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Citizens News July 31, 1980
Yes, this is the beach at St. Joseph
The natural choice
As any biologist will tell you, marshes play a
eery important role in the balance of nature.
In addition to being an area of abundant plant and
animal growth, the marsh is also very important as
natural filter for the water which it holds.
It's in this last area where we seemed to have
!ome full circle. In an experimental project near
listowel and artificial marsh has been created to
Teat part of that community's sewage effluent.
Planted in the marsh are 10,000 cattails which
ise their nutrients found in sewage effluent in much
he same way that lawns use nutrients from
manure and other fertilizers.
The cattails will be studied by ministry of the
environment officials for their ability to remove
heavy metals from the sewage.
One wonders if this is not a more logical way of
removing impurities from sewage especially in the
case of the city of London. Creating a marsh and
providing a home for varied types of plant and
wildlife makes much sense compared to the crea-
tion of the Glengowan dam which would be one
large sore in the countryside.
Nature does know best, doesn't it?
Economic woes
Faced with inflation in double digit figures for the
irst time in almost five years, a country's govern-
ment would be expected to implement measures
with the swiftness of a surgeon performing a
ielicate operation.
In most countries yes, but not in Canada. When
:he inflation figures jumped to more than 10 per
:exit last week the Prime Minister shrugged the an-
iouncement off and with his infamous indifference,
;aid the government would produce a budget before
:he end of the year. Considering his activities of
ate, the Prime Minister appears more interested in
:he constitution than the well-being of the country's
?conomy.
Of course ,this should come as no surprise.
Economics has never been Mr: Trudeau's strong
;uit. If anything has characterized his tenure as
.he head of the country, it has been poor manage-
nent of Canada's fiscal and monetary resources.
rom allowing government spending to balloon to
rlmost uncontrollable levels to keeping the price of
)il at an unreasonably low level, the government
las always followed a make-believe attitude
owards the world of dollars and cents.
That attitude is based on the theory that as long
is the government can print more money to pay its
Iebts, everything will be fine. It's been a great
policy for winning votes - and losing supporters
among the business community.
However, this policy of the last 12 years is final-
ly catching up with us. Because of its tremendous
debt and its huge payments to keep the price of oil
at less than half the world price, the feds cannot af-
ford to bring in measures to fight the high un-
employment of inflation we now face.
It is a serious problem and one with no easy
answers. In comparison, the constitutional debates
seem about as complex as television guide
crosswords. So the government goes the easy route,
forgetting about the more serious problems of our
economy and spending its time on other high profile
matters.
This is a rather feeble form of government
from a party that defeated a budget it said was bad
for the country more than nine months ago. That
means it has been more than a year since a federal
budget was passed: with its new taxes, incentives
and government goals to reflect the day's 'fiscal
problem.
Canada needs a federal budget and it needs one
immediately. The government's decision to delay
its budget until the end of the year shows how in-
different it is to the needs of the average Canadian.
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1 TOM CREECH
1 . Aday at .
the golf course
It's Monday morning at the golf course with a
slight haze hanging above the dew covered fairways
and greens while in the distance the sound of a . two-
cylindered powered grass cutter can be heard 'as the
first attempt at grooming the course for this week's
action.
On the tee near the clubhouse four pre -high school
youngsters are removing the cobwebs from an evening
of repose as they arttempt once again, to master the
fairways and the. greens.
A couple of practice swings and they're off, leav-
ing a multitude of foot -prints as they head off into the
haze and up the hill to their first shot.
Meanwhile in the clubhouse the day's work has
just begun..
Counting the day's float for those people who insist
on paying three dollar green fees with fifty dollar blls,
cleaning the grill so that the day's first hamburger
won't taste like yesterday's last hotdog and making
sure that there were clean towels for the expected in-
frequent use of the sauna on a day when most people
are bqhind the desk and not behind the green, it's all in
an ealy morning's'activities.
Meanwhile back on the course, a sun which is
recovering from a rough weekend begins to move
away from the horizon and in the process, burns off the
haze which hovers like steam over the acres of grass.
On the fourth tee, our pre -pubescent hitters of the
little white ball begin to discover thetrue meaning of
the word "Golf". ,
Taking a trusty three iron from his bag, on young
man resplendent in his shining joggers trunks, slightly
worn golf glove and white golf shoes addresses the ball
in a fashion which befits a person twice his age.
Keeping his eye on the ball, the club is drawn back
to a point where the club face is a foot from his left
shoulder.
Bringing the club back from its near horizontal
position our golfer moved his legs and hips forward in
the prescribed fashion in anticipation of a good drive.
Unfortunately, our young stroker lifted his head
just as contact with the small white object was to be
made. As a result, the following utterance could be
heard: "Damn!"
Two of his other golfing companions made
successful shots but the fourth member of the party
was a victim of similar circumstances and made a
statement which could be considered very down to
earth.
By this time our friend, the sun, had completely
alighted from his heavenly repose and caused the
golfers to pay for their exercise in the form of
moisture dripping off their foreheads.
It was also at this time that the green greens and
the green fairways were receiving their daily allot-
ment of man-made moisture.
The afternoon saw the course really come alive
with golfers of all ages, including one gentleman who
employed a highly unusual golf stance.
Nattily attired in baby blue, the small frame
gentleman lept out of his car, picked out a nine iron
and walked the six feet to his ball.
Approaching the ball in a normal fashion the
gentleman who is reknowned in this part of the
territory for his coffee drinking exploits, suddenly
moved his right leg back about a foot in a style
reminiscent of John Wockenfuss of the Detroit Tigers.
Taking the club back in an almost usual fashion our
coffee drinker -come -golfer hit a fine shot which landed
only a few feet away from the green.
Meanwhile, the afternoon had turned into early
evening which is the time that the golf course really
takes a beating, almost equal to the Saturday tour-
naments, where in many cases the swigs from the beer
bottles would approximate the golfer's score.
The evening is the time that many people of the tee
to green set would consider the best for the hitting of
the little white round object.
Aside from the cooler temperatures, an evening
with a bright sun offers the golfers another excuse if
they have hit a bad shot into the sun. "Well, Hugh, I
better hit another shot since we didn't see where that
darn thing was headed for."
A few hours later, when the sun has gone down and
the last players are finishing their rounds in near
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