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Page 4, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, May 27, 1987 eR EE a errace Bay The Terrace Bay-Schreiber Ne ednesday by: Laurentien Publishing <; ; & y: ws is published évery W ly: By- Single copies 35 cents Schretber Co. Ltd., Box 579, Terrace Bay, Ontario, POT 2W0. Telephone: (807) 826-3747. Subscription rates per year © Second Class Mailing Permit Number 0867 in town $14.00 Cn Rao on a ee Se eae rR 2: Ken Lusk ec vt ge aren: . | Tee ember o' ntario Community Advertising = epee ta een YS a Betty St. Amand Meirpapets Aascciglion and: She 'pac, ) 4G oee SERRE | Soh Gayle Fournier -- Canadian Community Newspapers Association Plan to attend Canada Day is a time to celebrate our nation and our achievements, both individual and together as Canadians. A new Canada Day tradition is evolving in our coun- try. That tradition is to celebrate our national holiday through special community events. These events are as wide-ranging and varied as the kinds of groups that sponsor them. What is important is that these celebrations commemorate the spirit of our nation, its people and their accomplishments. This year, celebratory events will include horseshoe tournaments, a pancake breakfast, a hospitality garden (music by the Stereo Club), a bed race, a teen dance, a children's bike rodeo, a pipe band performance, a mix- ed fun golf tournament, a giant bonfire at the beach area, a giant fireworks display and of course the Canada Celebration dance (music by Lowdown) and the Canada Day parade (with Polkaroo). Hundreds of community groups are planning Canada Day activities. Find out more about the celebrations | planned and join in the fun and excitement. Or perhaps you may simply want to puta flag on your house to demonstrate a quiet Canadian pride in your country. (You can buy a Canadian flag at Pro Hardware). We're all proud of Canada so let's show it! For more information on planned events contact the Canada Day Committee or township office in your town. Make plans now to attend the celebration so you don't Ely Hal TAKES QVER LOCAL AIRPORTS oo « Letters to the editor miss out on the fun. Letters to the editor Lack of attendance during Police Week here disheartens resident To the editor: The recent Display put on dur- ing Police Week by the Terrace ' Bay Police Force, was in my opi- nion, outstanding. The display which was set up in the Curling Club involved ex- tensive information on drugs, drinking and driving, the Child Find Program, Bicycle safety and other Community: Programs. Four Constables and the Chief of Police were available for discussion and answering ques- tions along with several film To obtain it. (Quote of the Week The glory of great men must always Be measured by the means they have used -F. LAROCHEFOUCAULD'" Arthur Black By Arthur Black There's an old rhyme running -- through my head today. It goes: Mother, may I go out to swim? © Yes, my darling daughter: Hang your clothes on a hicko- ry limb But don't go near the water. Sound advice for anyone who lives in my neck of the woods because it's just been announced that the local swimming hole is closed indefinitely. You and I can't swim there anymore. Against the-law. Is it because the swimming hole's polluted and we must be protected from infection and dis- ease? Nah. This is an old lime- stone quarry I'm talking about. The water's deep and green and full of perch and rock bass. I might not care to take the water with my scotch, but it's fine for swimming -- as clean as it's ever been. Are they closing it because they can't find lifeguards to patrol the place? Not at all. The quarry is part of a park controlled by the local Conservation Authority and 64 Ve ee ee, eh ner aA TD inca ey presentations which addressed a great deal of the concerns ex- pressed by the citizens of Terrace Bay in recent years. My concern is the people in our Community showed very lit- tle interest in the programs that are available through this Department and the information Premier writes Mr. Gilles Pouliot, M.P.P. Lake Nipigon Dear Mr. Pouliot: In response to your recent telex concerning the closure of Kimberly-Clark's Longlac sawmill, senior staff of the Ministries of Natural Resources to be gained concerning the ' drinking and drug- related problems. The event was well-advertised through radio and_ the Newspaper and was held not on- ly as a part of Police Week, but as a direct response to the Com- munity who have expressed a need for this type of information and assistance. It is rather disheartening to see so few people show an interest and take advantage of such an event when it is offered. A concerned citizen Mr~ Peter Romanuk. Pouliot concerning sawmill and Northern Development and. Mines met with K-C woodlands officials and with the Mayor of Longlac, Mr. Renald Beaulieu, on March 25. The following day, Mr. Rene Fontaine, M.P.P., Cochrane North, parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Tourism and Recreation, and Mr. George Tough, the deputy minister of Northern Development and Mines, held meetings with Mr. J. see sawmill page 5 minesweeper. There are gatcs, parking lots, a ticket office and enough lifeguards and superviso- ry personnel to launch a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. The reason we can't swil there any more is that last year a tourist wrecked his back jumping into the swimming hole. He sued for two million bucks. The Conservation Authority does not have a spare two million lying around in the bottom drawer -- particularly when it doesn't take a mental giant to figure out that, if this guy wins, there will be no shortage of people lining up to jump into the swimming hole and claim their payoff. All of which has made the insurance companies go "Eeep!" and tuck their corporate heads way down inside their pinstripea vests. They've jacked the insur ance rate. so _ high the Conservation Authority can't get public liability insurance. That's why you and I can't go for a dip down at the swimming hole. This is where the Canadian legal system gets a little whacko for me. Nobody held a gun to that tourist's head and ordered him to jump. He did it all by himself -- as hundreds of kids have done every sunny day for as many summers as the swimming hole's been there. Now, the walls of the quarry are high -- I would- n't jump off. But if I did and hurt myself in the process, I wouldn't have to look too far to find the person to blame. It's not the first piece of public liability absurdity we've seen around here. Up until last year there was an exceedingly pleas- ant way to spend a Sunday after- noon in these parts. You could go into town, rent a canoe and pass a bucolic hour or two, drifting down the Grand River. past spec- tacular limestone cliffs, under bridges, watching blue herons and mallards and kingfishers all the way to the next town, a dis- tance of perhaps four of five meandering miles downstream. There, you could leave your rent- ed canoe at the dock, stroll uptown for a cool drink, do a lit- tle shopping and sightseeing, then catch a free bus ride back to where vou started. That's gone now. Someone figured out what might happen if some tourist in a rented canoe scraped his knee or caught a chill or pinched his pinky and decided to sue. The insurance rate for the canoe rental company went right through the roof. The business folded. Where will it end? Who knows? Maybe someday our lawyers and judges will get reac- quainted with common sense and accept the rather simple concept that we humans do, occasionally, have to accept some responsibili- ty for our actions. - In the meantime, the sky's the limit, chum. We've got folks stupid cnough to suck several thousand cigarcttcs and get can- cer from it. We've got folks who, after sitting in a bar and getting plastered, go out and kill some- one in their car -- then turn around and sue the bartender who served them. Last weck in Monucal a barber was sucd by a customer for cutting his hair too short. The customer caught a cold. His lawyer feels a $25,000 'settlement would warm his clicnt right up. Still, things could be worse, I suppose. We could be living south of the border, where they really know how to gang rape the concept of public liability. Two years ago, a despondent Manhattanite decided to end it all by throwing himself in front of a speeding New York subway train. The train ran over him, but he didn't dic. He was left a para- plegic, but a paraplegic with chutzpah. The guy sued the New York Public Transit System for several million dollars. His lawyer argued that the Transit System had been negligent in... not preventing his attempted sui- cide. That's the bizarre news. The incredible news is: he won.