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4 the tribune thursday dec 4 175 i wki rihmik established 1888 charles h nolan publisher 1 dov hthvtrn ptmnuuntrr7boinuyttiuimstslaiuriuootthu02tlll r aarre beacock i bailor cutotmhrbrmmbrofaudnbufmiioeirailticmdin wusmg community newspapers association and ontario weekly newspapers association second class mail registration number dm a tbe tribune is one of the inland publishing co limited group of suburban newspapers which includes roe aiaxwbitbypickcring news i advertiser brampton guardian bvrtinafon post etobicoke gazette marknam economist and sua newmarkevwrora era oakville beaver j osbawa this week and mississauga news 7 news item councillor merlyn baker suggests snowmobile trail for passive flood control area i were the hearings fair whatever happened to public ac ceptability this is the question we asked after digesting the decision of the environmental hearing board on the york sanitation dump during the long tortuous course of the hearings chairman david caverly many times reiterated that public accepability as well as technical evidence would have a major impact on the boards eventual decision there is little or no evidence of this intent in the final report the decision states that many persons did believe that the company had violated the operating terms of the control order and they did not believe that the company could be takeout facility rightly refused george niarchos must have thought v planning board was being a little harsh in rejecting his plan for a takeout establishment in ringwood as far as it went mr niarchos proposal looked good enough however planning board decided that he should come back with something that would provide a more high class development for such an important intersection it is our contention that if a takeout restaurant was established there would never be a sitdown type restaurant on the corner a development- approved for ringwood should include at least a restaurant and hopefully a motel a badly needed facility in the area mr niarchos plan was not bad it was merely incomplete and the planning board acted accordingly relied upon to operate according to the ministry regulations in the future they further admit that opponents were very critical of the ministry of the en vironment for not requiring the company to comply in the past with its regulations there was some feeling that the ministry had not provided citizens with the protection that they might have expected under the environmental protection act the decision also notes it is fairly safe to say that the people of whitchurchstouffville have shown their opposition to the dump a public meeting at the high school before the hearings com menced attracted 500 people 2271 concerned citizens signed a petition opposing the dump 21 surrounding landowners hired alawyer to fight the dump and 26 people not living near the dump spoke at the hearing it is also significant to note that not one resident of the municipality had anything good to say about the york sanitation operation v those who voiced their opposition do not constitute a majority of the residents of the community but to put this in perspective we point out that 427 more people signed the petition than voted in the recent school board election the only recommendation in the report that deals with this even peripherally is the recommendation it is now necessary that the site be operated in strict accordance withthe environmental protection act and any violations be dealt with immediately it is not surprising that those people who contributed their time to the hearings in the belief that the board was interested in public opinion now feel they were cheated into participating in a very expensive and timeconsuming farce 3p thought i for thet week from the living bible then job replied i to god i know that you can do anything and that no one can stop you you ask who it is who has so foolishly denied your providence it is i i was talking about things i knew nothing about and- did not understand things far too wonderful for me you said listen and i will speak let me put the questions to you see if you can answer them but now i say i had heard about you v before but now i have seen you and i loathe myself and repent in dust and ashes job 4215 grand finale for cycling season ik by john montgomery growth rate is steady cancellation ofthe pickeringairport has not slowed industrial growth in durham region according to development director bob nicol certainly his- comments must makeone wonder whether the prophets of doom and gloom are correct in saying that the airport cancellation would slow growth in the area york regions planners fear that growth will be slower i but let us look at growth itself increased development is certainly a desirable thing some growth is good obviously but explosive growth the kind brought by a major development such as an airport is not usually good i finished up my bicycling a couple of weeks ago in grand style as i wrote in an earlier column- 1 took up bicycling as a hobby this past summer and as winter approached i was quite pleased because i came through the season unscathed early in the year my wife had gone tearing around the corner into our parking lot lost control of the bike and slid under a car she wrecked her knee and bent the handlebars on the bike but was relatively unhurt my brother who we bicycled with quite often had an even more exciting sum mer first he hit some street car tracks doing about 40 mph putting a tremendous ding in his wheelhe wasrelieved 0 the expense of fixing thisbecausea few days later his bike was stolen fromanunderground parking lot he bought another one even more ex- byallinoications regions -will- experience reasonable rates of growth in the next 10 yearsrthe airport would have accelerated that cancellation of the project only means that the growth will be slower than withthe airport to us that is a good thing industry is already fleeing toronto becauseof high costs for serviced industrial land this should in sure that industrial development in areas outside toronto will proceed steadily in the years to come with or without the airport car cuthim off while he was riding down the streetihehitthecurb went flying over the handlebars and handed on his head on the pavement luckily for him this is not a critical portion of his anatomy and other than being dizzy v dizzier for a few days he was alright oh yes he also bent the wheel of his bike and knocked out a few spokes both him and my wife had innumerable flats and tom had to replace his tires pliblic will applaud ottawa has given its first major decision in the new antiinflation program byturning- back the toronto high school teachers and the board as welljn asking far too much money and the general public will undoubtedly ap- plaud while the federal government has reiterated time and again that this was a no nonsense program the public hasstill been skeptical now they see the quick and decisive adnro2ch they had been hoping for l not only will other school boards take special note but other unions as well this decision shows definitely that the government is willing toput action intothis fight against high costs the program is fair no one is being asked to give up his or her job merely to accept a reasonable ten or twelve percent increase rather than the astronomical wage boosts the unions have been putting forward we can all win together or we can all lose together the government has shown it is trying to help us win