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A new Thanksgiving event featuring a unique blend of French and Native culture dating back more than 300 years will conclude another season at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Midland on Sunday and Monday, Oct. 12 and 13. The name of the event, 'Esprit de Ouen- dake", reflects the curious mixture of French and Native crafts and skills which played a formidable role in the growth of Sainte-Marie when the Jesuit mission emerged as Ontario's first European community in 1639. "Esprit de Ouendake" offers many features for those people looking for a dif- ferent way to spend Thanksgiving. The two- day event will take visitors back to the very roots of Ontario's beginning as they learn how two diversified cultures coexisted in the desolate wilderness of New France. Cultures The collation of the French and Native cultures as they relate to Sainte-Marie will fall under the categories of clothing, travel and basic skills. Visitors are invited to compare the similarities and contrasts of the two cultures as_ illustrated by several exhibits in the Sainte-Marie foyer. Artisans will display their skills in the areas of map-making, 17th century writing, leather work, pottery and native crafts. The various facets of wool production including weaving, spinning and dyeing will also be highlighted. There will be numerous other aactivities, on-site, adding to the overall appeal of the new event. Sainte-Marie among the Hurons will be bustling with activity in the form of historic dramatizations and interpretation provided by summer interpreters who will be returning to Sainte-Marie from universities around the province specifically for the Thanksgiving special. Another highlight of "'Esprit de Ouendake"' will be a French cafe at Sainte-Marie operated by the '"'Centre d'Activites Fran- caises" of Penetanguishene. Visitors can New Thanksgiving event set for Ste. Marie on Oct.12 and 13 sample such traditional French-Canadian cuisine as tourtiere, ragout and French bread. Profits from the sale of the food will go back to the centre. Story "The coexistence of the French and Native cultures is an integral part of the Sainte- Marie story and, hopefully, the new event will capture the spirit of the rapport as suggested by the name 'Esprit de Ouendake' "', com- mented Bill Byrick, Manager of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons. Regular admission rates will apply - adults, $1.50; students, 75 cents; children, 25 cents. The family rate is $3.50. The hours for both days are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Areawill lose as a result of pull out by Mayor M Lynn without The Townships of Tiny and Tay have announced that they will adequate The planning techniques and objectives in place the area would be, and stll municipalities which have now an- nounced their with- drawal from the Area Board were amongst those which had little or When costs began to escalate due to full-time staff commitments the Board cut its staff and its costs to this year's levy of just over $40,000 and Tay announced their _ withdrawal-and announced it without boundary problems through an- nexation and the courts and area Hopefully our control over our own area won't be totally wrested from unilaterally withdraw 8. unprepared for really from the Tiny-Tay significant growth. Peninsula Planning _ TWO years ago the Board. The obvious loss to this locally formed body is that the name must be changed. In point of fact, Tiny and Tay have not been contributing members, at least constructively, for the past two years. And that is the real pity. This board, as most readers will probably know. was formed a decade ago to help to lead the area into sensible planning policies, and to develop a plan for the six municipalities which made up the mem- bership of the Board. A decade ago the Province was promoting'.the Toronto- Centred Region Plan, a plan which still has been supported in principle by the Province. That plan singled out this area as one in which exceptional growth would take place; and a decade ago we were ill prepared for any '| surge in population or economic growth from a planning standpoint. 4 Growth : Five years later, in 1975. the Simcoe- Georgian Task Force Strategy again predicted substantial growth for the Tiny-Tay Peninsula. Again, H.S. ST. AMANT Provincial White Paper on planning recom- mended the abolition of local planning boards in favour of more cen- tralized and sophisticated planning offices which would be located regionally or at the county level. The decade of area planning involvement has shown real gains and results. Planning has improved in the area. New official plans and zoning by-laws have been developed, and planning has been a conscious part of every municipality in the area. In some instances no formal land-use planning existed a decade ago, and through the efforts of the Area Board, its members and staff. assistance was offered to bring plan- ning into effect. The area municipalities reacted positively. no formal planning of any substance a decade ago. Each municipality and each resident has benefited by the decade of effort. Costs The costs have been there, for all municipalities, through the share each has paid to operate the Board. And most of those costs have been borne, over the decade, by the Town Tiny and Tay's share has been relatively small compared to the costs of the other four members: Midland, Penetanguishene, Port MeNicoll and Victoria Harbour. Not always was the course of the Board smooth or without its objectors. From time to time each municipality took the Board to task in one wey or another. Each had its periods of strong support and questioning criticism for the whole area. But until two years ago not one member municipality questioned, challenged, or disagreed with the ultimate goal: an Official Plan for the Tiny-Tay Peninsula Planning Area. Two years ago the whole attitude of Tiny changed. It started to change just after the 1979-1980 councils: took office. In the view of this writer the change was not for the better, as far as area planning was concerned. Opposition and objection to an area plan by Tiny, and then Tay, began to grow. Despite repeated and sincere attempts by the other member municipalities to overcome _ objections, understand them, and to assist in developing a plan which would be acceptable to all, Tiny to attend a special meeting called for the purpose of attempting to resolve their concerns. Interestingly, these withdrawals were not done in compliance with the constitution of the body, or with attention to the requirements laid down by the Province when the Board was created. The area Unfortunately, the people of the area will be the losers if the with- drawals go through. Tiny and Tay seem to have opted for a dif- ferent sort of planning than one determined by local people with local knowledge and interests at heart. They have opted instead for: centralized County planning out of Midhurst; solving which will not feature common terminology or parallel levels of ser- vice: planning which will not reflect local area needs. Tiny and Tay have made a grave error for their own short-run trade-offs, as they see it, in this writer's view. Position It is unlikely that their position will affect the long term result of achieving an area plan, but it will make the route to an area plan more difficult, costly, and time-consuming. bothering to inform instead of local our control before the their fellow members of negotiation; higher plan is in place. the Board or their planning costs for all of It is really un- neighbouring member us; planning on an in- fortunate that the six municipalities of their dividual municipality municipalities had 2 intentions. basis __ only; more come so far before two seriously And without bothering complicated planning of them showed their real view. The hun- dreds of Board and committee meetings couldn't have been that wrong. Hearing loss The Canada Safety Council warns that hearing losses can result from exposure to high noise levels over long periods of time. 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