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2-Orono Wleeklv Times, Wednesday, July 30,1986 Pass up interiisting of telephone numbers The dollar has ruled * Over the years it has been the dollar bill that has had the most influence in allowing pollution of our air, water and land to Continue to a degree as tirade public recently whereby fifty percent of industries with agreements to pollute were over-polluting the agreement levels. It does appear however that the Provincial government is finally/coming to some form of control over the pollution problem or at least appears to be making an effort. The jailing of consistant polluters is one instance where action has finally been taken. In the past meagre fines were nothing more than a charge for the privilege of polluting. If Premier Peterson stands firm qtj pollution as he has on extra-billing something may finally be achieved achieved in what has to be a concern for everyone. . There is no doubt that it will come with cost to the general public as controls are tightened the costs of production will increase. The cost surely is worth the end result. It was the inaction of the past conservative governments'in such as {jrotection of the environment and as well as in other phases of government business that the fortunes of the party declined at the polls. The Era of Study? One evening last week with nothing to do and thoroughly disgusted with television I found myself travelling to Port Hope to attend a meeting of the Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority. The Authority and its work still holds an interest for me but on this occasion I was attending only as an observer. During the course of the meeting the Information and Education committee was reviewing what one | would call guidelines set forth in the Authority's Watershed Plan. The plan was a requirement of the government and the Authority did take sometime to devise the plan and as well have it approved by the involved municipalities within the watershed. Afthough the plan was completed in 1985 the Authority * has never heard anything from the Ministry as to its view on the plan. The committee was discussing, point by point, the guidelines as set out in the plan as to communicating the intent of the Authority to the general public and specific parties. The end result of the discussion was a'referral of any action or con- sidertion with consideration to be taken at another meeting. On the way home I could not but feel that we, today, study things to death, never really taking any action, action, which in this case could have been at least a newsletter which has been on the Authorities want list for years. No implementation has ever been taken of even such a f simple application of communicating. As the miles slowly passed by between between Port Hope and Orono I was able to recall a host of studies undertaken by the Authority which, after completed were soon forgotten. forgotten. A study and colourful report on development for Ball Mill Conservation Conservation Area saw nothing more completed completed other than an unused parking lot, An $18,000 study and plan for the Mill went nowhere but it was completed knowing money 'for development would not be available. Master plans for some of • the Conservation areas did see some action but they were almost outdated outdated before they were completed. A forest Study plan, taking hours upon hours and costing in the neighbourhood of $70,000 was either never sent in for approval of the Ministry or never rec'ognized by the Ministry although they had representation on the committee. It achieved very little. Today the Authority has set forth another committee to study the study for updating. The Watershed Plan was to be the be and end all for the Authority but judging from the other night the guidelines contained in the plan have little effect as to direction or action by the Authority. The Authority is to receive a study of the buildings at the Forest Centre costing thousands of dollars. The buildings are not the greatest but they do^ keep participants participants in thé program warm, dry and comfortable and they have been kept in good repair and are possibly in a better state today than five or six years ago. What action will be undertaken in this study, if not a new posh set of accommodations. But it not only with the Authority. Authority. The Town of Newcastle embarked embarked bn a professional study for recreation and the arts. It took well ower a year to complete and one would suspect that it was a reprint from some other municipality, giving giving no guidelines to what was needed needed in a community the size of the Town but setforth a whole book of rules for setting up a recreation committee in the municipality. Almost two years later there is still _ debate as to what role the politician • and the committee holds. Then don't forget the coffee and donut party at the Fitness Centre launching the study and ultimate report for the Bowmanville arena. It was to be a classic. "Classic" no doubt for council has kept it well under wraps. Yes it is the day of study arid unfortunately unfortunately with little action or accomplishment accomplishment even though thousands of dollars can be spent. , Perhaps we could now hold a study on tîie cost of the Bowmanville Bowmanville arena which within one seven day p'èriod rose from $2.8 million to , $5 piillion. It may slow down the inflation inflation factor to a degree. The Town of Newcastle through the clerk, David Oakes, had made contact with Bell Canada over a possible separate section in the telephone directory for those telephone exchatiges in the Town of Newcastle. By correspondence from Bell the Town has been informed that such is not possible but that however Bell is in a position to consider interlisting interlisting the exchanges into