i2-a year, le, or roughly 20 per cent cf the province. It is part cf the overaîl provincial planning progmam cf the Ministry cf Natumal Resources known as the Strategic Land Use Plan process. The West Patricia Plan cenducted by the Ministry will attempt te identify' and reconcile conflicts arising frem competitive demands made of tbe land and water base cf this part cf Ontario. The Commission wilh attempt to bring the plan more effectively te the public and ensure that alternatives are considered as the process develops. These twc, in Justice Hartt's view, are clear ex- amples cf differing under- takings in the Nortb. Ona- kawana, a private industry preject for mining a non- renewable resource, lignite coal, begins upon appreval after the environmental ass-. essment process. The Gever- nment sponsered West Pat- ricia Land Use Plan wilI take four years te comphete. Cioser te home I had the opportunity cf discussing the present and on-going operat- Doldrums before election race Mayor Rickard and wife Annebelle are teuring Europe as well as Russia during an extended holiday. The next meeting of council will net be beld until August 14th. A planning committee meeting is to be beld in Enniskillen when district plans for botb Enniskiihen and Burketon wil be considered. Furtber com- mittee meetings cf ether departments are being dis- ccntinued until August 7th. The next two te three weeks could well be the cairn before the storm. No doubt wben ceuncil retumns te full operat- ion in mind August a lot cf attention wilh be directed te the elections te be beld in November. Names being mentioned for the mayorality ccntest include the incum-, bent, Mayor Rickard, Ceunc. Bob Dykstra, fermer MPP Deug Moffatt and a former mayor cf Bcwmanvilie, Ivan Hebbs. No commitment bow- ever fromn any cf the above as to tbis date. Larry Pocher of Orono bas stated be wihi ikely run for ions cf the. Bowmanville Memorial Hospital. Amengst the many interest- ed parties were Dick Elton, Maureen Burke, who rep- resents tbe Bowmanville nurses, Joan Higginson cf the Durham Healtb Council and Mayor Gamnet Rickard. If I migbt say, it is in the interest cf all cf us as a community te become better acquainted with the cutstand- ing faciities in Bowmanvihle and Oshawa. the local municipal seat and Bill Clarke of Newtonville said he intends te run again for the regional seat on counicil for Ward tbree. Alf Gray expects to again place his name before the public with regional councillor, E.R. Woodyard still non-commital, but expected te seek re-elect- ion. St. Saviours ANGLICAN CHU RCH Orono, Ontario Rogular Sunday Worshlp Service - 10:00 a.m. Rev. Allen Huldnby B.A. Lh 1UNITED CHURCH Orono Pastoral a Charge Minister Rev. B. E. Long B.TII. Organist and Choir Director David Gray NEWCASTLE, KIRBY AND ORONO UNITED)CHURCH SUMMER SCHEDULE FOR JULY JulY 23rd July 3tb at Orono at Kirby Ail services in August and the fimst Sunday in September wii be beld in Newcastle United Church at 10:30 a.m. Dial-A-Thought 983-;9151 Super S ummer Sales still con- tinue. Many items have been reduced toa stili Iower price. Sweaters for Faîl are different and beautiful. We have a number of new designs i sweater coats and sweater tops. Skirts and sweaters or blouses are. popular ensembles for the coming- season. We advertise, this week flair skirts with elastic waist in blue, brown and grey tones. Price $27.50. O~.ur linen tbehas be e stocked with several new items including double bed size package of 1 filat sheet, 1 f itted sheet and 1 pair of pillow cases in 50 percent ~ cotton and 50 percent polyester f lowered material - tex made - Price $31.75. A new boit of linen tea-towelling and table cloths have ......... also been added. *AFRMST RONuGS I