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Georgina bill creates debate in Legislature TORONTO The controversial private members bill to legalize ward boun daries became a hot topic for discussion in the Legislature here last week The bill itself wasnt being debated however What was being talked about was whether Durham York and agricultural minister William Newman could sponsor the bill In a story in a Toronto paper last week York Centre MPP Stong said he suspected Mr Newman didnt in troduce the bill because of the ongoing Georgina controversy Raising on a point of personal privilege Nov Mr Newman said Mr stongs remarks mislead the press I have checked once again with the clerks office and as members of this house know as a cabinet minister I am not permitted to introduce private bills Mr Newman continued The member for York Centre who is also a member of the bar and a member of the justice committee might have checked his facts before providing the reporter with misleading and incorrect information Not only did he provide incorrect information but he took it upon himself to present what he thought was my position In doing so he has cast dispersions on my character Mr Speaker I have been inundated with calls from constituents and the press requesting a clarification and I have tried to set the record straight Mr Newman asked for an apology from the York Centre MPP Mr Stong did so in the legislature and also made references to he apology during Thurs days justice committee hearing attended by an estimated Georgina residents It was during that session that Mr Newman said any discussion of the bill should be withheld STONG apologizes BILL HODGSON Sponsored bill pending action on an affidavit filed with him The committee however decided to continue hearing Georgina delegations and will hold its next meeting on the bill Dec Despite the arrival of the affidavit which Mr Newman said could lead to criminal charges York North Bill Hodgson said he will remain as sponsor of the private bill From the outset Mr Hodgson has said he has sponsored the bill only to permit both sides to air their comments One reason hell continue as sponsor of the bill said Mr Hodgson is the fact its now at the committee stage and cant be withdrawn It has nothing to do with me now he told The Era Im through With it While the York North said there is no procedure through which he can now with draw his sponsorship an official in the clerk of the legislatures office said even at the committee stage the sponsor can ask that a bill not be reported to the full House Chamber takes its first step in I action Aase photo Old Mount Albert railroad station may be doomed Mount Albert station won t be moved to Sharon MOUNT ALBERT Lack of funds is the reason The York Pioneer and Historical Society has turned down an offer from the Lions Club here to transport the Mount Albert CN Station and place it on a slab at the site of the Sharon Temple Ed Hunt of the York Pioneers told The Era Monday that weve used up all our government grants and funds for the next two years have been allocated for restoration of a cookhouse one of the original buildings built by David builder of the Sharon Temple The cookhouse will have more significance to the temple than the station Hunt said He stressed that the station would require considerable funds to refurbish it The interior is in a very bad state This could be the straw to break the camels back if we took it on said Hunt He stressed the very generous and un selfish offer of the Lions I only hope that someone will come along to take on the project he added The wants it off the land by the end of November PROTESTERS JAM COUNCIL MEETING EG council okays Sunday gun ban SUTTON The Chamber of Commerce Monday took the first step in instituting a breach of contract suit against the township The chamber carried a motion unanimously to seek a legal opinion as to whether a breach of contract suit could be launched against the township over a contract in which they agreed to pay the chamber per month for July August and September Mike McDonald president of the chamber told the meeting he at tended township finance committee Monday af ternoon where the chambers request for payment was deferred Finance chairman Howard Shillington opened the meeting with rumors about allegations concerning the chamber and the township and apparently he felt the appropriate action was to not enter into any discussion about the outstanding payments under the contract and our request for grants said Mr McDonald He also said that some committee mem bers felt the two matters should be separate but the committee deferred action anyway mike Mcdonald Action incredible township said Mr McDonald In moving that the board obtain a legal opinion Neil said Councillor Shillington admitted the 6000 was owed to the chamber The chamber also unanimously carried a motion to have the chamber executive meet with the executive of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce regarding the situation Bob Garden said it Is important that the meeting take place im mediately and Mr said this type of meeting demands at tention from the very top of the Ontario chamber The chamber decided to instigate the emergency meeting because as Mike Mc Donald put it the situation has deteriorated to somewhere below normal In