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Orono Weekly Tlme8s, Wednesday: Januairy 25 195-m.3 Two new schools expeet iready M,@ Clarngon hM'9 Two new sehools in Clarington were offîcially launched last week when trustees of the Northumberland and Clarington Board of Education approved sketch plans. The new Martin Road School in Bowmanville is a proposed two-storey school1 with 18 classrooms, a gymnasium and a library resource centre. The replaced public school for Newcastle Village is also a two-storey building and as well includes 23 classrooms as well as a gymnasium, and a library resource centre. Mr Ron Cameron is principal designate for the new Martin Road school. Seksappoa for 18-hole golf course m i no On January l4th Beavers from across the West Durham District attended a Winter Activity Day with plenty of plaxmed activity for the 231 in attendance. Like most events it does My wife gave me a book for Christmas and I didn't tbink it was ber intent for the gift te raise My blood pressure, but it did. The book was the story about the Mulroney years in government - "On The Take" is the title in case you missed it. Chapter after cbapter takes the reader tbrougb the most bizarre tale ever told of political corruption on the grand scale. Read it if you can and then give thanks they are no longer a political force in'the country. mhe best defense against libel is in the truth. Perbaps thatïs wby all the Conservatives, including Mulroney bimself, bave gone te ground over this story. My recent survey sent to everyone. under the title "What do you Tbink?" bas produced the largest responseever to any mailing. Tbe most critical responses centred around the questions regarding our bealth care system, and living within our means. In tbe columns ticked, many people wanted bigger cuts to govemnment spending, wbile the same people in other columns related te living within our means said programs sbould be maintained! Many people couldn't see any reason for tbe elimination of double-digit inflation in bealth care costs that previous governments allowed te tbreaten Ontario's bealtb care budget. Some believe we can go back te the old ways of providing unliniited funding. If only it were possible, alas it isn't so. Health care is under seige all over the world and isn't just an issue in Ontario, the true test is in the management of bealth care with. limited resources. Even in the United States the costs of providing health care te those lucky enougb te bave some kind of insurance is facing new barriers. take organization and the above group were kept busy keepmng all events on time and making sure no one maissed lunch. Plicture above are members of the executive: Mark jackson, chair, Shelley Bilenduke, vice- In an attempt te control health insurance plan costs Americans are being forced into managed bealth-care plans. In these plans patients are told wbicb doctor they can see and when tbey can see them. If you break those rules, you pay part or all of the bill. Managed care deliberately places doctors in a conflict of interest witb their patients, tbey say, bealtb plans are converting medical professionals into "double agents." In one case a managed bealth-care plan refused te pay for a mammogram for a women under 50 in spite of three doctors recommending it. The Wall Street Journal bas said that nine of the largest managed bealtb care companies in the U.S. have piled up $9.5 billion in profits. Was it any wonder that President Clinton's attempts te provide universal medicare faileil? Once again big business interests answered the caîl te armns. The people remained losers - again. As of January l2tb the list of political columnist and commentators wbo have gene on record stating that tbey believe Bob Rae will win the next election included Allan Fotberingham (Macleans), Richard Gywn (Toronto Star wbo wrote - Bob Rae bas a larger IQ than Mike Harris and Lyn McLeod - combined), David Lewis Stein (The Toronto Start) and Dick Smytb (Tbe Toronto Sun.) Columnist Peter Trueman aIse wrote in the Kingston Whig Standard that Bob Rae bas more heavy duty political experience than Harris and McLeod - combined. One cf the promises made in the Mike Harris Common Sense Revolution is that they, if elected te form the next provincial governme nt, will privatize the LCBO. 'm sure that if chair, Steve Goedmurphy, treasurer and Glenn Trider, secretary. The event was held on the grounds of Clarke High School with lunch in the cafeteria. privatizati on of the LCBO is carried out one of tbe big losers will be the grape growers in the Niagara Peninsula. At the present time LCBO pricing and marketing policies are supportive of Ontario wines. Without the LOBO tbis would change and Ontario wineswould become vulnerable to foreign competition. In the event of the LCBO privatization, probably only few of its 5,000 employees could re- enter the job market. In West Virginia after privatization in January 1991, it bas been estimated that only about 10 to 25 per cent of the former state stores employees were rehired by private stores. It is acknowledged that the privatization of liquor control boards raises many policy issues and concernis both economic, and social. LCBO privatization in Alberta has resulted in higher product prices, smaller product selection, higher warehousing and distribution costs, and bigher social costs. The Mike Harris policies are labeled "The Common Sense Revolution". George Orwell would have appreciated the beauty of tbat title for a proposaI tbat migbt better be called "The Non Sense Revelations".* Harris and bis fellow ideological Visigoths sceem to be chomping at the bit te return Ontario to the idyllic l9tb century, to the balcyon days of 80-bour work weeks at 4 dollars an hour with zero work-related or govemnment benefits. I fail to believe that the majority of Ontarians are ready for tbis type of Ontario and tbe all-out assault on the social contracts that bave lifted us all out of the existences our forbears suffered through. Until next week - when politicians change their mmnd and say they bave seen the light, they probably mean tbey have felt the beat. Until next week - Gord. An application for rezonîng lands for an 18-hole golf course was the subject of a public meeting on Monday. The, proposal bas been sent back to the planning department for furtber processing and the awaiting, of information of an environmental report. The proposed golf course and club house is proposed for 56 hectares of land in part lot 3, concession 4 of Darlington Township. The land at the nortb abuts Taunton Road with an eastern boundary along an extension of Bragg Road. The lands are zoned agriculture and Environmental Protection. The latter allows the development of a golf course. The lands include the Stephens Gulch Earth Science ANSI which is one of the best developed depositional features of Lake Iroquois. It is considered provincially significant. The Soper Valley Life Science ANSI also on the property is also noted as provincially significant and is one Of the least disturbed streamn valleys in the municipality. Botb streams are noted as cold-water streams with forested valleys. It was stated at the meeting that a consulting firm, one of the best as te environmental concerns, is preparing a report on all environmental aspects of the pmoperty. The town report will await the receipt of the environmental report before completing its planning report. SHQP AROUND, GET YOUR BEST PRICE THEN CALL US FOR YOUR PBLIC NOTRICE Corporathon fulthe% Muni.Cipaity of ing outhe COBLLC TIN Laidlaw Waste Systems will provide garbage collection services to the Municipality effective January 3, 1995 <By-law #94-1 63). Please ensure that garbage is at curbside by 7:00 a.m. on your regular collection dlay. For your information: 1. The recycling contract and schedules are unchanged. 2. A calendar wth information and collection schedules wiII be delivered to each household. 3. The number of bags/containers allowed is 4 per household. Contact Numbers: Laidlaw Waste Systems Public Works Department WesTR &YST!ME 1-800-263-6305 623-3379 /MMuNCIPALITY OF ONTARIO Dates Published: January 11, 18, 25, 1995 "r'