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| Westonâ€"York Times And, it is not unusual â€" as the mayor well knows by nowâ€"for the Westonâ€"York Times not to check with him regarding each and every story that crosses our desk regarding the borough, its mayor andâ€"or its elected officials. In fact, we have made it a practice not to call. We did not "reprint‘‘ the Star story as the mayor suggests. We merely reported on the profound statement and added comments from interested parties who make their living within the borough. When a statement of this importance is attributed to an official, it should be brought before those directly concerned within the community. We believe that the mayor did make some kind of statement to the Star reporter who interviewed him that really was not too far out of line with what appeared in their first edition. We have no doubt that the mayor is concerned for our businessmen, and that while he did make some sort of statement that he was sorry for afterward, his timing was off and he was caught off guard. No matter how hard we try, there are some occasions when we can all end up with egg on our The Toronto Daily Star admitted to no error in quoting the mayor and the very fact that the second and subsequent editions of the Star did not contain the passage attributed to the mayor in its earlier editions does not constitute a "retraction‘‘ as the mayor suggests. Last week, following publication of the Westonâ€" York Times â€" containing the article "No obligation to merchants â€" White" there was some communication between the mayor‘s office and this newspaper during which we decided that we might try to ease the situation in a review and, perhaps, an amendment. There are many reasons why a story is cut, deleated or reâ€"written in second, third or final editions. Mostly its because of space problems. With the letter, taking us to task for our reporting, that feeling has more than somewhat . fi Wm«%wxmmw«wffl ~Published at 2159 Weston Road, Weston, each Thursday by Principal ~Publishing Limited _ ‘Subscription Rates $7.00 per year in advance to any address in Canada Ofher countries $9.00 The letter from Mayor White comes with some Let‘s get it straight. Established 1890. incorporating the Weston Times and County of York Merald. the Times and Guide, and Weston Times Advertiser, and the Weston Times. We have obligations Second Class Mail Registration Number 1588 V.J. MacMilian, President and Publisher Bill Basley, Editor Molly Fenton, General Manager Telephone 241.5211 ‘Times, Thursday, February 3, 1972 editorial. Further, it is my belief that the time has come to review the legal position in reference to it. A number of statutes bear on the issue. For example, the Public Utilities Act, Section 27 (1) states that ‘‘the (municipal) council may pass byâ€"laws for the maintenance _ and management of the works, and the conduct of the ofâ€" ficers and other employees in connection with them . . ." Subâ€"section 2 goes on: "In default of payment the corporation may shut off the supply, but the rents or rates in default are, nevertheless, recoverable." In short, if the municipal council wishes. to intervene in the cuttingâ€"off of power, it would appear to have the right to do so. (As usual, my legal friends are not in total â€"This incident has, unâ€" derstandably, provoked even Action wantedâ€" editorial which argued that Dangerous Method of Bill done about it. This year the spotlight has turned on the Borough of York, not just with the usual but . unfortunately, the tragedy of a death by exâ€" posure of a 67â€"yearâ€"old lady on Kenwood Avenue when the power was not restored after the usual 24â€"hour evidenced by a Globe & Mail Letters to the editor The editor: We would like to make public a letter sent to the Planning Board, Borough of York for inclusion on the February 3 agenda. The Planning Board meets at seven p.m. in the Chambers of the borough Municipal Building. If the public is interested in their comâ€" munity development, we would urge them to attend. Every winter produces its crop of newsâ€"stories about the cutâ€"cff of power for nonâ€" payment of bills, and the accompanying public outery the new, revised proposed official plan, that with few exceptions, it‘s _ main proposals are the same and there is little change in the basic¢ development concept. We deplore the absence of a sociological accepted mix of people. The sole concept to redevelopment seems to be highâ€"riseâ€"high density living. There is no choice. "It is with regret that the executive of the Weston Ratepayers‘ Association finds, after two years of what we would like to think as responsible citizen parâ€" ticipation and coâ€"operation with elected officials and department heads of the Borough of York, that we are back to square one. ‘"We have stated to planning board that the Municipal Act and the Planning Act provide a very loose guide to the design of our city. The loopholes in these acts are, in fact, four ‘"We find, when perusing with the Globe Landlord and tenant act needs amendment "How‘ s THAT FOR A WORKING M70O7HER PHilip ?" or committee for review of each case before the power is cut off. But the problem is more complicated. It â€" isn‘t restricted simply to public utilities cutting off power by reason