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Page 14, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, November 16, 1983 November 25th is the new deadline for The du Maurier Council for the Performing Arts' receipt of grant applications from Canadian perform- ing arts organizations. Isabelle Sauberli, the Council's Executive Di- rector, announced today that the original Novem- ber ist deadline has been extended to afford as many arts organiza- tions as wish to apply an opportunity to submit their projects to the Council for considera- tion at their annual meeting. The Council is ac- cepting applications for specific arts projects to be staged after April 30, 1984, by Canadian arts organizations incorpor- ated more than two years prior to the year in which application is made. du Maurier grants are awarded for no other purpose than Deadline extended for du Maurier Council grant applications for live, on-stage, pub- lic performances out- side the organization's regular subscription season. Full details and appli- cation forms may be obtained by writing to: The du Maurier Council for the Performing Arts, Post Office Box 27, 180 Dundas Street, West, Toronto, Ontario MSG 1Z8 or by telephoning (416) 598-4222. Fuelwood - Keeping the home fires burning by STEVE GRAY Ministry of Natural Resources On an average Sep- tember day, as noisy crickets and neighbors' lawn mowers are appa- rently under the as- sumption that it's still high summer, many On- tarians can also hear the unmistakable sound of some industrious soul splitting wood. There's something 'noble about chopping wood. 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Rent-a-car Service Custom Built Homes Electrical Work Complete painting - plumbing _ Small and Major Repairs Concrete and Masonry work Call anytime 825-9231 Pe ee eS Ee Se ees LR AR A CEE RB ARR ESE Yerrecrce is unforgettable -- crisp and comforting, embrac- ing and defying the cold -- a part of what it means to be Canadian. Until early in this cen- tury, most homes in Canada were heated with wood. Most home- makers cooked with it, too. But in many urban areas of Canada be- tween about 1880 and 1920, coal replaced wood as the primary source of home heating energy. After World War I, heating and cook- ing with wood were al- ready becoming a nos- talgic part of North Am- erican history. It took the energy crisis of the early 1970s, with its soaring fuel prices, to bring home the benefits of heating with wood to many On- tario residents. Since then, a quiet renais- sance has been occur- ring in wood heating. A recent Ontario govern- ment study showed that while few Ontarians use wood as a primary sour- ce of heat, about 35 per cent of those surveyed do use it as a supple- mentary heating sour- ce. Wood is popular for fireplace and stove use in homes and cottages all across Ontario, and that popularity is in- creasing rapidly. Simple economy is one of the big reasons for the trend back to wood. Depending on the type of wood used, its cost, and the way it is burned, wood can ac- tually be cheaper to burn than coal, oil, pro- pane, electricity and natural gas. And wood is a renew- able Ontario resource! Ontario has a thriving fuelwood industry, and innovative woodburning. technologies are being developed rapidly by our manufacturers of air- tight woodstoves, wood- burning furnaces and fireplace inserts. Their recent sales records are impressive. But where is all the firewood com- ing from? Some of Ontario's fuelwood is made avail- able through the - pro- vincial government -- about one-third in Northern Ontario and about four per cent in the south. About 84 per cent of all the fuel- wood burned in On- tario is burned in south- . ern Ontario. In Northern On- tario, the Ministry of Natural Resources an- nually designates cer- tain forest areas where residents may cut fire- wood. Some of these areas have already been logged, but often tree tops, branches and im- perfect trees are left. These leftovers often make excellent fuel- wood, however, and the ministry authorizes fuel- wood cutting by issuing permits to local resi- dents for their house- hold and cottage needs at a specified price per cord. (Traditionally, a cord is defined as a pile of wood which measures 4'x4'x8', and which has a solid wood volume of about 90 cubic feet when properly dried for burn- _ ing.) : Many Ontario resi- dents thus obtain enough firewood for the long northern winters at very reasonable cost, as they choose to cut, split and haul