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Orôn<~ .WeeklyTime~, Wednesday, Mareh 17. 1999 3 Cholesterol check They were lined up at Stutt's Pharmacy Iast Tuesday aflernoon for cholesterol information and test- ing. Ron Harris just wanted to confirm what he already knew about his cholesterol level. Nurse Lorraine was kept busy ail afternoon. Friom AroundHomej by Roy Forester I suppose It is a period in the- yearly calendar that one could say we are in transition from winter into, spring. Indeed we are at the edge of both and this came, home to me on Sunday looking for ducks in Lake Ontario and later in the day, some five concessions north, enjoying excellent snow conditions for skllng in the Ganaraska Forest. Further evidence of this transition is a. robust number of birds coming to the feeders in the front of .he house. A flock of some one hundred have been making on and off visits over the past couple of weeks. The majority have been Amnerican Gqldfinch taking over the 14 positions on the feeders as well as many on the ground and others perched i the trees. When they arrive the comirng and going is some hectic like a busy intersection, Yonge and King. We have caught a sighting of a couple of House' Finch along with ihree Purpie Finch, Juncos, Chickadees and a usual visit from a Downey Woodpecker. 1It has been great to have them around. Down at the lake visiting Oshawa, Bownanville and Newcastle wateffronts the number of ducks were not great. In total perhaps forty. But on the other hand we spotted five different spec ies which included Common Goldeneye, Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, and close to Newcastle shore- line a Mallard and Pintail.. The volume- of ducks along the lakefrontwill- certainly increase drasti- cally over the niext couple ofweeks as they stage for their trip north. The tùing of staging for waterfowl is a lot of guesswork, which proved true last year at Presquile. The ducks were long gone before the birders showed up. This year Presquile is to hold its Waterfowl Festival on 'the weekend of March 27, 28, 29 and April 2, 3 and 4. It seems that the birds do feel secure in their staging at Presquile giving every opportunity to make good use of Spotting Scopes to bring birds into sharp focus. There are duck truck viewing blinds, equipped with telescopes provided by Bushnell. To reach Presquile travel to- Brighton and follow signs into the park and viewin g stands. There is an entry charge of $5.00 per car. Rotz confesses Met Bob Rotz on the Street Monday and he confessed that smnearing Peanut Butter over the rough bark of a tree did work. It attracted Wood- peckers and Chickadees. In one of his letters to the Times he had stated that It didn't work. "You have to be patient Bob.» 1 enjoyed his comment that watching birds at a feederwas like watching gold fish in an aquarium. By The Way Our ten year old Brown Betsy with -a new tail pipe installed is on lime for her "Cean Air" test this comling Monday morning at Marigold Ford. i'm somewhat appre- hensive afrer hearing that ninety percent are failing, Rhe test. There is no alternative and I do want to keep, her on the road. Let you know next week. sewage (continued from page 1) Vîilage .fOronlo.I nadleq uate samlpIilng, and the inabiîlity 10o prov e Ire the Conitain lation- was coing fl'rom w\ýere just two of the flaws MOE noted- in the TSH report. I n a door to door suvey donc at that lime, only 2 cases of sexxage, breakout onto property w\erec identified in the down- townî- core, and 3 in the sur- rounlding area. The Regional Communal Serv ices Study concluded that a properly designed, operated and mnaintained private onl-site system w\ith suitable soils is the preferred option of sewage treatmnent for rural areas. The study found that the cost of serving a residential nunit with a communal system is mnuch higher than a private on- site sysýtem or an urban mrunici- p al sy steml. LUse of a Regionally owned and operated communaLIIl systemi could also have a significant overal impact on de\velopmnent charges and iser rates. However thereport also states that communal systems are considered 10 be more secure and reliable, and offer a higher d egree of env ironmnental and public health protection than a private septic systemn. 1Use of communal sewers in the rural area would add to and intensify the amnount of rural developmnent, as demonstrated by recent "lifestyle" develop- ment applications received by the Region. Communal servic- ing systems support larger scale, more intensive develop- ments. Two golf course companies made submnissions to the Reg ion requesting that commu- nal sewers bc permnitted as the preferred mnethod of waste treatnment in their "lifestyle" commiiun ities. Brian Moss of ClubLink IEUCHRE Threntables of cards.fol- loin he Oddfellowv- /Rebekaihs T7urkey Supper IHigh - Gladys Greenwood - 90; Aif Pigott - 88; JuIne Wilson, - 8,4, Merrili Graham - 81; Low - Lavina Downes. Properties says iin bis letter that "A st1r0l1gjdcmand for recre- ationally based housing choice in theL corning years is antici- pated in response to the aging Baby Boom generation. both CluLin -Cherry Downs Plick er*ing and the Manors o CaruhesCreek -Aapro- pose to build housing units adjacent to golf courses in a rural setting. ClubLink cur- rently operates a resort proper- ty wt golf course in theý Tonhpof Muskoka Lakes. They a1so received Regional approvail'for a developmnentiii the Township of King that will be serviced by communal ser- výices. New home buyers in these two developments will be payiïng from $38,000 to $40,000 per home, servicing costs for the communal systemn. Because the Region is responsible for delivering water and sewage services, if a d6eveloper defaults on a devel- oprnent \vith communal ser- vicesý, the Region is obligated to take over and maintain that systemn. The report to the Tri- Commnittee states that', "permit- ting rural developmients on communal servicing systemrs such as 'lifestyle' communities or other large scale develop- ment would undermine both the urban and rural structure established in the Regional Officiai Plan, by directing growth fromn urban areas and encouraging unplanned growth in rural areas.» The use of communal sy s- tems rmay be appropriate, dlaimns the report, as a last resort to remnedy a health prob- lemn or rectify enviîronmiental degradation, but only afier all other rnethods to rectify prob- lems with existing private sys- temns have been exhausted. This stance was weakened by the amnendment to consider comîmunal sewers on a case by case' bas is. 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