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The Acton Free Press Wednesday April 1977 One more time Adele Steve capture top honors in contest and Steve Saxon of Acton have once again taken top honors In an other It vet of the Optimist public speaking competitions Their latest achievements came last Wednesday evening it the Optimists regional competitions held Milton Competing against contestants from yes and their gourmet delights There an endless number of ethnic res tour ants in our majorcities Chinese Italian Mexican Jamaican I- ren why you can take a trip i round the world and never leave the city Gradually each new culture has blended Into our lives has given our and representing Georgetown character Optimists placed first in the girls with her speech on separatism Steve placed first while speaking on racism The pair hive worked their up from their first win in their school I Bennett ihcn to North Hilton in Georgetown and advancing on lo the Optimists regional finals The two grade seven students will next compete in Ontario of Kitchener on The free Press his obtain topics of Sine speeches which reprinted in full Steve- Saxon Did you heir about the moron who read in the paper per of all at within five mites of his home He mov Moron jokes from the bottom of a deep well lasi you each one tried lo heird ihn jokt wis climb out Alone each one ibout socalled to reason his way out New fit or some other tried meditating derogaiorj lerm referring to They i group lliev even resorted you lo violence It happen overnight Hut while an immigrant is lo Canadian ways his own cultural in fluenccs arc at work shaping our of life We are ail immigrants in this country or descendants of immigrants and yet we he cries of or go back to where you came from If we all adopted that iheory then we should all be living on reservations and hunting our food like the ins who are the real- original Canadians Immigrants would like to be and learn our ivs but vicious jokes and violent attacks will not help ihtm or us Il reminds me of a story heard once a bunch of people were trapped I have but you did Mmontv roups have borne the fool jokes our society The people who are being ended ire ihc Suddenly I gel out in in of this Union That was 110 years ago Now that we have this great nation we should work together to keep Canada harmoniously united If you think about it it would be just plain selfish lo break up such an eminent country now so many years of lolling to create I believe il is our rcspon keep Ihe work of the of Confederation going Why let it all fall to pieces now and his parly have been demanding separation of Quebec from the rest of Canada At time when Ihe world is seeking pcice and union of friendship wilhin all the eountrtes it 1 be doing justice lo our country by telling separation disrupt in a future Canadi Why here would be states and provinces all over the world saying If Quebec can do can So part arc playing now is important to the future of other countries as well is our own It is easy for Ihc armchair critics to sit back and let other people make up our minds for us Insteid of criticizing we should get ourselves involved into in political topics Irudeuu I Quebec and politics is a whole I know politics can gel pretty boring md frusinling But if wc reall try under it it can gel in lercsling and involving You know kids like myself can t vole wt can strike in proles I and we can form union But what we can do is give our views to parents teachers and other idults Wc can express our opinions by phoning radio stations and writing lo newspapers Maybe if we show concern we can give a of shame those who do not show interest in volmg or giving support country as Can Ida We should that Canada is a verv young country Willi far to go It could gti belter or it could jcl worse It ill depends on heir the better work can Or ach doing rewarding little ihe me lo Mil lC future of ihc So when it is our vole ind support wt contribute our low heller we musl do il together lordlier we will continue ihe work of our forefather logelher wilt prove people off math Continues criticism of Values Education A Hilton who recently apologized publicly to Hit Director of ihc V iluts I developed for ino schools in ton Weniworth regions Ins renewid his criticism Vilucs Hum In letlenoitcv irry Ion in of the llallon I ducaiien He v Ken founder of He ince rent group his Ihlioi Kurd ihe sophv hick soDhislicatcd program limed repl icing in Ihc sclnols the teaching of ihc the Ten and the mem oi Mount in bell re ills that the a profes sionil day in Simcoe speaking on dues I due the theme for the ela hid observed in our pluralistic socielv ire longer my Iv philosophic er who due Haulier will hold strong unity if provinces i territories fur Hit rtst Hut we musl do logclhti PETER is all determination as he at tempts the high jump on a skateboard In spite of the warm weather he is wearing gloves and a long sleeved jacket to protect against falls First Line accident I i pick up I ruck i lasl Wednesday of I hided ihe teacher el for suit me lo iscleirlh liberties in i ihe institutions i I ihe 1 ducaiion rccoj lie rtsponsibililv of public school system to such basic values in ihe classroom not one of Ihe leachcrs present chal lhai statement by Hie speaker in ihe question and period followed Ins speech speaker I iikc Associate of I at Sir Wilfred University edited books on written by lr John Meyer Director of the v dues ducaiion project in litem Ihmil ton Went worth In his Idler Campbell Hilton of the fir reaching of ihLir failure lo fate up their rcsponsibil Hits in this crucial issue In view of the social ten moral turmoil in our society there m be no milltr of more urgent im portincc to face Hoar el with far re ichinc Continued on Page driven In Mired Hill It 1 ml up driven inoi else happens lo hive or vagutlv resemble them my skin boulders Gelupon us shoulders On us we can build a Together we will lift either up Together we help each other working low i GO tickets stolen can lift each other iltack Together I ihe can build a must slop There seems be a silent or misundtr slindingi ihil this kind of is Ihe only way we is harmless it really can overcome our dif anybody ferences Instead of knocking others Bui the when the humour down lurns lo and spurs up migrants in crowded sub ways jusi speak it noi a invmore The of il all is thai these self righteous who are causing the trouble am language none loo good neilhtr Besides how elowc expect ihese new arm to learn to speak our mother if wc cm even decide our selves whether nitionil languige should rench or Or know then s an old biblical lale Dial how at one lime in the world spoke the same built city in which ihey and said Come us build i lower ihat will reach the heavens ind let us make i name for In those days i symbol of man pride of man s desire to raise himself up went the lower dcilv looked down and remarked lo Old Peter Unless mv is me which isn l prising ill these millions of years I I sec a building up in our d i reel ion So not them to be his equal looked down and m ide them all speak difftreni linkages and scattered them over the fice of ihe earth Since ihen each nation has dcvclopeel Us own customs its own beliefs and its own varnlions of the languages And now after of years these people are all coming together again to build a nev in factcalled Canada They arc bringing together and sharing what they have learned their cherished traditions and values their leas and coffees and car pets their brass and marble cameras furniture their doctors and architects Together and together we will build i nation will be proud will A country of ten provinces two territories greil wiallh Together wt will keep it this way If were to research all the things ihat have been done lo gel our conso lidated voud be astonished have all heard lining of the of Well if it werent for Ihesc men we nut have such a great as wc do lodiy These men worked lo create a ill the prcvinces wt have now It look political trade other strenuous to gel Confederation on laborious journey Then man named Sir John A came into the was great asset is he was lo become first Prime Minister of the Dominion of who stolt about two worlh of Georgetown GO train tickets from the Moor station won l be riding free for the rest of lives GO spokesmin Tom Henry revealed ihe government owned transit system has a list of the serial numbers for every ticket stolen The bur glary look phce sometime between Thursday night and morning Henry ihe serial numbers of tickets stolen hive been posted at every GO train stop on the Georgetown route He slid the Moor station Go fly a kite in open poles wires carrying electric power lo homes or factories television and Ihc like seem to have a magnetic itirictton Safety specialisls at Ontario Hydro suggesi silt for flying kites should be level open space from ihese overhead or even airports and irees If the kite should become leave and notify proper authorities It is belter to lose a kite than risk injury 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