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6-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, June 13th, 1979 The occupier and the law ' By the Honourable K. Roy McMurtry, ' Attorney General Anyone who participates in outdoor recreational activities stands to benefit from my Ministry's pro. posais to reduce the liability liability of landowners to persons persons they permit to enter their land. Under our proposals, which .1 recently tabled in . the Legislature, land- owners would be liable only for dangers created with a' deliberate attempt to cause harm, and for acts done with reckless disregard for the presence of persons entering their land. Under the proposal, landowners could permit hikers, cross-country skiers and others to use their land without having to fear being sued for injuries which might occur. We are hoping this^will encourage the benevolence of land- owners and open up more private land for recreational use. Landowners of course would be free to designate which, if any, activities they wished to permit on their land. They would be able to indicate their wishes by means of a proposed system of signs and colored markings. The color code and signs would be similar to traffic signs and easily understood. understood. Red markings on fences, trees and other features of the land would mean entry is prohibited. Yellow markings would mean entry is prohibited- except for specific act ivities, and it would be up to the person entering the land to find out which activities were permitted. • Landowners could indicate indicate which activities they wishçd to permit either orally or by posting signs. A sign bearing the name or a graphic illustration of an activity would mean that activity is permitted but that all others are pro- ( Continued page 9) From out of the past. The above photo is a reproduction made from an early postcard by Mr. Ken Stenhenson. It dates back to tne early days at Bayfield, a popular sum mer resui i. Help father become a great chef; > Advise him to buy a Superior portable gàs barbecue for fathers day. Special on popular models of BKOll.MASTER, CANADIANA, FALCON 5200-5077 Superior wants you to enjoy your barbecue immediately, so we don't hand you a box and wish you luck. All our barbecufes are: ' . Supplied with a full 20 lb. cylinder Fully assembled and test-fired. Delivered free within 20 mile radius. Backed by Superior's own guarantee. - Serviced by Superior when needed. . Store Hours: Monday-Friday 8,8 a.m. -6 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. -1 p.m. SUPERIOR PROPANE LTD. 505 VICTORIA STREET EAST WHITBY, ONTARIO , 668-3328. MASTER CHARGE AND CHARGEX 3d - 401 Hwy. --- O "S Showroom The Corporation of the Town of Newcastle NOTICE < of Highway Closing TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, at a Council meeting to be held at the Council Chambers, Police Building, Bowmanville, Ontario, on Monday, the 16th day of July, ,1979 at the hour of 9:30 o'clock in the forenoon, propose to pass a by-law to stop up and close that part of Lot 26, Concessions 5 and 6, of the Geographic Township of Clarke, former County of * Durham, more particularly described as follows: ALL AND SINGULAR that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Town of Newcastle, Regional Municipality of Durham, Province of Ontario, and being composed of Parts 1 and 2, and Lot 26, in Concessions 5 and 6 for the former Township of Clarke which parcels are shown on a plan of Survey prepared by Merrill D. Brown Limited, O.L.S. and registered as No. 10R935. < AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that the Council intends to authorize the conveyance thereof, to abutting owners. AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that béfore " passing the said by-law Council or a Committee of Council, shall hear in person, or by his counsel, solicitor or agent, any person who claims that' his land will be prejudicially affected by the by-law and • who applies to be heard. DATED at the Town of Newcastle, this 13th day of June, 1979. J.M. Mellroy, A MET Clerk, Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, 40 Temperance Street, , Bowmanville. Ontario..