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The sky is cried Chicked Little not" calmly replied Pollyanna you work for the Washington course sobbed Chicken Little represent the people and telling you that the sky Is falling as any fool can plainly sea from the huge chunks of blue stuff lying all over the place What do you think this is bleu a matter of Pollyanna said sharply is very dearly bleu cheese Note the bright and shiny parte which prove the old adage that every blue cheese has a liver lining" bright and shiny Chicken Little said with exasperation mold you see that the whole fabric of the whole warp and woof so to apeak is disintegrating before your very eyes Crime corruption poverty pollution all doomed I tell you donned" if said Pollyanna smugly are there still the Fourth of July ana baggies and nonre-turnable bottles and Mannix and all the other bountiful plenties that make life worth living?" With reierence to the article about a customer complaint to City Council about a cover charge in our Dot (our outdoor restaurant in the mall) as reported in your paper recently The complainant has misinterpreted hie blll-nnd apparently did not seek to have it clarified by drawing ft to the attention of any of our senior employees or the management We do not hive a cover charge in either our outdoor Polka Dot Cafe or in our Chicago Restaurant However we do have a minimum charge of 60 cents per person in our outdoor eating area This is to discourage loiterers and to avoid becoming a How can a government department be allowed to treat people in such an offhand maner When we were living in Ontario I had approached the MP for the North Bay district a Mr Blais with my problem He sympathized with me but informed me that bo bad dealt with this department before and received only negative results If I could receive but half of my money to secure a lot it would have been sufficient but this department baa not even bothered to inform us that our money is going to be late This department seems to be hopelessly inefficient Is this an example of how the entire attitude towards dealing with the people of Canada is demonstrated? Why should this be tolerated? Perhaps this letter may dissuade someone else from falling into the same unfortunate circumstances as myself 1 for one will never trust the Government of Canada again PUSEY Campbell River We have a very serious problem that I think everyond should be aware of especially concerning those who are considering the sale of their property to anyone with a VLA rant Our house in North Hims-worth township was sold to a VLA purchaser on May 1 1974 the closing date being July 1 We had at this time made arrangements to -move to British Columbia I bad made a previous trip to Vancouver Island and placed a deposit on a building lot the balance of which was to be paid July 7 allowing us seven days to settle our deal On June 28 we were advised by our lawyers that it would be unlikely that any money would be avllable from the VLA until at least the 8th July At this time we had already rented a U-Haul trailer sold all of our furniture and been fully prepared to move I had quit my job Wo then decided to move despite the inconvenience We are living In a three bedroom trailer with five children Our trailer is only temporarily located on a rental lot Cyprus 'normalcy' can't you moaned Chicken Little pecking the air In frustration just symbols of oppression decadence and the corrupt Establishment Hu a baggie ever cured cancer? Well hu it huh?" Pollyanna slowly unrolled a flag and began to wave it solemnly do you say to this wise chicken? Still uy that the tty is falling when you see this unfurled the alabuler fruited plain? that make your feathers stand on end just a little bit Wolf!" Chicken Little screamed suddenly shouted Pollyanna spinning around out the Marines! Reinstate the draft! Build some new bombers!" a minute now maybe It was only a collie or a cocker spaniel" Chicken Little said eyes what they used to be" fine Pollyanna said what's wrong with things around people always thinking seeing bogeymen lurking around every corner Now look around this corner here nothing there but a big fang-toothed homed monster with three heads Now is that anything to worry course It is: don't you recognize the One Horseman of the Apocalypse when you see him?" Chicken Little gasped besides the sun will bum out in only six billion years Build bonfires! Turn up the heat! Ban air conditioners! hopeless" Pollyanna sighed only Kate Smith were here know what to da I guess the only thing for you to do ii go somewhere else You know my motto: the love it or leave sorry but I have Chicken Little answered where was Oh yes the sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is falling! The sky is Praise for Turkey Something is being done about Cyprus Thank God! Thank Turkey too! Had Turkey not acted with such