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THE
BIG POND TIMES MARCH 2000
VOLUME
VII, NUMBER 3
NOTE TO THE READER B This will be an abbreviated edition of
the TIMES. Don MacGillivray, the scheduled editor for this month, is fully occupied with
his duties as the Chair of the Strike Services Committee for the Faculty Association of
University Teachers. We all hope that the labour dispute between
faculty and administration at UCCB will be
resolved fairly and soon. As a late
replacement it was felt that at minimum readers
should be advised of the last Community
Council meeting and updated on the fact-finding mandate regarding the services and costs between CBRM and Richmond County. We will likely provide an interim edition of the
TIMES focusing on that fact-finding mission. (DMacD) COUNCIL NOTES - The largest
crowd in some time attended the February 2 meeting of council. Most likely the policing issue and discussion
regarding joining Richmond County were the
big draws. The CBRM/Richmond County
issue certainly was the hot discussion item. Many
concerns were raised relating to realignment of boundaries, for example school board
boundaries and the implications for school kids and jobs that might be dependent upon
CBRM. President Currie reassured members that
no adverse implications would necessarily follow.
Melvin White reminded members of the motion passed at the January
meeting, namely that Council was directed to gather information relevant to the subject
and that decisions and any action would
follow after the fact
finding phase is complete. It It was
recommended that Council anticipate work opportunities with highway construction and
contact contractors after tenders are let as well as have some relevant training initiated
for local prospective workers. Members
asked about highway lighting. Many of
BOOK MOBILE - The Cape Breton Bookmobile will be
in the area on Wednesday, March 22: Big Pond, 11:15am; Irish Cove, 1:15pm; and Johnstown
at 2:00pm. WINTER CARNIVAL - This years Winter Carnival was again
hampered by non-winter like weather. It did not slow down the fun though and a late
week cool-down did let the skating and ice-fishing events as well as the community walk go
on . Bad weather kept the numbers down for
the kick-off Pot Luck Supper but the food and the Tarabish were great. Emma MacDonald certainly enjoys her Tarabish. Awards for the kid’s Ice Fishing Derby this
year were for endurance rather than fish. Megan
MacLeod won the perseverance award, and the balance of prizes were based on Asea-weed@. First prize went to John Stephen Pronk and the
others went to- Nicole Pronk, James Currie, Kayla Currie, Jean Marie and Natalie MacMillan
and Mitchel MacLeod. The annual Fireman’s Exotic Fashion Show went on as scheduled in
spite of the absence of traditional emcee, Ron McCarron who pled illness. Musicians-
Malcie, Flo and guest artist, Fr Joe Gillis, lent what class they could to the event as
did the birthday cake and best wishes for Norma McDonald.
A new award, the “Swan’s Down” was awarded, in absentia, to
Bev MacPherson. It was a fun event. Thanks
to the committee of Gerald Thomas, Marie MacPhee, Melvin White, Carol MacDonald, and Norma
McDonald. The contributions of all who
prepared food, cleaned the ice, moved benches is appreciated. A special thanks is extended to Bill Mozvik for
his generous donation of plates, cups and paper products.
CITIZENS IN ACTION PUBLIC MEETING: This writer
counted, yes counted, twenty-seven Big Pond year-round residents among the four thousand
area residents who came out Sunday, February 20 to the public meeting at Center 200 to
express their displeasure about the decision and decision making process by CBRM Council
on policing. That is a significant proportion of our community population.This number
doesn’t include the further number of summer residents, former residents and other
residents missed in the count. A motion proposed by Big Pond resident Dennis MacDonald was
adopted unanimously. The motion mandated the Citizens In
Action Committee to continue its efforts to have the CBRM decision on
policing rescinded. It also called for all actions related to its
implementation to be halted and THE BIG POND TIMES - Founded in 1994 is published by the Big Pond Council with a circulation of 300.Contact Don MacGillivray, Big Pond, Nova Scotia, B0A 1H0 or e-mail don.macgillivray@ns.sympatico.ca or Dennis MacDonald, den.carol@ns.sympatico.ca. It is the newspapers duty to print the news and raise hell,Chicago Tribune, 1861. Contact Josephine McCarron, Big Pond for subscriptions. New rates: Canadian $7.00; American addresses $8.50; international $13.00. This issue was brought to you by Dennis & Carol MacDonald, Josephine McCarron, Michael MacNeil, Mel Currie, Frank Sampson, Pat Nelder.Deadline for the April issue is March 24. |
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