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0» page 2 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-D ° EDITORIAL PAGE- NORTH LEEDS LANTERN Dear Readers, We haven't done a lot of editorial crying on your shoulder lately owing to an enjoyable period of relative prosperâ€" ity at the Lantern.There have been a few changes lately that our readers should be aware of. The Canada Works program which brought us the services of our reporter,Jan Robâ€" son,is drawing to an end.The tasks of writing,typing and coâ€"ordinating the efâ€" forts of our staff will have to be tak- en up by our volunteers for the most part. This means an increased need for volun- teer help. We have never been as well staffed in the typing department as we would wish.Anyone who wouldn't mind typing a few articles each month is encouraged to volunteer their services. We have had occasion lately to exam- ine our sources of revenue,both public and private.The re8ults have caused us to question the practicality of contin- uing to mail papers in Westport and North Crosby.Those two areas account for alâ€" most 600 papers(25% of our costs),but generate very little revenue from ad- vertising. North Crosby Township Council has de- cided to discontinue their financial support of the Lantern,making matters worse and leaving us facing a losing proposition at this time. In the near future we will be making a decision whether or not to continue mailing the Lantern to these two areas. If you wish to have a voice in the deci- sion,please contact your local Lantern volunteer or Council member.In the event service is curtailed,we will attempt to make the Lantern available by subscripâ€" tion. Thereby hangs another tale.0ur initiâ€" al application for registration as sec; 0nd class mail has been rejected.We have been lumped in with fraternal,trade and professional organizations for the pur- poses of the post office act,and those groups don't qualify.Hopefully in the months to come we can sell ourselves to the mail classification people in the months to c0me,thereby cutting the cost of mailing subscriptions by over half. This is the news from Lantern head- quarters this month.Keep cards and let- ters coming;and if you can't send a card or letter,come out and lend a hand! Inside the Lantern Profile 3 Restoration at Jones Falls 4,20 Foley Mt. news 5 Rideau Crafts Festival 6 Trip to Dawson Creek 7 Elgin Community Centre 12 S.C.Fire Dept. Parade 13 Westport Museum 16 Appropriate Technology 18 Kid's Stuff 18 North Leeds Directory 20 Cookery Corner 21 Classifieds 23 Gardening 24 l I DEADLINE All material and advertisements should be submitted by the Friday preceding the fourth Tuesday of the month. letters to Me flit" Dear Editor. I've thought of writing sever- al times to give you some feedback on your efforts at communicating through these pages.I think your paper is worthy of praise for its attempts at communicating local issues to local people. I believe the township councils supporting the paper are to be thanked for ensuring that we reâ€" ceive the paper.In my case.I thank the Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne for their support.Reports of coun- cil activities are to be encour- aged.Municipal government ,being front line-grass roots governâ€" ment,obviously needs the support and recognition which your paper is beginning to provide. A second issue.and one as impâ€" portant to the general reader. is currently beginning in our area.0ntario Hydro is requesting permission from landowners to spray roadsides for brush con- trol.The spray is a herbicide. 50% of which is 2-4â€"5-T accord- ing to Mr.H.Enright.Head of For- estry for Brockville Region.0nt- ario nydro. 2-4-5-T is one of the herbi- cides which breaks down into dioxin.Dioxin made headlines a while ago(via 5th Estate CBC programming) with the implica- tions that its use had negative effects on life forms.even at several parts per million con- centration. We've refused permission for Hydro to spray our property lines and would suggest other property owners consider both sides of the question before they easily agree to this spray programme. Yours sincerely. Douglas C.Green UNICEF in LEEDS 'â€"â€"â€"'â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"-.â€"lâ€"’ UNICEF,the United Nation s children's fund.is organizing a committee in the County of Leeds. UNICEF works in over one hundr- ed developing countries of the world in the field of basic ser- vices: education,health and nutri- tion.In Canada.UNICEF committees carry on the well known Halloween programme each October.Canadian children share their fun at Hal- loween by collecting coins for the less fortunate children of the world in UNICEF'S orange.b1ack and white boxes. Cards are also sold to raise funds.particularly at Christmas° Cards and stationery are available year round.The public also con- tributes through donations. All money collected goes into goods and services.rather than being given directly to a country. Anyone interested in helping with these programmes please contact Mrs. R. Dunnage,R.R.1,Portland.telephone 272-2166. North Leeds \\ / LANTEW " The North Leeds Lantern is distributed free of charge to all households in the Townships of North Crosby,South Crosby, Bastard and South Burgess,Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne,and Villages of Newboro and Westport. The Lantern is published on or before the» first of every month.It is produced by a_ committee of Volunteers and receives support from most of the townships of North Leeds. Subscriptions are available to those out- side the area at a cost of $3/year. Please address all correspondence to P.0.Box l36,Elgin,Ont.. Editor Doug Roantree 387-3143 Assoc.-Editor Jan Robson 359-5647 Elgin Marilyn McLennan359-5723 Delta Lucy Hensley 928-2435 Harlemâ€"Chantry Doris Vonhone 924-2539 Lyndhurst Marion Olivo 928-2841 Morton Fred Whitney 387â€"3300 Newboro Sue Chamberlain 272-2158 Colleen McLellan272-2168 Judy Pattinson 272-2736 Helen Sweet 387-3569 Shirley Weaver 387-3570 Lucille Bresee 273-5704 Etta Proud 272-2480 Lloyd Stone 359-5292 Hans Scheitrowsky 387â€"3609 Portland Seeleys Bay Westport Farm News Photos Graphics gRINDSTONE ISLAND PEACE CENTRE The Grindstone Peace Centre. located on Grindstone Island on Big Rideau Lake off Portland.has set its summer schedule of semin- ars.The following are open to public registration: CANADA/QUEBEC:A NEW FUTURE Learn about the background to the Parti Quebequois' 1976 vic- tory and Canada's crisis. Write:Prof.D.V.J.Bell.McLaugh- lin 123.York Univ..Downsview. Ont. July 21-23. ‘ UN & DISARMAMENTzPROJECT PLOWâ€" SHARES July 27-30 First-person reports of the UN Special Sessions on Disarmament from delegates like NGO deleg- ates' leader Homer Jack. WritezMurray Thompson.Project Plowshares.1075 meadowlands Dr. E.,#175,0ttawa.0nt. GRINDSTONE SCHOOL FOR PEACE August 5-18 Share in an inten- sive course on Third World strug- gles,nonviolent social change. Native Peoples' concerns.etc.. Write:Grindstone School.P.O.Box 571.Stn.P.Toronto.0nt. AUGUST COâ€"OP DAYS Aug.25-30 Canoe.relax-or help finish the Pocock Centre. Write3Co-op Days.Grindstone Is- land,Portland.Ont. ENERGY & CHANGE Sept.1-4 Learn about alternative energy and energy's role in social change. Write:Doug Saunders.24 Poplar Plains Rd..Toronto.Ont.. “J '