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THE HERALD Wednesday February 1M1 Page 27 Arts and Ideas Bateman addresses students Robert Bateman the great Canadian artist scientist and en vironmentalist addressed about students and nonstudents in the auditorium of the EC Drury High School in Milton last Wednesday January 30 The Grade to Grade students came from all schools within the Board of Education For some deaf students present Robert Batemans words got translated into sign language Robert Bateman lived in until a few years ago when he moved to BC From to he taught at Nelson and lrd Elgin High Schools in Burl ington For years he was a member of the Niagara Escarp ment Commissioa He is an Of ficer of the Order of Canada the highest civilian award that the Canadian nation honours its most outstanding citizens with Robert Bateman donates great amounts of his time and his in come as a worldrenowned painter to environmental causes and this more than 2hour talk and slide presentation in Burl ington was very much an impas sioned battle cry to engage his young listeners in the huge fight to preserve the rich and varied life of this planet for us and our descendants I could not possibly pass on to you everything Robert said during his nvetting lecture but I wrote down some of his remarks and 1 will now quote a selection of them It took about 1 million years from the beginning of mankind to 1930 to make the human popula tion of the world grow to 2 billion people It took only another years from 1930 to to make the human population of the world grow to billion Every species that is that fertile Ideas and The Arts by John Summer becomes a threat to itself and to the health of the planet Therefore population control has to become our prime goal We have to put values before technology Waste and exploita tion of natural resources has to be opposed Preservation and wise management of natural resources has to be encouraged Steady growth is the creed of the cancer cell We can not go on living beyond our resources as we do today Canada for in stance is using more energy per capita than any other country in the world An advanced technology and small energy efficient enter prises go well together Small is beautiful as it enables us to live within nature without doing damage to it All mega projects are bad and should be opposed North Americans have adopted the mentality of gamblers Everything is for sale and nothing is respected No wonder that the most popular show on TV is The Wheel of For tune What are our priorities We spend billion dollars a year in video arcades North America The prison population on this con tinent has doubled between 1980 and 1990 We abuse the environ ment and increasingly children We have lost respect for our history and our traditions Or do you feel that respect is expressed by the way the City of Toronto has spread over farmland and nature reserves without regard to anything but short term pro fit Our modern world is like the mighty ship Titanic The builders of the ship thought it un- In their pride they rac ed the ship across the Atlantic without proper caution The ship collided with an iceberg Within hours the Titanic sank with a great loss of life Promise me to do a good en vironmental deed every day because man did not weave the web of life man is only one small thread in the web of life GEORGETOWN CINEMAS 235 GUELPH STREET 8731999 Schwarzenegger A charming exhibition of most ly small pictures by members of the Palette and Pencil Club open ed at the Gallery of the Halton Hills Cultural Centre in Georgetown In almost all exhibi tions I go to I find some artworks that give me pleasure Here are my choices from this exhibition if you care to know Egans monoprints a watercolour titled Seashore by Shirley Brambley Didurs a water- colour of flowers by Una a portrait of a strange little girl called by Frank Anthony a of stuffed bears staring out a win dow by Mary Willis Marion acrylic Green Frog and last but not least Blue on Blue a mixed media painting by Ruth Gibson The ex hibition will continue to February Open Mint design competition If you have ever dreamed of having your linage of Canada or any of its provinces and ter ritories immortalized on a Cana dian coin you will soon get your opportunity With these opening words the Honourable Paul Dick Minister of Supply and Ser vices and Minister responsible for the Royal Canadian Mint to day announced that the Mint will organize and conduct an open design competition to solicit designs for a special coin pro gram to mark the 125th anniver sary of Canadian Confederation in 1992 Once a month during the Government will issue a different cent coin each bearing a uni que design to represent one of the provinces and territories Each coin will be launched at a special event organized in the capital city of the province or ter ritory concerned In July however there will be two coins issued the second being a special one dollar coin to