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'M"-"' Ian-won‘t“ My. October, I. MI The people of Ontario have gone to the polls and have returned the Progressive Conservative government for yet another five years. By then we'll probably hear the opposition shouting their same old lines: It's time for a change. We were informed all during this last campaign that 38 years in power is just too long for any government to stay on the throne. There is little doubt that four or five years hence the Liberals and New Democratic leaders and candidates will up-date their slogans to: 42 years of Conservative rule is just too much. But our north-west sector of Metropolitan Toronto still remains in the hands of the opposition parties. Downsview. Etobicoke and York - Forest Hill all returned their Liberal candidates while the N.D.P. have widened their corridor leading northward from Lake Ontario by adding Parkdale to High Park, York South and Yorkview. It's the only concentrated pocket of opposition power in all of Ontario - seven adjacent ridings - and the only sector in all of Metro, with the exception of Scarboro West and Scarboro Centre, where there are two adjacent opposition held constituencies. The next election is too far in the future to speculate and there will most likely be a lot of changes on the political scene by that time. For the present, the people have shown that they're not ready for any changes, at least not in depleting Tory power. They've returned the PCS with an even stronger house majority. With such an overwhelming Metropolitan Toronto majority, the voters have shown that they have less regard for the municipal government and more for the entire province. The Spadina Expressway -- long discussed artery for an expanding Toronto - is now thoroughly dead and so is the voice of the Liberals, probably elected to Downsview and York - Forest Hill on the very hope that the expressway and rapid transit system would be revived had the party been able to capture Ontario. Perhaps, had Mr. Davis offered a little more to the constituents of the areas affected most by his Spadina decision (other than more housing and its inevitable increased transportation problems in the Spadina Ditch) he might have been able to hold York - Forest Hill and given some reason for the electors of York South, Yorkview and Downsview to join the throng. 9.oa9ys;or.;.tox.or.oxor:.y:.:.:.:..v..:.:.:, MW at mo warm and. wu‘m. um I MIN Liam“ . Mum! by Prlncopol [unwind mo. "Raw-1mg In Women hma we County a My: Mold, mo Yuan and 6mm. and woman trrrtes Aonrmu and me Winch “In“ - __ - - -ee V_ ._.v...-...,....-....... .,.. 'utrscrotrort Runs " 00 um year ‘41 aOvertce to any name» trt C other counlncs S900 20 yea rs ago The sidewalk on the north side of Lawrence Avenue east at both approaches to the train level crossing has been completed and the sidewalk on the north side of Arthur Street has been poured. Work has begun on the strip of sidewalk on the north side of John Street extending from the existing sidewalk to Dennison Road. Weston-York Times l0 yea rs ago The old town bell which has topped the Town Hall for the past 100 years has become the centre of interest in Weston. The local council of women wrote the township asking that the bell be set up in an enclosure in Memorial Park as a reminder of the long service to the town. It was pointed out that this could be part of the town's centennial celebrations slated for 1967. 60 years ago' It has been frequently suggested that reckless and drunken drivers of motor vehicles be imprisoned without the option of a fine. There should be no further delay in putting these suggestions into practice. Between Weston and West-Toronto motor- card can be frequently seen running recklessly, at a rate of between 50 and 60 miles an hour. 40 years ago Weston High and Vocational Night School has three hundred students enrolled to date. A variety of subjects in on the courses open to the public - automobile mechanics, welding, electric and machine wiring, wood working for boys and cooking for girls. This is a large enrolment, but the depression and unemployment have started people going back to school rather than staying at home. More of the same “(and Class Man immune" Number I“. V J MOEMIIIIH, Promo”! and Publllhl' " _ Eons: Looking back . Molly Samoa, Adv." Menu-v Cathy Dunphy, Nun Editor "l.pttorte 24152” trt (011.61 The Ontario Water Resources Commission is responsible for im- plementing government policy in the financing, construction and operation of sewage and water works on behalf of municipalities and has specific powers conferred upon it by the Legislature in relation to design approval and also to determine the public interest in specific areas of en- forcement, either absolutely or subject to the approval of the Minister of the Environment through whom the Commission reports to the Legislature. Construction of Ontario's first water and sewage works I under the direction of OWRC) began in 1957 and by the end of that year 21 agreements had been signed with 18 municipalities with a total value of $9 