ge jb, WtbyFme PrmseWed& &YJ"UUY-13,199 MORE- ORVAL MoLEAN AUCTIONS SAT AN 6- 10 A.M. 19POI1AC TEMPEST W/AIR, ONLY 34 000 KM, 1992 GMC DELLhE SLE SAFARI EXTENDED VAN AIL POWER GIANT ANTIQUÉ & QUAUITY FURNITURE AUCTION AT ORVAL MoLEAN AUCTION CENTER, LINDSAY FEATURING MRS. ANN DAVIES' ESTATE, TORONTO & SELECTED INCLUSIONS 20 Royal Doulton figurines, oak 'S rail-top desk (good), gorgeous mahogany buffet w/upper gallery, camerbaékcarved soifa, walnut 9 cared dningste., round Oak t=~ & chaire, oà k rocker, desk, oak dresser, marble-top dresser, unusual Victorian desk, lg. oak carved china cabinet (a beauty), washstand, fafnting cauch, 4-pc. mahogany bedroomn ste., 3 wicker rockers, 2-pc. flat-to-waII cup- board, oak side-by-side, Boston rocker, settee, beautiful walnut bedroomn ste., exceptional mahog- any dinlng roomn ste. w/Ig. round table, Ig. mahagany china cabinet, goad mahog any bedroom ste., rockers, trunks, f ancy tables, Ig. wicker trunk, quality chesterfields, rugs, ail Iamps, old tins, oid qullts, cracks, cks, Ig. qty. antique aas& china, ma-rble-tap dresser &ot her quality items, collectibles. Dan't miss this sale. One of aur best this season. Partial list. Preview 9 a.m., sale 10 a.m. ORVAL McLEAN AUCTIONS LTD. LINDSAY (75)32-283OR CORNEILS AUCTION BARN FRIDAY, JAN. 15 AT 6 P.M. 3 MILES EAST 0F LITTLE BRITAIN ON COUNTY RD. 4 THE PROPERTY 0F MRS. ANN CURRY 0F LITTLE BRITAIN PLUS OTHER CONSIGNORS Lg. modern double pedestal oak 'SV ral-top desk,. oak office swivel chalr, 3-drawer oak f ilng cabinet, 5-pc. maple bedroam ste. (single beds>, pin. bonnet chest, 5 primtive pins chairs, walnut Victorian cameo-back loveseat, pins coff se table, rose-coloured chesterfield & chair, 2 captaln's beds & night tables in excellent condition, antique parlour chalrs, 4 sets af apt.-sized fridges & 24 ln. electrlc staves in excellent condition, marble-tap cafte. & end tables, occas. chair, caakstave, aval-top trunk, auto harp, church pulpit, auto. washer & dryer, refin. antique dresser, 4-drawer metal filing cabinet, 17 cu. lit. chest freezer, 7x4 fish hut w/stave, single set af driving harness, chain saws, benchi grinder, qty. Empire apples in 1(4 bu. qty, qty. Hummel figurines, qty. china, glass, hausehald & caîlectible items. DON & GREG CORNEIL AUCTIONEERS R.R #1% LITTLE BRITAIN, ONT. PHONE OR FAX 705-786-2183 2Ç%>o Natural Resources Mjister Bud Wildman lias announced that ha will support changea ta Ontario's Tees Ast that will hotter anabla urban niunicipalities ta contraI management of treas within thair boundaries. "Mdore than 6,000 reeponses ta recommandations for changes ta Ontario's Trees Act hava bean racaived simca I openad the door for< ublic iputin May,- Wildman "lts clear that public opnon» divided along =rba nd rural limas, and I will consider changes ta the lagislation that would allow urban centres *and largar cities ta axercise more contral ovar how urban trees and woodlots affect thea urban landacape." Recommanidations for changes ta the Trees Act ware made by the Trea Bylawe AdvisaryCommittee, which was madâe up o reprasentativas of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and staff from the ministrias of Natural Resources and MunicildAffaire. MlanyOntario municipalities feel that thaexisting Treas Act fails ta, meat the demande of today's communities because of vast changes that hava taken place in the province sinca the act was firet passed in 1946. The Trea Bylaws Advisory Committee was formed after AMO voiced thosa concerne on behaif of its members. The main objections te the committee's proposaIs appear ta ho based on the u nderlying principle of the rights of property owners te determnn how their property should ho managed. An analysis of public responses by MMR staff found that thora is general agreement that; urban woodflots and trees should ho hotter protected from develop- ment, and that destruction of urban trees should ho discouraged. A mîjority of urban residents who expressed an opinmon on the subjact favour theea o bylaws ta, protect trees and woodflote ir urban areas and aise support an approach using a system ol permita and stop-work orders tc enforce the terme of such a bylaw. The conuittea's racommen. dations envisioned expending the provisions of the current sot sc that ail municipelities would have the option of passing