one section. Bell informs the Town that this would necessitate the amalgamation off' Bowmanville, Hampton, Newcastle, Newtonville and the Orono exchanges into one section. In addition a portion of the Oshawa exchange would have to be included in the listings. The letter states there are advantages advantages to the interlist as there are to the present system. Interfiled exchange lists provide speedy reference to a much larger area and a greater number of listings. This is especially so when the user does not know the address of the number they seek. The letter points out however that individual exchange sections, the present system, does retain an identity associated with the exchange exchange name. When the exchange name is known the search for a number is narrowed to a smaller section in the directory. Bell said if the Town decided to request interfiling of exchanges the customers would be surveyed for their opinion and stated that the survey would take considerable time. Counc. Cowman and Counc. Stapleton moved that the letter be received and that Bell Canada be informed informed that the Town wished not to pursue the matter further. Counc. Cowman said interfiling would possibly incur greater confusion confusion and the exchange areas would further loose their identity. Under interfiling the exchange would become known as the Town of Newcastle. DURHAM COLLEGE FIRST CHOICE APPLICATIONS APPLICATIONS EQUAL LAST YEAR AT DURHAM COLLEGE Mel Garland, President of Durham College, announced today that first choice applications for September 1986 are equal to last year when Durham led the college system in percentage increase for first year enrollment. Out-of-area applications have so far shown a decrease over last year and Technology programs are 15 Vo to 18% below last year. This in spite of the fact that demand for Technology graduates is at an all- - time high. Mr. Garland further stated that all Health Sciences programs, as well as Sport Administration, Legal Administration, Graphic Design, and Early Childhood Education, are all full as usual. Mr. Garland added there is room in all remaining programs in Applied Arts, Business, and especially Technology at this time. A personal best (Continued from page 1) She also was a competitor in the 200 and 100 metre hurdles obtàin- ing a time of 16.9 seconds in the 100 hurdles which again was her personal personal best. These wekk-end Jackie travels to Buffalo for a meet and lateV to Quebec to compete in a Pen- tathalon event at Olympic Stadium. Jackie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Van Doleweerd of R.R. 1 Orono and is a njember of the Oshawa Legion Track and Field Club. * V ' ORONO,PASTORAL Minister Rev. Fred Milnes Church Phone 983-5502 Manse Phone 983-5208 SUMMER SERVICES Newcastle, Kirby and Orono August 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 at Newcastle United Church These Services are at 10:30 a.m. Saviour's Anglican Church MILL STREET ORONO, ONTARIO Rev,. James Small Rector 987-4745 Sunday Service and Church School ■' 9:30 a.m. one of Canada's * ANCHORMAN FOR GLOBAL MRWS OTTAWA -- When I was a brash young man J would go out of my way to avoid groups of relatives and the ceremonial milestones that tend to bring families together r- weddings, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, graduations, christenings. Not any more. In middle age, I finally realized realized the obvious -- that blood is thicker than water.'And the kind of celebrations I have just mentioned remind me that being with family can be very comfortable. My daughter-in-law graduated from'university recently and the infant infant son of , my wife's, cousin was christened the following .day. The graduation ceremôny' was out-of- doors, a vast improvement over stuffy convocation halls, particularly particularly when (he day sparkles the way that Saturday did. My daughter-in- lavl's father and one of her sisters came up frôm Oakville for the ceremony, ceremony, and although we got stuck in the sun, we'd all had enough rain lately to make that seem like a pretty minor penalty. I don't have to tell you what it's like at,,a graduation ceremony, indoors indoors or out. They work their way slowly through an interminable list of names, which you rarely manage to tie to faces. By the time a face is close enough to distinguish features, features, the name being called belongs to someone three places badk on the convocation conveyer belt. But at this graduation, the whole process was humanized for us when an official called out a woman's name, and a young man a few seats away, I'd guess in his early twenties, made a bull horn with his hands and shouted: "Way to go, Mom!" Everyone laughed and applauded as an attractive middle-aged woman came up the aisle, blushing a little bit perhaps, but also pleased by her son's intervention. I wish we'd had the gumption to holler for my daughter-in-law. .We had supper at our place, the youngest of us in our mid-twenties, and the oldest eighty-nine, and if there were generation gaps, they were not very noticeable. The next day, in Perth, we christened a brand new relative who at six months reminded us that hu- , man beings are individuals from birth. The young man in question, Harrison Parks, surveyed us all with interest, cast a critical eye at the ceiling fans, put his mother's necklace in his mouth, and devastated devastated the ladies with a sunny grin. He didn't make a peep. His brother Wilson, who is three, specializes in automobiles. He knew the make and model of our car, and although he didn't know the year, he knew it wasn't current because it didn't have one of those third brake lights m the rear window, window, I didn't know until then that the third light is called a "cyclops". It was not only a comfortable and reassuring couple of days, but instructive. instructive. A