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h Orono Weekly Thaes, Weduesday, January 27, 1982, 7, --Wetlands valuable wildlife habitat " Woods, Water, and Wildlife By Ron Reid- Federation of Ontario Naturallsts In a pastoral valley north of Brockville, Jane Toppinig gazes out over ber smal marsh on the Gien Elbe Creek, and fumes. For the past three years, she bas been fighting to protect that marsh fromt a proposedJ drain that would channel its waters and destroy its wildlife. On Amherst Island, Geoff Mat- thews faces a similar plight. Near Oshawa, Jim Richards continues bis decade-long battle to protect the best re- maining cattail mrarsh on western Lake Ontario, threatened by a harbour deveiopment. ln Thunder Bay, naturalists worry about the future of the few remain- ing lakeshore marshes nestied beside a growing harbour. These groups and in- dividuals, and others like theni across Ontario, are fighting to protect what re- mains of our threatened wetlands. Their motives often differ some value marshes for the chance to hunt water- fowl; some for tbe myriad of small birds that caîl wetiands home; some for the special beauty of a wetland in full bloom; and some simply because the drainage of wetiands so often is a waste of' preýcious money and resources. But wbatever the motives, conservationists agree on one point - a strong protective policy for Ontario wetlands is long overdue. A discussion paper on just sucb a policy is now available rrom tbe Ministry of Natural Resources, Queen's Park, Toronto, with a period for public comments until tbe end of February. The discus- sion paper brings an officiai endorsemnent to the concern about the continuing ioss of southern Ontario wetlands. According to governrnent estimates, only 13-22 percent of the original wetlands south of the Sbield remain. The rest bave been converted to farrnland, marinas, bar-. bours, or industriai sites. Yet wetlands are clearly the most valuable wildlife habitats in Ontario, in mary cases critical to the survival of the wildlife and fisb of sur- rouniding areas. Because wetlands are natural pollu- tion figbters and streamnflow regulators, we A pay for their loss through higher taxes for flood and pollution control facilities. Mr. Alan Pope, the Minister of Natural Resources, needs to bear your support for a wetlands pro- tection policy. Please take tirne tbC write and let him know that you care. Province Annou nces Appointment of Provi"ncial Co-ordinator for Senior Citizens Toronto - Thse Honourable Margaret Bircih, Ontario Pro- vincial Secretary for Social Developnenit, announced the appointmient of Lawrence Crawford, as Ontario Provini- cial Co-ordinator for Senior Citizens. This announicemient foliowed the release of a task force report "Thse Elderly in Ontarîo: An Agenda for thse Eighities". Mr. Crawford's former ap- pointrnents included Staff Di- rector and Consultant to the Select Committee on Aging, Director of the Provincial Homes for the Aged and Elderly Persons Centres and senior gerontoiogist with the Mfinistry of Commnunity and .Social Services. His first task as Provincial Co-ordinator for Senior Citi- zens will be the estabiishmnent of a Seniiorsý Secretariat de- slgned to improve information delivery to senors, to encour- age research into issues relat- ing to) aging, and to support effective policy co- ordination on aging across mlinistries. MIr. Crawford is iocated at 700 Bay Street, 3rd Floor, 965-5106 or 965-59410. "Thse Eiderly in Ontario" a report of an înterrninistry task force, has been publishied to stimiulate thouight anddics sion and to assist in planning. The estabiishmient of the Se- niors Secretariat is in response to requests by senior citizens and was recommnended by both the task force and thse Advisoryl Council on Senior Citizens.' "During the 1970's the rovince of Ontario intro- Phone: (416) 965-7981 duced significant nlew pro. granis for its senior citizens, such as the extension of home care progranis and waiver of heaith insurance premniums for those aged 65 and over", MIrs. Bîrch remarked. "*These ii tiatives, and the substanial growthi in dollars for them reflects tIe firn comritmnent of this Governiuent to enhance the independence of thse seniors of Onîtario". "T nany senior citizens nu our society wàil remain a priority for future policy and program development'", she said. The task force report points out that there will be an in- creasing numbher of elderly mnembers in our society. The impact of this demographie change will be noticeable after 1985 and significant at thse turn of thse century. "Wxelhave an oplportuniity to mneet this challenge and to addreýs.s thse changing ifestyle, attitudes and needs of the cld(erly'", Mrs. Birchadded. She said that a steering coni- mittee of senior personnel in tIse Ministries of Commiunity and Social Services, HealtIs, Municipal Affairs and lHous- ing, Treasuiry and Econom)iics and thse Secretariat for Social Development lis been estah- lîshed and is meeting regularly to review thie report. Addiioual copies of thse Re- port "The Elderly in Ontario: An Agenda for thse Eighities" van be obtained from the On- tario Governiment Bookstore, 880 Bay Street, Toronto, Durham offers Heart Sa ver Course Durham College is of fering a "Heart Saver" course tlis January. Designed to help the general public understand wbat a heart attack is al about -- the course gives in - struction in howv to possibly prevent a heart attack, and how to recognize wben so- meone is having a heart at- tack. t deals with what to do if the heart stops -- utiizing a first aid procedure called Cardiopulmonary Resuscita- tion, or C.P.R. This is prac- ticed on mannequins. The The 4-H agridultural leaders' program is breaking with precedent this year, moving away from a provin- cial conference in favor of fine regional workshops throughiout Ontario. "We've held the annual 4-H leaders' conference in Toronto for severai years now, and although it has always been a successful pro- gram, this year we would like to offer training- to a larger number of 4-H Leaders," says Chuck Jacobs