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The OrawA Jodrnal Saturday, June 6, 1970 The Ottawa Journal Attempt to 'Oust White Man' Indians May Have Invaded The By MIKE GILLESPIE ship authorities who Friday LOON ISLAND (Staff) announced "strong measures" Mohawk Indians occupying to protect island taxpayers, this St. Lawrence River island say Loon Island is part of the an. attempt to reclaim it asniainland andjoactuallyM Indian territory, may have Invaded the wrong island. The embittered tribesmen nearby St Regir Re-, eerve sailed on Loon Island almost two weeks ago in what so far has proved a futile tempt to oust the white man and "reclaim Indian land." But Charlottenburg Town- I I. 1 OCCUPYING FORCE 3 Mohawk Indians set up- camp on Loon Island in a move to- "reclaim" it as Indian i.land.

The occupation force arrived on the cottage development almost two weeks ago and say they will not move out until ownership of the island is returned to them. v- -r (Joanm Photo by Gosling) Jgiohairransit Has Top Priority Regional Chairman 'Den i Coolican says plans for a regional transit system, will be given top priority over the next lew months, And he said merits of possible formation of a regional police force wiQ tie weighed as soon as details of a transportation take-over have been ironed out A special committee charting the imminent take-over and gradual expansion of the Ottawa Transportation Commission has been meeting regularly Since' COMPLICATIONS "But we encountered many Nearly Lost City council almost, found itself powerless to approve an $85,000,000 budget Friday. Since the deals strictly with money matters. a three-quarters majority was at-alf- But the manpower almost dropped to the minimum 18 members on several occasions. The fiist'Ckae shave came about 6 p.mr and more followed during the dinner hour.

Mayor Fogarty warned Council members "if we lose the necessary 18 on a budget meeting, it will be the responsibility of those who have left" "This Is one of the most important pieces of business of the. year, so surely we can stay here to see it is properly carried out," the mayor declared. OUT TO LUNCH Some aldermen took turns ducking out to the nearby kitchen for coffee and donuts as the debate lingered. But they always managed to keep 18 in the council chamber. -The budget debate lasted five and a half hours from 2 p.m.

until 7.30 p.m. It was the first afternoon city budget meeting in recent memory. And the resulting J.04TniU Increase was the lowest tax boost In several years. Opening of a new driver education centre on Walkley Road caused part of the problem in keeping 18 councillors otfvnd. i.

island at ait. convinced the island the Indians are looking for is 1,000 feet south of the cottage development and now almost completely underwater," said Reeve Adrian Cadbois. A The real Loon Island, said the reeve, was only 10 acres more complications than expected and do not want to rush blindly through such important legislation," Mr. Coolican explained. 'iW" i He said the' region 'ad vised the provincial government to go ahead with introduction of a minor bill to define the regional government area-as a Judicial district The legislature took the step this week, thus making it impossible for Ottawa Carleton to obtain any amendments to the regional, act until the House reconvenes after the summer recess.

Quorum Controller Claude Bennett had to leave to represent the mayor at the event And aldermen Mathew MqGrath, Charlotte Whitton, Harold Waddell, Don Kay, Joe Quinn, and Pat- -followed most beaded for the same south end destination. May Get By DAVE YATES Ontario students may be eligible for a Montreal to Paris cut-rate return air fare $200 which has been set up for Quebec, students on cultural exchanges. "There is nothing to prevent students from, say Toronto, get ting a ticket for that said a spokesman for the Secre tary of State, "but they must be on a cultural exchange." A cultural exchange, he ex plained, Is Vsbme planned pro gram while in the host country. The' issue arose after Air Canada announced last week it would fly Quebec students on regular flights for $200 return from Montreal to Pans. The students are involved in exchange, programs, arranged through the Secretary of State by the Franco-Quebec youth office in Quebec I in size and was almost com- pletely submerged at the time of dam construction on the St.

Lawrence in the early 1960s. llXownship. authorities jnoved in to attempt to break the deadlock this week saying they have, demanded immediate intervention by the federal and later provincial governments. The sit-in on the small 16-acre-island 11 mies east of Cornwall has rapidly evolved "There will likely be tinumg necessity for financing public transit partially out of taxes rather than totally from the fare Mr. Coolican said, "We must consider all implications.

Mayor Ken, chair man of the. special transit com mittee, said sights are now set on a bus service take-over about next Jan. I. LESS URGENT Mr. Coolican viewed possible establishment of a regional poliqe force as "much less ur gent than public transport." "However, we will set up committee "to try to determine whether such a move 'would be logical," he continued.

