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2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, April 27, 1983 Section Two Editorial Comment We're Betting, Bill's Going! The election fever is building up for the Progressive Conservative leadership race in June, but it is looking more and more as though Premier William Davis is about to become one of the candidates after the job. From the start, he has been denying denying any such intention while always leaving the door just a bit ajar in case the climate improved. Apparently Apparently now, after launching a new session of the legislature, his supporters supporters may finally have persuaded him to do what he intended to do all along, if the climate was right. Clark and Mulroney have been working hard lining up delegates, but there's been no great groundswell for either of them, while the others have, in effect, been beating their heads against a stone wall. Davis has the experience and the track record to put new life into the lacklustre campaign and his timing is ideal. The others in the race have peaked and don't seem to be going anywhere. And there's still more than a month to go, plus the convention. convention. This battle may yet be exciting. exciting. A Big Thank You,Teachers Ed's note: An anonymous writer writer brought in the following article article which is most appropriate for an Education Week editorial. editorial. This week is Education Week and instead of being critical, censorious censorious or dubious, parents let us all give our teachers a great big "THANK YOU". A word or two of praise and appreciation for all the positive things they daily do. Most teachers daily give of themselves themselves for above and beyond the call of duty. I don't think there has been a period when demand on teachers has been so great. As parents parents our educational demands are high and sophisticated and although although the responsibility of raising children belongs to the parents, in many cases the duty of the teacher not only includes teaching but de mands the role of surrogate parent, social worker etc. To some, children are an exasperating exasperating pain, an inconvenience or worse. To others they are the sunshine sunshine of life, while to most teachers, they are young human beings needing needing to learn today. Many things we need can wait but teachers realize the child cannot; as their bones are being formed; their blood being made and their senses being developed. developed. The child's name can't be tomorrow, it has to be today. Children are our most valuable asset and gifts that are not given but only loaned to us for too short a time. If teachers and parents don't spend lots of time and some money on them today, who and what will be our tomorrow?? Teachers Thank You!! An appreciative parent. To Name or Not to Name? One of the most debated and controversial controversial areas in the newspaper industry concerns the publishing of names of people charged with crimes before they have been found guilty. We have been questioned many times about our ethics by the accused accused and their relatives after the publication of a crime involving a local citizen. We have been accused of deliberately trying to ruin a person's person's life by telling the public about his or her wrongdoings. In response to these accusations, we simply remind remind the accused that we did not charge him, we only reported the charges that were laid by the authorities. authorities. Recently, Madame Justice Janet Boland of the Supreme Court of Canada made a ruling regarding this issue. She quotes from section 11(d) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which states "any person charged with an offence offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty according according to law in a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial impartial tribunal." She further states,"The presumption presumption of innocence referred to in section section 11(d) of the Charter is a presumption presumption in favour of the accused which operates at trial and gives rise to the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt which rests upon the Crown throughout the trial. That presumption does not create a right in an accused person to undermine the statutory power to secure fingèrprint identification or affect the conduct of a bail hearing hearing or remain anonymous until after trial. Such a right would have to be based on statutory or common law. The right to a fair trial is fundamental fundamental to our system of justice. There is nothing new about this concept. Moreover there are numerous procedural safeguards to ensure the accused a fair trial in the face of pretrial publicity such as the juror's oath, the trial judge's instructions to the jury with respect to the media, the rights of the accused accused in jury selection, the screening screening of jurors by the trial judge, the criminal standard of proof and possibly possibly a change of venue. Furthermore, the essential quality quality of the criminal process in a democracy is the absence of secrecy. secrecy. From the information to the acquittal or conviction, our judicial process is characterized by public access. The public has the right to be informed and the media has a duty to advise the public what is happening in our courts. Openness prevents abuse of the judicial system system and fosters public confidence in the fairness and integrity of our system of justice. The press is a positive influence in assuring fair trial." One of the most important factors in the "name or not to name debate" must certainly centre on the accuracy accuracy of rumors. How often have you heard a story about an incident that has been exaggerated beyond belief. belief. Since we receive the information information directly from the police, we are aware of the facts, with no hyperbolic inferences attached. Perhaps the accused should thank the media for squelching the vicious vicious rumors which sometimes surround surround crimes? Despite this freedom to name those accused with crimes, the media must exercise total responsibility responsibility and not sensationalize or slant stories to leave room for misinterpretation. misinterpretation. This type of mistake would leave wounds in both the media and the accused that would not heal rapidly. Excerpts from The Renfrew Mercury ■"' ,l 11 mmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmm Qttte Œattobtim Statesman Durham County's Orest Family Journal Established 129 years ago In 16M. 