million. As of July 31, 1971, nearly 30,000 certificates had been issued by the Commission and nearly $2.4 billion had been spent by the OWRC, municipalities and industry for water and sewage treatment facilities. F Program Highlights Widespread mercury pollution affecting certain species of fish has been virtually eliminated OWRC surveys discovered two industrial sources to be largely responsible for directly discharging mer- cury to natural water- courses. These were the caustic and chlorine manufacturing plants and the pulp and paper mills. Neither industry now discharges mercury. Drainage basin studies on the Grand and the Ottawa rivers conducted by OWRC survey crews have resulted in written reports indicating water quality problems in these areas. Plans have been outlined recommending solutions for the restoration and maintenance of water Though patterns of business activity across Canada this year have been quite encouraging, recent new lines of Us. policy and the resulting spread of ire ternational tensions have once again underlined the growing interdependence of the present-day world economy, says The Bank of Nova Scotia in its current Monthly Review. Canadian production has for some time been running more strongly than that in the United States - the volume of GNP. rising by more than 3 per cent in last year's slowdown (compared with an actual decline south of the border) and picking up to a 6 per cent rate in the first half of this year (as against 4 per cent in the United States) Nevertheless, the Review notes that the unexpectedly strong Canadian performance drew a good deal of its impetus from the emergence of renewed expansion in the United States, and there were thus some very clear Implications for the Canadian economy when for several weeks prior to mid- August it appeared that the momentum of the US recovery was tending disturbingly to falter The. US measures of mid- August were clearly aimed both at correcting that country's external payments position and at re-energizing the process of recovery, Yet 1-- AND ONE RETURtlABl,ET" Ontario water resources Regional patterns change “th quality which may serve as guidelines for similar future studies. A provincial contingency plan for the notification, containment and clean-up of oil spills has been established. An Ontario Operations Centre has been set up within the Com- mission. A similar plan has been developed on an in- ternational scale to cope with spills on waters bor- dering the United States. Great Lakes pollution problems have received close attention. A Canada - Ontario agreement to fur- ther the implementation of The International Joint Commission on pollution was signed in August '71, A further agreement between Canada and the United States is anticipated soon. The OWRC has established a Recreational Lakes program to deal with pollution in recreational waterways. Pollution in this context means anything that impairs public enjoyment of the recreational facilities pr- ovided by the water and the surrounding area. Impaired enjoyment might result from undesirable growth of aquatic weeds and algae, high turbidity, oil film, chemical pollution or the presence of bacteria beyond acceptable levels.ln an ef- fort to prevent further pollution in that area, the OWRC has established an on- going program for detection and correction of defective sewage disposal systems for the province‘s 250,000 cot.. tagers and recommended policies, programs and legislation designed to provide satisfactory long- term management of recreational areas. To date, surveys have been con- ducted on more than 40 lakes throughout the province. The Commission has im, plemented a municipal phosphorus removal policy the measures have raised difficult trade questions for Canada, and also complicate the immediate problems of trying to spur on a suf- ficiently vigorous expansion. Taking note of the stimulative policies that have been pursued for the past year and a half, The Review suggests that probably the earliest and most evident response has been in the sharp revival of housing starts all across the country. By the early part of this year, a further major support to business recovery also emerged in the striking upturn of retail sales. These movements have been supported by a fairly well. sustained uptrend in in- comes plus some important retroactive wage payments, but they also seem to reflect at least some disappearance of the former hesitancy in spending on consumer durables such as cars, and an added impetus from the larger number of completed housing units coming onto the market m recent months. regions of the country. the Review notes that in the Atlantic Provinces the recovery has been somewhat slower to develop than in other areas. The regional trends of production and employment flattened out in 1970 as the markets for many exports eased, and they have thus tar begun to rise ttgain Going on to discuss con- ditions in _ea_ch of the major encompassing the Lower Great Lakes as well as recreational and other areas of the province where algae control is a critical requirement. More