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'Councillor opposes close downs Claims highways, waterways more dangerous than most arenas Mariposa Township Coun- cillor Vince Teefy voiced his 'opposition to the provinces action in closing down arenas in Ontario, clainimg among other things that Ontario's' highways, urban streets and waterways are more hazardous than arenas everywhere. . . In a letter to Labour Min- ister Dr. Bette Stephenson, Teefy writes: ! "Iam taking the opportun- : ity of writing to you in'regard to the wholesale closing of rural arenas in Ontario. For you to issue an order to close. as many arenas as has been closed in rural Ontario shows a complete disregard for the needs of the rural residents . of the -province. It also shows a complete lack of responsibility on your part, a responsibility that has been left entirely in the hands of your bureaucratic civil ser- vants and advisors; and dis- plays complete ignorance of the subject with which you - are dealing. I give the following rea- sons for having made the above statements. { 1. Statistics rule out any government concern for pub- lic safety (ie) daily average deaths and injuries on our public highways, streets and roads far exceeds those caused by public building collapse annually. as do drownings from the use of our waters in swimming, boating, fishing and etc. If public safety were your main concern you would have closed our roads, waterways and beaches first. I feel that life has..always had, and "always will have, a certain element of risk without which it would not be worth living. To use a catch phrase it would be like a pizza without seasoning. ~~ - 2. The residents of rural Ontario have built, managed and operated these local re- creational and social facili- ties for the past 50 years or more. They have made their own local decisions and accepted the risks involved and the records and statis- tics of these years are, in'my - opinion, the greatest tribute that one can to them. 3. It is also my firm opinion that if we today give in to the paternal type of dictatorship that you and your governfnent is display- 'ing with this edict, we will be failing those whq have gone before us; we' will have dropped the torch and -quenched the fire of initiat- ive and progress that has made Ontario the great prov- ince that it is today. I must therefore come to the conclusion that because our rural arenas have the best statistical records relat- ed to personal injury or death of any of our public facilities and whereas the Fishing good in Scugog Fishing on Lake Scugog was reported as being very good over the last weekend in July, reports the Ministry FRED THOMAS OUTBOARD REPAIR 986-4647 CAESAREA AUTHORIZED CHRYSLER OUTBOARD DEALER Sales & Service LAWNBOY SALES & SERVICE Repairs to all Outboards & Lawn Mowers. Narrows around of Natural Resources' Lind- say office. Conservation officers re- ported seeing a 45 inch musky, a 62 pound yellow pickerel and numerous pick- erel in the four to six pound range (two to three kilogram class for those of metric persuasion. ( The ministry also reports that a pair of osprey are now feeding their young along the Scugog River near the Goose Bay area. Other local spots to watch for these magnificent birds include Emily Creek area near Sturgeon Lake and Gannon's the west end of Buckhorn Lake. Your Comfort Stop! HEATING | e Oil Furnaces e (Gas Furnaces e Electric Furnaces AIR CONDITIONING ° Window Mount e Wall Mount e Central Systems AIR CLEANING e Electronic Air Cleaners e Furnace Mount e Ceiling Mount HUMIDIFIERS - DEHUMIDIFIERS - DUCT SYSTEMS For complete installations call: THOMSON HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING Phone 985-3365 Prince Albert ESRB IETS Tk ¥ 00 J closure edict has been issued by the Ministry of Labour, that it is not an order con- cerned with either safety, inflation control or the ability of the rural economy to absorb the cost, but that it is a make-work order of your * department at a cost much too great to be borne by our rural communities, socially, recreationally or financially. I wish to assure you that the repercussions of carry- ing out and enforcing of these orders will sénd ripples far beyond the boundaries of. our rural communities. I suggest the following procedure in this matter: 1. That a complete study be made of all arena collap- ses in the province and the extent of injuries, deaths, etc. and that the figures be made public and compared with other public facilities. 