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2-- Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 11th, 1974 Can't Have it Both Ways Recent amendments to the Ontario Liquor Licence Act lvave raised permit fees for special occasion permits a (id in some cases have made it difficult to obtain such licences. Mr. Doug Moffatt in a report states this has penalized every organization in the province which has traditionally held a dance or banqiiet to raise funds! There is no doubt that if this is true but the existance of alcohol qs a catalyst for fund raising and socials is not a very good picture for our society. .This is unfortunate but it is a sign of the times and the direction which we have taken over the past decade. So often we now hear that a dance can not be profitable unless alcohol is served and everyone is doing it, the sportsman, the athlete and yes even the scouter and school parties. This was not always the case but one may have to go a number of years when Russ Creighton played in the Newcastle Hall for Saturday night over-flow crowds. We like to believe it was for the love of dancing even though we are quite aware there were a few jugs stashed behind the right rear wheel. Fund raising came about without the use. of alcohol and a fine example is the Orono swimming pool, it was donations and some hard work. No doubt there are many other examples in the past but not today when all activity must apparently be centred around the introduction of spirits. Milan Korcok, contributing editor for The Journal published by the Addiction Foundation of Ontario has this to say "We make alcohol an indispensible part of every social function and then once when it is regurgitated. But we can't , have one without the other._ This is* a point which seems to escape most governments and will continue to do so until legislators adopt clear-cut policies designed to reduce overall, per capita consumption .... not just attack the most visible violator, but reduce the amount of drinking overall. If this sounds like a reasonable policy then government should say so clearly and unequivocally, and it should act in a concerted, cqiisistent fashion. That means accepting the probability that the more available we make alcohol, and the more we endorse its use, the more we can expect to suffer the consequences of abuse. Increasing the sanctions against drinking drivers and teenagers, while at the same time encouraging people to drink more freely at the ball park, the golf course, the dance or the racetrack, makes no sense. The bitter truth is that we can't have it both ways, and governmnet ought to emphasize this fact By its own actions." Certainly we live in numerous double standards and the use of alcohol as a catalyst is but one. STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION The federal government in proposing that car manufacturers must in the future up-their ratio of mileage compared to gasoline consumption have taken a step in the right direction to conserve non-renewable resources in the energy field. We as Canadians have qot only demanded larger and larger cars with air conditioning and a host of gadgets but have also carried the same trend into the home. It is, in reality, a waste of energy. The proposal by the federal government is in accord with the message which Trudeau has been preaching. "If you dop'y do we will have to." ( The manufacturers of automobiles have not voiced any cleair plan on providing more miles per gallon for their product. At least there has not been a concerted effort to this end. As a result the government has found it necessary to step in and impose regulatory conditions in an effort to save energy. ' The day of wasteful living may be vanishing. A privilege to serve Kirk Entwisle It has been a privilege to take part in the formation of the new Town of Newcastle as your area Councillor. The birth plans have not been too severe, and I am confident that the amalgamation of the four municipalities and Orono into a single unit has been successfully accomplished .and will prove to have been in the best interests of each of- us. But I remain convinced that the Region of Durham is a superfluous and far too expensive political and bureaucratic bureaucratic body as far as we are concerned. It has caused the already too cumbersome planning process to become an absolute nightmare beyond the comprehension of mere mortals. The Region's involvement involvement in our small water and sewage systems is making making them antagonistically expensive. expensive. * However, here we are going into 1976 - the final year of the first Regional and Municipal Councils. Elections will be held next November. "Now is ,the time when you should seek out "competent and responsible responsible people and encourage them to offer their services to the community by standing for election fqr the Regional or ; Town Councils or for Mayor for the 1977-78 term. I wish you all the best of health and every happiness in this New Year. * Kirk Entwisle - , Area Councillor Letter to Editor The brains of a gnat Two matters of importance, Mr. Editor. To start with, I would like to comment on your editorial of last Week "Everyone But Orono Won." This had to do with the condition of Orono's business district street following following our recent snow storms. I agree that the condition of the street have been fierce- but what else can be expected if the snow plows are not given room enough to do their job? If Orono people who park their cars on the main street during winter months had the brains of a gnat, then these people would realize that their vehicles would stop any attempts by the municipal authorities to get the roads cleared after a snow storm. Sir - , the Region -who is : responsible for the Orono main street---has proper snow plows and as can be expected have plenty of them. The Region has experienced people to run these plows. However, all the plows and all the manpower Region has, are stopped from working on the Orono main street when needed--halted by the inconsiderate inconsiderate parking of auto : vehicles. Don't tell me that it is illegal to park cars on the •streets overnight in Orono from November till Spring. I know this and l am sure that the people