expedition to honor her obligation to the island we might well have had some 20 years of forgetfulness and indifference and despair as in the tom Middle East or a few centuries of distrust and hatred as in fierce bitter Ireland or slow disintegration as in star-crossed Vietnam It is a sardonic comment on our world-sincerity that took a show of strength on the part of Turkey to evoke urgent interest in the THE NATION Fishing with deputy minister Hu CHARLES LYNCH Southern News Services Now I do not know how virtuous a ruler Archbishop Makarios has been Nor do I know how nobly and cleanly the invading Turkish army has fought But I do know that in a potentially shattering situation at least one responsible party acted thus precipitating the other two Britain and Greece on to the scene forcing them to act starting a healthy chain of events and now there is a chance of an amicable for which thank Gd! And Turkey JAIRAI II North Bay $1 '12974 throughout the course of (he day It is through the support of these people that makes the Drop-Inn youth work in this community possible 1 JOHN l-URROW Assistant Director North Bay Drop-Inn North Bay Plebiscite would let people decide how money is spent Approval of a new $25 million civic centre Rejection of the proposal Public plebiscite on the matter These are the three possible moves which can he made by the Ontario Municipal Board following hearings in North Bay on the pros and cons of one of the most important projects in North the construction of a new city hall Gf the need for a new city hall there is not a vestige of doubt However the main controversy has arisen over a proposal by numerous citizens sparked in particular by one alderman that the former College building on First Ave be remodelled to provide the civic offices so necessary to this growing community Supporters of the all-new complex believe this would not serve the purpose and that it would be a mistake to try to make an old building into a structure geared to serve for many future years Strong arguments were presented by both aides at the OMB hearings over a period of three days As was to be expected the OMB reserved its decision and it may not be known for some weeks It was strongly observed by supporters of the new Civic Centre located close to the downtown core of North Bay that City Council should have the unqualified right to proceed with this huge outlay of money Time was when an expenditure of such magnitude would have required a plebiscite Now providing the all-wise OMB people say okay then City Council can go right ahead with its plans The concept is indeed an attractive one as a sketch published in this newspaper reveals It appeals to the imagination Whether the same appeal reaches the pocket-book with the same enthusiasm however is another matter no doubt about it a plebiscite is tlie only fair way to settle the matter The item could be included on the December municipal election ballot Both sides would have plenty of time to and make their points with the electors Many more details might come out In short the taxpayers of the city would have the full picture and could then make up their minds what kind of City Hall North Bay should have to serve it over the next half-century or even century Properly constructed with an eye to the future a new City Hall could serve that long On the other hand a remade job might not last But this would be at the will of the people whose dollars are pouring into city coffers to make the community function Passing is still most perilous move What do you consider the most critical operation you perform regularly in your daily driving? The Ontario Safety League says the most critical manoeuvre in which the driver engages time after time each day is You probably have driven enough to know that some passing situations can put your nerves on edge hope you also have learned that the passing manoeuvre properly executed is a smooth and controlled operation that causes no of the by you your passengers or other drivers In the old days we used to edge up close behind the vehicle ahead gun out into tlie passing lane and scramble to ass the other vehicle and crowd back in front of it If traffic was coming in the opposite direction it could be a hair-raising experience Now we begin signalling fur a turn into the passing lane further back and swing over easily This gives us a clear view of the opposing traffic lane If we have a dear passing lane for at least three-quarters of a mile (at normal speeds) we step on the gas engines have extra power for such emergencies (not for high-speed cruising) so we easily pass the other vehicle Having picked a time for proper passing we have enough clear space to continue in the passing lane until we can see all of the passed vehicle in our rearview mirror Then we signal for a turn and slide back into our lane and back to normal speed Driving has changed says the