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4 - Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, November 6,2002 Places I've It Done Time à l^üHÜHfüV Being somewhat busy and all, I nearly missed writing my column this week. 1 got home in the wee hours and decided to write about where I was and what I was busy at. I went to a private meeting of citizens concerned with the Oak Ridges Moraine and the 407 highway. Both of these are of great concern to the residents residents of nearby villages. I am not at liberty to disclose where the meeting was or who was there, but some of the folks Have been lifelong friends and residents of these areas. Folks voiced their opinions and concerns on various plants and animals. The Oak Ridges Moraine Protection Act has already protected some things that are almost on the endangered species list. One elderly gentleman pointed out that some of the lovely smelling stuff in his pipe was American Ginseng. (He would not disclose what he mixed with it.) Another lady brought in a Hog Nosed Snake that I had never seen in this area. It rattles its tail like a rattle snake but is harmless. She found it down near Rice Lake. Another fellow brought in a Leopard Frog. It is quite scarce but I had seen a few before. A young fellow pulled a Bull Frog out of a burlap bag and he claimed it weighed over four pounds and could jump over six meters, which is nearly 20 feet. I was quite impressed. Everyone was more than quite concerned about the 407 highway and what the consequences consequences of all the traffic going by their doors and pollution would be on the area. ' Being a long time resident of the area and Leskard, I was asked what I thought about the 407 going by our door and if I thought it would be harmful. I thought about it at some length and then replied "Even with the general build up in our area without the 407 highway, highway, we have lost a lot. The side hill jack rabbits are a rarity rarity and I have not seen ajack- alope (a small animal the size of a jack rabbit with antlers) for years. I believe they are extinct. Nor do we see as many Mugwumps or gillega- loo birds as we once did. The whiffle trees and sharpening stones are also a thing of the past." I blame the loss of all these rare things on stidden progress. Someone then stood up and asked the most important question; How do we save our Hillbilly Heritage? Eveiyone was silent and sad. The meeting closed with everyone in agreement that something could and would be done in the name of conservation. conservation. After I left the meeting a committee was formed. It was called Concerned Residents Against Progress-- C.R.A.P. for short. ■Bill I ! .It- l" ' I It in : ill is® Hi ■ Si Him ■I 11111 | MORRIS FUNERAL CHAPEL LTD. SERVING DURHAM REGION SINCE 1841 ALL FUNERAL SERVICES PREARRANGED AND/OR PREPAID BURIAL - CREMATION - TRANSFERS "WHERE PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE IS IMPORTANT' FUNERAL DIRECTORS PAUL R. MORRIS GARY M. CONWAY DOUG R. RUTHERFORD DEBRA D. KELLEHER 623-5480 à niUISIOM ST.. nOWMANVILLE ■ AT QUEEN ST. i-apEim;: Band Festival Continued from front available at Monday's public meeting. Councillors were also not aware of the contents of the engineering report. While the Engineering Department's recommendations recommendations are not a requirement for the three year temporary zoning zoning of the current application, it did address the more permanent permanent band museum concept Climenhage has for the property, property, and which he did discuss with planning staff. "We don't have the Engineering Report in front of us, so we are unable to speak on concessions staff raised in that report," said Mayor John Mutton at Monday's meeting, "but when the municipality encouraged you to apply for a temporary use and rezoning, we did it in order to make it easier for you," he stated. "If I was sitting back in Mr. Climenhage's chair I would say 'to hell with this application.' application.' Let's sit down with them and make it easier. Let's not kill the Festival," said the Mayor. Climenhage was very pleased with the support for the Festival expressed by the Mayor and all councillors. While he had serious doubts about the continuation of the Great Canadian Band Festival after receiving the report by the Engineering Department, "There now appears to be no unresolved issues with the zoning." While putting white crosses at the graves of war veterans (a task Stirling Mather has performed for countless years), he discovered the grave of a veteran, Private Eldad Johns from the War of 1812. Veterans remembered Eldad Johns, a veteran of the War of 1812 died on July 30, 1876, aged 90 years, 7 months. According to Helen Schmid, Johns was the father of Orono, in that he built the first lumber mill in the village, in the year 1833. His house still stands today, the white frame house on the of north east comer of Mill Street and Millson Hill Drive in Orono. Johns, who remained a bachelor all his life, fought under Colonel Breakenridge and was paid $20 for his services services as a Private from 1812 - 1815. 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