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Clinton News-Record, 1971-11-11, Page 9;Clinton, Ontario' Second Section Clinton News -Record Thursday, November 11, 1971 106 Your No, 45 British hunting rules something else Th e following article appeared recently in a British Columbia newspaper featuring a well-known personality in Whiterock, B.C. Russ Langford and wife Margaret are relatives of some well-known Clinton -area people too, Gus and June Boussey. The article was passed to us for the appreciation of the local readers. ALLOWED ONLY ONE SHOT BRITISH HUNTING RULES BIT ODD Veteran White Rock hunter Russ Langford went hunting with an English baronet during a five-week vacation in the British Isles. "It was a tremendous experience," he said, "but the British have some funny hunting rules." The baronet was Sir Kenneth Alfred Leader Brown, K.B.E., former Lord Mayor of Bristol and now chairman of the Port of Bristol Authority. Russ and his wife, Margie, were his guests on a private hunt for grouse and pheasant. Russ and his wife returned home to White Rock last week after spending five weeks touring Britain, Scotland, Wales and France. Their introduction to Sir Kenneth was the result .of an incident that took place two years ago. Russ owned a house in Vancouver which he rented to young people. One of his tenants was a young lady named Carol Brown. Knowing of Russ's fondness for hunting, she invited him to meet her father, also an avid hunter and then on a visit to Canada. Carol's father turned out to be Sir Kenneth's brother. When Russ and Margie decided to make a tour of the United Kingdom, they were invited by Sir Kenneth to go hunting during their stay. When they accepted, Russ got his first experience of the .British in the hunting field. And he was "very impressed", he said. "We went to a stretch of hunting country near BristoI,'t Russ said. "We were after grouse and pheasant. But the rules were a little different." Russ described how he was required to walk through the hunting area with an unloaded gun under his arm. The gun is Mustangs over 'Belmont 5-4 BY BERT CLIFFORD The 5-4 win and 5-5 tie with ,Belmont gave the Clinton Mustangs a good hold on first place in the OHA Western Junior D League this weekend. Last season Belmont downed Clinton on all four occasions they met and the Mustangs hope to reverse the situation this year. Young Paul Johnson opened the scoring for Clinton in both the game Friday night at home and the one in Belmont Sunday. In Friday night's game he fired a quick wrist shot from 10 feet out at 4:49 of the first •eriod. Throughout Friday's :ame, the Mustangs' defence i ept going into lapses and elmont capitalized with goals. oalie Fred German was really of during the first period as Iinton took five penalties. elntont's Doug Hepburn scored n the first period to tie the tame 1-1, then tied the game gain in the second at 2-2. Dave Fawcett drilled a shot rom the point for Clinton's econd goal. Wayne McDougall as johnny-on-the-spot and reflected two shots for goals in he second to give Clinton a 4.2 ead, Poor defensive clearing in ront of Cermet allowed elmont to come back and tie he score early in the third. Gord iley scored what proved to be he tying goal on a play set up y defenceman Wayne Arthur. rthur bullied his way into the .orner and passed a perfect pass ut to ftiley in front of the net. Booster club draw winner was ori Jefferson. 'd'he lucky rogram holder was Jerry Riehl f Huron Park. Sunday night's game in elmont had to be delayed for n hour as the Mustangs had roblenis with very slow traffic nd a multiple -car accident to ass on the way to Belmont. The ante started out very sluggish rad before the Mustangs could et untracked, Belmont had otie ahead 3-0. Ali the goals ame off rebounds after German ad made saves and no one :leaned the puck. As in Friday's ;acne, Johnson finished off a ieautiful play started by JIM Ilanieton and Bill Crawford at .1:37 of the second. 