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PAGE 6, WHITY PME PREnS WEDNESDAY. NOVE)M 14, 1M9 Pubiished every Wednesday Maurice Pither By,677209 Ontario mc. Editor * ~o~~r7.Phone: 668-6111 i-mToronto Ln Doug Anderson Production Manager __ <~VOICE 0F THE COUNTY TOWN 131 Brook Street North, WC oe "AThe nyWi ynwpprindependently oLiNd5a1dRoglsatallon#UN35S 1How much IS too much when àb cornes 10 educating the student population, our chiidren, our babies, about sex? How much Is 100 much when it cornes to supplying them with the skiils and tools they need for survival? il is likely that Issue wili once again be up for discussion by parents and public school board members before a final decision is made as 10 whether or not 10 Instali condom machines ln schools. Two or more Issues are apparent, and must be heavily weighed before the final decîsion. First, does the placing of condom mac hines ln schools encourage children 10 become sexuaily active? Encourage promis- cuity? Give the societal stanp 0f approval 10 sexual f reedom? Or, wouid that action encourage and empower our chiidren 10 act responsibly shouid they decide 10 become sexually active? Facing facts Would the placing of condom machines in, schools. shatter years of painstaking nurturing of family values and socletal mores and morals? Or, would ht encourage and empower our children 10 act responsIbiy should they decIde 10 become sexually active? And the major Issue about placing the machines ln schools: Is the use of a condom an effective way of preventing AIDS? As the Family Action Council of Durham Region and many other groups have pointed out,, the oniy sure method of prevention Is abstinence. True. It Is doubtfui, however, that with this knowledge, the entire student population MI abstain ftrom sexuai actMvty. We need to give our children ail the tacts, not from fear but f rom f aith, 4aIth that given ail theInformation by professionais In the field, of AIDS education, that they wiil act responsily. Our purpose as parents and ýeducators Is flot to be Judgmental or punitive. Our job Is 10 educate our Ichiiciren and to supply them wlth the lite skiils and tools for survivai. if a student decides to be sexually active, there Is nothing we can do but hope they act responsibiy. By having condoms available, without piacing a social stigma or Judgment on who uses them, mal1es ft easler for young aduhts to act responsibly; not easler for themn 10 have sex. By diminishlng the embarrassment around obtalnlng condoms, we encourage our chlldren to act responsibly. By showlng thern respect we hope they wili show themseives respect. The mIstakes of youth sometirnes carry very high stakes. We can lessen the oclds. Is their-barkworsýethan heibte?@ By Edie Gomille of concern. for students' rits. veterinarian (Mr. Kenyon, too, .is The growing use of defined a veterinanian and not, as one strains of rodents with known çounciilor seemed to think, an Edie Gomille, a Whitby eietpntc and biological background M o o' idbslse aince 1973, is an English teacher la prOOf eccording to Festingr, a with a variete, of intere8ts. She gneticiestwith the U.K Médial was a candidate in the laStResearch Coundil, that the use of municipal election, and lias been randain-source dogs (pound.doge) monitoing the pound seizure is flawed in concept. issue, / uject of lier fl,8t More than three-quarters of nsne1983. dent to a recent survey by colMn, ice researchers TT. el as reported at the 1981 Medby icaldnga -nustake in AALASannua><meetffie woultd H a ll4e dean new rograprp rea ipojctw on- ToIl w 9ghtin over thie pound animal be more reliaj,îe: It is ail too issue." Sosays Aii drew Rowan, coxnron to find multi-million- 00 »1stonan for nrgamaý, dola éerhpqjcscn éthae eIitoir Tufts School. of Veterinary -1 the time ofhgly MnitMaesfnws Medicine in Boston, Maus. And tEent4 a scentiste, baued uponh Mdih ans u a David Secord at the -University of studies on animais from ci ad by a1! Aberta has suggested