The province last April offer ed $600,000 in extra grants to Ottawa-Carleton if it wished to set up a regional police force. It is only because of this incentive that some consideration is being given to the idea. the new program, the province will pay an extra $1 JO per person-parting next yi regional 'municipalities which have a single police force. Gut Fares Air Canada later clarified its position' by saying it, would be willing to -take any Canadian students on the same basis to Europe If they were, involved in- a itovernment-approved ex change fl The Association of Students' Councils, which represents most universities and community col leges In OntarkvManltoba and the Maritimes, says it could find C.OOOX, students who would be willing to go to nurope. This summer alone it ranged 34 charter flights across the Atlantic Robert Symond, president of the AOSC, says the general principle of cheap fares regular flights, should apply tot all students.

One of the main problems that- Ontario does not have youth office; which Quebec has, to arrange cultural exchange programs is into a stand-off as a group of island cottagers armed with property leases and land titles cast a jaundiced eye over the community parked on their waterfront lawns. With the Idians also claim- tag title to the land, maintaining the rightful owner is Mrs. Rosemary David, granddaughter of Big John Jacobs -a former owner a lengthy legal entanglement over property rights is shaping up. New System Taking Heat Off Final Exams By STAN JOSEY A mere three yearaago. Sun- have been the be- ui a t.

u. IV. most, high school students. The first few days would have been occupied by hoarding: cig arettes, stocking up. on aspirins; and warming up the coffee pot preparation for those preci ous few hours of cramming for the "departmentaU" for final As examination week 1970 ap a lot of the tension and last minute book-worming gone due to the de-emphasis on final exams in all city and district secondary schools.

It has been, estimated that 50 per cent or more of the city's 25,000 secondary schools stu-: dents will escape all final ex- animations which begin this Fridav. recommendatJmM" and thus wlU gain, their summer freedom on Thursday. The other 40 per cent will write one or more final exams in their poorer subjects. These exams will count for 10 to 50 per cent of their final mark. It all started back in Cen- tennial year when the.

educa-' tion department shelved dreaded Grade 13 departmental examinations, which for years pelled success or failure for a student -after five' hard, years of high school. rV Instead, the department en couraged, school-admlnlstraters. and principals to place more emphasis on the total year's work tests and school proj-, ects included in determining pass or failure. Dr. H.

Willis, assistant director of education for the Ottawa Board of Education, explained the rate of de-emphasizing written examinations has been left up to individual school prin cipals. In the chys 25 French and English secondary schools, about the same number of policies have evolved. A Journal survey of about 12 of the principals bore this OUt --r-'- In some schools students are exempted from final exams on the word of their teachers that- the students could pass the exams If writ- ten. In. other schools, students have to achieve an average of 65 or 66 per cent in their year's work to get a recom mendation.

However in all cases, term works class participation and special projects accounted for a large portion of the final result' J. C. Gardner, superintendent of program development for the Carleton Board of Education, said "too often in theTpast, final examinations just proved who had the best memory or who was best able to put down5frpapeT' what the teacher felt was the most-important aspect of a SUbjeCt a balance between class work and written examinations in our evaluation of what students have learned," he said. sr -i Dr. Willis said that where In Canada Illegally, Man 'V; i Forged Cheque A young who en tered Canada on an expired passport, pleaded guilty' Friday to uttering a forged document before provincial Judee Carter.

Phlllipe Dupuy, 23, no fixed address: tendered a counterfeit $100 American Express travel lers' cheque at a Rideau Street bank May 5. The cheque was- signed Louis Dupuy. Using a counterfeit Que bec driver's licence for Identi fication, Dupuy endorsed it in front of the teller. He walked out with $100 Judge Carter remanded Dupuy two weeks for sentence. The immigration authorities are taking steps to deport him.

The property, although" not officially registered as an island on the first official map of the prepared in .1794, was outlined as a highland area similar to other StT" Regis Islands. Although located ina marsh area close to the northern St Lawrence River shoreline, a second official map of the township completed In 1876 defined the property as an island. team work accounts for a mi bTstud quality. students do not hae to get so 'uptight' about final exams at the end of the year." What Principals Say A Journal survey of: local secondary, school principals revealed some widely-divergent m.w 'JlS i 'T V- tnns wnaj exams lor borderline casesonly in thlsiand 11. illn jhe lower grades highly-innovative school.

A. student's final mark Includes results of December and April. examinations, team work- 'and teachers eyalu-; ations' of students. For the few students who do write final exams, the mark counts for about one-third their final result Nepeany vice-principal G. W.