'The goal really fired up the ,lab. Bill Stirling who had been Lead scoreless so far in the ehson, finally came up with a oal at 12:41 when he outfought Belniont defencernati for the yuck and fired in a backhand hot, in the final minute of the econd, Stirling hustled into the outer and passed out to Stu custard for the tying goal, With only 1:48 played lit the hied, Clinton took the lead for he first time, on a great effort y _Pawl Johnson, Johnson dug the puck out of heavy traffic and laid a pass out to Gary Cummings who in turn fired in a quick backhand shot. After Belmont tied the score 4.4 at. 6:45, Clinton had to fight for their lives to keep Belmont -from scaring. Fred German was simply outstanding in making 26 saves in the third, many labelled goals. The scooter line of Wayne and Bill McDougall and Gord Riley came on at the 10 -minute mark and in 12 seconds Wayne McDougall hit for his fourth goal of the year. Brother Bill started off with some good checking behind the Belmont net, then his pass went to Riley who passed quickly from behind the net to Wayne McDougall for the winning goal. Clinton picked up three Minor penalties in the final minutes and Belmont really put on the pressure, even pulling the goalie in the final minute, During the hectic 10 minutes, German put on a display of acrobatics in kicking out shots from every angle and catching some wicked shots from the point. Clinton will be out to gain revenge on Mitchell Friday night at the Community Centre, Last week Mitchell stole a win on a late drive, CLINTON 5 --- BELMONT 5 PERIOD 1: 1.4:49, 0, Paul Johnson (3), Bob Cook. 2,12:21, 13, Doug Hepburn. Penalties -- Clinton, 5; Belmont, 2. PERIODS 2: 3.9:13, 0, Dave Fawcett (2), Crawford and Cummings. 4.12:05, B, Doug Hepburn. 5.16:45, 0, Wayne McDougall (2), Cameron and Mustard. 6.17:17, 0, Wayne McDougall (3), Arthur and Mustard. 7.18:03, 13, Don McPherson. Penalties — Clinton, 3; Belmont, 3. PERIOD 3: 8,6:45, Landon. 9.14:33, 0, Gord Riley (2), Arthur. 10.15:44, B, Ken Gracer. Penalties Clinton, 3; Belmont, 5. CLINTON 5 — BELMONT 4 PERIOD 1: 1.12:18, 13, Doug Hepburn. Penalties — Clinton, 4; $elmont, 3. PERIOD 2: 2.8:52, 13, Lorne Dale. 3.10:47, 13, Gary Stead. 4.11:37, 'C, Paul Johnson (4), Cameron and Crawford, 5.12:41, 0, Bill Stirling (1), Ron Graham. 6.19:05, C, Stu Mustard (3), Stitling. Penalties— Clinton, 2; Belmont, 5. PERIOD 3: 7,1:48, C, Gary Cummings (2), Johnson., 8.6:45, 13, :Ken Gra sort. 9,10:1 C �' r r Wayne Mcbougail (4), Bill McDougall and Gord Riley. Penalties -- 'Clinton, 5; Belmont, 1. not loaded, he was told, until you reach the spot where you intend to shoot from. Having taken position, the gun can be loaded and when a bird breaks from cover, it is permitted to shoot at it. "But you are only allowed one shot," Russ said. "If you miss, the bird is allowed to fly away. You can't shoot at it again. "Not only that, but nobody else is allowed to shoot at your bird — and you aren't allowed to take a shot at anyone else's bird. The birds get a sporting chance, which is more than they get in Canada," Russ was equally impressed withthe hospitality shown to him by the British, During a visit to Scotland, he and his wife attended services at Crathie Church in the afternoon -- a few hours after the Royal Family visited .the church for morning services, The couple spent four days in France before returning. to White Rock. ".It was a tremendous vacation," Russ said. "We travelled through the British Isles by train and saw some wonderful scenery. "But that hunting trip — and those rules! That was something else..." hat's iiety at Baron vte'w? �r:•r;;; G:•r:;.;r .f* :,rr3'c: ; �;r: rr,.�.;?'• y;�::y..:• r�i 'fr:•,a.�e:•^"� r .{•� <'f.. rJf .:i}j'}.a .r�6,1'i�•o: r ♦. r r r.•f ��:fliif/�'r'i.G'`'i7S+tr��:�fe.'i..t'•:.r�:.i:C�'s ••r.� V7v °`i� vd6d It was standing room only in the auditorium on Friday afternoon for the annual Hallowe'en party. Several residents and staff in costume led the parade to music by the Huronview Orchestra assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Finlay of Goderich. Following an hour of dancing and games, apples, candies, and cookies were served. The afternoon proved to be quite a success and the co-operation of the staff and volunteers was greatly appreciated. A group of Young People from the Christian Reform Church provided special musical numbers at the Sunday evening song service led by Dick Roorda. Members of the Senior Citizens Club of Goderich joined the residents for an afternoon of progressive euchre and games on Wednesday. Twelve tables of euchre were played with Francis Inglis and Charles Jeffs sharing high scores. Consolation winners were Mrs. McKay and Tom Clark. Communion services were held in the chapel this week with Reverend Russell of the Anglican Church officiating on Thursday morning and Father Kelly, Clinton on Friday morning. The Seaforth Junior Farmers arranged the entertainment for Family Night with the President, Keith Williamson introducing the program. The Junior Farmer Choir directed by Rev, Docken of Walton sang several selections; there were vocal numbers by the Henderson sisters, Darlene, Donna, and Debbie; duets by Grace Campbell and Ruth Townsend, Irma Price and Evelyn