a bylaw giving them tha power ta contrai tree cutting. Tha changes the committea, proposed would have allowed individual municipalities te enaot bylaws, if the community decided it was necessary. Rural residents 1~ oppose thiis suggestion by a chear The~n advisory committea proposa that municipal bylaws include a isystem of pernilts ana stop-work ordere ta control cutting of trees. Rural rasidents opposed the permit propoeal by a three-to-one ratio, wIfla opposition to stap-work ordere was slightly lese& Regarding the personal use of trees on one own property, for firewood as an exemple, thora le a clear indication by both urban and ru rrspondents that there should h an exemption from anY :reçulating bylaw for tzreas cut for this purpose. Tfis -le comparable ta an allowenc. made in the 'Prasant version of the Tres«Act for a person's "own use" cf trees on hie or herprty. place. with govermant agenias, the Assoiation cf Municipalities cf' Ontario and other interested grope on how an amended Trees Atwould operata, in urban mumicipalitiee and how urban municipalitias will ha definedi aroa.s without county or reglonal lavaIs of govemnt. Once thon cosuultations are cepaathe next step will ba draftinedamendment to the Truithatwould plt urban municipalities. procees could start as aarly athe spning of 1993. Swim and run, four to one Think four to one when comparing the aerobic benefits of your rnigworkouts to those of your swimming workouts, says the ebk Iformation Bureau. According ta an article in 'Runner's World 'four miles of runninq takes about the saine amount of time and effort as ona mile of swimming. Because water supports your weight and cools you, swimming does not raise the heart rate quite the way running does, so your swimming pulse will be about 10 beats par minute lower than your running pulse. Remembar nat te overexart yourself in the water in trying ta match your running heart rate; Afordable housing ijeopardy if reforms passed, says association and economic recovery could all be thrown into jeopardy if the recommendations of the Sewell Commission on Planning and Development Reform are followed. That je the conclusion of Phul McColeman, prsdent of the Ontario ]Home Builders' Association, in response ta the recently released draft report of the commiission. According ta, McColeman, there are two fimdaxnental flaws i the recommendations. One deals with proposed transition rules. The second lias ta, do with the balance between environmental interests on the one hand and social and The Commission on Planning and Devrelopment Reform vil hold a public forum at the Osh- awa Public Library on Monday Feb. 15. The forum je being held for comment on the commission's recently released draft report on land use planning acrose Ontario. The draft report proposes 94 recommendations ta, update the current Planning Act whfle i- corporating environmiental con- siderations such as watorshed planning,'protectlon of wetlands, woodlots and water quality into Aioposed are: ways ta, processDyt ldng e rvic rsosbe for setting clear over- al policies; siig the planning andapproval procees for develop- ments tomuricipalitie; suggest- mng more tixnely procodures for appeals ta, the Ontario Municipal Board! >rotection of quality agri- Chair of the commission le John Sewell. The Oshawa forum le froi 1 ta, 4 pn. and 7 ta, 9 p.m. To make a presentation, call 1-800-267- 4317. Under the proposed transition rules, naw policies would apply ta any plan or development proposa& that has not received aIl provincial approvals, even through tha muùniclpalty has approvad the pro.ject.' 'This means that a builder who lias invested hundreds of thousands of dollars, and worked in good faith for years to gat a prect appiroved, could euddanly hve the rug pled out from under hlm," llMcColeman explained. The commission aiea proposed that conflicte betwen varxous goals should be resolved in favour of the naturel envirosment. 'The enviroumnent le 'obvlously important," says McColaman. "But at a time when Ontario je losing hundreds of jobs each weelc, it je morhIllyunacceptabla te treat social and economic goals as entirely secondary inimportance." The Ontario Home Builderi? Association represents over 3,600 companies that are active in the home building industry. Its member companies building nearly 80 per cent of the housing, in Ontario. Answers to Whitby Trivia from page 12 1 . Brock and Dundas streets in the downtown were first paved in the summer of 1921. 