than 30 municipalities are presently involved in laboratory and full-scale phosphorus removal studies. A provincial ownership plan was introduced in 1964 to provide financial assistance to municipalities requesting the OWRC to provide required water and sewage works. To date a total of 330 such programs have been accepted by the 12,'iei mission. The total provi cial subsidy approved for the construction of new water and sewage works now totals $45.2 million. Projects may also be financed under an OWRC-municipal agreement whereby funds acquired by the municipality can be repaid over a 30-year period. Ownership of the facilities reverts to the municipality when the debt has been paid. Thirdly, the municipality may raise its own funds through the sale of debem tures retaining control of the system. However OWRC approval is necessary to build the project. Financial assistance available to municipalities with a population of less than 5,000 assures a maximum service charge of $100. per annum for water and $120 per annum for sewage facilities. Under this plan a 50 per cent maximum subsidy may be applied against the construction of new works. Ownership of the facilities remain with the province. The South Peel Regional System, one of the earliest projects undertaken on the basis of provincial owner- ship is into its second year of operation. The $148.8 million project is the largest provincially-financed sys- only marginally. However, total incomes have been rising faster than in many other areas and this com- bined with a growing regional tourist business has provided the basis for a marked rebound in retail sales. New construction activity also has become more vigorous, though with the exception of Newfoun- dland this has largely reflected the surge in the housebuilding sector. The quichening pace of business in Quebec has about matched the national pat- tern. the province sharing fully in the resurgence of construction activity and in the upturn in consumer spending. With a variety of restraining influences on many key industries (notably on newsprint, primary aluminum. aircraft, electronics, and chemicals), it is not surprising that the overall pace of goods production has remained slow. However. a more encouraging trend is at last emerging in the province's vapital investment picture. Housebuilding is. of course, contributing a good deal to this, but construction work is also accelerating in government-sponsored projects as well as in certain primary industries. par- ticularly iron ore and cop per 'Slgm of revival in the Ontario economy began to appear well before, Mum tem undertaken to date for the supply and distribution of water and the collection and treatment of sewage. Present plans call for completion of the project in 1991. A $23 million water system to serve the Lambton area is scheduled for con- struction early in 1972. The three major iron and steel producers, Dofasco, Stelco and Algoma, are presently engaged in comprehensive control programs staged over' a five year period to clean up remaining major sources of pollution. Significant gains are being made to control pollution from chemical, petroleum, mining, pulp and paper and food industries. To date, industries expenditure on pollution abatement equipment exceeds $165 million. Special tax in- centives are available to industries establishing pollution control measures. Significant gains have been made in waste control in the pulp and paper industry. Since the end of 1967, there has been an overall reduc- tion of about 25 million gallons per day in the total water consumption by the mills. Primary treatment facilities involving lagoons or clarifiers are presently operating in 13 mills. Secondary treatment facilities are being utilized at two mills with several others now in negotiation. OWRC hopes to have suspended solids from most mills under control by the end of this year. OWRC plants serve 120 municipalities and a population of about 1,312,000. Municipal plants serve 141 municipalities and a population of about 4,012,000. OWRC and municipal ex- penditure for water works totals nearly $667.4 million and for sewage works over $1.5 billion. of this year, but thus far goods production has failed to stage a concerted ad- vance. It has thus been left largely to the construction and "service sectors to lead the way out of last year's economic slowdown. Con- struction activity has played an Important sustaining role over the past year, with housing starts having moved up appreciably and with a commercial building boom continuing in the Toronto area. While the new U.S. economic measures should boost auto production, for several other Ontario in- dustries ( such as machinery. chemicals and textiles) the import surcharge is adding to existing market pressures, Even though investment over a wide range of manufacturing industries is down this year, total capital outlays are still expected to show a sizeable rise led by a marked tur- naround in agriculture, prairie resource industries are providing much of the steam for the region's recovery Canada's overall