Ontario Safety League What we did in the old days may get you into trouble in traffic Expresses Drop inn thanks hangout If we allowed this to happen it would the effort! of the mall In general for everyone which we do not want and create other problems of operation which may be frowned upon or severely criticized by the Liquor Control Board If this mall and the proposed future malls ara to be successful then certain standards of operation conduct and ethics must be observed by all We do hope this statement will satisfactorily clarify this misunderstanding We hope you visit our "People Place" and enjoy it ED ENG Manager North Bay such as Glafkos derides and creeping progress during yean of intercommunal tall But these advances left untouched the basic cancer which eats away at Cyprus the birthplace of Aphrodites goddess of love In plain language the Greeks consider the Turin inferior culturally morally and racially To dismiss as Inferior a sizeable minority 18 per cent of the 650000 inhabitants before the is asking for trouble It may seem farfetched to diplomats in Canada but not a few of Canada's Quebecois -soldiers serving here draw analogies to their treatment as "Pepsis" back home Now the minority hu the power of arms to get its own back Under the protective tank barrels of the Turkish army mure than 20000 displaced Turkish Cypriots are making ready for a mass migration away from their scattered and vulnerable enclaves into a corridor stretching 16 miles northward from here to the port of Kyrenia the first Turkish-controlled There will be room enough for them Since the July 20 invasion Turkish forces have tripled the area under Turkish control in the northern corridor where 45-000 Turkish-Cypriots already lived Turkish community leader Denktash expects the remainder of the island's 120000 Turkish Cypriots to gradually coalesce tms de facto separate province The first steps toward this separation were taken this week as Turkish troops barred UN relief convoys and demanded lie removal of all UN peacekeeping forces from the province The presence of this Turkish dagger plunging into Cyprus may well trigger political convulsions both internally and externally Domesticaly the key political choice of union with Lnos versus independence had gradually polarized into a right versus left issue Left to themselves the Cypriots would probably have maintained their quasi-independence for some yean But Cyprus is never left to itself Ever since RiJiaid the Lion-Hearted spread Christianity with a smoking sword in the 12th century the island has seen a stream of invaders and intriguers from outside It is a victim of geography lying offshore Turkey and astride the strategic and commercial sea routes of the eastern Mediterranean particularly now that the Suez Canal is being reopened As a result everyone meddles In the future of Cyprus The Soviets yearning for Mediterranean power use the local Communist party to battle against Enosis and subsequent NA1D control The British do what ever is considered best to protect their two strategically important air bases on the island lbe American Sixth Fleet cruises ominously offshore And espionage thrives on the island In such a welter of paradoxes and contradictions it is hardly surprising that the outgunned undermanned UN peacekeeping force hue been reactive rather than anticipatory Only a foulhandly observer would dare predict the future of Cyprus Different forces must be weighed: More moderate men control Greece but the dispute with Turkey is ever widening Both the US and the Soviet Union want control in tin eastern Mediterranean but neither wanta a local war to escalate Cyprus Is die unfortunate land pierced by these counter vailing forces It hu everything going for hospitality climate commercial acumen and competent ev erything except politics and Reflections -by HARTLEY By PETER CALAMAI Southern News Services NICOSIA Normalcy Is relative in Cyprus The situation reverted to normal this week when United Nations peacekeepers again began filing reports on every shot fired around them an impossible task during the invasion battle But what kind of normalcy is The stench of rotting food from shop freezers without electricity pervades picturesque Ky-renia Turkish Cypriots squat under Greek guns in the football stadium of Limassol Foreign tourists killed in air attacks lie unidentified in a makeshift morgue in Famagusta Unfortunately this is all the normalcy Cyprus can expect for the present and perhaps for months ahead The invasion has Increased nut diminished the atavistic antagonism between Greek and Turkish communities on the island It has carved scars of vendetta even deeper into the Cypriot psyche It has accelerated the divisive process of de facto partition which began with independence 14 years ago The conditions of Independence imposed by Britain Greece and Turkey created a hybrid state but