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OPINION PAGE Publisher/Editor– Howie Crichton hcrichton@review-mirror.com Advertising Sales – Bill Ritchie advertising@review-mirror.com Office – Louise Haughton lhaughton@review-mirror.com Reporter-Photographer - Margaret Brand mbrand@review-mirror.com 4 – August 17, 2017 The Review-Mirror 43 Bedford St. P.O. Box 130,Westport, Ont. K0G 1X0 Ph. 613-273-8000 • 1-800-387-0796 • Fax 273-8001 editor @ review-mirror.com • www.review-mirror.com • PAP Registration No. 01601 • Printed in Smiths Falls, Ontario • The Review-Mirror is published Thursdays. Subscriptions: $33.84 online; $44.50 locally; $55.00 elsewhere in Canada; $150 sin the U.S. We acknowledge the support of the Government of Canada. Publishers ONTARIO COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION 1893-1897 — H. E. Bywater 1897-1916 — W. B. Adams 1916- — Arthur Niblock -1967 — Jim Niblock 1967-1987 — F. Lea and Phyllis Hutchinson 1987-1988 — Bob & Sandy Runciman 1988-1993 — Phil Rutherford 1993- — Howie Crichton CANADIAN MEDIA CIRCULATION AUDIT Mirror The Review Editor, I am writing to com- ment on a series of letters and entries in your paper about the skyrocketing cost of electricity con- firmed by studies from the Fraser Institute and ending with a letter pleading that we be part of the climate change solution. I don't know where this last letter came from because according to Al Gore Climate Doomsday was over a year and a half ago! In my religion we understand the world will end but we don't know when because that has not been revealed. Some com- peting religions such as the Global Warming Alarmist Religion set dates and times for the end so as to gin up more fervor from their followers. The disadvantage is that when the date passes without incident they lose credibil- ity, or they would if they didn't control so much public media which allows them to bury the memory of embarrassing facts. Natalie Grant Wraga who died in 2002 at the age of 101 was recognized as one of the west's lead- ing authorities on Soviet deceit. She identified Green Cross (GCI ) Inter- national as a NGO found- ed by Michail Gorbachev, the last communist dicta- tor of the Soviet Union. The aim of GCI was the worldwide enforcement of a rigid environmental agenda. She follows iden- tifying the competitive enterprise institute (CEI) and many more groups organized to spread this new gospel. The Reds turned Green and promot- ing environmentalism replaced "peace" as the principle deception pro- moted by communists for world control. Al Gore was an early leader in this, conducting hearings on Capitol Hill and then a speaker at the first orga- nizing Moscow Confer- ence in Jan. 1990 to pro- mote this "religion" This was done to hamstring the economy of the west so the moribund socialist economy of the Soviet Union could compete. My challenge to any environmentalist who believes that CO2 is a threat to the planet is: go to Russia, the former Sovi- et Union, and shut down a pipeline or energy project there. This won't happen. CO2 is not a pollutant but a part of nature. We and the animals breath it out and the plants take it in as a food and produce Oxygen for us to breath in. It is perfectly natural. It is not about CO2 but an effort to take away cars from the general public. Green promotional posters often show a bus full of happy riders passing by. If you don't have a car or agree that cars are a bad thing, beware. I recently saw stories saying that stray pets also destroy the planet. First they come for the cars and then for the pets. The final goals go beyond any of this. They talk about "sustainability" in their literature which boils down to population control. While the current population of the world is around 7 billion, they esti- mate about half a billion is the carrying capacity of the world. That would be 1 in 14 who should be allowed to live, in their estimation. They believe that the birth of a baby is a disaster for the environ- ment rather than a blessing from God full of future potential. Some of them make this quite explicit, excusing China for setting up many coal-fired power plants because they had a strict one child policy. These environmentalists mock the others for talking about CO2 and not getting to the real point. They admit reducing CO2 emis- sions won't solve the problem and that the real solution is population con- trol. If Ebola swept the world and killed 70 per cent of the population, controllers would not call it a disaster but a start. They want 1 in 14 sur- vivors, not 3 in 10 ! Michael McCarthy OMI Westport, ON Background on Natalie Grant Wraga… www.aim.org/aim- column/why-the-russians- conceived-the-global-warm- ing-scam/ http://americasurvival.org/wp- content/uploads/2017/06/Glo bal-Enviro-Communism.pdf http://americasurvival.org/2017 /06/the-marxist-roots-of-the- global-warming- scare.html#axzz4jd0XwejH Background on Pets: http://www.washingtontimes.com /news/2017/aug/8/pet-dogs-cats- harm-climate-professor-says/ Background on the last Para- graph….Coal & Population http://www.financialpost.com/ story.html?id=2314438 Editor, On behalf of the Man- otick Classic Boat Club I would like to thank West- port for hosting our 41st Antique and Classic Boat Show last Saturday. In spite of a few (!) late after- noon showers, the show was a resounding success. There were many com- ments from the partici- pants about how beautiful Westport is and how wel- come the town made everyone feel. Special thanks to Mayor Robin Jones, Paul Snider and the Harbour Committee for their great support in making the show happen. Thanks to Harbourmaster Kevin Kardash for his logistic support and suggestions and to his able crew, who kept things running smoothly dockside. Thanks also to Terry Cowan of the Cove for his contribution to the awards presentations. Lastly, thanks to every- one who came out to look at the boats, talked to the owners and swapped boat- ing stories. Chris Lucas, Boat Show Chairman MCBC Editor, Over five days, from August 3 to 7, Orienteer- ing Ottawa hosted the Canadian Orienteering Championships in Perth and at the Foley Mountain Conservation Area. Orien- teering is the sport of nav- igating with map and com- pass. As a competition, orienteering involves completing an assigned course as quickly as possi- ble. For the Canadian Championships there were over 400 people from across Canada and from 14 different countries, competing in age groups from 12-and-under to 85- and-over. There are three different events in the championships – a Sprint, a Middle, and a Long event. The Sprint event, often held in an urban setting, was in Perth Aug. 3. It was spectacular to watch peo- ple racing through town, with traffic control support from the town and our fin- ish site at Crystal Palace. The Middle and Long events, the traditional for- est races, took place at Foley Mountain Aug. 5 and 6. The hills, the hard- wood forest, the open areas, the trail network, all make for an orienteer's dream for race terrain. The finish area, the spot we call our "arena", was at the Interpretive Centre with the gorgeous view of the Upper Rideau. Friends of Foley Mountain set up to serve spectators and competitors burgers and sausages after their races on Saturday while the Westport Lions Club served roast beef on a bun on Sunday. Both of these, along with a bake sale by South Crosby Public School added to the atmosphere at the site. We want to thank the communities in Perth, Westport and Foley Moun- tain for sharing your forests and towns with us. The competitors and par- ticipants in the Canadian Championships loved this part of the region. We know it can be an inconve- nience when a large num- ber of people descend on your community unex- pectedly. But we sure did appreciate the hospitality. However, we know of one particular inconve- nience that we caused when we were at Foley Mountain. We had made plans to use a farmer's hay field on Grady Road as a parking lot for 250 cars and to shuttle people by bus from there to the Inter- pretive Centre at Foley Mountain. Although we had checked out the field earlier in the week, it quickly became apparent on Saturday morning that vehicles were going to get stuck going in and out of the field – the field was fine, the entry way wasn't. We had to make a quick decision, and that was to park cars along the side of Grady Road. Of course, Grady Road isn't very wide when there are cars parked on one side, a school bus picking people up and perhaps another car trying to go in the opposite direction. We know that we caused headaches for some local residents and for that we sincerely apol- ogize, and I am particular- ly sorry that it happened last minute and so we couldn't even prepare peo- ple in advance for the slow down. Thank you to those who brought it to my attention that there was a problem. Next time we will look for a better solu- tion. Orienteering is not a well-known sport in North America. This past spring, Orienteering Ottawa intro- duced a orienteering pro- grams for children and adults in Perth. Check out OrienteerPerth.weebly.com. It's outdoors, it's in nature, it's active, it uses the brain, it can be competi- tive or recreational, it is for all ages, it's a great family activity. If anyone is interested in learning more about orienteering we would love to share our passion. Thank you to everyone in Perth, Westport and Foley Mountain for hav- ing us. And our sincere apologies for any headaches we caused – it was not our intention, I assure you. We hope to return again as friends next time. Anne Teutsch Festival Coordinator Canada 150 Orienteering Festival Ottawa, ON Environmentalism is about population control A thank you – and an apology – from Orienteering Ottawa Town made boat show participants feel welcome Food vendors, along with a bake sale by South Crosby Public School, added to the atmosphere at the Foley Mountain Conservation Area.

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