addition to the previous motion the chamber passed a motion that at the meeting between the two cham bers the Ontario chamber take whatever other action is required and including if necessary the arranging of a further meeting with appropriate provincial officials This motion was also carried unanimously Music club members in Christmas play SHARON East Council passed its controversial gun bylaw while protesters voiced their objections right to the last minute More than residents filled the council chambers as the Sunday ban on discharging firearms in the town became law Protesters grasping at straws to prevent passage of the gamut from plainly unreasonable through hostile to threatening at times An exasperated Mayor Angus Morton finally told Jerry You are not listening anyway All you are interested in are your own rights Everyone has rights stressed the mayor Six days a week you can bang away Surely others are entitled to one day a week of peace and quiet Mayor Morion stressed the rights of residents to walk in the open areas of the town at least one day a week with their families without fear of firearms or the aggravation of noise Protesters including Mr repeatedly insisted that the bylaw is aimed at the Sharon Gun Club although council has stressed from the beginning this is not the case Councillor Jean pointed out we have had other complaints not just in the Sharon Gun Club area I live on Yonge St she told the meeting and Ive had them in my own area Councillor said she met officials of the Ministry of Natural Resources in and 1977 and had this year been given en couragement to pass such a bylaw Following a tension- filled pause her motion was seconded by Coun cillor Bob Feather- stonhaugh It passed unanimously One unusual protest of the evening came from trout farmer John Holder who fears he will now be unable to protect his fish from migratory birds on Sundays A heron can sit and gobble trout all day he told council We want to shoot them he said then went on to cite a case of one bird with fish in its belly This the bylaw is going to cost us money George Phimister quoted from an Era story of where Mr March owner of the Sharon Gun Club promised to cut back on Sunday hours of snooting He certainly didnt restrict his hours said Mr He quoted again from a January issue where the owner promised to install noise baffles No baffles were installed at all lie added The resident described the noise from the club as pretty awful almost unbearable as a matter of fact Even in my cellar below ground I can hear them he said Have you heard guns go off before 1030 on Sundays challenged owner March Ive heard guns go off at 830 replied Mr The ensuing verbal scuffle was stiffled by Mayor Mortons gavel Among the protests was an official presen tation from the Latvian Anglers and Hunters Club They suggested that some will continue to discharge firearms and that the probability of apprehending and prosecuting these in dividuals is very low Council noted that in a recent meeting with Police Chief Bruce Crawford he had said the bylaw would be enforced I find it incredible that any body should act on the basis of rumors floating around the township said Mr McDonald Mr McDonald said he told the committee that if they deferred action on the chambers requests he would regard their deferral as an outright refusal to pay At present there Is an outstanding amount of 6000 The money represents 2000 cadi for July August and Sep tember Id say right now we are at a fairly serious crossroads with the SUTTON Christmas will prove to be something special for young Georgian Township ladies The 14 young ladies all members of the Georgina Music Club are rehearsing every Saturday morning from to pm at St Andrews Presbyterian Church here in training for a very special event Under the direction of former Music Club director Carol Essex and a dancing instructor from Toronto these young ladies many of them members of the music clubs advanced choir are learning music and dance in order that they may perform the operetta Amah and The Night Visitors during three special Christmas performances to be held in Toronto during Christmas week In other music club news Boelryk has advised The Era that the bus is full for the Dec 2 trip to Trinity United Church in Newmarket where the young people will be attending a con cert being performed by die Cantabile Chorale and York Symphony or chestra This concert is open to the public On Dec the junior choir of the club will be meeting again to work on Christmas carols in preparation for caroling throughout the township Dec 20 Nutrition workshop proves healthful and helpful Margaret Howie was busy at the Georgina Civic stove Saturday The occasion was a nutrition workshop sponsored by the Georgina Family life Centres nutrition committee A registered nurse and mother of four Mrs Howie conducted the session and at lunch time prepared a meal that included liver bacon and onions By MARIE WHEELER GEORGINA Eight Georgina families may be starting on the road to healthier happier more productive lives following Saturdays nutrition workshop at the Civic Centre here The oneday workshop sponsored by die nutrition committee of the Family Life Centre was con ducted by Margaret Howie RN and mother of four Nutrition is defined in the Oxford dictionary as nourishing efficient as food