of the nonâ€"payment of bills, whether for hydro or gas; it also extends to in stances where landlords cut off power because of non payment of rent. In fact, there is at least one highâ€"rise apartment building in the Borough of York where, to my knowledge, this recently happened. Here the cutâ€"off of power is even more questionable, for it has no reference to unpaid power bills, but to unpaid rent. I have checked this situation out with the atâ€" torney general‘s departâ€" ment, and in their view, such action is in violation of Section 9% of the Landlord and Tenant Act, which makes the landlord responsible for providing and maintaining premises in a â€" condition â€" "fit â€" for habitation‘". B When power is cut off, even though that doesn‘t cut off heat in a large apartment complex, it does leave the loopholes are in fact taught in our leading law schools. Private enterprise is to be lauded. But when we depend on private developers to dictate our style and quality of living in our city, we will all eventually suffer. Profit motive is a strong incentive, but hardly a guide for living. "We â€" have _ attended planning board and council meetings when necessary to protect and promote the wellâ€"being of District 3 and made our wishes known to all. We can hardly be described as reticient. Therefore, take notice that: 1. We supported Bylaw 1,000 from its inception to the Ontario Municipal Board hearing. We are distressed to hear that the planning Commissioner is already contemplating changes in this bylaw. Our John Street parking lot had been designated a municipal parking lot only by council. We now find it described as a commercial â€" highrise structure on the official plan. From this designation we can only surmise that again, another attempt will be made to sellâ€"the lot to a private developer. agreement, but the wording of the statute seems pretty clear.) In any case, there seems no doubt that the council could intervene, to the point of prescribing that the proposed cutâ€"off might be referred to some individual "2. We find the official plan larded with areas that according to our zoning "3. We would regret any rezoning from manufacâ€" Donald C. MacDonald QUEEN‘S PARK REPORT MPP for York South © not lip service Such an amendment to the Landlord and Tenant Act, of course, would have to be made at the provincial level; and it is advisable that the situation be tackled there because it would apply in every municipality across the province. But to return to the municipal level, in the abâ€" Landlord and Tenant Act should be amended to deny the landlord the opportunity to cut off power in an atâ€" tempt to collect rent. The act prescribes how he can, and should, deal with unpaid rent; like everybody else, he should go to the ‘court. To paraphrase the Globe argument, power cutâ€"off is not only dangerous, but an extraâ€"legal means of bill collection. trying to live in premises without stove or refrigeration, raises even questions of health. Indeed, the consequences are almost unpredictable; for example, a tenant who leaves his premises for the weekend, or is away on business for a week, might well come back to find his refrigerator filled with spoiled food. Quite frankly, I think the which the attorney general‘s unfit for habitation. In fact, the position of a mother with a young baby, tenant . without . lights, cooking facilities or a The editor: I totally disagree with your editorial of January 27 where you say that York Hydro was not to blame in the death of Mrs. Margaret Thomas. This poor lady died because of incompetence on the part of hydro officials who, 1 feel, have to accept the full responsibility. "4. We find in our deliberations that the Price Waterhouse study has been ignored, despite the fact that it has been acknowledged as a useful instrument in planning practices. "5. The planning comâ€" missioner has identified the railway line as the natural boundry _ between _ the residential district and the commercial area. We can‘t understand why council supported a fiveâ€"grade separation study for these crossings. Would not these underpasses make any one of those streets a thruway from Weston Road to Jane Street? Would not the protection supposed to be offered the residential district disappear? "6. We regret to hear that the planning commissioner has designated those areas of Weston zoned R2 as highrise holding areas when turing uses to residential uscd. Hydro at fault "Werl, i coutont‘r come A7 A BEJTER TME â€"â€". CHRISTMAS BillS _ _ _ aMuARYy SALES.. The Ontario Municipal Act, Section 242, states that "every council may pass such byâ€"laws and make such In the absence of any initiative by the provincial government on this question, I am considering introducing private bills to amend the existing statutes at the forthâ€" coming session. If you have any comments or suggestions, I would apâ€" preciate hearing from you: Room 212, North Wing, Parliament Buildings, Toronto 182. If it were up to me, charges _ of _ criminal negligence would be brought against York Hydro officials. agreement, but as one layman to others, I present it for your consideration. _ regulations for the health, safety, morality and welfare of the inhabitants of the municipality in matters not specifically provided for in this Act, as may