urain exports rose to a record 672 million bushels in the 1970-71 crop year, and the harvest this year may be up as much as 35 per cent. Saskatchewan is the prim ripal beneficiary of the improvement in agriculture, and the province is also getting something of a boost from other directions. "'i'/9'tr My purpose in writing this column is to help you to read the Bible. It you read the words written here and don’t read the Bible then 1 have to be frank and say "You are not using the brains you were born with!" For one thing, the Bible will still be around when this column is just a faint wisp in someone's memory and its writer a mere handful of dust. For another, the Bible is the real treasure and anything of worth in this column is coined from it. If you read your Bible, then, from Genesis 2 verse 4 to the end of that chapter you will find what I called last week the Second Creation Story. And you will see that it is very different from the First Creation Story. Why two creation stories and why so different? Is this the Word of God can- tradicting itself? No, it is the Word of God complementing itself. The fact that there are two creation stories, serves a very real purpose because they balance one another. To use a musical metaphor, in the fact of there being two creation stories, you get the enrichment of counterpoint music in contrast to plain-song. The two stories, as I say, are com- plementary, one to another. In one story you find one emphasis; in the other a different and equally needed emphasis. Together they give a rounded balanced picture of our human situation. "Stereoscopic" is the word - a picture in depth. And no matter where we may search for understanding about life we will find nothing to compare in realism and honesty and simplicity with these stories in Genesis. The first story tells of the creation of the COSMOS -.r. the whole Universe in all its impressive vastness, magnificence, and far-offness -- and in view of the preSent investigation and exploration of space, this understanding of creation has a striking relevance to our present human situation. In a word the first creation story deals with Man in the Universe. The second deals with Man in his Home. There the scale is infinity. Here it is measured by what a man can touch. There the backdrop is celestial, the action dramatic. Here the backdrop is close and intimate, the action domestic. In the first story the picture is on a broad canvas. The painter has depicted the vast cosmic background of human life. In the second, the picture is like the por- trait of a human face. The painter, like Rembrandt, has exposed character through detailed attention to the facial features. The illumination of the first picture is full-orbed like that from the sun's diffused rays. The illumination of the second picture is concentrated like the silver-pencilled, penetrating beam of a search light. In this second picture the search light beam is concentrated on Man, and thatmeans “on you and me". For that is what the story is all about - YOU and Letters to the editor Dear Sir: It has always been a source of wonder to me why so few people will leave on an outside light at this time of year. I have lived with my family In Weston for nine years, primarily because we like the community where you can walk to the stores or most places that you would want to go to. In order to do this after dark, one must have a lighted path - the lighter the better __ for many reasons, especially at this time of year when residential streets of Weston become those gloomy, partially lit caverns from a very early hour of right after dinner. Many leaves are still on the trees which obscure the greater part of most street lighting and the sidewalks contain only puddles of light patches with more dark spots than lighted ones. With the sun setting earlier every day, soon we will have people coming home from work and the senior student, who has had extra curricular activities that kept him away for a few hours after school, all groping along on the less than half lit streets of the Weston area. This is not to mention the problems of drug store delivery, nor anyone who might be looking for a specific house number, nor the children who are sent to the local grocery store for an item or two. This is one of the most important things we must understand about this second creation story in Genesis. It is not a story about two strange, shadowy, semi- mythical personages of a primitive and distant past, whose names were Adam and Eve. It is not the story of their idyllic Jn suburbia there are less trees to obscure street lighting. Most people. because of distances, drive Help light the "Do you know how little it will cost to make your street a little safer at night? I phoned Ontario Hydro this past week to find out! Now listen all you economy- minded citizens to the best bargain you‘ll ever hear, rather than walk to their destination, yet, I have noticed a far greater per- centage of outside home lighting which brightens up the whole area and makes it much cheerier. A sixty watt light bulb burning for one