Nutrition as per taining to Saturdays workshop has been described by Margaret Howie as how foods work within our bodies Mrs Howie began the workshop by telling participants that she and her family began to change their eating habits six years ago after reading the book Lets Eat Right to Keep Fit by Davis and because family members as a whole were In poor health Davis book was only the beginning of the Howies search for information towards more healthful eating habits the benefits of her search being passed on to workshop participants One of the main points covered was the reading of labels Participants were instructed to identify popular foods by reading ingredients they contain They found that it was a difficult thing to do Just as consumers are careful to read drug labels they should likewise be just as cautious when reading Ihc ingredients which go into the foods taken into the body said Mrs Howie Mrs Howie stressed that to be sure the foods bought arc actually those wanted for the family labels must be read One of the products inspected was a popular brand of cheese spread which was found to be made up of anything but cheese The participants were encouraged to purchase naturally made cheese that does not contain artificial coloring and additives found in commercially made cheese Cheese made in the old fashioned method with rennett In it only to make solid and colored with carrotine or carrot oil was recommended and can be purchased in health food stores noted Mrs Howie Danish cheeses are fine too she said because they have no additives Guda cheeses arc good also but some that can be bought in small packages may also contain additives Mrs Howie found and she therefore stressed once again the need for the cautious reading of labels Whole grain cereals and bread are also Im portant said Mrs Howie White bread la made from flour which has had die wheat germ removed and has been bleached drastically Also you cant often obtain 100 per cent whole wheal bread readily You may find wheat bread in the stores but this wheat bread may be misleading she said It could be white bread with caramel coloring Here again shoppers should read labels carefully said Mrs Howie Wheat germ available in many food chain stores is good and can be added when baking or with breakfast cereals White sugar Mrs Howie noted is a stimulant and some people refer to it as a drug for this reason Sugar gives quick energy but this energy is shortlived and really not satisfying over a long period of time It stimulates the pancreas to produce Insulin and after a short period of time the blood sugar drops drastically causing a let down feeling and the need for more sugar and the vicious cycle continues Pure honey on the other hand docs not trigger the pancreas and is more satisfying and nutritious You cant overdo eating honey because of its satisfying effect Bees are clean says Mrs Howie They make a pure product which is satisfying and belter for you than the bleached out pancreasstimulating sugar Oil was yet another question of concern brought up by par ticipants Mrs Howie replied that coldpress un saturated oils such as sunflower safflowcr and corn oils are best She added hat the same oils when hydrogenated become saturated fats and these oils do not allow the body to absorb important vitamins and cause cholestrol problems in egg yoke and other foods often cause a buildup or clumping on the walls of arteries and is especially bad for heart patients lecithin found in free range or fertile eggs helps emulsify the in the yoke a free range or fertile egg being the eggs produced by grain fed chickens that arc found running about the barn yard For persons with problems added lechithin ex tracted from soy beans prevents the coating on the veins and even wears away the harmful cholestrol coaling which may be already present according to reports she continued Lecithin Is also known as a natural tranquillizer Blackstrap molasses high calcium iron and copper Is also good Mrs Howie has found that a tablespoon of blackstrap molasses in a glass of milk before retiring helps her to sleep eliminating the need for drugs Cooking methods and foods were covered during the workshop and Mrs Howie gave a demonstration by cooking liver bacon and onions during lunch time She stressed that you do not overcook foods in order to preserve precious vitamins Basically Mrs Howie told The Era Eat food in as natural a state as possible looking for fresh fruits and vegetables and using them both raw and cooked Look for whole grains and natural rather than refined flours and sugars dairy products made as naturally as possible and good sources of protein such as lean meat fish and beans Emphasize foods that provide nourishment rather than empty calories she concluded For those readers interested in more in formation Mrs Howie and the nutrition com mittee of the Family Life Centre suggest that you go to the library and health food stores for pertinent reading in formation Anyone wishing further information on the next nutrition workshop tentatively planned for the spring Should contact Shirley or Bob Martin Linda seen with her two-and-a- half month old daughter Natalie of Keswick enjoys a nutritious snack that included yogurt apples bean sprouts whole wheat flat bread nuts and homemade natural peanut butter during the Saturday workshop