who park their cars overnight on the streets know this also. Don't tell me-as a municipal municipal official-to do something about this illegal parking. The municipality is doing some- * thing about street parking in Orono and Newcastle.Village --and you should listen into some of the telephone calls I get from people who have received tickets for illegal parking. I can't do what some people I have suggested that I do with parking tickets that have been issued--it would be illegal I am sure, and painful--! am positive. Nope, Roy, until people of Orono,, who have motor vehicles vehicles that they park on the main street, show a little consideration for others, our hgrd working snowmen will . have trouble to improve the Orono situation. first class snow clean-ups will come when cars do not impede our plows after a snow storm. The second matter of importance. importance. Your other editorial "One Ray of Sunshine". Don't believe Mayor Garnet Rickard and his soothing statements on the tax situation situation concerning our coming mill rate. Things are not. that good. For instance. Take a 12 per cent inflationary inflationary increase of costs over last year and add the loss of a great slice of the Province of Ontario's transitional grant concerning Regionalization and put in the extra services' that must be provided to t|ne Town of Newcastle, the Region Region of Durham and the Northumberland and Newcastle Newcastle Board of Education. When that is done, it should be plain to see that Mr. and • Mrs. Taxpayer will be digging deeper into their bank accounts accounts to pay taxes on their homes and businesses in this lax year-,- despite the soothing soothing words used by Mayor Rickard. . , Do not give me the argu ment that with the reports coming out of the Town of Newcastle it would appear "that they have their house in order financially" as was written in your editorial. When people receive their tax bill, these people do not judge that the Town has done well on one hand and it is the Region of Durham and the Board of Education who have taken the bigger slice of tax dollars on the other hand People look at the bottom of the column where all the taxes are added up and this total is what they know is théir tax bite fdr the year. Therefore.don't give me the rhetorical argument that taxes taxes will be acceptable from the aspect of the Town of Newcastle. Newcastle. The total picture including the Region and the School Board bit must be taken into consideration; Taxes are taxes and the total at the bottom of the tax bill is what people have to pay and despite the honeyed words of Mr. Rickard-the bottom total is going to be higher this year. L as an elected representative representative have been hollering for moderation in spending for the past two years over the theme that this community must start cutting the coat according to the cloth. Nothing doing. Under the new form of Government, despite my words words of caution, politicians went too far-too fast building a new arena, building and refurnishing new community halls and fire halls. The politicians put into effect too many improvements improvements needed in the community community that previous Councils failed to provided. Summing up. For better cleaned streets?- -stop parking overnight. , Taxes? Expect more, demands demands on your bankroll. Sincerely Kenneth E. Lyall Councillor Doug. Moffatt Dead On' says Lewis NDP Leader, Stephen Lewis, Lewis, at, the official opening .of the Doug Moffatt constituency office in Bowmanville tin Thursday afternoon, ' stated that Moffatt was "Dead On" when he called for a public inquiry into radium contamination contamination in Port Hope. Both Lewis and Moffatt had met with officials of Eldorado for two hours prior to the opening in Bowmanville. Both felt that.Eldorado had been co-operative at this meeting and they did not heap blame for the circumstances on the operation of Eldorado but did feel that regulatory bodies had not carried out . their job. Mr. Lewis said he felt that VENEZIA Restaurant HWY 115 and 35 ' •i Mile South of Orono Phone 983-5651 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK We Specialize in: Pizza - Meals ALSO Weekend Specials Eldorado officials were , as confused, and bewildered as were the people, of Port Hope over what has happened. Lewis in supporting, the public inquiry said it could unscramble events and determine determine the extent of contamination. contamination. .It. could also determine responsibility and assess the total waste program as related related to Eldprado. Both, inen stated that, Eldorado Eldorado would support a public inquiry and would not be opposed to the holding of the inquiry. Lewis said he felt the situation had not been properly properly handled by the provincial minister of health, He accused accused the Minister of adding to confusion and fear in Port Hope. Lewis and Moffatt both stated they were impressed with the éxecutive vice-president vice-president of- Eldorado, Mr. Clem Baschenis. Obituary GLADYS M. WADDELL A life member of the W.M.S.; Gladys Muriel Waddell, Waddell, aged 84, died in the Community Memorial Hospital, Hospital, Port Perry, on Sunday, January 25th, 1976, following a heart attack. Mrs. Waddell faced many physical difficulties, but these could not dim her life which was lived to such fullness. She asked for little', but gave, abundantly to all who knew her. Her husband, her son, and her daughters knew a home that was built on a solid foundation, where love and harmony and tranquility pre vailed; • She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, George , four ,daughters, Agnes (Mrs. E.R. :Woodyard), Margaret (Mrs. Bruce Hancock), both of Orono, Eunice' (Mrs. Gordon Gordon . Smith), Chlborne,. and Betty (Mrs. Mel McGee), Greenbanfc. She was prede- deased by her only son, flying Officer George Alfred in 1944. She was dearly loved by nineteen grandchildren and thirty-one greatgrandchildren. greatgrandchildren. . Rev. Roundell, Greenbank, officiated at the funeral service held on Tuesday at the McDermot-Panabaker funeral funeral chapel, Port Perry. There were many flor'al tributes, and donations were made in her memory, to the Canadian ! 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