ensured there could never be a nation with separate schools the two communities have been driven further apart rather than merging into identifable Cypriot culture For a few yean Archbishop Makarios slowed this separation process deftly propelling his tiny island into world diplomacy to take the spotlight off domestic troubles Men of good TRUSSLEK old take Nipissing it was abandoned Tlien in 1886 the Grand Trunk Railway now the CNR extended its line from Gra-venhurst north to North Bay The boom was over Powas-san and Trout Creek became the rail heads and roads were built to connect with the Nipissing and North Road which gave the people of taring Golden Valley and Commands access to the railway Nipissing lost its prominence and became a quiet little village at the end of the road Another boom took place around 1911 when the Nipissing Light and Power Co built the hydro-electric power plant at McNabb Chutes A plant of that type was quite a thing at that time and Us construction caused quite a stir in the village It was one of the first of Us kind in the North and it was North only source of electricity for many years tt is still operating but its power is a small part of what North Bay now uses So you see Nipissing Village has a very interesting history It was the first settlement In tlie Lake Nipissing area and had its origin almost two decades before North Bay Tlie Nipissing pioneers were a brave sturdy breed who suffered incredible hardships but they had the foresight and steadfastness and the thrift to succeed Probably the greatest heritage they left is the host of thrifty honest their sons and daughters grandchildren and greatgrandchildren now spread far and wido but still bearing tlie strong durable character of their forefathers enriching the society in which they live Take a drive down Saturday or Sunday and see the oldest village of this area meet the good people-ancestors of the pioneers and learn some of your history See you there Nipissing Village 100 years wives and children had moved in and taken over defying all the efforts of assembled forest rangers and RCMP to persuade them to leave Armed with the forbidden spinning rods casting rods end anything else that would make a splash they went down to the riverbank and put In a defiant day's fishing arguing that what belonged to the provincial gov SIMON REISMAN Salmon not dollars eminent belonged to them and that they had been kept off the Restigouche long enough Their leader Mr Clement Arpin of Kedgwick said they would be back every Sunday until they get the cry was for the and they got some too It's a cry that the government of New Brunswick is going to be hard put to meet especially with the salmon suddenly so plentiful and the government having taken the first step to dfremphasize American accents on the river by acquiring this lodge and Its waters But these are problems for New Brunswickere to face and while Reisman and 1 had plenty of gratuitous advice for our hosts who included the provincial ministers of finance and regional growth plus Deputy Pro-vincial Finance Minister Marcel Masse there was fishing to be done 3 LETTERS Letters to the editor must be signed and the address given Pen names or pseudonyms will be used for publication If dealred though In some cues the editor may insist on the name appearing If the letter questions the Integrity of other persons LARRY'S GULCH CAMP NB are looking up when a couple of punks like us can get to fish the Resti-gouche" The speaker was Simon Reis-man Deputy Minister of Finance in Ottawa and an ardent tireless humble quester after that king of game fish the At lantic salmon I agreed We were assembling our rods on Monday morning preparatory to our first foray on the fabled waters of the Hes-tigouchc which throughout our lifetimes had been the private preserve of assorted millionaires most of them Americans My old man hu been fishing the waters of New Brunswick for most of his 83 years without ever getting a crack at the Res-tigouche And here I was with Reisman about to embark on the acred pools thanks to the fact that the government of New Brunswick had acquired the fishing rights on prime two-mile stretch of the river The salmon were there as never before in human memory due to the shutdown of the commercial salmon net fishery by the federal government For once the old saw that goes should have seen it in the good old hu been reversed The good old days of fly fishing for salmon were never like this and the rivers of New Brunswick are teeming with an incredible run of fish It's not just true of the true of the Mira-michi and the Beautiful St John and most of their tributaries On the other rivers the common-man angler can hope for a crack at this bonanza-parts of the Miramichl have always been open water and there Is no private fishing on the St John But die Res tigouche hu always been walled off except for two short