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All layout» and composition ol advertisement, produced by Iht employees ol The Canadian Statesman, The Newcastle independent and The James Publishing Company Limited are protected by copyright and must not be reproduced without wrlllen permission ol the publishers, 115.00 a year -- 8 monlhe «8.00 foreign -145.00 a year strictly In advance Although every precaution will be taken to avoid error, The Canadian Statesman accepts advertising In Ils columns on the understanding that II will not be liable lor any error In the advertisement published hereunder unless a proof ol such advertisement Is requested In writing by the advertiser and returned lo The Canadian Statesman business office duly signed by the advertiser and with such error or corrections plainly nolcd In writing thereon, and In that case II any error so noted Is not corrected by The Canadian Statesman Its liability shall not exceed such a portion ol the entire cost ol such advertisement as,the space occupied by the noted error bears to the whole space occupied by such advertisement, J 623-3303 Bowmanville Museum Solarium SUGAR and SPICE To Bee or Not to Bee Humans, though not as tenacious and purposeful as the ant, nor as busy as the bee, have much in common with them. y Ants, of course, can't swim. Or they can, but they can't hold their noses when they go under, so they drown. Who'd want to be an ant? Bees, on the other hand, can fly, and we can't. But they are unable to jump, even to a conclusion, and we can,so that evens out. We don't have the single- mindedness of ants. They know where they are going, or what they are doing. We don't. We go wandering about and get squashed. They do too, of course, but at least they were headed somewhere. Bees bumble, but never on the scale that we do. They zero in on a flower. We stagger into a cactus. They go, "Vrooom, vrooom!" We flood our motors and go, "Ka- whuck, ka-whunck, ka-a-a-glunk!" There are other similarities and differences, none of which prove that humans are superior. Ants don't have sexual hang-ups. They know that they are workers, or soldiers or whatever. Humans don't, half the time, know whether they are punched, bored, or kicked in with a frozen boot. Bees also know who and where they are. Like us, they have a Queen, but theirs doesn't have to consult the Labour Party before deciding what to do about unemployment. She wipes out the workers. That automatically creates new jobs. Imagine a world in which bees had unemployment insurance. You'd not only have a bee in your bonnet, but a bee in your bum, your brain and your bra. Unlike us, ants don't worry about their ants. We have poor aunts who must be kept under cover, rich aunts who must be toadied to, and crazy aunts who threaten to come and stay with us. Bees don't bother much about other bees. They just buzz about, sucking honey. What a life. They have no rotten kids, frigid wives, drunken husbands, goofy grandchildren, aged parents. So far, it looks as though we've got the short end of the stick, and the ants and the bees are in clover. But there's one thing that drags them down to our level. We all live in cells. You didn't know this? You say humans have free will? You think we can call the shots, be masters of our own destiny, choose between good and evil, live as long as we like, go to heaven or hell, decide what to have for dinner? Nonsense. You are sitting in a cell as you read this. I am sitting in a cell as I write it. Maybe your cell has a refrigerator and an electric stove, and mine has an ashtray and a filing cabinet. But they are cells. At night, we move from the TV cell to the cell with the platform where we, for no reason, expect to go to sleep. We wake up in the same cell, after nightmares about beng in a cell, and proceed to a smaller cell where we peer at ourselves, shake our heads gloomily and remove various normal blessings. Can you imagine a bee shaving his God-given whiskers? Then we romp down through a vertical cell with no windows to another cell with orange juice and coffee. Ants and bees get spilled sugar and honey. No coffee, no tea, no caffeine problems. Next, we leave this cell for a mobile one, with FM radio, window wipers, and automatic knees, legs, windows. Meanwhile, the ants and the bees go about their business, getting exercise, fresh air and a keen curiosity about what's going to happen today. We know nothing new is going to happen today. We go to a big cell, where ladies type in a little cell within a bigger cell. We pick up our little cellular pieces from the ladies and go off to our individual cells, where we spend the entire day convincing other people that they should be happy to even have a cell. Sometimes we are happy. We go to a big cell and browse around, humming and snuffling things and touching the untouchables. But it ends all too soon. We are brought to a tiny cell, where a young woman punches out some tentacles that > drag us back to the big cell, where the Queen Bee informs us that we have no taste, no common sense and less intelligence than a bee or an ant. : : While this tirade is taking place, what are the ant and the bee doing? • : Biting, stinging? No, they are anting,;: around and beeing around, with no : : sense whatever that they are the •; lowest of the low, dumb