Storey; solo by Graham Craig; step dancing by Bill and Murray Henderson; and square dancing by the Junior Farmer set with Mrs. Orville Storey calling. Accompanists for the program were Mrs. Henderson and Irma Price. Miss Gray thanked the entertainers on behalf of the residents. TODAY'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN "Healthy and active" Jininiy is fill, a sinallebonel, slim, and food -looking boy. Ile has big brown ryes, Brown hair, and a medium eornplo'don. Healthy ee d active, he likes the outdoors, especially on n farm. die is keen on hoekey and lacrosse and mit)) t)'. � to the -arenas to see older hos piny. going Jimmy's drsrli ttent has been slow due to t•arly el rie rations, but airier eveering nuescrl echool he has elude great strides. Ills speech is still seemewhni behind mid S 1. e. is la.. ticz:ttsit►ititlly difficult to unfit rt,tantl. But he i. ,► listable youngster, ensile pleased and vett' teepintsise to affection and attention, Jimmy enjoys Sesame Street., anti ie fond of music and TV cartoons and likes to lel rend to, dirt chooses; his own library hooks, usually :inbuilt stories. ills big thrill is aleej Ing in t slee1ftig bag. Intal nerds amother :Ind father who wiltelcome Jimmy . ,.. ..' been -e kith with the knowledge that he lids lit iia slow ie ehrrl opulent lint appears to make progress with stirmrlalitin, Intik-We and attention, To rtrgtdre Meant aatloptinl; Firth' lora,,, please write 'to Today's Child Department of :social arttd Family erviees. Parliament ditiildinge, 'Toronto 182. x?ntr :general ardoption information, ask Cour Children's AYcI Soeiely. Coaservat4rz for the living An -address prepared by R, .p., Martin, Resources Manager of the Ausable River Conservation Authority, from various and sundry sources, for "Conservation Week" — Sept. 2Q-26, 1971, What is your impression of conservation? Is it similar to the father's in the first paragraph of a new book put out by .the Ausable Authority and written by Andrew Dixon?d $`Da, what's conservation?" "Jest talk, son," "No, Dad, I said conservation, not conversation," "Same thing, son." Or is yours a different impression' Conservation started as a homespun thing, related .to the obvious. The era of the wilderness was passing, but the wasteful methods of those who carne to this country for a living remained. Too soon there were problems. Light soils no longer held water — they blew away. Wells went dry. Farms were abandoned. Floods appeared every other spring. For the first 40 years of this century conservation in Ontario meant forest conservation and this, in the minds of most people, meant tree planting and protecting forests from fire. During the Second World War, the thinking with regard to conservation broadened to include not only forests but also all the renewable natural resources, including water, soil, wildlife, and subsequently recreation. Management problems finally got through to us and we agreed reluctantly to a conservation need. The Conservation Authorities Act was passed in 1946, and since then 37 authorities have been established. Although the former Etobicoke Creek Authority (now part of the MTRCA) might dispute it, the Ausable is proud to be known as the first Conservation Authority in Ontario, Only recently, however, have we become anxious about air and water pollution and the environment as a whole. Life grew more complicated. There was more pressure and competition. There was more sophistication, The frontier shifted to exciting things like communications, data processing and automation, chemical research, marketing, consumer reports, efficient management. This brought us prosperity plus: shorter working hours, more education, more money, increasing urbanization. The arts began to flower. Hobbies became a big industry. But for many the big problem was how to spend the time and resources satisfyingly. There was a rush to the out-of-doors, It is ingrained in our history and implicit in the wonderful land with its lakes, forests, fish and game. It is aided by our increased mobility and by our cleverness in making the wilderness comfortable. Yet problems remained. Recreation lands assumed scarcity and investment value. As cities grew, much of this Land was snapped up by private individuals. Public lands were in danger of being used to death. NEW KIND OF CONSERVATION In the 1960's the need for a new kind of conservation was upon us. But this is only part of the story, for the city was by now producing its own brand of person, one who knew not the land; to whom a supply of milk was merely a matter of a factory replenishing the