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s 2 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, December 5,1984 SMALL TALK By Donna Fairey Students Receive Legion Writing Awards V e $ \ Canadians flogging one cause or another are springing up faster than dandelions on a manure heap. The trend is mildly frightening, for it doesn't seem that long ago that this country's citizenry was a moderately moderately satisfied lot. Radicals, minority rights groups, extremists extremists and weirdos were far from the norm. But today, in every province, province, major city, small town and in even in rural Canada, there's an organization beating the drum for something. something. When legitimate minorities bring injustices injustices to light, democracy democracy is well served. Indeed, Indeed, the moral fabric of the nation is upheld when unfair situations are corrected. However, when one group's cause threatens the health and welfare of all Canadians, then I submit the pendulum has swung too far. A prime example is the recent opposition of several right-to-life organizations organizations to the use of the German measles vaccine WI-38. In their questionable wisdom, these people have embarked upon a crusade against the vaccine because scientists scientists cultivate it on the cells of a human fetus. In fact it is one, single fetus that was legally aborted in Sweden in 1962. Since then this solitary solitary piece of human tissue tissue has supported (he growth and production of the vaccine which protects people against German measles (rubella) - a mild virus in children but deadly when contracted by pregnant women. The vaccine provides an immunization against the disease which can cause miscarriage miscarriage or gross birth defects. Statistics show that the odds are one in four that a pregnant woman exposed to the virus during the early stages of pregnancy will give birth to a baby with congenital congenital defects which include blindness, deafness, heart disease, disease, growth retardation, retardation, glaucoma, cataracts, bone problems, problems, encephalitis, No Part Time Realtors 100 part time real estate agents in the Oshawa and District Real Estate Estate Board's roster of 800 members. These people will be able to keep their part time status, however new agents joining the organization after January 1, 1985, will be full- timers. Ken Hockin, second vice president president of the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board, said: "I think it's a forward move on behalf of the board." However, he added that "there are a lot of good part time people in our business." Part time real estate personnel could still work in the Oshawa area if they were employed by a firm which is not a member of the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board. But only a small fraction of the area's brokers do not join the Board because the Board offers a number of benefits including a multiple multiple listing service. Realtor Gordon Barnes, said he agrees with the action taken by the Board. "I think to be professional in real estate, it really is a full time profession," profession," he added. The Oshawa and District Real Estate Estate Board launched a review of the issue of part time employment because because of concern that those not devoting devoting their full attention to real es- From Page One tate were not providing the level of service the public has come to expect. expect. "We feel that the Board has taken a big step forward in an attempt to upgrade the professional standards of the membership of the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board," said President Anita Witty. She added that almost half of the 48 boards in Ontario have passed similar regulations. "Such actions can only result in positive benefits for those contemplating contemplating the purchase or sale of real estate. In the same way that I wouldn't want to go to doctors or lawyers who work only part-time at their professions, I don't think the public wants to deal with those who do not devote their full energies to the real estate profession," she said. The new policy was approved by the board at a meeting in Oshawa November 27. ANYONE SPARE A DONKEY? - St. Paul's Church is looking for anyone who could lend them a donkey for a real life nativity scene. They have already tried the Bowmanville Zoo, but unfortunately, none of their donkeys are halter broken. We suggested that they should be looking looking for one that is...altar broken! Please contact Rev. Ed Schamerhorn if you can help out. At Hair Lords If hair problems are troubling you, then Miss Christmas suggests that you visit Hair Lords beauty salon for men and women. At Hair Lords no more dry, dull, frizzy hard to manage hair; your hair will be shiny, manageable and full of life. Matthew Sacco, Kathy Robertson and Mary-Annc Vanstone of Hair Lords provide the latest cuts and expert care to keep your hair looking its best. Every day all perms are Vi price. Acrylic nails are also price. Remember, for this Christmas party season see Hair Lords for your hair care. *ib. Hair Lords Unisex 36-A King St. E. Bowmanville Telephone 623-2220 liver and spleen enlargement enlargement and jaundice. jaundice. A worldwide epidemic of German measles in 1951 fired up the drive to develop an effective rubella vaccine. vaccine. In the early 1960s, WI-38 was refined and the resulting immunization immunization program is responsible responsible for a 90 per cent reduction in the disease in Canada over the last decade. In 1936, there were 70,000 cases of German measles recorded in this country. Conversely, Conversely, only 1,545 cases were reported in the first nine months of 1984. Moreover, statistics reveal that as recently as 1979, there were 27 Canadian infants born with rubella-related defects. So far this year, none has been reported. reported. Pro-lifers are putting pressure on government government to find an alternative alternative to the existing vaccine. vaccine. Currently a German German measles innocula- tion program is provided provided in Ontario schools. One Toronto school last week called a halt to its innoculations when a young female student refused the im munization on the grounds that the action violated the rights of the unborn. Ironic, isn't it, that the moral argument put forward by anti-abor- tionists to save the unborn unborn by boycotting the vaccine, simultaneously simultaneously threatens life in the womb? One can hope that common sense will prevail prevail amongst Canadians should continuing with the present immunization immunization safeguard become a serious question. The protest against the vaccine, vaccine, it seems, constitutes constitutes a hair that has been split far, too many times. Lord,Elgin Public School had three award winners in the Royal Canadian Legion's Remembrance Day essay, pern and poster contest. Laura Russell, in the middle front row, won two firsts in Category III poem and poster. Michelle LeBlanc, right, won a first in category III essay and at left, Jason Bagnell came second in the poem category. At rear, 1-r, are Principal G. Gliebs and Bob Brown representing Branch 178 Royal Canadian Legion. -A U \ W /' i x \ / ; !i : ! I \ ' v ; 11 X | ; • I ■ 1 \ I : 7 v-v. 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