be deemed expedient and are not conâ€" trary to law . ..". The problems created by the cutâ€"off of power could be construed as falling within~ the category of health, or safety, or welfare, and therefore to be within the jurisdiction of local council action. Since there is the normal recourse to the courts (which you and I have to use to collect bills owing to us), the answer may well be to change the law so that landlords and public utilities have to use this recourse, rather than resorting to the extraordinary power of cutting off the power supply of the delinquent. he has been specifically directed by the Ontario Community Planning Branch that future land use can‘t be described in zoning, but be properly contained in the official plan. We are also aware that other areas of York are concerned and with good reason. One of the problems of York Hydro is that they are out of touch with their customers, This unfortunate incident proves that beyond a doubt. sence of provincial governâ€" ment action, there may be another avenue open to a local municipal council. local municipal council. Again, my legal friends, as ‘‘These are our objections and worries. We might add that we have attended planning board and council meetings in good faith and have expected to have been this reciprocated. However we find that this has not been the case. Mr. Hall, would you please convey our views to the board and remind them that we want action, not lip service. Also please be advised that this letter also published in the last issue of the Weston Times so all residents will fully unâ€" derstand our viewpoint. Yours sincerely, The Weston Ratepayers‘ Association Executive. Mr. R. J. Moss The Novelists are in one sense the heart specialists of our time. Francois Mauriac speaks of the heart as the perpetual subject of the novelist. He says: "As the novelist writes of the torment of loneliness; the vacillating shadows of those we love as they leave us in the horrible mysteries of death; the secret and permanent thirst we have for limitless gratification of our ego; the unhappiness of being a man who loves but is not loved or who is loved but does not love; the trials of old age and the gradual deterioration of strength; the decline of the mind and the approach of ineluctable â€" dissolution: he is writing of the anguish, the radical anguish, in the human heart." Foundation will be busy giving us the latest facts on cardiovascular disease, its causes and its cures. We‘ll be asked to make a contribution to the Heart Fund. It‘s in our own interest to do so. As Eisenhower said "Each of us have a highly personal stake in the conquest of heart disease. There are few families who do not live in its shadow or have not met it face to face.‘" We should respond generously because ‘"Heart research _ anywhere â€" helps _ hearts everywhere." But this heart business is more than physical. So I invite you to take with me a Biblical Cardiograph. Besides being apâ€" propriate for Heart Month, it will also be good preparation for that season of heartâ€" searching which we call Lent. Lent begins this year on February 16. In St. John‘s Gospel, chapter 2, we are told Jesus did not commit himself to the many who were impressed by his powers because, as the passage says, "He knew what was in man." And in Mark 7 he tells us himsel: what he knew: "For from within," he said, "out of the heart of men proceed evil Whatever answer we give to that none of us can dispute the realism of his own question: ‘"Who can know it?" _ Who indeed has ever fathomed the human heart? Who knows your heart? Matthew Arnold, writing of Shakespeare‘s sonnets, said: "With this Key Shakespeare unlocked his heart.‘" But as Chesterton remarked the mystery remained as great as ever! "For the first time," he wrote, "I examined myself with a seriously practical purpose. And then I found what appalled me, a zoo of lusts, a bedlam of ambitions, a nursery of fears, a harem of fondled hatreds. My name was legion." The editor While scanning the pages of the Yorkâ€"Weston Times of January 20 I noticed in Rev. Our cardiographer is Jeremiah. Conâ€" cerning the heart he has this to say: "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Who can know it?" That‘s a pretty black picture. Is there something wrong with the prophet‘s carâ€" diography we wonder? Is he out of focus? Are his lenses in need of cleaning? Is his angle biased, his perspective false? We used to say a picture cannot lie. But now we know that with the use of light and trickery, a picture can give a false image. Is this picâ€" ture of the heart given by the prophet a false picture? Or is it true? Is this picture for real? Or is it touched up a bit with artificial colors from the prophetic palette? Reid‘s column on Unity that 10 or 12 ministers and clergymen met on January 18 in St. John‘s Anglican Church for a session of prayer and, since most of the churches have given up the usually weekly prayer meetings, I wondered why there could not be found a spot in one of our central churches for an hour of prayer and praise â€" not for ministers only, but for fellowship of all soul hungry men and women of Weston at least once every two weeks during the winter months. Soul hunger is universal, but the task is too big for a divided ‘church. We need