supermarket shelves. Increased use of the land went hand in glove with an increased ignorance of even its simplest aspects. Even the hunter, who in earlier times had been taught by his father to love the woods, became part of a vast industry devoted to the sales of ammunition and equipment, the production of targets, the pursuit of an elusive and retreating manliness, and the blind following of fashion, Everyone has to have a cottage or a faun. This was a retreat in earlier times, a return to the simplicity and quietness and beauty of the land. But with the mounting need for all these things, cottage living has become more and more a taking of the city to the lake; flower beds and lawns like Don Milts; broadloom and tiled bathrooms; draglined shores and concrete retaining walls; a social round that rivals that of suburbia; pollution of the once clear lakes and rivers. Contact with the landscape is largely through a motor of some kind en outboard, a car, a snowmobile or a swamp buggy, a lawnmower or chain saw, a ski tows These things are not wrong. They are what people seem to want. Yet they are changing our nountryside. And we need to Consider the conservationist's reaetion to this fact. The rush to the cottage is bringing newer, wider, more aseptic highways hi place of the intimate beauty many nostalgically dream about, We are promised subdivision buildings several layers deep around many of our precious lakes, high-rise apartments and artificial lagoons. The trend, apparently, is inevitable; for this, people are willing and :anxious to pay larger and larger sums of money. We cannot foresee an end. New methods of transportation helicopter buses, air -Cushion boats among them -- ran take us to remote places with ease. No place can be thought really safe. Does it matter? Our edutationai system has riot concerned 'itself much with the quality or life, concentrating on econonile standards of living, And perhaps we don't care. Yet there are signs. Canoeing,sailing, hiking are growing in popularity, now that industrialization has overtaken tamping. Wilderness trails are packed. Whiter camping is catching on. The old concept of the naturalist es a spinsterish maiden lady is shoekfngly out of date. We ate finding the embryo bird -watcher in most of us. The best hunters ate finding theft deepest satisfaction in just 'being a part of the landscape. Expensive 'cameras and telephoto lenses are popular. ?There is a need, and the beginning of a demand, for some new approach to xecreation in our land; for increased understanding; for an enriched use of the land's potential. Simple assumptions — that a tree is a tree; that the only animal worth considering is a deer; that fishing and swimming are the basic uses of waters —• these are a pioneer stage of conservation for better living. NEW ETHIC OP THE OUTDOORS But what we really need is the opportunity 'for all sorts of people to learn a new ethic of the outdoors, an ethic based on an understanding of what the countryside is all about, end an appreciation of the slow, careful shaping and intricate relationships of each element in it. The new ethic is an ethic of respect; it will not willingly destroy any Part of this wonderful mechanism, although it knows that the mechanism is in some ways self-destructive. If modifications must be made, it tries to find the least damaging way, and determines to save what it can. Is this an ethic for the financier, the real estate man, the working man with his new affluence? Can it get through the fog of small talk and callousness that wafts into any occasion when men of affairs get together? It can and it must. For these men too are aware of the strains of city traffic night and morning, of the ever -diminishing sanctuary of the wild. For everyone who revels in the challenges of hard-nosed competition there are a dozen who secretly find it all increasingly terrifying. They are worried about their teenagers and they wonder how to help them find security in themselves and beyond themselves. They suspect they are dying slowly from polluted air and from chlorinated hydrocarbons in their food and if they are not, no one will unequivocally say so. This new ethic, based upon ecology— the p science dealing with the relationships between living organisms and their environment — has been called the New Conservation. Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Stewart Udall, named it the "Third Wave" of conservation thinking. The first two "waves", preservation and regulation, were resource centred. The ideological shift to building conservation on man vis-a-vis his environment, forces a radical reassessment of certain values from another era. Two of these precepts were that "leisure is bad" and that "all development is good". The stigma attached to enjoying oneself is perhaps all but gone. However, its legacy is apparent in the slowness with which means are provided to integrate fulfilling leisure -time experiences into our daily, and increasingly urbanized, routine. The precept that development is always good is all too seldom the subject of criticism. As a culture, we tend to measure success in terms of gross national product, numbers of automobiles produced, miles of highways completed, and numbers of new industries or homes built. Given the ecological ethic, the advantages of development must be weighed against such variables as the number of new junkyards, the acres of open space lost, new levels of air and water pollution, or the crowded regimentation of urban and suburban existence, According to Mr. Udall, "the new value system sets greatness above growth, puts quality ahead of quantity -- and demands that corporate parts of America do the same." THREE CHOICES Public, corporate and private sectors have one of three choices. They must either voluntarily accept responsibility to posterity and act in the best, long-range public interest; they must accept coercion leading to the same end; or they must tolerate an environment that will inevitably decline in quality, the moral responsibility for which they will not be here to accept. A further implication of New Conservation is that man and his world form an ecosystem. Man has for many years been the unchallenged manipulator of that system, Only recently has he been forced to acknowledge that his role should not be one of master, but rather of cooperating partner. The systems approach to any problem rests on the premise that all cotnpbnenis are interdependent. Any action therefore, Which alters the equilibrium of the system, must in some way be compensated, if balance is to be restored. When one applies this principle to the complex implications of environrieentat conservation, one sees that eurrent forces producing disequilibrium are staggering. Natural equilibrating forces are totally incapable of coping with alterations in the landscape wrought with the speed and finality characteristic of the technocracy in which we live. One example would be the severe lowering of the natural water table in many parts of North America: With this in mind, it is apparent that the era is pasted when we can afford the luxury of -blundering front crisis to expedient rlecision to crisis. We must abandon the comparative ease of compartmentalization, and adopt the systems approach inherent in the New Conservation. No longer is it possible to accept traditionally -isolated conservation categories such as forest, wildlife, water or land use. Neither is it possible to ignore any portion of the landscape by saying "that is not our problem." The city, the suburb, the rural landscape and the wilderness are equally significant in balancing the total environment, and eventually, the quality le one sector will influence the quality throughout. Just as conservation per se cannot be segmented, the professional resources manager cannot be expected to shoulder the entire responsibility for environmental quality. Every branch of government, every corporation citizens' groupr5' and ever. , every individual has both a vested interest and a responsibility ta collaborate. The highway builder, the lion* builder,the oil refinery, the pulp ttiitl, the autontobile industry, the tourist industry, the motorist, the boater, the administrator, the planner, the educator, the parent, the child each :one must play his part, REPERCUSSIONS New Conservation demands that every decision which alters the landscape (rural or urban) he made in terms of its repercussions Within the whole system, It dernands that the influence upon our primary, resource —. people — be investigated, It domande that our concern include not only the traditional facets of conservation, but also acoustic, visual and aesthetic pollution, social stress, mental and physical health and increased education for utilizing and appreciating leisure time. In this context, education assumes an extremely significant role in the implementation of New Conservation. Decision -makers armed with tools of technology have been primarily responsible for the degradation of our environment; isolated or uninformed decisions have led tts to the dangerously wounded environment of today. Our only hope for environmental restoration and balance lies in enlightened