commemorate Canada as a nation and which will be launched during Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill The circulation 25 cent and one dollar coins have been chosen for this program in order that the maximum number of Canadians have- access to a unique souvenir of this anniversary During his remarks Mr Dick spoke of the appropriateness of a coin program on this occasion Throughout history coins have commemorated important events in the history of nations Many of us can recall the tremen dous public enthusiasm toward the centennial coins in 1967 and the special 25 cent piece for the in 1973 Today as we bear in mind the process now under way to redefine our confedera tion the significance and ap propriateness of a coin program arc very obvious indeed The sequence or order in which the twentyfive cent coins will be issued was determined at the end of the announcement by a draw The Secretary of State the Hon Gerry and two local students aspiring to be artists Miss AnneMarie Byrnes of SaintPie X in Gatineau and Mr Marco of St Pauls High School in Nepean joined Minister Dick in making the draw In introducing the students Mr Dick emphasized the Canada 125s focus on Canadas youth I am delighted that AnneMarie and Marco could join us here today as one of Canadas developing artists and graphic designers The par ticipants then drew the names of the provinces and territories All Canadians are eligible to submit designs for the coins a maximum of three in the provin cialterritorial category and no more than one for the Canada coin category By contacting the Mint in Ottawa each competing designer will receive a complete package of information which will help in the preparation of their entry In order to provide sufficient time to select the winn ing designs engrave produce and distribute the coins designs should be received by the Mint no later than March 1991 To recommend the designs to be considered by the government for production Minister Dick an nounced that a Coin Design Selec tion Committee is being formed and he provided the names of its members Drawn from all parts of Canada and from different walks of life these Canadians will meet during the month of April to par ticipate in the same process the Mint follows for its annual selec tion of coin designs The traditional designs of the caribou on the cent and the loon on the one dollar will be used in the regular collector sets in 1991 The loon design on the one dollar coin will also be struck for circulation purposes to meet de mand from January to 30 June Another change in the cir culation coinage for will see all denominations bear the in scription In all circulation coins will revert to their current design motifs In his closing remarks Mr Dick emphasized the two main themes of partnership and public participation which are at the heart of the Canada program It is in the spirit of partnership and public participation that the government has embarked upon Canada 125 and the coin program is an important demonstration of that spirit I encourage all Cana dians to take part he said Canadians wishing to enter the competition should contact the Mint as soon as possible Re quests for Coin Design Informa tion Kits may be conveyed to the Mints facility in Ottawa by phone fax or mail All kits will be sent by mail Lifestyles show Lifestyles of Halton Hills Rich in Resources Famous for Fun is the upcoming community organization showcase rescheduled from last September to Saturday April 1991 This fourth edition of the popular ex position will again be held in the Georgetown District High School This years theme of Healthy Lifestyle Alternatives builds on an initiative from the Ontario Ministry of Health Special events and demonstrations will focus on the subjects of adopting a lowfat diet moderating alcohol consumption smoking cessation and increasing physical activity and community participation A family Health Safari game will be part of the days activities and participants who successful ly stalk the clues and collect the correct game bag will be eligi ble to win a variety of exciting and valuable prizes Organizations Interested in this opportunity to present themselves to the community who do not receive a form should call Joy Thompson Kindergarten COP As an undercover cop- hes in a class by himself imosihi Evenings at pm Only Saturday Sunday Matinees at pm ONE WEEK ONLY The only thing they can count an is each other intruder Evenings at 91 5 pm Only T NOW PLAYING BECAUSE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT Evenings at 700 91 5 pm Saturday Sunday Matinees at 200 pm LAST 2 DAYS In the wilderness the greatest adventure of all Is survival stomtep pictures Jack Londons I Warning Frightening Evenings at 5 pm Scenes Matinees Saturday Sunday at 200 pm J COMING THIS FRIDA Y SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY LA STORY ADMISSION General 700 Children it Seniors 375 Tues Password Thurs THIS WEKPASSWORC STORY