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

Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, July 7. 1999 - Il .. . .. . . Arthur Black DRA W ME A DOLLAR Money is what you'd get on beautifully without If only other people weren't so crazy about it. Margaret Chase Harriman Ever stopped to think about money? Not money the abstract. Money the concrete: loonies, toonies, fives, tenis and twenties. We're talking about paper, here. Paper anid base mietals. The words on the front of the coin/bih! say it's worth 'X dol- lars' . .. but they're just words, folks. We -would be just as far ahead swapping lead washers, plastic beads, bus transfers or bubble gumn wrappers - except for the fact that wîth mioniey, somne government somnewhere says "pay to the order of.. ." The stuf is only -worth what some- body tells us it's worth. l'ni pretty sure that thought must have occurred to J.S.G. Boggs - otherwise, why would he have begun painting money? That's what Mister Boggs does - he's a graphic artist who happens to grace his canvases with representations of money. He draws painstaking replicas of Amrericani tens, twenities, andc fifty-doîlar bis. And then he attempts to use them as actual currency. Understand that Mister Boggs s no run-of-the-mili counterfeiter. His painted bills are much larger than real ones. The colours are deliberately wonky. Sometimes he messes with the wording on the bis. And he only paints the front side of the bis, and then signs the blank backside -just like a stan- dard work of art. And it's driving the U.S. Treasury Departmient absolutely nuts. International plowing match -farm machinery show Boggs is what you'd eall a Conceptual Artist. He draws, say»te front side of a twenty- dollar bill, goes to a restaurant, orders a meal, then attempts to 4'pay' with his artistic rendition of legal tender. Sometimes, the waiters go for it., Sometimes they think, he's a freak. The waiters who go for it are- the smart ones. There are seri- ous art collectors who siaver for an original "Boggs bill". They'1l pay a minimum of $300 US for one of them. So what's the problem? Tunnel vision at, the US Treasury Department. They contend that Boggs is "counter- feiting". They've had the Secret Service charge Boggs; they've confiscated hundreds of pieces of his Art. They've promised to send him to jail for a very, very long time. And every time they've dragged Boggs into court, the judges and juries have laughed in the- goverfiments gormless face and dismissed the charges. Stili, thie US Govern- ment is a very large adversary. Why doesn't Boggs just give up and start painting hamburg- ers like Andy Warhol? That's the irony of the situation: he can't stop. Boggs is counitersuing the govemmrent for harassm-ent. He has to keep drawing funny mioney to earni real money to pay is lawyers. He says if thie Feds wveren't tr- ing to browbeat iiii nto flot drawing money, hie'd have quît doing it years ago. The Bible tells us that the love of money is the root of all evîl. It's the root of somne bedrock stupidity, too. AIDS COMMITTEE 0F DURHAM S'tr eet program volunteers needed by the committee The AIDS Committee of Durham needs volunteers to support the Street HlV/AIDS Prevention Project. Each weekend a team of staff and volunteers hit the streets of Durhamn Region to educate our youth on HIV/AIDS. The youth in Durham and the general comm unlty have been very receptive and supportive of this proj ect. Many local youth seek -out the street team in order to make sure they have the necessary prevention materials they need to reduce their risk of HIV infection. The AIDS Committee of, Durham offers training for volunteers ti this project, The training includes HIV and AlDSý personal safety, street safety, substance use and non-violent crisîs interven- tion. To receive a volunteer application, please caîl 905- 665-0051. IT PAYS TO' AD VE R TIS E The "Huron Shines in '99" comnmittee would like to invite you to consider exhditing at the International Plowing Match & Farm Machinery Show to be held September 21 - 25, 1999 one mile north of Dashwood (near Grand Bend). Huron county has no cities and agriculture and tourismi are our main indus- tries. What are we doing differ- ent? 1. A concession road runs East and West through the centre of the 100 acre tented City. 2. We are preselling admit- tance passes with a $40.000 park model home, (in part- nership with Northlander Industries), as the grand prize to the lucky ticket holder. We feel that if people already have their tickets, they will come rain or shine. 3. As this is the end of the millennium, we are looking back to where we started. Plans are to have a 1919 farm of 100 acres, a 1959 farm of 200 acres and a 1999 farm of 500 acres. In these farma yards will be the priced equlp- ment of the era, commodity prices, etc. If you have old equipment, we encourage you to put it on your display. 4. We are hosting the Canadian - Plowing Championship the previous Fr1. Sept. 17, Sat. Sept. 18, and Mon. Sept. 20. This has not been a big crowd event Warning to bikers The Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority is, issuing a warning and has, posted signage at Long Sault Conservation Area concern- ing obstructions belng placed on the trails at Long Sault C.A. The Authority has received reports of brush and logs being placed on the trails at corners causing people mountain blking to brake bard to avoid injury. 'We have zero tolerance for this type of vandalism that puts the pub- lic safety at risk and anyone found modiIying public trails will be prosecuted," states, Sandra Hanson, Director of Corporate Services. "Anyone with information on the above is asked to contact the Authority office at (905) 579- 0411L" Ail obstacles have cur- rently been removed and the Authority wlll be monitoring the situation closely. ,The Authority would lke to thank the many courteous visitors to the conservation areas that respect thie rights of others and help preserve nature by following the Authority's regulations and posted signage. but we hope that publicity will bring more people out on opening day Sept. 21., 5. We have 250 acres of land available for Machines in Motion. t will be set up so that you will be able to use the saine equipment that is displayed on your lot. 6. As enviromentally friendly handling of manure is a concern in Huron Cty, we will be having the latest ideas demonstrated in the Machines in Motion area. Machines in Motion also includes nearly every piece of equlpment used today. The newest GPS wlll be displayed. 7. Dlsplayed wlll be machlnery, new homes, trail- ers, etc. as well as our own County entertaininent, horse- shoe pltchlng and a continu- ous horse show., 8. Huron CoPunty's own exhibit wlll amaze you when you see what we grow, man- ufacture, and seil right on our own doorstep! 9. We will demonstrate proper woodlot management in a bush next to the tented City. We know that your compa-, ny wlll not want to miss thiùs great opportunity to be part of "Huron Shines in '99." FINAL TAX NOTICE 1Sommner Office Hours 8 -arn. to 4 p.rn. Instailments for the 1999 FINAL PROPERTY TAX NOTICE are due for REALTY TAX (RESIDENTIAL, FARMLAND, MANAGED FORESIS AND PIPELINES ONLY) on FIRST INSTALLMENT: July 16, 1999 SECOND INSTALLMENT: September 24, 1999 1999 Realty Taxes are PAYABLE at the locations' detailed on the front of the Tax Notice. 1999 Tax Notices for the Multi-Residential, Commercial and Industrial classes and sub-classes are delayed as a resuit of the implementation of the Bill 79 (Provincially Mandated 10-5-5 Cap). The tentative instaliment dates for these bis are August 27th, October lSth and November l9th, 1999. Failure to receive a Tax Notice does NOT eliminate the responsibîlity for the payment of taxes and penalty. (M1MUICIPALTY 0F ONTARIO Publication Date: Wednesdlay, July 7, 1999 Dana Howes Tax Collector (905) 623-3379 P.O. # 7520 JOSEPHI B. MAHONEY Chartered A ccountant Accounting - Auditing -l300kkeepin g l'ersonal & Corporate Tax Return Freparation Finiancial Planning - Computer Services Tel: (905) 988-5397 38 MilI Street Fax: (905) 983-5378 Orono, ONLOB 1MO email: 'mahoney@netrover.com