stretches on which New Brunswick residents can win three day of fishing in a provincial lottery Now the provincial government hu purchased one of the better-known private lodges and taken control of the eight pools that went with it changed the name to tarry's an old bit of lumbering nomenclature the origins St which are lost in and they propose to give a New Brunswick flavor to the fishing hereabouts Not enough of a flavor it must be said to suit the local residents who want a piece of the action We arrived here Sunday night Just Am but of 150 angry residents of nearby Kedgwldc and St Quentin were leaving Some forty local fishermen in company with their The North Bay Drop-Inn staff young people and board of directors would like thank all those who supported the Drop-Inn on Saturday July 27 by selling or buying tags Under tlie leadership of Bruce Goulet chairman of the Drop-Inn Board of directors SI people collected a total of Long before North Bay was born there was a thriving little community near where the South River empties into Lake Nipissing: (Nipissing Village) This weekend they are celebrating their centenary and invite you to join them To those who may not know where it is Drive to Fowas-san on Hwy II to Ilwy 5j4 which goes west Follow it about 10 miles to No- 654 and you will be there or you can turn off No at the Wasi on to 654 and go around the south shore of the lake to Nipissing Either way il is a good paved road I wrote a history of Nipissing about two months ago and expect some read it but for those who I will give a brief outline The first survey of the south shore was made in 1858 The surveyors made their headquarters at the mouth of the South River where the village is now and they named it Namanitagong which is the Indian name for Red Chalk River The first settlers came up the Champlain Trail from Pembroke and the first was John Beully who came in the spring of 1864 Mrs Beatty liecame quite proficient in speaking the Indian language and acted as interpreter and a liaison between government officials and the Indians and for this service the government gave her 200 acres of bush land where the village now stands Other families who came soon after were the Chapmans Thomases Shields McKees Gerbcrs Floyds McNabbs Armstrongs and a few others For some years they lived entirely isolated from the rest of Ontario their only contact being by canoe via Lake Nipissing and the Maltawa River There were a few lumbermen and rivermcn in and around Mattawa at that time Iwt there were no white men west nf there In IHU2 the Ontario govern ment opened the north part of Parry Sound District-21 for settlement at 50 cents an acre Then a few years later started extending a colonization road from Him-scau to -Lake Nipissing The settlement at the mouth of the South River was the logical terminus So Nipissing Village was named and became the end of the road and the jumping off place for the incoming settlers The road named the Muskoka-Nipissing Road was officially opened in 1874 Not long after another road was built from the port of Parry Sound across the wilderness and joined the Muskoka Road at Commands it was called the Great Ninth Road Having access to Lake Nipissing the village became the first port on the lake and a steam boat was built at what was called Landing It plied lictwcen the Indian settlements on the French River and Sturgeon Fails area Then when the Canadian Pacific Railway was built in 1882 il liecame the only access between North Bay and the Muskoka and what was then New Ontario- For a decode or more il was tlie biggest and busiest town in the North This was the boom period of Nipissing Village and it looked as if it would lie the most important trading centre in the Lake Nipissing country A grist mill and sawmill was built using the water power of tlie falls at McNabb Chutes there were a number of stores blacksmith and wagon shop and all the tradesmen necessary to serve the booming economy Also early In 1882 11m CPU started to build the railway across to a port on Georgian Bay going through Nipissing and did considerable preparatory work it but when Sir Sandford Fleming said Hip railway must go north of Thoughts he thank the servant because he did whal was commanded? So you also when yau have done all that la commanded you say are unworthy servants we have only done what was our duty" 17: I II good man and a wise man may at timea be angry with the world and at times grieved for it: but no man was ever discontented with (he world if he did his duty in Roiierl Soiilhrv English jnwt is the mtui who dees this end the son of men who holds tt fast who keeps the sabbath not profaning It and keeps his hand from doing any world without a Sabbath vould be like a man without i smile like a summer with-sit flowers end like homr-itead without a garden II is lie joyous duy the vhe treek "enry Ward Bmt her American clergyman.