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2-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 5, 1988 Why Conservation Authorities? Section 20 of the Conservation Act outlines the objects of a Conservation Authority as: to establish and undertake, in the area over which it has jurisdiction, a program designed to further the conservation, restoration, development and management of natural resources, other than gas, oil, coal and minerals. This section has been in the Act since the inception inception of Conservation Areas and no doubt had considerable bearing in the beginning as to the direction of the conservation conservation movement at that time, some 40 years ago. This direction was that of the Ganaraska Region Conservation Conservation Area in the beginning following the Richardson Report on the watershed and no doubt the name Conservation* Conservation* Authority still brings to mind such noble feats as protection protection of the environment. But change came about in the 1970s and today the major major responsibility is noted as the protection of life and property. property. It's now a matter of building dams and dykes rather than reforesting, protecting wetlands, valleylands and other aspects of the natural environment. This is borne OUT by a recent report presented" to the Ministry of Natural Resources known as "A Review of the Conservation Authorities Programs" whereby the province wishes to free up $5 million dollars and to fund a further $5 million for the maintaihance of dams and dykes and for further further such capital works. Preventative medicine for the environment environment has really taken a back seat .and what nature through wetlands, marshes and conservation should be undertaking is being replaced by cement and mortor. The most recent report, and there has been many over the years, limits responsibility of the Conservation areas in many natural areas as forest management, fish and wildlife, soil erosion and sediment control and including wetlands that protect significant flora and fauna. Once again the environment takes the back seat as this report surely demonstrates. As one looks back over the years the conservation movement did not have its birth with Conservation Authorities which is especially true in the former County of Durham and Northumberland. It was county council members who in the 1920s saw the need for tljp preservation of lands that had been denuded and through their action started planting trees on what had become waste land. It was also a matter of water conservation and control of flooding down stream. The Conservation Authority carried on this work for a number of years but as time went on to a lesser degree. During these early years it was men who worked the Jand for a living that were involved and concerned ready to right the wrongs of former years. Change started in the early 1970 with development and came to a head later when municipalities took it upon themselves to control Conservation Conservation Authorities by only appointing council rtiembers to the Authorities. This was the entry of direct local politics into the Conservation movement, The environment has suffered while politicians counted building permits and development charges, with more the better. There are however many recommendations in the recent recent report that one does not disagree with and with one of these being amalgamation to lower administration costs and the reduction of authority members. But with little purpose left what really matters as to the existance of the Authority program. We lost the very heart of the program years ago ... a program designed to further conservation,, restoration, development and management of the natural resources through the Conservation Authorities. The Ministry of Natural"Resource could well play this part to a greater degree and just may be able to do so with support from the provincial government. NEWS The Plowman He plows a furrow straight and true Across the waiting field..And ponders on the chances of fruitful harvest yield./ He sees the black sod turning and feels a kinship to the land...That men who never guided plows would never understand... He feels the throb of nature's pulse... Thé stirring of new life here on his peaceful acres...far removed from wordly strife/ A buoyancy pervades his soul...And loudly does he sing...And as incense wafted heaven wards...His joyful anthems wing./ For eaOh spring as his plowshare turns the patient quiescent quiescent sod...The humble plowman strenghtens and renews his faith in God./ It was raining Sunday morning and it has been raining off and on ever since. Fine for the wells and the fall ploughing, the flowers look wonderful. Last year the frost came October 4th. We may expect it soop. October 6, 1978 hail fell in heaps and the eavestroughs t overflowed. A lot of apples were 'ruined. The choir sang, "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah > " The scrintüre re-^mg was Genesis 1:14:9-11; Mark 10: 2-16. Sermon: "Discovering the Principles of Relationship Building." Then we tc'k part in the World Wide Communion Service. Next Sunday is Thanksgiving Sunday October October 9th. On Saturday, October 8th, there will be a workshop held for children interested in decorating the church for Thanksgiving. This will be held from 1:00 p.m. sharp to 2:30 p,m. All children are welcome. The Sunday School Project for October is to support the Mens' Hostel. We ask the congregation to help in their need. Please bring food baskets on Thanksgiving Sunday-- decorated or not to be placed at the front of the church. The food will be forwarded to the Mens' Hostel during the following week. The children may take their art work or craft home after the