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8-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, May 26th, 1982 Success fui pickerel seasonopened May 8 P. Smith, Fish and Wildlife Supervisor The fishing season for yellow pickerel opened on May 8th this year, except at special fish sanctuaries which remnained closed until May 15th. Fishermen who went after pickerel on the open !akes on the May 8th weekend reported good catche; live mninnows at dawn and dusk were most productive. Conservation officers and other fisheries staff responsi- ble for patrolling the new fishi sanctuaries report public co- operation was excellent. Very Iew fishing violations occur- red and many anglers ex- pressed support for the new fisheries mnanangement ap- proach. Creel Census on Stony and Clear Lakes D. Bell, District Biologist The Lindsay District of the Mînistry of Natural Resources will be conducting an intensive creel census study from May until September, 1982, on Stony and Clear Lakes in Peter- borough County. The study is dcesigned to monitor the recreational fisheries on the two lakes. Two resource technicians will interview anglers to gather information regarding the anglers place of residence, the length of time spent fishing, the numbers, sizes and species of fish caught etc. This information wil enable the Ministry to estimate total fishing pressure and fish harvest and to recommend future management practices for the lakes. Anglers can help make this study a success by giving the creel census crew their co- operation, when they are contacted on the lakes. Fish For The Future Thanks to assistance from the Bowmanville Creek Anglers Association, the Pratt's Dam Fishing Club, and local property owners, the transfer of aduit rainbow trout over Vanstone's Dam on Bowmanville Creek and Pratt's Dam on. CobourE Creek was most.sucéessful. A total of 686 rainbow trout were tansferred, wvith 472 fish being transferred ai 'Vanstone's Dam. The transfers, which have been undertaken by the Lind- say District staff of the Ministry of Natural Resources since 1977, ensure that the adult rainbow trou have access to the excellent spawning areas in the head- waters of Bowmanville and Cobourg Creeks. These transfers will help to ensure the continuation of the ex- cellent rainbow trout runs on these creeks for the future. You know it's spring when the robins return, the buds peek out from the branches of trees, and Bill Malcolmson hitches up one of his show horses and goes for a buggy ride! Bill is a 67 year old Barrie. insurance man whose hobby is horses. He's been around horses sinoe he was a kid and over the years has bujît up a showplaoe called Cedar Rail Farm, at Crown Hil11, a few miles north of Barrie. Currently he has eight magnificent standardbreds. They're kept in a big black barn with white trim. Just behind it is another barn -- what Malcolmson oeils a "buggy barn". It houses one of the mos varied collection of old buggies and cutters you've ever seen. There are -- and get t his -- 62 of them! Somne date back to the 1880's. In the old days the buggy was the main mode of road transportation. It was the automnobile of earlier eras. At ti mes, the carniages could be pretty fancy. Malcolm- son's prize carriage is a Brougham built at the turn of the century. It has style, a look of quality. And Bill used it to get his daughter to the church on' timne when she was married a few years ago. He also has a buggy which used to be a taxi that ran be- tween the trains and hotels in Penetaguishene. Then there's a ladies' Phaeton built in Brantford in 1888. The list goes on and on. Down on the lower f loor of the Malcolmson's century- old home is Bill's workshop. lt's where he has painstak- ingly restored the whole collection. The hours he's put In doîng it must have run into the thousands! His den is clown there too. lt's a horsey room. It fairly bulges with trophies, ribbons, pictures of horses, sculptur- ed horses, books about horses. Malcolmson still goes to the office almrost daily, but takes tim-e out for visits by schoolchildren -- and seniors. He says the kids like the buggies, but it's the seniors who really appreciate them. As 1 left, there was a busload of seniors arriving. When they saw some of the buggies out on the track besîde the barri, therewers smiles, chuckles and squeals of delight! A good news en vironmeflt story Woods, Water and Wildlife By: Rod Reid - Federation of Ontario Naturalists In these days of toxic chemicals and acid ramn, it is heartening to hear once in a while that _we are actually mnaking progress in some areas. Appropriately, one of the areas where we seem to be doing best involves the first common pesticide to be labelled as a danger - DDT. It was the effects o! DDT and its poisonous relatives that first sparked a hard look at how we use chemnicals in our society. Spurred on by vi- sions of a "silent spring", both the Canadian and U.S. governments banned the use of DDT in the late 1960's. But since the chemnical is very long-Iived, and had been used extensively to control insect pests sinée the Second World War, DDT residues con- tinued to accumulate in many birds. Since the pesticides resulted in thin egg shelîs and fewer young hirds, the Populations 6f large fish- eating birds plummeted. How, at least some of the most threaten-ed Populations are on the rise again. Bald