of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food exten- sion branch. Organizers expect 500 to 600 people to attend the one- day workshops scheduled at Chatham, Cainsville, Listowel, Alliston, Peter- borough, Arnprior, New Liskeard, Fort Frances, and Kempnltville frorn February 5 to March 2. "The regional workshops allow us to provide more per- sonal instruction," says Mr. Jacobs. "It also allows some flexibîlity in the progran from one area to another." Amnong the subjects in the workshops are: the role of the 4-H Leader, group dynarnics, m-ethods of presentation, and A4frican Violetsa ooU rful littie plants- One of the mnost colourful littie plants. Since they are rather smrall they can be plac- ed in a small space. T hey neyer take'up too much roomn and will great you every day with -stalks of colourful flowers. African Violets grow out from a crown or a rosette. The leaves are fleshly and thick covered with fine hairs. African Violets have to be wýatched for overwatering because the fleshfly leaves will Job Printing 983-5301 course also teaches how to possibly save a cboking vic- tim. The Heart Saver course is four hours in length, and is offered on Mondays, from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m., starting January 25. The other dates on which the course will run are February 8 and 22, March 8, 15 and 29, and April 12. The cost for the four hours, of instruction is $10, and one can register by callinig Durham College at 576-0210, ext. 236, for an officiai registration form, or by corn- ing to the Registrar's Office at the College, Simncoe Street North, on week days from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Contact: James Kirkconnell Community Relations Durham College Box 385, Oshawa 576-0210, Ext. 271 resources and materials available to 4-H Leaders. The program also encourages leaders to discuss common problems and share new ideas. There are 1570 4-H Leaders in Ontario wbo work on, a voluntary basis to pro- vide instruction for more than 7/,770 4-H agricuitural club members. These leaders range in age from 21 to 71, but tbey share one thing in common--an interest in youth. Surveys indicate that about 80 percent of tbe leaders are men, and that the number of leading clubs is in- creasing. Most leaders are former 4-H members, living in rural areas. 1Ontario's 4-H agricultural club program, administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, offers 4-H projects in animal science, plant science, agricultural engineering, resource management and farm management. The 4-H programi is open to young people 12 to 19. People interested in becoming 4-H agricultural club leaders may contact their local agricultural office for furtber details. take up too much water and tben they will rot. African. Violet breeders bave increased the numiber of varieties so that they come in a rainbow of colour and aiso many varieties have two and even three shadings in one fiower. Since these breeders started to improve the plants Most plants rnow carry their flowers on longer stalks so tht fIowers on longer stalks 50 that the flowers can be seen more readily. Many new varieties corne with different coloured leaves and orne have even shadîngs; of green mixed witb white making the foliage even attractive. Overwaterýing is the easiest way to ruin an African Violet. Somne people advîse to water from the bottom by let- ting the plant siot in a tray for 10 to 15 minutes on the theory that the plant will take up as mucb water as it needs, The problem witb that is that tbere will be considerable (Contiued page 9) There are quite a number of weekly newspapers around the province that carry this colurnn, but perhaps the rnost unusual one of them ail is "The Woodbridge Advertiser".' In the flrst place it's flot even in Woodbridge. It's in the littie hamiet of Paîgrave, about 40 miles northwest of Tor- onto. It was named after Woodbridge because that was the prime market area when the paper started in 1935. Not only that, from the outside you'd neyer know it was a newspaper. To get to it you walk into a general store. The store is exactly the same as it was over haîf a century ago. Keep on walking to the back and you corne to the composîng room. And sure enough, there's the staff at work. 1 did a double take! As a former weekly newspaper edi- tor I hadn't seen equipment like that in years - forty years anyway! The "staff" is owner Howard Walton. That's it! He's the publisher, editor, advertising manager, circulation mana- ger, compositor, pressman and linotype operator. When 1 went in he was setting type - known in the business as "hot lead" - on an old linotype machine. A few feet away was a 1908 Lee Press, and ancient forrns where the paper is made Up. Howard has no addressing machine, and the day the paper cornes out eight local women come in and address it by hand. And the paper has a very healthy circulation - over 5,000 paid subscriptions. More than 1,000l papers are sent to Torontonians who want to read the auction sale ads, and the agricultural news. Walton has been with the paper since he was a teen- ager learning the business. Later he bought the whole set- up which included the general store. He told me he has no intention of changing anything. He likes it just the way it is, and so do the people who wander in with their ad copy. Walton works 6½/ days a week. He goes on holidays twice a year - two weeks in the summer, and two isn the winter. And what happens when Howard takes a vacation? Very simple. Everything stops. There's just no paper! ~, Newcastle and Northumberland Board Of Education Clarke-Hgh School Evening .ProSgram ADDITION TO FLYER CERAMICS COURSE This is a full Ceram-ic Course Of interest to both Beginners and Expert Students Monday Through Thurstday Evening From 7 to il (Four Classes) For Tti Weeks To Regster Phone Mr. or Mrs. Kelsey 987-4764 OPENING SOON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH. 28 DAVIDS CRESCENT OBONO, ONTARIO CUJSTOM DrESIGNED SILK AND DRIED FLOWERS Book A Flower Party Wit Gillian Stubbs Phone 983-5423 4-'H Leaders Workshop slated for Peterborough