the wood themselves. Says Natural Resour- ces Minister Alan Pope: "Most of the fuelwood permits issued in North- ern Ontario actually help my ministry clean- out residual trees -- such as birch -- so that we can plant more valuable species."' In southern Ontario, where much of the land is privately owned, most fuelwood comes from private woodlots. More than 10,000 woodlots in southern Ontario are now managed co-oper- atively by agreement be- tween the owners and the Ministry of Natur- al Resources,-under The Woodlands Improve- ment Act (WIA). In ef- fect since 1966, the Act sets up agreements which lead to a man- agement plan for each woodlot. Provincial ex- 'tension foresters offer the woodlot owners their assistance -- with tree planting, tending, weed- ing, trimming and other silvicultural operations -- to ensure the wise use of a highly valuable provincial resources. In turn, the owners agree to maintain the proper- ties as woodlots for at least 15 years. Many WIA agree- ment holders are now making substantial addi- tional income by selling fuelwood from their woodlots. These proper- ties -- often located on farms -- were usually considered simply as "'bush" before provin- cial foresters gave the owners guidance and assistance in planning their efficient and profit- able use. The Ontario Ministry of Energy has- become involved with the Natu- ral Resources ministry in encouraging the re- turn to the use of wood as a fuel source. For several years, the two provincial ministries have run a_ fuelwood enhancement program which assists with stand improvement cutting and tree marking, as well as road construct- ion, and in 1982-83 yielded more than 60,000 extra cords of wood. Last year's fuel- wood enhancement pro- gram also provided more than 4,400 days of work for northern resi- dents. ~ Thanks to the efforts of both private wood- lot owners and the pro- vincial government, On- tario residents can anti- cipate the ring of the woodchopper's axe and the pungent smell of a cheery wood fire in fut- ure years, because the future of wood is glow- ing, and bright. And it is somehow comforting to realize that, in an age when today's latest dis- covery is tomorrow's outmoded technology, the family hearth will be around for a long time to come. Winterize now for pre-season warmup If you drive and main- tain your car in winter the same way you do in the summer, you're ask- ing for big trouble, re- ports the Ontario Safe- ty League. According to the League, your car needs different care in winter much in the same way you need to master dif- ferent driving skills to meet winter driving con- ditions. For a quick pre- season warm-up to guar- antee you won't be left out in the cold, here's how to "winterize" your car in seven easy steps: (1) Have the battery tested. Get it charged, if required, or replace it if you think it will not last through the winter. (2) Check -brakes for quick, precision stops. '*Perfect" braking means equal braking on all four wheels. (3) Check tires for worn spots and balance. Regular tires with deep treads will provide ade- quate traction on winter roads; snow tires are even better. Reinforced tire chains are best for severe snow and _ ice stop-and-go traction. (4) Check windshield wipers for adequate arm tension and blade con- tact. If blades are worn or cracked, replace them. (5) Add an anti- freeze solvent to the windshield washer sys- tem. (6) Test the defros- ter to be sure that it is working properly. (7) Have the entire ex- haust system checked for leaks. And remember to drive defensively! INSIDE OUTSIDE Impossibie? "As aman thinks in his heart so is he" A scientist once said of the young Thomas A. Edison, "This poor fel- low is wasting his time. Two fundamental laws of physics prove he is attempting the impos- sible. The first is that there can be no light without combustion; the second is that no com- bustion can take place in a-vacuum. Therefore, no light can be made in a vacuum."' But even in the face of these "impossibilities", Edison went right ahead and perfected the in- candescent electric lamp. The world is full of people who say 'it can't be done,' but the person 'with vision looks beyond the fault-finders and dis- couragers, and presses on with the task he knows can be achieved. The Bible teaches that, with God, nothing is impossible. There is no darkness that His light cannot penetrate, no sin beyond His for- giveness. He specializ- es in things thought im- possible. presented by The Salva- tion Army