eagles are isted as substan- tially more common now than'in the 1960'sby the U.S. Interior Department. Ospreys, which had dropped to 100 pairs along the Atlan- tic coast of the U.S. from over 1,000, also seemn to be making a comeback. Brown pelicans, one of the most en- dangered species, have in- creased in 5,000 pairs from a low of 1100-1200. Biologists hope that most of the birds of prey can recover completely by the end of the century. But, some questions stili remain. The peregrine falcon, for exam- pie, is stili very rare despite an extensive program of releasing young raised in capitivity. In their case, the .major problem appears to be continued use of DDT on their wintering grounds in South and Central Amierica. The health of Ontario's peregrines will be checked this weekend, when the Federation of Ontario Naturalists sponsors a survey of previous nest sites in Algonquin Park. Teams of volunteers will watch for signs of activity at each potential site, in the hope that released young birds will return to nest. As the legacy from the DDT sinks further behind us each year, our hopes grow stronger that On- tario will once agaiij become home of the world's fastest bird. Cal! need for 24-hour day-care facîlîtîes A forum of some thirty in- k' cluding parents,, day care workers, nursery school teachers, union workers and, a member of regional coun il were told last Thursday there was a great need in the Region for 24-hour day-care services. The comment was made by Irene Konzelmann, of Orono, a nursery school teacher and a member of the Associati on for Early Childhood Education. Konzelmann pointed out this would provide the need for those on shift-work. At the present time 'day- care centres in the region o pen from 7:30 to 5:30 p.m. and do provide care for some 3000 children in the region. This, it was pointed out, does not meet the needs of alI parents. Pat Schultz of the Ontario Coalition for Better also sup- ported the need for extended hours of day care to meet the needs of those on shift work. Fifty percent of the children in day-care have mothers in the work force for one reason or another. It was pointed out at the meeting that high quality day-care costs between $200, and $400 a month. On the other hand subsidized day care, operated by the Region could cost $1 a day or 50 cents per haîf day at the 26 operations. Costs at supervis- ed day-care centres have a normal cost of $12.50 per day. A speaker pointed out there are 21000 day-care spaces in Ontario where there is a need for at least 750,000. There are 723 children in day-care in regionally- supervised centres and 'a waiting list of 133. It was stated that the need and lack of day-care spaces forces parents to make more informaI a rrangments through relatives, family or private homes. "It is sometime fabulous and sometimes abusive," it was stated. One takes a calculated risk it was said. Irene Konzelmann said the poor care of a child in a cen- tre is the costliest since more money is needed to correct any problems that the child may develop. It' was suggested that workers should set a course to have employers supply day-care. Ne wcastie taxp ayer out in the cold Mayor Rickard on Tuesday evening informed council that it was not within the authority of council to grant tax refunids as suggested by the General Purpose commit- tee. Thle commnittee hiad recom- miended tô couincil that a Mr. R. Osborne be reimbur-sed for an overpayment of taxes in 1979 and 1980. The over- payment resulted from an er- ror in assessmnent by the Pro- vincial assessmnent departl- ment. The G;P committee recommended the repaymenî of soMe $1400.0() to Osborne. Seek tax reduction for Park view apts. Mr. Frank Hoar, represen- ting Parkview Lodeg in Newcastle Village requested the support of the Town of Newcastle counicil on Mon- day in- their appeal of their assessment on the complex. Hoar pointed out that they were nearing their first year of operation of the 43 apart- ment complex for seniors and family living and were most satisfied with the operation with the exception of taxes which were above that estimated. Hoar- said Parkview was paying an amopunt of $22,000 in taxes to the Town which had been estimated two years ago at $18,000. He also said that taxes on the Orono Lodge was $8, 100. He said the amount of $22,000 was a direct tax on seniors. He also pointed out that the assessed value of the Orono Lodge was $26,380 compared to $74,590 for Parkview in Newcastle. It was pointed out to count- cil that the federal govern- ment paid a sum of $ 128,000 annual to Parkview and the provincial government sub- sidized almost haîf of ail ren- taIs. He said rentaI charges to seniors was $245.00. Hoar felt it was the bases of assessing the property as a high rise complex that af- fected the assessment on the complex. It was stated through discussion that Parkview has appealled the assessment on the building but as yet had not been given a hearing. Coluncil was also told that rents ai Parkview were greater than those charged in Orono and that with rising taxes there could be only one alternative to meet taxes through increases rentals at Parkview. Council members outlined to Hoar that it was the pro- vince of Ontario that set the assessment on property in the Town. The matter was referred to staff for comment. 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