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2 - Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, June 12,2002 apcna Orono Weekly Times Seivmg E.ist CL-inngton jnd t'^yonJ sir-r^ /'\V (jCNA Subscriptions $29.91.+ $2.09 G.S.T. = $32.00 per year. Publications Mail.Registration No. 09301 • Agreement No. 40012366 Publishing 48 Issues Annually at the Office of Publication "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. " Orono Weekly Times 5310 Main Street, P.O. Box 209, Orono, Ontario LOB 1M0 E-mail: bronotimes@speedline.ca • Phone/Fax 905-983-5301 Publisher/Editor Margaret Zwart ar li^V The Orono Weekly Times welcomes letters to the editor on subjects of interest to our readers. Opinions expressed to the editor and articles are those.of the writers and do not burned the opinions of the Orono Weekly Times. Letters must be signed and contain the address and phone number of the writer. Any letter considered unsuitable will not be acknowledged or returned. We reserve the right to edit for length, libel and slander. If your retail or classified ad appears for the first time, please check carefully. Notice of an error must be given before the next issue goes to print. The Orono Weekly Times will not be responsible for the loss or damage of such items. Thank You Before the 203rd year celebration of 'town band' history history fades into memory, there are a few details that need looking after before things are wrapped up. It is with great sincerity and appreciation that the GCTBF organizing committee wishes to thank the great number of people who volunteered their time and talents to work during the festival this past weekend. There were a number of high-school kids who worked diligently throughout, racking up hours for their secondary school diploma. A number of years ago the government initiated a program whereby secondary school kids are now required to put in 40 hours of volunteer volunteer work before they can graduate from high school. Much was said at the time about the philosophy of vol- unteerism if the volunteers were forced to donate their time and effort. It must be said that the students who volunteered their time at the Festival last weekend, and there were a number of them, were responsible hardworking hardworking kids. With the weather as dismal as it was, crowd control never became an issue. However, extra bodies were needed around 4 p.m. Friday to move everything from the fairground's track area to the arena once the decision was made that the track was too muddy to march on. There was a lot of scrambling, but the military tattoo went off without a hitch. The Skating Club stepped in at the 11th hour to take over the pancake breakfast which was very much appreciated, appreciated, and the Orono United Church moved the service which was scheduled for the library lawn, inside their doors because of the weather. The festival was not met with cooperation on all fronts, but hopefully, in time--the Festival will prove to be the boost to the community it was intended to be. Letters to the Editor Tell it like it is Animal Control I am writing in response to John O'Toole's comments in your June 5th paper. He claims the opposition parties are holding up the passage passage of bills at Queen's Park. Well--let's put things in the proper prospective. First he did not mention that his party had Queen's Park shut down for 5 months. Also, his party is using time allocation which means limiting limiting the time for debate as they usually do. The house has been sitting for about 5 weeks. They want to ram through a bunch of bills, then shut down at the end of June till some time in September. This is not allowing time for proper debate or public input (like with the sale of Hydro One for instance). As a result he is blaming the opposition for delaying the passage of bills. So, I say to Mr. O'Toole tell it the way it is. Take the time for debate then you won't have so many screwed up bills like we've had in the past... like about 90%. Yes we are watching, and believe me, we will stay in touch. Yours truly, Ernie Roberts Bowmanville Clarington What is the Animal Control really doing for Clarington? I live in a rural area of Clarington with lots of farms around me. I called animal control last week because of a very sick cat that was in a lot of distress and pain. It had showed up on our property in the dead of winter starving and cold, but we were unable to get close to the cat at any time. I did feed the cat outside my door because of the severe cold weather. The cat came periodically periodically looking for food. 1 did not report it to animal control as a stray, because if I did this to all the strays that arrived at our rural areas, we all would be calling Animal Control day in and day out. Wouldn't Animal Control In Clarington be busy then! Last week when the cat came back, it was very sick. I called Animal Control for help. They told me, "You fed it, you own it". There will be no animal control officer coming coming out to my property. How cruel is that? Should I not have fed this animal in the dead of winter? Would I be charged with cruelty to animals? animals? What if this animal infected expensive farm animals? animals? When animal control had been called and refused to check it out, docs this mean Animal Control would be liable? If their rules arc "You feed it, you own it", because you didn't report it as a stray, does that mean if a pure-bred animal arrives in your area and you feed it, it's yours? Also, the animal control officer would not give her name when asked for it. Why is that? The following day we found the cat dead! So again, what is the animal control really doing for the Clarington region? How many more animals animals will suffer and die before the Animal Control is looked into on how they do business? Concerned Animal Lover Janice Scan Ian Bowmanville