if we abide by the rules and even put a little austerity into our living if necessary years ago this week december 6 1945 postal rate cuts hoped for postmaster- general ernest bertrand hassig- a story of neglect and decay- ithbtnistedtvan tells somewhat symbolic of the deserted gravel pit where it has been laid to rest fa coppins corners the pit itself could well be ressnrectedlf a plan to build a subdivision there is ap- proved tbe van however is a lost cause excerpts from the nalized his first pre- tribune fro m- sentation of depart- mental estimates of parliament by an nouncing that he hopes to reduce the postal rates on firstclass mail letters to three cents and to two cents on drop letters later he hopes to transport all firstclass mail by plane from one end of canada to the other reduce the present air rate the time at which the reduced postal rates will become effective has not been announced it is expected that the department will resume twicedaily deliveries in urban centres next spring run on orchards cars extending nearly two miles were lined up along yonge street early monday morning with the head n the procession pointing into the lane cf aurora orchards owned by the fleurys one of the few ontario orchards with any apples at all and then npt of first quality wouldbe buyers from toronto and farmers from over the- coun tryside arrived- early in the morning the day set for disposition of the limited supplies many were turned away and cars had to be shut out from en tering the place when e jam became un manageable with winter coming fast i was feeling rather contented that i had not only never fallen but i hadnt had even one flat tire i was feeling quite good about it not to mention a little quiet gloating on the side i have to keep my gloating quiet because if i dont my wife gets a little ugly with me that all changed a few weeks ago when a friend came down for the weekend it was grey cup sunday and although slightly chilly out it was a fine clear day my friend had on several occasions ex- pressed an interest in bicycling as he had not done so for years so we decided to dress warmly and go for a spin as it turned out this was an apt descrip tion of the ride i we were riding down a side street heading toward a bicycle path when we passed by a dog he was a big black brute obviously part labrador with thatmindlesslyfriendlylook some dogs have v- he fell in beside us and i noticed he had a long strand of mucous draped rather rakishly across his shout i should have taken that as an omen we tooled along the pathway for a while without incident but the dog was beginning to i bother mehe stayed right beside me but- unfortunately too far away for me to kick him- across the side of the head he was beginning to make me nervous because he seemed awfully skittish i decided to ditch him and i began pedalling furiously along the gravel drive but the i went the faster the idiot clog went he was running full out but keeping up when it happened the cretin canine saw another dog up ahead and he veered suddenly toward me in honor of grey cup sunday i suspect he came in low and administered a flying tackle to the front wheel of my bicycle somehow i found myself travelling at a great rate sans bicycle and i came down with terrific force with one graceful movement removing the knee from my best jeans not to mention several square inches of skin arid two or three chunks of subcutaneous material fortunately i was wearing a leather jacket and gloves because i also landed on my hand and shoulder from the gouges in the leather i feel safe in assuming i would have done myself grievous damage without the protective clothing it took my friend and i about 10 minutes to straighten all the bent parts of my bicycle and i was about to proceed when we saw a strange sight indeed coming toward us was a jogger which isnt really all that unusual a sight but this particular jogger had a great bleeding wound in his cheek he carried- a bioodsoaked handkerchief in his hand but at this time he was ignoring the wound which was leaking blood down his neck arid along the front of his sweatsuit and right beside him was the damn fool dog keeping right up wagging his idiot head back and forth and with a great huge stick in his mouth i leave it to the reader to come to his own conclusion as to what happened i can only say that having mastered bicyclists and joggersihope that refuge for vermin moves on to bigger and better things say for instance a gravel truck or maybe a bus preferably one with standing room only life and lobster by annegret laaaure r ted wilcox there is much concern these days about the rising violencein our society but i never thought that i would be confronted with it in our own household- i it started innocently enough when our son wanted a iobsterforhis twelfth birthday he came with me to pick it out in the market there were rows of pretty red lobsters all clutching dainty sprigs of parsley how about that one i indicated a brightly scarlet individual all nicely bedded down on ice oh mother theyre no good theyre cooked already he pointed to a- tank con taining a grotesque assortment of olive green creatures i want a live one whatever for i looked at the writhing mass in horror we have enough pets already i want to boil it myself he said ad venturously andhear it scream i must have looked as sick as i felt for he hastened to reassure me its really only steam escaping lobsters are mute i dont care i said firmly im not having any lobsters screaming in my kit chen at this point the counterman intervened in jays behalf you dont have to boil it alive you know just stick a sharp knife behind his head before you throw him in the pot but thats coldblooded murder oh come now lady you eat chicken dont you only if its cut in pieces already the two men looked at me with scorn then they strode purposefully to the tank all the way home the beast made little scrabbling noises inside its box maybe hes fighting for air youd better poke some holes i suggested i once we got home oh mom hes ok anyway hes going to be boiled ina few minutes he headed for the door im just going to get mike fifteen minutes later six of his friends clustered expectantly around the box con- taining the lobster- and waited for the boiling to begin they came to hear him scream explained my son maybe hes dead already i said hopefully i havent heard him scrabbling in a long time the boys cautiously lifted the lid and peered into the box trying to detect some signs of life suddenly a big claw shot out narrowly missing several noses boy hes really fierce look at those enormous pinchers am i ever glad i dont have to pick him up the boys looked at the feisty crustacean with new respect howre you going to get him in the pot jay easy the guy at the fish market showed me how deftly he grasped the beast behind the head and held him aloft the lobster struggled in silent desperation as he was borne to the bubbling cauldron all eight limbs 1 tried to scuttle in different directions as he was poised over the steaming water his eyes seemed about to pop off their stalks in terror and his antennae fluttered in mute appeal my son looked at the writhing bundle of misery then made a halfhearted pass over the pot hey mike- you want to do it how about you harold rick brad it turned out nobody wanted to do it aw what the heck he said finally and dropped the wretched animal back in the box lets have steak and thats just whatwe did right afta installing old crusty in the aquarium that once housed our pet clams i f