hour would cost you 8-100ths of one cent. You can leave that light on for 13 hours and it will cost you just one penny. So why not start tonight by turning your front light on at seven o'clock until, let's say. nine Dear Sir: I would like to call at- tention to the announcement over the radio this morning by the post office inspector at Winnipeg stating that it the public in general did not use the postal service then the price to mail a letter would soon be 26 cents. This is a very important notice to all. The courier service which preceeded postal service was operated by private enterprise for many years. The mass of the people could not afford to pay couriers " their rates were prohibitive. An outcry by the public interested the Good reading DON REED Ru. Rood Is Minister ot Westmlnmu Unulod Lllurch in Weston. What we don't use --vve lose carefree life in the Garden of Eden. It is not the story of how, through some mischance, stemming from the in- sinuating slyness of a serpent, they fouled their little love nest, and fatefully slam- med the doors of Paradise against all terms is to grossly misinterprete it. It is to belittle the Bible, the Word of God. It is to cast a slur on the intelligence of those who composed this story, and set it in its place in strict counterpoint to the first creation story. Worse than that, it is to miss the whole point of the story. Let me make this truth abundantly clear. This story has nothing whatsoever to do with the past. It has everything to do with the present It has nothing whatever to say to us about our first ancestors (whoever they may have been, for nobody knows), it has everything to say to us about ourselves. For we are Adam and Eve. The word Adam, itself, is simply the Hebrew word for Man. The Atham-Man, who is formed from the Athama - the ground; and Eve is simply the Hebrew word for living or life. So what this story speaks about is the living dust. If you are still worried about Science and the Bible, could there be anything more scrupulously scientifically exact than that! Science tells us that you and I are living dust. The Bible says the very same thing. But the Bible isn't content to remain at that, and we, for our part, aren't content with knowing that. The Bible goes on to say why we are living dust and what is our place and purpose in life. And it starts off saying, we are living dust of God's making. And this is something of far greater importance, of far more vital value to us than the bare scientific fact that we are living dust! I don't want to knock Science. Science is important. Science applied to the problems of life through technology provides the means of solving those problems. Science is one of our most important means of dealing with the complexities of life on an overcrowded planet. But we've tended in the past to put science up on a pedestal - as though it were the be-all and the end-all of life. The Bible, very plainly, calls that kind of thing idolatry. And so it is. Science doesn't merit being placed on a pedestal. Its place is in the tool-box. This is where it rightly belongs. For science is not the heal] and the end-all. It is a tool in man's hand -- a valuable tool certainly, but a tool nonetheless. One of our main troubles today is that we are in danger of forgetting this fact. Science is threatening to smother out the flame of our faith - and the tool is in danger of becoming our master. This is a very real danger and we need to be fully alert to it and to maintain an ever vigilant guard against it. Our Science and our technology have to be the handmaids of our faith. They can fill out the framework of understanding that Genesis provides. They can never replace it. We'll look a little closer at that framework of understanding, given to us in the second creation story, next week. Meantime don't forget to read it for yourself. Slowly. And not just once but several times! Not at all! To interpret this story in these o'clock. Doing this for seven days of the week will cost you just one thin penny'. In a couple of weeks from now try turning it on about six and m another month it will be dark by about five o'clock. We are supposed to be educated. so put it into ar"- tion, Also our lack of com- munication. What we don't use, we lose -- like the passenger trains in Canada Charles H. Gardiner, Why not donate between one and two pennies each week and help make your street a lot brighter and safer until a reasonable hour after the dinner hour. If a significant number of people did this, I think you will find a big increase on those who will start walking to the corner store and leaving their cars at home. There is a general apathy today that seems to prevade the world over. clamoring for the nationalization of everything. yet taking it all for granted. whilst the postal service is expected to give full efficiency when the public demands it. You should walk anyway if you can see your way. You probably need the exercise as much as I do. government and through financial subsidies promoted the nationalized postal services you have today. way Gerry Dodds