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2 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, October 6, 2004 Subscriptions $29.91 + $2.09 GST = $32.00 per year. Publications Mail Registration No. 09301 • Agreement No. 40012366 Publishing 48 issues annually at the office of publication. 'We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs." CanadS sir ORONO WEEKLY TIMES - 5310 Main St., P.O. Box 209, Orono, ON LOB 1M0 Email: oronotimes@rogers.com or Phone/Fax 905-983-5301 • Publisher/Editor Margaret Zwart Sports and Display Advertising - Donna Wood Front Office and Classified Advertising - Rosey Bateman Weekly Times vanaoa The Orono Weekly Times welcomes letters to the editor on subjects mmmeTwe SreSlwS oT sn aro, must be given before the next issue goes to print. The Orono Weekly Times will not be responsible for the loss or damage . ^ The Orono Weekly Times welcomes letters to the editor on suDjecis ot imu eiu • p ns j derec i unsuitable will not be acknowledged or returned. We reserve the right to edit tor lengtn, iioei anu sid iuei. i y rdassSdTppeam 1 for tete.TmfpSasI ctl ffÆotaf o" °n gror must be given before the next issue goes to print. The Orono Weekly Times will not be response for the loss or damage such . Planners out to lunch 1 had the opportunity on Tuesday morning to take the back roads to Campbellford. This is a trip I've made on the first Tuesday in October for over ten years now to partake in the spinning day put on by the Warkworth Spinners and Weaveis Guild. This Tuesday like all the previous Tuesday's, have been beautiful fall days. Besides having a real excuse for driving through the countryside countryside on.a gorgeous fall day, the outing gives me the opportunity opportunity to listen to an hour and-a-half of un-interrupted CBC radio programming. . Tuesday morning's program did not disappoint, with Shelagh Rogers interviewing Dr. Marc Garneau, 20 years after he became the first Canadian astronaut to venture into space back on October 5, 1984. Garneau said during the interview that traveling into space was a life-changing experience for him. When he looked at the earth from his space ship thousands of miles away, Garneau said he could see the forest fires burning burning in the tropics, the clear-cutting in B.C., deforestation and soil erosion in other parts of the earth, a brown cloud of pollution pollution over California and over much of South America, and Lake Chad in Africa drying up. . The realization that this planet earth was his home and needs to be taken care of, was to Garneau an experience that has transformed him as a person. Monday, Clarington Councillors heard a presentation Irom consultant Don Given, regarding an Urban Development . Institute analysis of the land supply in the GTA for the next 30 Mr Given informed councillors that an acre of industrial land is much more productive and creates far more jobs than an acre of agriculturally zoned land. . According to Given,we can not build on woodlots, valley- lands and wetlands, which leaves agriculture land as prime future development land. No doubt these planners all eat three square meals a day. Maybe before they complete their land use plan for the GTA, they should take a trip into outer space. Letters to the Editor Fans just want to watch hockey x/tr Rpttmnn nnH Association, the owners kept try to promote unionism. Dear Mr. Bettman and Mr. Goodenow: It was one thing to lock out the N.H.L. players, but now we've been told that all the hockey games for October have been cancelled. To most Canadians, as well as an increasing number below the 49th parallel, hockey isn't just a game; it's our game and part of our culture! During the countdown to this impasse we heard much rhetoric from the two of you, lawyers paid to represent your clients, with a plethora of figures bandied about. 1 couldn't help but recall that adage, "that figures lie and liars figure," as well as apparently some lawyers have been known to defend the indefensible. Mr. Bettman, you probably didn't grow up with a picture of Lester Patrick pinned over your bed, but it seems no one has done the amount ol homework homework you have to educate yourself on the history ol the game. That's why I know that you're aware that prior to the formation of the Player's Association, the owners kept try to promote unionism. It two sets of books and were sickens me every time 1 see a hard pressed to find places to souvenir, jersey, hat, tee shirt. hide their exorbitant profits! Many of the premier stars of that era found it necessary to work summer jobs! That and many other reasons were why the union was formed and the pendulum started to swing the other way. We've been informed that the owners have a war chest of $300 million dollars, so that they can wait out the players. How does a league that you tell us has been teetering on bankruptcy, manage to set aside that kind of money? Mr. Goodenow, while you, like your counterpart was born in the U.S., word is that you were a hockey player of some note, and may well have had a photo of Ted Lindsay, the consummate consummate unionist as well as hockey star, over your head- board! You certainly talk the talk of a unionist, but you don't walk the walk! Real unionists not only try to secure decent wages and benefits benefits for their members, they also support other unions and Fundraising benefits many etc. that's been manufactured in a third world country, possibly possibly by a kid chained to a sewing machine, with an N.H.L. logo on it. At the exorbitant exorbitant prices being charged for this merchandise, I'm sure these goods could be manufactured manufactured by North American union firms and a profit still could be made! It seems to me, that you, as the player's representative must be com- plicit in the present merchandising merchandising situation. While on the subject of salaries, your star players deserve to make star money, but maybe your "plumbers" should be paid-- well--like plumbers. It's often been lamented that the fans, in Toronto in * particular, are at the root of the problem. Historically, they have gone to the games, no matter how bad the team, no matter what the tickets cost. This only reinforces the notion that we truly are addicted to hockey. The media HOCKEY see pege 4 Dear Editor: As a school principal, I am deeply aware of the need for schools to hold fundraisers to support programs, trips, and the purchase of playground equipment. To do this we make the use of our greatest resource: the students. Although the kids do most of the work selling door-to- door on their spare time, I would like to draw readers' attention to the benefits of school fundraising to the town. ■ Much research has been conducted on student involvement involvement in communities and some interesting lessons have been learned: 70% of households households in a community do not have children attending school and do not know what is happening happening in the school, the greatest gap between generations generations is between children and grandparents, elderly people either do not trust or feel comfortable comfortable when confronted by youth. And finally, there is a direct relationship between student involvement in communities communities and the reduction of r youth related crime. Local, door-to-door sales of school fundraising by youth, addresses all of these issues. When a child appears at a door, they are forging a direct link between child, neighbor, and the community at large. When homeowners begin to deal with and recognize recognize the children, a human connection is made that affects the child. The child sees themselves as part of the larger group and is less likely to become involved in crime or vandalism or bullying as she becomes older. Also, these children tend to become involved in larger community projects when they become adults. As the child grows older, fundraising is often replaced by a sense of civic and social responsibility. Soeietics are transformed while at the same time protecting protecting and enhancing the values values of safety and responsibility responsibility we all share 1 cite the reeent run for breast cancer that was held in Toronto this past weekend. Communities FUNDRAISERS S9ip»g»4