decision-making, with controlled use of technological aids. Up until very recently we have tended to view our economy as a type of huge grinder, fed from above by a hopper filled with natural resources. When the handle of the economy is cranked, out come finished products' and wastes, This is a through -put economy. The conservation movement in the past has been primarily concerned with the rope puller on the natural resource hopper. The fear has been that some day there would not be enough of some vital resource such as wood fibre, crude oil, fresh water, etc. This was the "preservation wave" we referred to earlier. New technology and changes in relative prices have worked together in double harness and we're still able to get what we need when we pull the rope, at least in developed countries. Conservation in the past has been secondarily concerned, with sinks filling up with the wastes. As population and wealth have grown, we turn the handle faster and crank through more resources. The output of wastes increases. Sometimes the sinks run over and we cannot ignore the mess. Because of this, we've become very conscious about "sinks" and what's happening to our "wastes" that cause pollution of our air, water, soil, and aesthetic surroundings. This was the "regulation wave" referred to earlier. The real threat to our continued comfortable existence will probably be a high pile of garbage, not a diminished stack of resources. I would not be surprised if we run out of pollutable lakes and reservoirs before our mines and ores are exhausted. RECYCLED WASTES It is for this reason that the concept of the spaceship earth economy presents itself as an attractive alternative. The principal difference has to do with what happens to wastes. Instead of piling up wastes in "sinks", they are recycled and made into useful resources. This spaceship concept of our economy can be extended to our whole planet. Earth is a finite spaceship with a finite resource lease, speeding through space. At a certain level of technology it can only sustain a certain population, and presently we are not sustaining what we have. Man is undoubtedly the principal polluter of this globe -- he is also becoming the principal pollutant, We are going to have to set down the standards of environmental quality that we are prepared to live with, and this must then serve as a guideline in determining the earth's carrying capacity. Our environmental problems cannot be adequately dealt with unless we take a comprehensive view of them. This comprehensiveness of approach was labelled "environmental Conservation" some 15 years ago, but only now do we seem to be realty thinking about attempting it, now that the "New Wave of Conservation" is rolling in. But the wave will never crest and break over us if we are not prepared to take a much longer view of things. One of the problems in taking this long-term environmental view is that we carry on our daily activities hi the short run. The longest planning period we use is 20 to 30 years, end this is based almost entirely on the mortgage period used by business, It is Ole business and profit mentality that straight -jackets our thinking. We are going to have to stop treasuring progress by that god -- the Gross National Product. As we are tied to this false measure of progress (false because it measures quantity, not quality), so we are getting more and more people hooked on this drug Which destroys not only mind and body, but the very habitat of man. A bA1LY HABIT If conservation is truly to become a daily habit, it will requite a new relationship and basis for ethics — a relationship of man to nature rather than man to man. Nature will have to be looked on as a part of life, and man roust see himself as an extension of her, and relate to her on a community basis. And who is going to speak for the environment? On a personal level, I hope you are. day now you should be well-informed 'as to What the individual earl tlo. If you don't know, you shofild feel ashamed at your ignorance and wake up and find out. On the municipal end regional level, the Conservation Authorities across the province are in an admirable position to speak for the environment. They are regional in stature, based on a watershed boundary. They involve a wide ran e of people -�- enthusiastic g amateurs and professionals, while still Maintaining well-defined responsibility to Maintaining the municipality as a whole. They are close to local problems and they have always dealt With all aspects of the envitonmeet, though Piot always with a comprehensive total Please turn to Page 6A