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EE --. SS A ---------- a SE rn tok If Git FANE PUSAN ve BLOAT 0 SEE RE ah £0 HARA "OR, oe TRY ad, HSE EAR hosel letters Ma Bell rip-off Dear Sir: All things being equal, like many of my fellow Canad- ians, I function in a continual. state of léthargy, and object when aroused . from this state. The letter re the 30 per cent phone rate hike has had the temporary effect of. arousing me. Hence this reply. The letter itself, I didn't object to. It was extremely well written, thoroughly researched and succintly put. My main objection, is the fact that this letter has pointed out to me just how apathetic we, the public, are inclined to be. Bell says it needs the money to show a return of 14.5 to 15 percent to attract Strap in Dear Sir I fear I cannot be silent in opposing the thesis of last week's editorial concerning the abolishing of the strap in the public school system. " Corporal punisiment must bemaintained for both the - 'good of the individual child and the society in general. The "old adage" you quoted was actually a proverb of King Solomon, who has become somewhat of a proverb himself on account of his marvellolus wisdom. The statement, in its entirety reads thus: "He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth him chaseneth him betimes" -Proverbs 13:24. This is quite strong language and even in his day Solomon must have been faced with shouts of "Tyrant" and cries - of "Child abuse!" Either in answer to or in anticipation of such critics he later says: '"'Withhold not correction from the child for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell."- Proverbs 23: 13-14. Now Solomon was by no means an unreasonable man and he did acknowledge the value of speaking with the child, but always accompanied by the effec- tiveness of the rod: "The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame."'-Proverbs 29:15. Certainly we can't be so blind as to deny that press- ures on children and young people are greater today than ever before, yet, as you said, it appears that the discipline problem is a deep rooted one, with causes outside the school's realm. With this I must concur. In fact, if the srides of advance- ment in psychology, sociol- ogy, or pedology have told us anything at all, it is that the core of the matter. i.e. the tendency of disobedience, lies deep within the child. So long ago, even without the help of "Freud's iceberg", Solomon realised: '"'Fool- ishness is bound in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him."-Proverbs 22:15. I must admit T was quite disturbed at Reverend McEntyre's stand on this new investment capital, But a 30 per cent increase? This is preposterous. I full realize that Ma Bell is not in business to be philanthropic, but neither should she be miserely. Dean J. Kelly has made his point. We, the public are in the process of getting ripped off, unless we shake off this public apathy and start fighting back. ck I realize that fighting the Bell Company, is like a sparrow trying to stop a bulldozer; but I console myself with the thought, that after all, David Did Stop Goliath Yours Sincerely Charles N. Sharpe Caesarea, Ontario school issue, and am a bit confused as to how a student of the Scriptures could miss or disagree with such plain teaching. Perhaps he sees a conflict between such methods of punishment and the New Testament message of love. A quick glance at Hebrews 15:5-11 should reassure him there is no such contradiction. This passage compares the loving correc- tion and chastening of an earthly father with God's occasional chastisement of us. It has special signifi- cance in light of the fact that the unnamed author directed it towards those who knew and were supposedly following the counsel of the Proverbs. If one maintains that there is a contrast to be made here between the Old Testament forms of punishment, which were physical, and the New Testament forms, which are spiritual, I simply remind him of Paul's thorn in the flesh (II Corinthians 12:7-10) which was both physical and personal, and the death of some disobedient, saints (I Corinthians 11:28-30) which was both physical and governmental (i.e., in light of the Church's public __testimony). Please bear in mind that the last passage is soon followed by what is known as "The Love Chapter". (I Corinthians 13). Love is always the key to successful discipline. It is the love expressed in the physical punishment that the child will later remember, while the threat of another spanking serves as an immediate deterrent to further disobedience. "Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it."-Proverbs 22:6. The love will stay with the child for many years to come. As to the removal of corporal discipline from the school, may be be a little more careful in the consid- eration of this matter. Are we really seriously going to consider a dquble standard? The child attends school, and when he or she commits an offence there, be it anything from defacing shcool property to disrupting class, (Turn to Page 20) (From page 2) Taylor agreed that the per hour rate must be changed upwards. " '""There is no question that costs have gone up, and Scugog Township is not in a position to take over fire protection in that part of the municipality," he stated. Members of Scugog council generally agreed at the meeting that Scugog should pay Uxbridge in the neighbourhood of $9 per hour per man. Although there was general agreement that the retainer fee and the charge for the .Uxbridge truck (or both) also need to be revised upwards in 1981 to reflect increased costs, the councils decided at the meeting to turn the matter over to the respective administrators Earl Cuddie and Ron Kestor to work out the exact figures for approval by the two councils in the near future. The meeting was told that in 1980, Uxbridge answered nine fire calls in Scugog for a -total of 150 man-hours, and the cost to Scugog, including the $1500 retainer fee was $5,070. po-\1 NOU The reason Scugog and Uxbridge have the fire protection agreement is because the Uxbridge department is much closer to residents in that area than the Scugog- department which is located in -Port Perry. In 1979, the Scugog council got into hot water with residents living in that area when the council agreed to end the agreement and let the Scugog department handle fire protection. 'Council was forced to reverse its decision when a delegation of angry ratepayers convinced council they would get quicker response to fire calls from the Uxbridge depart- ment because of the distances involved. DOG CONTROL Also, at the joint meeting in Uxbridge last week, the two councils agreed to continue sharing the costs of dog control and pound operation in the two municipalities. Mayor Jerry Taylor told the meeting that Scugog wants to continue the nes PORT PERRY STAR -- Wed., March 11, 1981 --7 Fire protection from Uxbridge more agreement for at least 1981, as this Township is not prepared to build its own dog point and hire a dog control officer at this time. Presently, dog control is handled by Ann Barrett with the pound located in Goodwood, south of Uxbridge Mayor Taylor told the meeting that Scugog council has not been happy with the level of dog control in Scugog and the fact that the pound is located in Goodwood, which means Scugog residents must drive the 25 mile round trip to retrieve their pets. Mayor Taylor made it clear that his comments did not reflect on Ms. Barrett's efforts, but rather the distance involved from parts of Scugog to the Goodwood pound. Often when the dog control officer gets a complaint from Scugog Island or Cartwright, the travelling distance means the dog is long gone by the time Ms. Barrett arrives on the scene. The meeting was told that in 1980, the net cost for dog" control, including operation of the pound amounted to $26,000. Although both municipal- ities were to split this amount evenly, Scugog paid only $9900 because the four payments made in 1980 were based on 1979 costs. 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