slobs, : : cretins. The words don't mean, : : anything to them. -t Some day, humans will rise to the % level of the ant and the bee. They •: will accept their cells, instead of > trying to kick the sides out of them, v They will do what they are supposed > to do, without a lot of ifs, ants and > bees. Someday, humans will stop gossiping about each other. Ants >; don't. Someday humans will stop >: stinging each other. Bees don't, v except when you bug them. ;■ Someday humans will stop asking, : : "Why?" The word is not in the :• vocabulary of ants and bees. But humans must have a care. If they don't, the theme song of the Twenty-first Century might well be, "My cell is your cell. Your cell is my cell. And our cell is our cell..." On the other hand, perhaps we are not lost in the cells. Ants can multiply, but they can't divide. Bees can buzz, but they can't beam. Maybe there's a future for us, if we can just get out of those cells. April 22,1983 To the Editor; This is a letter to the mayor which I would appreciate you printing because other people might wish to comment on it. Dear Mayor Rickard; I would imagine that after the past winter which had very little snow, that there would be a surplus leftover from the amount budgeted for snow removal. I would like to make a suggestion how a portion portion of that surplus could be put to good use by the public works dept. Every spring a crop of pot holes appears at the intersection intersection of Waverley Road and Rocnigk (at least that's what the street sign says - I've never heard anyone call it Rocnigk) and every summer the public works patches up the potholes so that they disappear disappear temporarily, This bandait! solution is obviously not working very effectively. Perhaps some of that snow removal surplus could be used to do a good job and excavate a large portion of this pot-hole prone area, improve the base and then re-asphalt it. And then maybe money wouldn't have to be spent patching it up every spring. This intersection does have a lot of heavy trucks passing througli to enter the Waverley area. Perhaps you should consider consider forbidding trucks to use this entrance and instead have them enter and exit through the intersection of Waverley and Martin Road as this corner corner does not seem to have the asphalt breaking up all the time, As a motorist who has had many nasty jolts from those potholes, I certainly hope you can put my suggestion into action. Yours in hope of a smoother side, Evylin Stroud Dear Mr, James: For the past two months the Vice President of our Hoard of Directors has been trying to obtain "NO PARKING-FIRE ROUTE" signs fdr use in our condominium complex. He has, on numerous occasions, occasions, contacted both the Fire Chief and Ms. Marie Hubbard for this purpose. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, we have to date, heard nothing from either of these persons, and we are at a loss as to what to do, The "NO PARKING - FIRE ROUTE" signs are needed in order that the Vice President can properly enforce the bylaw bylaw that prohibits parking on the inner roadway's of our! complex. On weekends especially, especially, we are faced with the problem of having residents and their guests block access to both fire hydrants and fire routes witli their vehicles. Should you decide to print this letter, wc are hoping that the person responsible for issuing issuing these signs will contact us as soon as possible. We thank you for you attention attention to this matter, Yours truly, (Mrs,) Caroline McDougall Secretary, Hoard of Directors Newcastle Condominium Corporation No, 2 Mrs. S. Ransom Box 574 StreetsvilleP.O. Mississauga, Ontario L5M2C1 April 15,1983. Dear Sir: Re: Roselands Public School Reunion On behalf of the "Remember "Remember When" Committee I would like to request that you make a public service announcement in your newspaper publication about the 60TH YEAR REUNION REUNION at Roselands Public School (now called Roseland Junior Public School).. The reunion is to be held May 28, 1983, from 2 - 7 p.m. at the school, 990 Jane Street, located located at the corner of Jane Street and Lambton Avenue in the Borough of York, Metropolitan Metropolitan Toronto, Ontario. Information may be obtained at 416-823-7565 or at the address address above. Could you also announce that if anyone lias anymemorabilia of either the school in particular or the era in general please take it or sent it with indentifying tags attached to the school by May 1st. Thank you for your consideration consideration and assistance. We hope to make this a well attended, successful and fun event, Yours very truly, Mrs. S. Ransom R.R. No. 1, Port Hope, Ontario, LIA 5X3 April 21,1983. Bowmanville Post Office Don't Like Five Dollar Bills On Thursday morning, April 21st, I went to the stamp wicket. I asked for ten stamps - 32 cent stamps, I handed the clerk a $5,00 bill. He said "Got anything smaller?" Next to me an elderly lady got a stamp, it would not stick so she told the attendent. He said "Lick your own stamp," There were three witnesses, They Inquired ns to what I would do, report him? No, I thought he was sick, It goes to show one bad apple cun spoil the other good people in the post offices. Thank you Mr. Editor The Five Buck Guy Block Parents Nominations The Town of Newcastle Block Parents will be holding their nominations for the 1983- 84 Executive on Tuesday, May 3rd, 1983, Our group needs volunteers especially those with typing skills. Meeting will be at 20 Morgandale Crescent, Crescent, Bowmanville starting at 7:30 p.m. For further details, ' please call 623-4768. Streetproofing your child - The Town of Newcastle Block Parents will he discussing this very important topic on' Thursday, May 5th, 1983 at 7:30 p.m. in Courtroom No. l of the Fire and Police Building, Building, Plan to attend and hear this topic addressed by the "Outreach" group. Block Parents is a United Way Agency.