service on Sunday for their families to enjoy. enjoy. Thank-offering, Anniversary Service Kendal United Church, October October 16th. Guest Speaker Rev. Norman Mackenzie Ph.D. Glad to welcome another new family to our church on Sunday. There are thirty-five new homes to be erected in Kendal. Some are already completed, some are in the beginning stages. They tell us the schools are overcrowded. Maybe Kendal School will have to be reopened. reopened. Kendal U.C.W. bazaar - November 12th from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Orange Lodge Bake Sale and Bazaar, October 22nd from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Edna McCann says: Another postcard from Edith this time from Kicking Horse Pass. She claims to have passed a truck on the highway with this message in the rear window: "This truck has been in eight accidents and ain't lost anyr** Edîtr added sKëTcëpnrVïlrÿ safe distance from that truck. So would I. While on a motor trip, my wife and I stopped in a small farm town to buy a newspaper. The paper rack at the drug store was empty except for papers over a day old. "Has today's paper arrived yet?" I asked. "Yes" replied the storekeeper, "Four came in. and four were sold." "Any other place in town sell them?" I asked. "Well," he replied, "you might try the Kozy Nook Restaurant across the street." I started for the door then asked, "He sells papers too?" "No," replied the storekeeper. "He was one of the four I sold a paper to, and he should be done with it by now." Put a green peach in your pickles. Good Neighbours by E.B.W. Mulligan Neighbours are like part of the extended family in the country.' In the old days, before the automobile bècame a necessity, neighbours were those people you could reach by the buggy in an hour; those on your party line; sometimes those'on" the same mail route; those who you exchanged threshing work with and also saw bees and barn raisings; those who when disaster struck, would pitch in at putting a crop in or harvesting it. Neighbours in the country were people living close to ' you who you could depend upon and trust in emergencies. I think a fire will draw neighbours together, quicker than anything. It is so urgent that no one needs an invitation to come and help put it out or save other buildings, animals, machinery and other equipment and sùpplies. A fire brings out all the neighbours and non-neighbours alijee. This was more evident before modern firefighting firefighting equipment was available to all citizens. Neighbours share without any thought of ret torn of items especially especially food. At threshing time, it was common for six neighbours' wives and daughters to come and help with the big meals and often bring pies, pickles, and vegetables along With them. ' Then the old-fashioned wakes when neighbours from near and far would Come laden with food to help feed all the people who came to console for a period of two to five days depending how much time it would take relatives from far away places to arrive. , Every now and then conflicts arose between neighbours in the country. Some arose on account of politics, some religion, then some over boy-girl relationships, and there were line fences, water courses, and animal break-outs. Some of these conflicts ended up in the courts and often resulted in next door neighbours not speaking to each other the rest of their lives. I remember away back then when important neighbours were registered nurses, midwives, nonprofessional nonprofessional yets, the stallion owner, the local sawyer and many others such as carpenters, plumbers, bricklayers, etc. Spend a lonely, weary week in the hospital and you realize as never before, how much the loving hand of a relative or a neighbour means to one who is a good neighbour. "So she proved untrue to you eh?" "Yes, she went back to her husband." husband." ORONO GATES , OF PRAISE BIBLE MINISTRY 5414 Main Street Orono, Ontario Inter-Faith '> Full Gospel SERVICE 11:00 A.M. Rev. Lyle L. West. , Office 983-9341 Personal Ministry . Rev.' Margaret F. West Res. 983-5962 Counselling » ORONO PASTORAL CHARGE Minister Rev. Fred Milnes Orono Organist: Mr. Ross Metcalf Kirby Organist: Mrs. Martha Farrow Telephones: Church 983-5502 Manse 983-5208 HI-C Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Orono United Church r For information call Cheri Davies at 983-9521 THANKSGIVING SUNDAY October 9,1988 Kirby 9:30 a.m. Orono 11:00 a.m. _ EXPLORERS Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Orono United Church For information call Bertha White at 983-5415 BIBLE STUDIES Sunday Evenings at the home of Bill and Gillian Stubbs - 983-5423 Ladies Bible Study Tuesday afternoons at Dawna Hawkshaw's - 983-5882 "What Do We Believe In The United Church Ladles - Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Orono Church - Friendship Room Wednesday Evenings 8:00 p.ot- - 9:QQ_p.m^ Orono United Church Everyone WSICmtier" Beginning October 5 - November 30 The Board of Stewards FALL ROAST BEEF DINNER Wednesday, October 26th Two Searings 5:00 and 6:30 p,m. • Adults $7.00 Children under 12 - $4.00 Pre-schoolers Free For information phone Isabelle Challice at 983-5824 St Saviour's Anglican Church MILL STREET ORONO, ONTARIO SUNDAY SERVICE and CHURCH SERVICE 9:30 a m. , UPCOMING SERVICES Mission Sunday - October 16,1988 Kirby 9:30 a.m. Orono 11:00 a.m. ORONO ANNIVERSARY SERVICE Sunday October 23, 1988 Guest Speaker Rev. Bern Warren Kirby Service Cancelled All are invited to attend Orono United Church Anniversary Service HEALING SERVICE -, 7:30 p.m. For Happy Thanksgiving Memories remember your cameras, film, photo finishing « / NOTICE * Saturday, October 8th.ONLY STORE HOURS 9:00 am : 1:30 pm Stuff's Pharmacy • ORONO, ONTARIO 983-5009