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L Westminster Township‘ Seek Status As A Town Westminster Township Will seek status as a town It was unanimously agreed to by‘Council at a meeting on Monday night Reeve David Murray said it was a logical step in i5 growth and not in response to London’s annexation ambitions He said that the plan was in the works last September before City of London Council made their plans known to annex part of Westminster Township, Westminster will approach the Ontario Municipal Board With l5 plan which would elevate the Township In a town oi 5,000. London is making :i bid to annex ‘ i 6,190 hectares (15,300 acres) 0 land from Westminster, London. West Missouri and North Dorchestcr Townships The largcs| chunk, 5,530 3,772 acres. Westminster Township hectares or V would come (mm tion for town status at its June 24 Mid- Happy 75th Birth , From You -» m1 r5121 dlesex County‘s richest municipality â€" and comprises ‘irtls prime industrial sector in e White Oaks Road # Highway 135 area. That land represents 40 per- cent of the Township's assessment 85%. b London Mayor Tom Gosnell was unimpressed by the Township 5 acr tion, “Westminster can take whatever action they like. There 5 nothing we can do to stop them making the application: The pro vincial government Will realize that making Westminster a town would not solve London's im- mediate land problems This city needs more residential and industrial land." Board of Control Will likely con- sider filing an objection wi h the OMB over the Township‘s applicaâ€" meeting, Mr Gosnell said day Mom! 4‘ VL/‘AU. r Family ‘- :GL V\ L) i A big, bold country 7 here is nothing quite like the inspiring sensation of walking in the presence of those mountains, the rising light of the new day gleaming ofl" the jag- ged canopy of snow to the west; or drifting along a glacial stream beneath the loo-foot jackpines; ordriving north under the mammoth sky into a future that ap- pears to have no horizon. It is big, bold countryâ€"and it has known both boom and bust. This week Calgary offi» cially welcomes the world to the xv Olympic Winter Games. For Canadians everywhere who shared Calgae ry’s sense of loss when the last boom rolled out, the new sense of energy and community so strik- ingly evident in Calgary this winter is welcome. For this week's cover story, Calgary Bureau Chief John Howse filed several reports that drew on his 25 years as a resident. Said Howse: “Calgary is probably as open a city, socially and commercially. as any in Canada. Beneath the Wild West image of ranchers and oil barons, there flows 8 strong un- dercurrent of social con- cern, While the buck is mighty in Calgary, it is I not almighty." Presiding over this week's cover package was Senior Writer (Sports) Hal Quinn, who will head the Maclean’s team covering the Olympic fun and games. A veteran of three OlympinsuQuinn says that even such a wintry nation as Canada Willglean new insights about several demand- ing,ii esotericdisciplines on skis and sleds. Said Quinn: “Thiit interest may prove to be a major part of the Calgary Games' legacy.” The spectacle of cross-country competitors skiing up hills and soaring at great heights certainly should appeal to the enterprising people who live at home with the mountains. aulnn: a male! part of the legs: y is