unity. Single coals do not hold fire, but gathered together there is a glow. Those of you who know the works of C. S. Lewis will remember how he laid bare his own heart in his autobiography Surprised by Joy. When 1 see the great, restless throng that spills out each day into the stream of life in this great Metropolis of ours, all looking for something to fill the fulérum of life, I am forced to cry out, Oh, Lord, forgive us for professing to be Christians. Oh, the power of prevailing prayer. If ever it was needed, it is today We‘ll be hearing and seeing a Mlboutuie More letters on page 5 Spiritual need I am very interested in the discussion that has been in the press and over CHUM radio re the opening of retail stores seven days a week to do business with the public. The editor This shows how the mind of man has not changed over two thousand years. When we go back to the Bible we find Jesus of Nazareth discussing the right of man to continue to be active seven days a week in His famous parable of the ass which became involved in an accident on the Sabâ€" bath, necessitating its owner to work on the seventh day of Too long have we been just standing by as spectators of the battle of life. I look back to the days of the family altar. Who is there in childhood who has not felt its hallowed inâ€" fluence or those great men of the past who, under the power of God, held the torch that set the world aflame? DON REED Heart Month Rev. Reed is Minister of Westminster United Church in Weston. People seek freedom thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, it, lasciviousness, an evil eye, y pride, foolishness. All these evil come from within." Again, the Apostle James asks: ‘"‘Whence come wars and fightings among you?". He says, ‘"They come from within." Indeed this strange, mixedâ€"up world of ours: is it not a vivid picture of the secre heart of man, flashed in full technicolor on the panoramic screen of history? The story of the world is, in fact, the story of the individual human heart writ large. But there‘s no need to look around the world at large. We only need to look inside ourselves honestly and frankly. In the fascinating story of the selection of David by the prophet Samuel we are told, ‘Man looks on the outward appearance but the Lord looks on the heart."‘ God knows the heart. He knows your heart and mine. He made it. He knows its waywardness, its proclivity to evil, its proneness to wander. Why does the heart beat a little faster, it‘s pace become a little quicker when we see in the distance the scene of a traffic accident? Yes, the prophet is telling it the way it is when he says: "The heart is deceitful above all things: and desperately wicked." He knows and he declares that its wickedness is unfathomable. ""‘Who can know it?" he asks. But then you notice he goes on to answer his own question: "I, the Lord search the mind. I try the heart." He knows what has been called "the fearful enmity of the carnal heart of man against God." God knows that because God has felt it. Borne its brutality, as I Peter puts it, in his own body on the tree." When we look into our hearts, not with the averted glance of our gratified egoism, but with the clear straight eye of the prophet; when we recognize with him that our heart, too, is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked; when our hearts are broken on the rock of reality and we see what a monster dwells within us; then we realize we suffer from a disease of the heart, that no surgery, no dieting, no physical exercise, no paceâ€"maker or artificial heart can ever cure. For the disease of the heart is a spiritual disease that God alone can cure. He alone can cure the palpitating perversity of our all too human hearts and make them beat with the strong rhythmic beat of true life. This cure we call Calvary. Calvary is the place where God shows us His own heart of love. Calvary is the place where He makes His love freely available to cleanse and purify these wayward and wandering hearts of ours. Come today: find heartâ€"ease His way. â€" Because we can thus vicariously in dulge our own lasciviousness. “\.JV}vxy \do our ears tingle at a little bit of scandal or our reading become a little more avid when the subject matter is spicy? ‘Why do we find it hard to be spontaneously generous when we hear of someone else‘s success? â€" Because the sight of blood excites us and someone else‘s misfortune emphasizes our own good fortune. â€" Because of the envy in our heart. Why do we become flushed or flustered when someone speaks critically of something we have done? â€" Because our pride is hurt. How much has the mind of man has changed over the years? Let us realize that customs change and the people still seek the freedom to deterâ€" mine their habits, although man is not the master of his own destiny, the week. Jesus said the Sabbath was ljpadg fqr man, not man for I noticed a Roman Catholic priest said that he had no objection to the stores keeping open all the week as long as his people came to mass. the Sabbath They were invincible â€" no demonimational lines for And I have faith to believe that prevailing prayer will shake up the dry bones and put life into the spiritually dead in our community. A spectator. (Name has been withheld by request) Chas. H. Gardiner