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8, Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, June 2, 1982 Money -A Man -AHorse Money -A Man -A Horse was money for Mrs. Mon- was the individual ultimate tague, Angie Sanders; a man future for these three young 'for Miss Sally, Jennifer actresses in Goin' West. It Olesen and a horse for 'Aunt Stephen 's' Gulch explained to Town Maude, Michelle Alic. Trhe girls did exceptionally well and were well cast for their parts in the play. Part of the Wagon Train Betcha, Jean Brown; teresting part of the cast of Sidekick, Jody Melville and "Goin' West" presented at Cookie, Kim Lycett an in- Coun cil calis for further tMaffic count At a recent meeting of the General Purpose committee Ron Dupuis, director of Public works was requested to provide the Town commit- tee with a report as to a pedestrian crossover at King Street and Division street in the Town of Bowmanville. The report was filed with committee on Monday sug- gesting that the Town again request the Region to under- take a spring traffic count at the Orono Public School last Wednesday evening. the intersection to determine the possible waÎrants for traf- fic signais at the intersection. The report points out that councîl acted on March 15th, 1982 passing as by-law to designate a cross-over at King Street and Division street. This action was taken prior to receiving a report from the Region andl the benefits of a traffic counit which were recieved by counicil on March 25th. The Central Lake Ontarjo Conservation Authority on Monday presented plans of a proposed Master Plan for developmient- of Stephen's Gulch Conservation Area at an estimated cost of -$1 .8 million over the next ten to fifteen years. At the present time the Conservation Authorîty owns some 317 acres at Stephen's Gulch and propose to make further purchases to bring total acreage to 850. Stephen's Gulch is a tract of land south of Taunton Road in the area of the Acres Restaurant and has both the Soper Creek and the Mathew Creek running through the property. Council was told the major portion of the development would be in the valleylands and that no physical restraints would result from development. The Master Plan, if ap- proved, would include the development of an Inter- pretative Centre in a house already owned by the Authority and as well a number of areas for parking, picnicing, small pond, fishing and group camping area. A network of trails would also double for cross-country skiing and an existing silo structure would be facilitated as an observation tower. Pre- sent agriculture land within the area would continue to be used as agriculture land. Counc. Taylor pointed out that the presentation was a public presentation and the public was invited to make their feelings known at this time. David Lawson of the Bowmanville Anglers' Association referred to a peti- tion submitted to Town Council as to development of a park area along the Bowmanville Creek valley and ask what was being done as te this proposaI. It was pointed out that a Master Plan would also be developed for the Bowmanville Creek Valley area. Lawson pointed Dupuis pointed out that the present cross-over would be legal if the markings were painted on the street but that a number of problems ex- isted. He, rçported that an overhead sign would be an improvement but still pro- blems with parking, commer- cial signs and ornamental trees would exist- He stated such an overhead sign would cost in the area of' $4,000 to $5,000 and as a result of the Regional traffic count would not be subject for a subsidy from the province. The report referred te a pedestrian-activated traffic signal which would require a fully signalized intersection costing some $25,000 to $30,000 which again would not be subject for subsidiza- tion. The Director of Public works suggested that the pre- sent system remain in for-ce and that council request a further traffic count during the coming period which may show a different trend to that taken in February. Council accepted the recommenda- tien. out that the Bowmanville C'reek Valley land was more accessable to Bowmanville residents and children than would Stephen's Gulch and would in fact produce more tourist dollars for Bowmnan- ville. Tt was pointed out to coun- cil that the Stephen's Gulch area was identified in 1964 as an unique valley and creek system.- Tt was also stated at the meeting by a Mr. Smith that development of the Stephen's Gulch area would result in destroying what brown trout fisbing there existed now in the area. Counc. Cowman said what she was hearing was lets put any money to be spent where it wîll provîde a facility for the most people. Counc. Hamre noted that considerable was being men- tioned and planned as to recreation at Stephen's Gulch. She said as a member of the Ganaraska'she was aware that provincial funding was running out for recrea- tional purposes. She was told that recreational develop- ment at Stephen's Gulch was of a passive nature and that it was the intention of the Conservation Authority to preserve the uique valley system at Stephen's Gulch. Tt was also stated that ski trails would flot be maintained. Further development and discussion will be undertaken by the Authority as to, the response given at the meeting on Monday. Wants unit for the terminally ill patient A recommendation has come forth from the Durham Region Health Council that thie province of Ontario pro- vide a sum of $400,000 for a nine-bed unit in the Oshawa General Hospital for ter- minally ill patients. One other such unit exists in the province that at Grace Hospital in Toronto. The Durham, Health Council believes if another unit is to be developed in the province it should go to Oshawa. It has been pointed out that such a unit has been designated as a hîgh priority at Oshawa General Hospital. David Home, president of the council states such a. unit is a 'humane concept' and would provide comfort to the dying and their families. It has also been proposed that such a unit be established in the sout-east corner of the main wing of the hospîtal and that although this would reduce bed accommodation by nine this could be returned in another sector of the hospital. it is felt that altera- tions could be undert4ken with little cost and littie disruption to the hospital schedule during construction. One of the few bonuses that derives f rom having opi- nions and expressing them on television, is the mail you get, from people Who agree and disagree. It gives you a cram course on Canada, very quickly. It multiplies what the average guy gets to know about his countrymen and how they're feeling, through the usual daily contacts, by perhaps a hundred times. But the mail can also be something of a liability. Since 1. began this job more than eight years ago, 1 have tried to answer ail the mail, faithful- ly. 1 feel very strongly that anyone Who takes the timne to write, expresses his ýiews in a reasonably considerate way, and has the courage to sign his name, deserves a piece of my time. 1 keep forgetting however, that there are a lot of you, and only one of me. Many's the weekend 1 have taken a stack o f mail with me to the country, Srnd have spent most of it writing replies to 150 or 60 letters. But 1 haven't been able to do that la@ ora variety of reasons and the result is such a huge pi e of unanswered mail on my desk that l'm finding it difficuit to find a place to put down a coffee. So if you've wro@gsjately, and you haven't had a reply, please don't" ~our letter hasn't been read and appreciated. For thos ou Who have asked me to do something, or say somet TIi let me assure you 'm trying. 1 have always deplored the idea of having an. assistant deal with mail, or going the form letter route '- it seems such an impersonal and bureaucratic way to deal with what are often heartfelt messages and appeals. No one is fooled by them, and a cold form letter, it seemns to me, has a capacity to wound that is unforgiveable. 1 am sorry to burden the people Who have flot written with this, but 1 could thînk of no other way to reach the people Who have, and Who have the right to expect some sort of response. 1 hope that they'll be patient. 1 hope that they'll forgive me. And, in future, 1 hope that some of them will Write, Jan Tennant as well. That's flot news, but that too is reality.