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10 OronoWeeklyTlmes, Wednesday, June 29, 1994 Kinsmen awards From' Newcastle Public School, the winners were Rena Mulder, who placed in the grade 1 and under safety course; and Travis Reitsma, high pledge coilector.for the school. They are pictured with Norm Dawe and principal Mrs. Medd. Kirby school bikea thon winners Kirby School wmnners are: Mr. Thompson ; Tell Sxacheruk, 5th place, grade 4, 5, safety course; Aaron Rypstra, highest pledges; Kinsman Norm Dawe; and 2nd place grade 6-8 safety course, Michael Garlick; (front) Lee Thompson, highest pledges for the school. Principal Mr. Thompson was presented with a special appreciation award. This was presented for his willingness to sit for hours in the ramn perched on the seat of a dunk tank. TALES TOLD TWICE May 1971 1the Orono Chamber of Commerce which wil again this year sponsor the May 24th fireworks display are holding a 50-50 draw to assist in defraying the cost of the venture. The draw will be made following the fireworks held at the Orono Fair Grounds. The Chamber is also preparing the flower boxes for the Main Street and are expecting each merchant te plant their own flowers this years. The New Dutch Oven Restaurant on Highway 115 north of Orono has now completed their extensive renovations and addition ofa large, spacious dining room. The Orono Girl Guides at their, meeting on Tuesday decided to attack one form of pollution and today,- Wednesday, equipped themselves with garbage bags in which to place litter which might be around the schooi yard. The group may extend this practice into other areas la the future. it has been reported that close to twenty tulip blooms were picked and removed from the Orono Cenotaph. We are quite sure that the tulips would give more meaning if left at the Cenotaph rather than in someones home. Donations of saleable items are now being received by the Library. Clothing, furniture, appliances, tools, dishes, etc. will be accepted. Bring your donation to the library or leave your name with dhe Librarian on duty and the itemis wiil be picked up. Proceeds (Continued page 12) by Helen MacDonald Right up there with farming, motherhood and politics, prostitution is one of our species' oldest professions. For centuries, women have been selling their bodies for money. For as long, these professional womnen have been imprisoned, stoned, and aiienated from society for their sinful crimînal activity. Many are murdered -- twenty-two in Canada in 1991/92. Ironically, prostitution survives oniy because it is supported by the basic capitalist principies of market economy: the buyer/seller relationship in whîch there must be a product made available by the seller, and where in there are enough consumers of that product to keep it viable on the market, Recent arrests in Oshawa have brought this topic to my mmnd. Some might have taken these reports as isolated incidents. But, where there' a market.. . This is a complex issue. One seldom discussed at the dînner table. Many communities dealing with a probiem of street prostitution' in their neighbourhoods, do talk about the issue at the dinner table, and, with local law enforcement agencies, sometimes with health agencies, sometimes with women's and children's agencies. Why all these agencies? Because it's a community issue which requires community support. And, the issue needs a realistic approach. Mostly, because prostitution is not just buying and selling sex. If's about the reason women/giris are prostituting themnselves in the first place ... and boys and men also. Statistics Canada has just released a report on street prostitution inCanada. 1Iclarned a lot about our laws, and about the inequities of their application to the prostitutes and to their customers. First, the main thrust of the iaw lies in the prohibition of solicitation for thepurpose of paid sex which impedes or otherwise interferes with the use of streets and public place. This applies both to the prostitute and to the customer. In other words, no overt seiling or buying sex ia public.place. Ninety-five per cent (95%) of the prostitution charges laid in Canada in 1992 were for communicating' offences. And while both prostitute and customer are charged with communicating', the more severe sentences are meted out to the prostitutes . . . in part, because they have often had previous convictions. Bawdy house and procurement (recruiting prostitutes) offences account for the remaining 5%. Interesting statistics., Especially, when one looks at the other ones. Ninety-six per cent (96%) of Canada's prostitutes entered the profession before the age of 18. A lot, then, are chiidren. They can't vote. They can't iegally drink, smoke or drive a car, but their bodies are for sale on the street to men who could be another girl's father, uncle, neighbour, brother . . . friend. Their bodies are for sale because there are lots of buyers. The market bears the trade. So, why all these young girls on the streets selling their bodies to men old enough to be their fathers and grandfathers? Most research has shown a direct iink to abusive childhood experiences resulting in girls running away from home. No education, no skils ... no job .. . no money to pay for food, shelter. But, it doesn~t take a lot of imagination to pretend to be a stone and sell your flesh to a stranger. One who doesn't even care if that flesh houses the brain, the heart, or the spirit of -a child. . .of a woman . . . of a person. Mfter ail, the buyer is only after a product ... sex. It doesn't matter how that product came to be on the market in the first place, right? Wrong! It does. And so does the issue of the buyer/seiler relationship. For it to be successfui, there must be a buyer. Why, then, is it the prostitute, the seller who is penalized the heaviest . . . through social ostracization, through heavier penalties, and, sometimes, through loss of her life? M wIWaste i Systems BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES Municipaiity of Clarlngton Public Works 40 Temperance Street Bowmianville, Ontario Li C 3A6 (905) 623-3379 ~a, MUN ICIPALITY 0F ONTARIO JULY IST - GARBAGE AND RECYCLING COLLECTIONS GARBAGE regularly.picked Up onl FRIDAY, JULY IST, wili be re-schedulled for pickup on MONDAY, JULY 4th. BLUE BOX COLLECTION regularly picked Up on FRIDAY, JULY lst, wiII be re-scheduled for pickup on MONDAY, JULY 4th. Due to the expected volume of garbage; please refrain from putting out large items on this date. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION. Browning-Ferris Industrie s (Garbage Collection)....... 433-5075 Miller Waste Systems (Recycling Collection)...... 723-8588 Heritage Machinery Show (Continued from page 9) donation of $25 or more wiIl get a supporter space in the program, call Ralph at 623-8988 for more information. The Prize List'Bookiets have been revised with the Sehool Fair List printed separately. They are now available in Orono at the Durham Farmers' Counity Co-op, Orono Times, Rolph Hardware, Stutt's Pharmacy, and the Orono Post Office. In Bowmanville at Welcome Feeds, Bowmanville Barber Shop, Gould's Cards and Gifts, Bowmanville Fabrics. In Newcastle at Newcastle Lumber and Newcastle Cernent Block. This bookiet contains prize Ralph McQuaid reported for the Horse Race Committee, most of the cooler sponsors are in place but there is stili room in the program for sponsorships. A listings for ail agricultural animais and crops as weil as many crafts, woodworking, leatherworking, needlecraft, photography, and culinary arts. Gord Robinson is organizing a fund raising, 3 pitch bal tournaînient for July 16. Fourteen teams have registered with room for two more. Registration fee is $125 and prize moncy will be awarded at the end of the day. A barbeque wil be available for'the bail players and spectators. For more information call Gord Robinson at 786-2462 or Patty Chatterton at 983-5653. Al proceeds go to the Durham Central Agricultural SocietY. Yes, this profession called 'prostitution' it is a complex issue ..a socio-economic one that needs discussing.