2. Heydenshore Park was established in 1900 as a priate resort of summer colla ge S. 3. Ringwood was buil in 1876 by Barnabas Gibson, a railway contractor. 4. Vanstone Terrace at Centre and Pitt streets was buift in 1859 as barracks for the Whitby Highland Rifle CompnybyJames Wallace. Ontario spendung gone wuld BRoaStevermon Duhmrldîng MP This le the month when Ontario residents, 1ke those of most ate rovinces, should have begun enjoying a tax break tram the ferlgovermsent. W. wan't se. that tax eut. l's been pro-empted by Queen's Park. The tex reductian wasn't large, but should have been significant. By cutting the personal income surtax ans percentage point an Jan. t, following a similar cut last JuIy, the federal gavemment'a Intention was ta leave a further $500 million in taxpaer's hands -- money that would b. spent ta help perk up the ecanamy. Unlortunately, the Ontario government respanded by ralsing its incame taxes an equal amount. What Ottawa tried ta gîve, Ontaioa toak away. That's samethinq ta keep in mind during the on-golng argument about whch gaverniment Is doinq what ta the other's finances. Gavemments atlai levels have seriaus maney prabiems, and it doesn't help when the blame ro plnned an samnebady else.. Thé simple truth is that, wherever ws live, aur local, provincial and federai gaverniments aà are leaning on the sanie people -- us -- ta pay their taxe.. Nons of the gavernimsnts have spare cash, and ther's na secret source ta help bail themn out. Sa it should b. clear that na ans wiIl profit tram the Ontario ovemmss attempt ta dump its financial dilemma n Ottawas dorstp would b. a lat more encauraging if Queen's Park shawsdmre willingness ta put its own house in arder. l's a sad tact thaï, ince the 1984-85 fiscal ysar, the present and previaus pravincial governments let spending run wild. Ontario's prograni spsnding -- the cost of governiment operations -- increased i an average rate of 10.6 per cent each year, by far the highest for any province. At the sanie lima, the federal govemment was holding its prograin expenditures ta a 3.9 per cent average increase,. (Ottawa's current deficit is due solely to interset payments on the national debt.) Contrary to what you may hear, the federai government didn't cut its transfer payments tai the provinces. ln tact, during thae smre periad they grew by nearly $12 billion, or mare than five per cent par yer. For Ontario, since 1984-85, the total of major federal transfer payments -- for hsalth, education and social assistance -- has climbed ta $9.9 billion tram $6.%1,Wrsng ai a rats of 62jper cent each year, compared ta 4.9 per cent for the rest of Cana. I's quit. arguable that, had Ontanio brought its spending under contraI as Ottawa has, thers'd be no need ta demand 9reater fadierai handouts today. Social assistance spending is ans exemple. Under the previaus provincial gavernment, In 1987 -- weII before the recessian -- new legisition led ta a 10 per cent Increese In wefare caste. Subfequent palidy changes are making these progremei evsn more expansive. Without wanting ta question the need for such Ontario programs, a ioderai govemment struggling ta contrai its own qending can't b. expected ta hand unlimited amounts toaa pvince that apparently se no sîmîlar need ta ecanomize. Rather than 'off-loedin' obligations, it's a mater of telling the Ontario govemment tab more respansible. There have been regrettable comments about Ottawa giving Oterla a erneller shars of ils social assistance caste than the province heine ta pay towards most other parts of the country. Surely Canada le a lot more than just a balance sheet. From being part of this nation, evsry province derives benetils thatd are far mare sagnificent ta its people than simply measuring the flow of federal revenues and expendituzes. As 1 seid previously, we're ail collecting taxes tram the same people. AN govemsenls are in a diff'icult time financially and ail of theen, includng Ontaria, must share respansibility for cutting spending. We aima might remember that this province stilI enjoys the courdry's hsghest per capita incarne. -ý- 1 ý r- - u -à !-, . *dAý à t ç N Sk ý:z I #".%l .. L