The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

4, Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, Marchi 17, 1982 Riekard opposes. increase i Regional representation St. F rancis Mayer Rickard spoke briefly to council on Monday concerning a request by Ajax, Whitby and Oshawa for addi- tional representation on Regional coundil. The Mayor said he was not about to sup- port an increasein numbers. '<There are too many there now", he said. Mayor Riokard also said that Regional councillors were presently serving two masters and If Rexional coun- cillors were elected .separate froin that of munic ipal coun- cils it could reduce the in- cidents of parochialism. The Province has agreed to one additional regional coun- ciflora for Ajax and Whitby and will consider a T2th Mr Oshaa if such is supported by Regfional coundil. Lake Scugog winter creel cens us IR.D. Dyke, Fisherles Techul- clan This winter a census of the angler activity la being con- duced on Lake Scugog by the Ontario Ninistry of Natural Resurces. Anglers are personally contacted dur- ing their fishing trip and Ak- cd specific questions such as how many fish they have taken, how long they have been angling, if any fish have been returned to the water, and- where their place of residence may bc. Mayor Rickard said the Regional Management comn- mnittee had split on the addi- tions but the matter will be coming up at counicil when ail members of council will vote on the reconimendation. Counc. Woodyard agreed that presently regional count- 'cillors were carrying out 'a dual purpose and lie said it was time to create a single tier government with fewer members. He said it could then be more efficient and mucli faster. Counc. Taylor disagreed and said a single tier form of goverument could create real problems. He said there must be a tie between regional and area governiments as now ex- ist. andh çpught are measured adscale sample takenî to later determine the fish's age. Ail recorded information will assist in making future management decisions to en- sure the preservation of the popular recreational ipickerel fishery in Lake Scugog. During December and January a total of 488 anglers were interviewed and they had kept 225 yelow pickerel. The average size of these fish was 38.0 cm. (15 inches) in Iength and 576 grains (1.3 lbs.) weight. The largest piokerel measured this winter was 73.2 c. (28.8 inches) and weighed 3.7 kfiogranis ( 8 and one quarter lbs.) and was 9 years old. 1 got a telephone oeil from a viewer the other night, objecting strenuously to the fact that Global's hour long interview of Prime Minister Trudeau by, David Frost wtas interrupted by so mnany commeË-rcials. She faeit that the commiercials were a sign of disrespect to the Primeý- Min- ister. 1 arn inclined to believe that commsercials were more a sign of disrespect to the viewer than to the Prime Minister (wh-o didn't have to sit through them as we did), but l'Il concede her point. Fortunately, there is som-e re- lief in sight. Two developmnents, it seem-s to, me, threaten the future of commercials on television. One of themn is the home recorder, the so-called VCR, and the other is Pay TV. -Somie of you must have guessed that we're in a ratings period at the momTent. That is why the quality of the movies and other major productions on ail chaninels iast week, this v.fe-k and next are of such an attractive quality. And ail of these blockbuster productions are loaded with comme#-ricals. You could rail it m-aking hay while the sun shines. Because 1 think the day is flot very far off when movies and other longer TV productions, like interviews with the Prime Minister, which do flot have natural breaks in them, wvill be seen uninterrUpted, even on conventional commercial television. Once Pay TV is in place, and people can watch first run movies in the privacy of their own homes for a nominal monthly fee, they're going to think twice about suffering through 45 minutes of mrovie and 12 minutes of commercials in every hour on the so-oelled "f ree" channels. And when most homes have video cas- sette recorders, for which you can rent first run, movies- for five dollars or less, and people can play themn, and stop themn when nature oel s -- not when the commercial breaks dictate -- the revolution witl be in full swing. It isn't just the technology of television thats changing, it's the whole economic base. So i suppose i really should have told that lady last night: Hang in there. it's just a matter of time. That's not news, but that too is reality. of Assis'î, Ne wcastle On Thursday, March llth. the most Reverend James L. Doyle, D.D. B ishop of Peter- borough, confirmed 27 students of the Parish. Assisted by Rev. Martin Wamn, Rev. R. P. Walshand Rev. Thomas -D. Walsh. Those confirmed were: Jason Andrews, Anthony Barnoski, Marni Basic, Keli Breen, Richard Budel, An- drew Buhagiar, Christopher Buhagiar, Nino Custoza, Rosalie Daniels, Coileen Der- rick, Tracy Kelieher, Robert Klepac, Sarahi MacLean, Tammy Molioy, Jason Muin- mery, Carol-Ann Oster, Clint Peters, Branda Pierik, Shawn Ratdliffe, Michelle Raica, Normy Richard, Leslie Ami Sciuk, Brock Vanshaik, Greg Wilks, Rick Yaworski, Troy Young and Goran Zagar. The Catholic Women's League invited everyone for refreshinents in the Parish Hall after the celebration. St. Vincent DePaul Society held their meeting on Sun- day, March l4th. The Society is setting up a room at the Parish for storing clothing, etc. Anyone wishing to donate anything or would like more information may call Mary Hegarty, President at 983-5247. Working in pairs, the members will carry out their mission through visitations during which they stive to) get to know the person and to assess his needs with the aîm of helpi.ng him to help himself. The Society needs more volunteers men and womnen both to help this worthy cause. .Next meeting will be held on Sunday, April 4th. 8:00 P.M. Bowmanviile Concern for ife is holding their annual general meeting Wednesday, March 17, 8:00 P.M. at the Bowmanville Public Library. A film titled, "Does Anyone Cgre" will be shown. Everyone welcome. Lunch wvIl be served. Plans are being made for our next card party to be held on Thursday, March 25th. and a Sprinag Dance on Satur- day, March 27th. Both to be held in the Parish Hall. Parent course on drug C Durliarn Coflege, in co- operation with commumity agencies, is offering a six- week course for parents of children who are involved with drug or alcohol abuse. The course begins Thurs- day, April 1 . and will run in the Coilege's Simcoe Building from 7:00 to9:00 p.i. for six consecutive Thursday even- jings. The course format wil include lecture, discussion, role play and smafl group work. The objectives are to pre- sent factual information oni alcohol and drug use and abuse;, to provide informa- tion &-id exercises to promote increased cQmmuanication and mnanagemenit skills; and to identify community resources avaibe for fur- ther information and assistance. There are specific course admittance criteria. Par- ticipating parents must have a problerri teenager who has a demonstrated substance abuse problein. The problemn teenager must be between. 13 and 17 years of age. At least one parent must be commit- ted to attend six sessions. Parents mrust have regular contact with the problemt teenager andi be willing to pay a fee of $20. The agencies co-operating with Dur-ham Coilege ]h of- fering the course are the DurhianmRegional Heaith Unit, Durhiam Centre (Ad- diction Research 'Fnundation), Nor- thumberland and Newcastle Board of Education, Durham Separate SMtool Board, Durhamn Regional Police Force, Pinewood Centre, Alexandra Clinic -and the Durliain Board of Education as well as Don Nadon, Newcastle Counsellor. Those interested in registering for the course, should write Michelle Nichols, Department Head, abuse Specialty Prograris, Durham College,- Box 385, Oshawa, LIH 7L7, or phone Mrs. Nichols at 576-0210, Exteni- sion 342. JOB PRINTING ORONO WEEKLY TIMES .. ....... . . i '1