McMahon Final exam ex- -emptions for the first time this year for' students who averaged more than 65 per cent in individual' subjects all students last year revealed this the nark they wanted.1 Ottawa Tech, principal R. M. Dunlop Students are exempted from finals if their teachers decide their year's work merits recommendation usually an average of 60 per cent "I still think ex-? animations are necessary- at some time or another because they are the only way a student can compound the knowledge he gets in dribs and drabs throughout the year." Woodroffe, principal S. R. Berry The recommendation mark of 60 per cent takes into account two previous sets of examinations term work up until the end of the year and the teacher's estimation of how a student would do if his final exams were What's on Conodo' Most -Honoured BulkHr Ch WlVBJM' V- V- Wrong The Indian squatters, numbering about 25, are convinced however of their claim.

They say they will sit it out until the issue is resolved. i Self stytecTTndian man, Mike Mitchell, spokes-said the group hopes to bring the issue to a head while the now dwindling numbers of senior St Regis Band members ''are still around to testify." The island has been part of the reservation for as long Ottawa student ombudsman Larry DePoe of Brook-field High School, said students, in general, are hap-1 pier under the new system. "Even 7 though' some students still have to write, three exams a day, they are a lot easier." Sir Wilfrid Laurier, princi-. pal J. N.

O'Dohnell No final exams in Grades 12 and 13 this year. Next year the ad-ministration will assess this experimental program and whether to do away with exams in Grades 9, 10 the recommendation mark is 60 percent Cbamplain, principatl John King 60 per cent recommendation mark with final exams counting for 40 per cent of the final mark for students who do have to write. Glebe, principal G. Laughren 60 per cent recommendation mark. "We feel it is far.

more important to learn good study, habits throughout the year rather than just be able to pass examinations. Still considers- examinations essential, but has a "definite and fair formula" for exempting the. school's best students from writing. final exams. High School of Commerce, Principal T.

Greer Recommen dation mark dropped' from 66 per cent to 60 per cent this year. In practical subjects like art, typing, shorthand, physical education, written tests only account for about 20 per cent of the final mark. the bustle of activity Woodroffe Avenue just south of Baseline? It's RYAN FARM 1970 and '71 designs in single family homes: built by MINTO in this central yet exclusive community. Magnificent split-level two-storey and bungalows with a wealth of exciting features to delight every prospective home buyer. Free standing brick fireplaces, panelled family rooms, recreation rooms, extra bathrooms, California style kitchens (stove and dishwasher installed), powder rooms, Come and see are from $2,220 and there's an EARLY OCCUPANCY BONUS.

WmMirt It I III. vli I I i Island as anyone can rcmembe'i and had been occupied and used by one Indian family down, through the centuries, he said. Tree Haven developer Bill "Cooper "said-thUrrweek he would initiate private litigation if federal or provincial intention was not forthcoming. y- "I sympathize with their Indian) cause," he said, "but at the same time they are affecting business on a property which I have free and clear title to." 1 Mr. Cooper said title to tre "mainland property has changed hands or seven times" over the last J50 years since the original granting of the property by the Crown to Sir John Johnson.

-Former Alexandria regis trar Dan McRae. also believes the real "Loon Island" is located southeast of Tree -Haven ui the vicinity of Butternut Since police authorities have been ordered to keep clear of the island, squatting Indians' have set up their own island patrol system to 1 against' vandalism by "outside "Call it what you' like, but we're being intimidated," said island -cottager whose property "and that of adjoining land -owner Paul Joncas adcommodates the Indian group. "It this isn't cleared ip In two weeks I'm boarding up my cottage and moving elsewhere for the he added. The Indian squatters who "roughing it" is no real Gifts Galore! Joy; have dug latrine pits on the front lawn of Mr. Grant's cottage.

"Everything is quite sanitary," said Mike Mitchell. Garbage is burned or-buried and fish remains speared by the Indians at night are also carefully disposed of. -The young Cornwall Island native, recently nominated for chief of the St. Regis Band in the upcoming a nbcdnuolcl election, said he would welcome intervention by the federal government to 'clear up the confusion." "We are prepared to sit here for as long as it takes though," he said. "If our pas-, sageway onto the island is blocked he said of- the private road leading across the marsh area to the island.

bv Occupation of Loon Island followed In thewake of a-similar Invasion by St. Regis Indians of Stanley Island, i. No other islands will be cupied, Mr. Mitchell said Thursday. "This is where-wa have drawn the line." Sam Koff man's.

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