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t 6-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, July 13, 1983 Sam at Queen's, Park Although the Canada pay ■celebrations have come and . gone, one event lingers in my memory. The annual awàr^ . ding of the Ontario Medals . for' Good Citizenship at Queen's Park had a special significance this year because a Durham Region resident was among the 12 participants. participants. Jim Kinlin is well known in . the Oshawa community for his annual swims to raise money for the Leukemia Research Fund. Despite having having Hodgkins' Disease, every January Jim swims a total of 21 miles-one mile a day - and personally collects all the pledges. To date he has raised $60,000 through these swims. Last year some of the money purchased a new microscope for Toronto's Hospital* for Sick Children. This year, his efforts will enable a refrigerated centrifuge to be, purchased for the hospital's leukemia unit. It is not an easy task choos : ing 12 people from 1 across Ontario to honour for their outstanding contribution to society. As you can imagine, there are many people nominated and those who receive this special award must be particularly deserving deserving of recognition. In Jim's case, Oshawa City Council, the local media and myself supported his nomination. This is the tenth year these medals have been awarded by the Ontario Government to recognize those who have contributed t-o the common good in any area of society, and acted in an unusually generous, kind or self- sacrificing manner for the well being of their fellow citizens. Designed by Toronto sculptor, Gerald Gladstone, the medal is a round silver disc that has the Ontario Coat of Arms engraved on one side, and a trillium, On- lario's-officiai flower, on the Other. The ribbon of the medal in green, white and gold, bears the colours of the trillium. R/icli year an Advisory Committee made up of a Chairman and eight others considers nominations for the Award of the medal. They then compile a list and submit to the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario names of nominees who, in their opinion, opinion, haye the greatest merit. The award can only be conferred conferred by order of the Lieutenant Lieutenant Governor in Council upon recommendation of the Advisory Council. It, is the Lieutenant Governor who presents the medals to recipients recipients each year during the Canada Week celebrations. 1 would like to add ray congratulations congratulations and those of the people of Durham East to Jim Kinlin on receiving this special honour. WOODS, WATER, AND WILDLIFE by Arlin Hackman - Federation Federation of Ontario Naturalists For several years, participants participants at the annual Federal-Provincial Wildlife Conference, a gathering of government and private agency agency officials, have struggled to. draft a rational wildlifë policy tor Canada. The concept is compelling for a number of reasons especially tfie need to define a common thrust and priorities for wildli.fe conservation conservation across the country. ■■ The final text was approved approved at a meeting of, Federal and Provincial Ministers last year and has just been released released in a handy booklet form"! It's stated intent is to "form a framework within which government aad nongovernment nongovernment organizations can develop their own policies and programs, and a statement of general direction in which wildlife conservation conservation should move in the next decade." Sounds good, and the contents contents themselves sound better still. There are admirable sentiments sentiments expressed about the interdependence of all living organisms and the need for an "ecological approach"; about the need to conserve wildlife for their own sake independent independent of our benefit; and the need for co-operative efforts to ensure the sustainable sustainable use of wildlife. Then there arc eight thought- provoking principles, follow-. ed by 9 elements of a strategy for acting on these principles, together with 4e> suggestions for concrete action. An optimist would applaud the document as a miracle of federal-provincial concensus, a systematic top-down application application to Canada of the WoHd Conservation Strategy, and a bold step for'-' ward for resource managers who have traditionally ' focussed on the economic ex- , poloi(ation of a 'few species. A pessimist will point out that the operative word in the document's title (Guidelines For Wildlife Policy in Canada) is "Guidelines','; , that the politician's who signed, signed, it have only promised to "consider" taking the actions proposed; and that the enormous enormous range of very general faction proposals provides little, little, if any, "direction" to wildlife managers. After all, national debates continue to < range about just one of the 46 suggestions, which is to: "establish systems of protected protected natural areas that include include representative ecological types, giving priority to the protection of unusual habitats of limited extent, such as estuaries and old-age timber stands." . On the whole it looks like there's a little something for everyone, which will make it a little difficult to evaluate in live years time as promised. But"then that probably serves somebody's interest too. ask co-operation C.A. Lewis - Kuwait lui Lakes Fisheries Biologist During March and April, ■ fisheries staff of the Lindsay District tagged nearly one thousand yellow pickerel (walleye) at the mouth of the Bobcaygeon River. The purpose purpose of the project was to obtain obtain information on the spawning run, to determine post-spawning migration patterns, patterns, and to estimate mortality mortality from angling. As of June 28, 44 tags had been returned by anglers. Two of these came from fish that had the true spirit of wanderlust. One was caught in Stony Lake on May 21, having travelled a distance of 42 km (26 miles) and crossed over 3 dams in the 53 days since its release at Bobcaygeon! Bobcaygeon! A second fish caught south of Lakefield had travelled a distance of 60 km (37 miles) in a similar length of time. If you catch a tagged fish,, you frray be eligible for entry into a draw for fishing tackle prizes at (he end of the season. Please send your name and address along with 1 the tag number and date and location of capture, to the Lindsay District office. The Art Loft Dikadel Farms presents A showing of paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, pottery and weaving by local artists. The works will be exhibited and available for purchase. Fri-, Aug. 12 Sat., Aug. 13 ' Sun., Aug. 14 7 p.m. - 10 p.m. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Everyone welcome Drafting a national wildlife policy Rebuilding a life shattered by criminal violenceisn't easy. The experience can be long and painful for both victims and their families. In the event of such a personal tragedy the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board is there to help. With financial assistance to lessen the economic and emotional burden of personal v physical injury. * . Should criminal violence strike, call us. The process of application is simple and informal. The help may be invaluable. Because people don't always just bounce right back. For more information, contact: The .Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, 439 University Avenue, 17th Floor, Toronto M5G1Y8, (416)'965-4755. THE CRIMINAL INJURIES COMPENSATION BOARD , Ministry of the Attorney General ©Ontario Roy McMurtry, Minister * . William Davis, Premier