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14 THE HERALD Wedittaday June IKS North Halton Literacy Guild takes grassroots approach Mayor Rush second from right and Regional Councillor Rick Bonnette tight accepted 10 Junipers donated b and Garden Centre in Acton Thursday afternoon From the left Gerry and Tom Moroz of the centre installed the plant for the town in the front of the new centre grounds Herald photo Tell me 1 forget Show me I may remember Involve me and Ill understand I The motto of the North Halton Literacy Guild is also a Chinese proverb and is the grassroots ap proach the group takes to teaching adults how to read and write Letters lined the wails of the Georgetown Cultural Centre Wednesday night People who had never before learned to read and wnte put pen to paper to say new doors were now opened for them The guild is located on Guelph Street Georgetown but represents all of North Halton Ac ton Georgetown and Milton There are matched pairs of students and teachers says project manager Maureen McCailum And there are another six students waiting to be matched with tutors One student at the appreciation awards night Wednesday said he had slipped through the school system without learning to proper ly read and wnte In his early ties the man gained a new ap preciation of life The guilds objectives are to Our future is encouraging if children think for themselves By JANET Herald Special Janet Duval Is a member of HAND Halton Hills Action for Nuclear Disarmament Has the New Age arrived Could it be the triumph of human reason or of simple economics Or is it God delivering us from evil Whatever the cause the world has changed dramatically in just a few months George Bush says the Cold War is over Mr Gorbachev is making huge reductions in his domestic and European forces and NATO is scrambling to respond with peace initiatives of its own Members of the Canadian peace movement were among those who watched in awe as the Soviets dismantled some of their nuclear weapons last year and Soviets are witnessing the same process in S towns Peace seems to be at The sense of security we feel now however is not because of the weapons that protect us theyve been reduced by only about two per cent after all Only a few years ago si rounded by those same weapons many of us wondered if we would survive the 80s The world is still capable of destroying itself many times over and will remain so for years The difference now I think Is in the leaders and the way they treat each other Gone is the name- calling the hostility and confronta tion and with them in assumption that each side was out to bury the other It was probably economics as much as anything that inspired Mikhail Gorbachevs stunning peace proposals while the west is beginning to- realize that the com munists can t and wont take over the world Where then is the real threat Surely it remains in the weapons themselves especially if they come into the hands of an irra tional leader Dare we imagine the consequences if Hitler had the atomic bomb in his final days As we watch the slow and in tricate dance of disarmament begin the question of what then comes centre stage How do we prevent nuclear conflict forever People with answers are beginning to emerge from their quiet wait in the wings Several universities have departments of peace and conflict studies Non provocative defence is becoming a byword especially in Europe a military ability to defend but not attack Gandhi and Martin Luther King offered models of gentle de fiance of unjust authority now echoed in the protest of Chinese students whose story has only begun As governments close their military bases and cancel weapons contracts including nuclear sub marines each of the foregoing alternatives deserve budget atten Perhaps the most encouraging sign for our future is in parents who teach their children to think for themselves to appreciate other cultures and to break up arguments with words rather than fists After all our children have no other choices In the world that awaits them WEEDS BUGS NOW Browse through our snackus retail Centre at Wlllowrreek Nurseries lor all your gardening needs Weed Feed Kg Bag reg SALE 20 Soil Lawn Insect Killer- 500 reg teach adults to read and write at a functional level of literacy They say one in five adults is not functionally literate Tutors come from a variety of age groups and backgrounds They need not have any teaching ex perience but must have an in in people and a willingness to work with a student for a minimum of six months Lessons usually take place week in a library or local school The content of the lesson is decided bet ween the tutor and the student The North Halton guild runs on an operation grant from the Ministry of Skills and Develop ment and receives donations from local clubs and industries Information about the guild and its services can be found by calling 8732200 Geraldine Barnes and Betsy Cornwell both from Georgetown received a North Literacy Guild award from Hills Mayor Russ Miller last week Herald photo Doctor to speak on child abuse Dr Bob Bates a leading medical expert on child abuse will be guest speaker at a lun cheon co sponsored by Georgetown hospital and the Halton Childrens Aid Society on June at the Georgetown hospital Bates is Chief of Paediatrics at Credit Valley Hospital and Chairman of the Board of the Institute for the Prevention of Child Abuse He is widely recognized as an expert on child abuse has many published articles on various aspects of this problem and has presented related research papers at inter national conferences This presentation by Bates intended for physicians and medical staff will cover the medical aspects of chld abuse including examination techni and consideration of other health problems related to abuse For further information please contact Corne Galloway at 8448211 I 11 I- MM meat shops OPEN 8732151 Sun Thurs 9am Mon Wed Saturday Treat Yourself Beautifully smith 133 Downtown Guelph 821 7490