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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 20th, 1980-3 Durham Agri-News Ask lan<l usc report along Highway 115 by Brian Hall, ASst: Agricultural Rep. 4-H CLUB LEADERS .'meeting At the annual meeting of the 4-H-Club Leaders Association, Association, Don Welsh of Bow- manviile was elected president president of the Durham 4-H Club Leaders Association for 1980. Other officers elected were: Tom Barrie, Past President; Jim Coombes, 1st Vice- President; Brenda Metcalf, Secretary and Dal Dal- rymple, Treasurer. Others attending the meeting meeting were: Doug Kemp from Ontario Hydro; Bryan Boyle, Assoc. Agricultural Representative Representative for Peterborough; Peterborough; Lawrence McLaughlin, John DeVries, Neil Allin, Stan Found, John Larmer, Bill Tamblyn, Dave Kellogg, Brenda Metcalf, Ivan De- Jong, Harvey Yellôwlees, Dale VanCamp, Kay Buttery and Brian Hall (Ass't. Ag. Rep.). Doug Kemp from Ontario Hydro discussed with club leaders the possibility of having a 4-H Electric Conservation Conservation Club in Durham. The club would not be an annual one, but strictly a one-year venture, with Doug Kemp and one other person acting as the Club Leaders. The guest speaker for the day was Bryan Boyle, Associate Associate Agricultural Representative Representative from Peterborough County. Over the last few years, membership in 4-H across Ontario has been declining, but in Peterborough County Bryan has not only maintained maintained membership, but also increased it. Bryan discussed with club leaders several approaches Peterborough County has undertaken to stimulate membership in 4-H) Several ideas that proved successful were: 1. An organizational and social recreation day during the March break. 2. ' TV interviews with 4-H members. 3. Winter clubs such as a snowmobile club. 4. 4-H promotional buttons. 5. 4-H bus trips. The clubs suggested for Durham 4-H for 1980 are: Livestock Evaluation, Sheep, Swine, Beef, Jr. and Sr. Dairy Cltab, Junior Hope Calf Club, Farm and Home Safety, 4-H Electric Conservation, Farm Machinery, Maple Syrup, Syrup, Bachelor Survival (oyer 16 only), Veterinary, Farm Management, Poultry, Conservation Conservation and Forestry, Soil Conservation, Horse and Grain Club. ' We would be pleased to hear from anyone who would be interested in leading a 4-H club or from individuals between the ages of 12 and 19 interested in joining a 4-H club. Please call the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Bowmanville office at 416-623-3348. The Demonstration Night Committee for 1980 will be John Larmer and Dale Van- Camp. Tom Barrie and Bill Tamblyn were selected for the Awards Night Committee which has been tentatively set for November 1st. The Judging Judging competition committee for 1980 will be John Larmer Yesterday, today and tomorrow Some six weeks ago we wrote about our bid to stop smoking and have .been waiting week after week to be able to write another article that we had finally brokén the habit completely. Unfortunately Unfortunately that opportunity has not arisen and we still puff on but on a greatly reduced rate. At the time of writing the first article we were consuming consuming up to a large pack and a half a day. Today we are down to one small pack every two days and sometimes that will stretch out to three days. But this is not good enough because we realize that the haunts for smoking become more numerous and soon we will be back to the same old habit. Although the habit has been cut back over the period of a week* the cost has risen. I have destroyed more cigarettes cigarettes over the past two weeks *han I have smoked by a large iiargin. After smoking a couple of fags out of a new pack I realize how stupid it was to have made the purchase | and destroy the smokes and place them in the garbage. Then in another two or three hours its* another purchase with the same results. ' -, This is ridiculous but it is a fact and one I really bate to admit for it goes far beyond stupidity. There are days in the week that smoking is all but eliminated and this comes about on Sundays (of course I am home and smoking there is a definite 'No') Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays are almost free days. Our record of not smoking was much better a month ago than it is now so we are off on a new attack to dump the habit. It seems that our approach to make the decision "today" that we wpuld not be smoking "tomorrow"' has always resulted resulted in "tomorrow" becoming becoming '"today" and as a result "tomorrow" never comes, and really I never quit puffing/ The new attack is that On Monday the Planning and Development committee of the Town of Newcastle referred a report back to the department asking further input from the director as to the status of property along Highway 115 and 35. The matter came before the committee through a rezoning rezoning application by Stuart Irwin seeking a highway commercial designation of his property. The present use of the site for a restaurant and family dwelling are legal non-conforming. The property under discussion discussion is located south of the hamlet of Kirby on the east side of Highway 115 and is known as Alice's Place. It was recommended by the Director of Planning that the application for rezoning the lands'to Highway commercial bè denied. The committee took no action as to the application but did refer the matter back to the department department asking for a further report which will consider not only the Irwin property but a general concept throughout the area. In the report on Monday it was pointed out that as the Irwin's had no proposal for future development of the site other than that now existing there appeared no reason for the Town to rezone the lands. It was also pointed out that the site is now designated "Permanent Agricultural Reserve" Reserve" in the Durham Official Plan which sets out the future use of the subject lands. In speaking with Don Smith, director, he said it could be some time before the report Requested on Monday would be completed but indicated the department would be looking at all zoning of lands along the highway which may range from highway highway commercial to legal yon-conforming and possibly •some illegal applications of land use. It was stated in the report on Monday that under the Regional designation, it is intended that existing uses remain or become "legal > nomconforming" and, therefore, therefore, should cease to exist in the fullness of time. "today" I made the decision to stop smoking "yesterday" and as an outcome "today" becomes "tomorrow" and as I stopped smoking "today" which was "yesterday" I Will not be smoking "tomorrow". I think you will agree there is a lot of logic in this approach and one which should accomplish the desired àim ; started some six weeks ago. What ever the result I will let you know next week. Just in case you might think I'm a loser altogether I do report one successful venture and this should be of interest to Weight Watchers. In the six week period somewhere a- long the line I've dropped a total of almost twenty pounds, 212 to life. Thank You for Ÿ our Support I will sincerely try to live up to the trust and responsibility you have again placed in me. 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