that ~' ons ihlti huh ie It was fantastic to see are large enogn to take the place to their suitability for the everyone working together to of the dogq as the standard large research being conducted. make Friday night, 8Oct. 26 a animofaulie r elaspreaid Cuntiess studies are misleading success. We were fortunate to les ofa ublc elaion poblm.or totaily useless because the h ave such a perfect evening for Yet local editorials and some ~ aia a eetd rwiotruhu h on opinion clumniste. would haveus -wrng nml t eecebownF trugouvheeo believe that Oshawa council's etîc variations were not taken tw. Evryone who wandered and o n loner to account, diseased or stressed out to brave the cold seemed to decision last week h aolog r aimalsq were employed." be enjoying themselves. give up dogsan cats to research Burch, in an edtorial in the __________ and-tfeaching facilities Ça de American Heart Journal (1959) cost $6,a ct $2 meas ~stateL 'True science is concerned- One local newspapr aid it wt the unknown but the wasn't exactly clear what court- conditions of the study should ho cillors decided on, whether theby maximally known. (emphasi came, down ovorwholmingly minel e hsi mosbl ___________ against al research on ani when -pound dog ipsse lese or reacted to emnotional appeaf oun d are e e dn and public pressure. a bcaue ternarîe tosuchas y .4Y.«:.::::';r! liet's get it straight: they didntrtoa hsore tinl .*. not 'come down... aant ai resorch n amnalsthe se o __ , exposure to carcinogens, animals in researcli and the h-l hmsUrry. eair Pound seizure -issue, as it is phe YtrW. ji OM. AsViCritters (1973) a goneraily ca]led, are two different noasbeom te questions.- To their ceite ntd o cei lY main large lab animal snl ..>. did not ¶ive in te Mr. enyon 5e hep vil le emotionalappoal, bis implication. and tatbe-hardly, lie rue that the end of areadysýupplyof odscetfcrsns Oshawa Pound doge would entail epi racutical indutr too, dire consequnes'"t oldb as been foroed -to, switefm to death," Mr. Kenyon said.p.< brdaiasbcueo * Expectirig suh a tactic I had the need for better-ouality data * cautioedf the audience (f gave a than that obtained frmPound deputation), sud was happy to see d~ that bis attexixpted diversion didn't work - were dealing with a Fo th merante ... . f LVY much mor informüed -public National Institute of Health (U.S.), the largest biomedical *-~ç:~ ___ tA)dIy. earh entity in the world, The fact is that the » researc andteueo on ost community itself is turning away tatramural (L.e. coniducted at its &o h s f)udaiâà own facilities) research, and used ho notod, are usod for teaS n (Il demoastrations, ospocally th But Canadians are reaily in ~ ,,, so-called "dag labý,n whihi o the vanguard here: tho afore- tacreasi.y repl c be it emnind Dai eod inraieyrps d- "L ti enini Dvd Scod I ooks lI *"mkpioie--fl4ýU9ý-Uni"t-ofb-ra -b.anial with îhe Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons, Records Diviision), no longer uses ds - flot just pound dgs, but no doge, perod. In a paper published in Perspectives in Biology and SEPAGE il -4' en sale succ'essful recoive their pumpkIns to take home and make their own jack-d-lanterns. Lenny And The Top Hâte toppod off the oventag by providing ontertainnient for the evening with music and laughter. Ht apple cider, bot dogs and treats for the ids seemed te bring about a sparkle i youngstor's eyes. The clowns holped crate the Halloween atmospbere throughout the night. Many of the stores were open until midnight. Let's get everyone partcipating in the next downtown ovent. Thanke to Lyna ad Janet of the Downtown BIA, all participating stores for, thoir effort in creating an evening onjoyed by ail,an especially to the residents of Whitby who nmade Midnight Madnesis a success. Suzanne Van Den Twmel Dow"town ic nto Stret they need a helping handr' ---------- ........... .......... ... ..... .... ..... . . . ....................... ........... .... .. ............... ........... .... 1.