2. That whereas our public liability ensurers have been willing and have solicited our municipality liability business at rates which I am sure they have worked out as commensurate with the risks involved over the past many years, and whereas these risks have not been increas- ed or changed by the closure order; that they be instruct- ed to carry and cover our liability risks as in the past. 3. That the closure order be lifted on our rural arenas immediately, pending further investigation and that in the future closure orders and the erection of new arenas be done on a Special Clearance ALLIS-CHALMERS 8HP TRACTOR & 36" MOWER Only 3 left in stock at *1195.00 ($1575.00 value) ROCK PICKERS For front end loaders *475.00 TURNCO GRAVITY BOXES from $400.00 NOW AT Trewin Farm Equipment BLACKSTOCK PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Aug, 11,1976 -- 19 systematic program dealing with areas which are in most need of new facilities first. I suggest that you require local arena managers to have on. hand snowfall measuring equipment: and keep a log of each snowfall in each 'arena location giving the following details; 1. Actual snowfall from each storm. 2. Amount of snow lying on 'arena roof before storm. 3. Actual amount of snow.on roof after storm. 4. Length of time snow stays on arena roof. 5. Method by which roof was cleared (i.e.) shovelled, slid off naturally, melted off, or by any pther.method, so that we are not basing our decisions on guesstomatic figures. 6. Where the actual snow load at any given time based on the foregoing measurements exceeds the weight deemed safe for any particular building, that it be temporarily closed until such snow load has been removed. 7. That each arena be supplied with an engineer's report as to maxi- mum snow load that it can safely carry and that it be stated on that report as to how many inches of snow on the roof will constitute that maximum load. SEER (+ 986-4283 PASSPORT PHOTOS SLIT GRY: Oshawa Camera Oshawa Shopping Cen DECISION aa Ottawa, July 26, 1976. The Canadian Radio-television and Tele-communications Commission announces the following decision. Decision CRTC 76-170 UXBRIDGE AND PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - 760030700 Compton Cable T.V. Limited Application for renewal of its broadcasting licence for its cable television undertaking serving Uxbridge and Port Perry. Ontario. expiring September 30, 1976 Decision: APPROVED The Commission renews this licence from October 1, 1976 to March 31, 1980, subject to the condition that the licensee comply with the cable television regulations and subject to conditions to be specified in the licence. The licence is also subject to the condition that the licensee own, as a- minimum, the local head-end, the amplifiers and the drops to houses and apartment buildings. The proposed channel allocation is APPROVED subject to the following. The Commission directs the licensee to implement the following channel distribution on its basic service. Received Distributed Station Channel Channel CKVR-TV Barrie, Ontario 3 4 CBLT Toronto, Ontario 5 6 CFTO-TV Toronto, Ontario 9 8 CHCH-TV Hamilton, Ontario 11 11 CHEX-TV Peterborough, Ontario 12 12 CICA-TV Toronto, Ontario 19 2 CKGN-TV-22 Uxbridge, Ontario 22 3 CBLFT Toronto, Ontario 25 10 CITY-TV Toronto, Ontario 79 7 Community Programming 5 With regard to the distribution of CHEX-TV, CKGN-TV-22 and community programming on restricted channels, the Commission is presently satisfied that the service provided is of satisfactory quality. However, should any impairment result, the licensee must undertake im- mediate remedial action or apply for CRTC authority to distribute community programming and the signals of CHEX-TV and CKGN-TV-22 on appropriate basic service channels. : The licensee must advise the Commission of any channel distribution changes resulting from the Commission's directive. Approval of the proposed changes in distribution is subject to technical certification by the Department of Communications. The licensee is currently distributing CHFI-FM Toronto, Ontario on channel 5, the community channel. Such distribution is contrary to section 11 of the cable television regulations and must cease immediately. Guy Lefebvre Secretary General Canadian Conseil de la Radio-Television Radio-Télévision Commission ) Canadienne RN RIE REE et wn mn al tet "> we A. 3 -, yo iho, LN Nig tn oo. I Cah Sl SE ---y a po DE "Ea Lr, -- Dy oe See, eo PE rah -- EG Cp Yuu a Ra WE A I=4 & 5) H g » & 5 uD > tlt ns . ee NN fy Tap rl vd ty So AES pve, . Shas ho edged A A Sri, a sR RO Th RE: ft