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Wednesday November 1991 the HERALD Arts and Ideas Alternative schools frowned upon In out hard and shiny world of artifice schools play a para mount part Without our educa work of schools we would lack the know how to keep our technological civilization going We rarely think how dependent we have becorpe on centralized sources of energy for instance to warm our houses or on fast com munications to make decisions of all sorts until something goes wrong Suddenly we sit in the cold in the middle of winter and have to guess what might have caused the breakdown In that situation of utter dependency we realize that most of us could not go on without the support systems of modern life From this follows besides knowledge unity and operation are the needed tools that keep us going Right now we are talking about unity a lot because the dismemberment of Canada has become a grim possibility I use the word here since it looks as if the separate Canadian en titles of the future might not even manage to be friends We who are neither of nor French descent watch with horror how these cursed two founding na tions talk themselves into an ever increasing hostility By now Canada is sheltering a bewildering assortment of people from vastly different backgrounds If we do not want to add to the French English bicker we must down play our dif Which returns me to schools In this case separate schools or alternative education Our government funded unitary school system is of great benefit to all of us Obviously in a democracy there will always be people who want their own private schools where they can pass on to their children their own beliefs and prejudices Ideas and The Arts Nobody can nor should want to do anything about that as long as they pay for these schools themselves However for the sake of peace our governments must not under any circumstances encourge people in their desire to be apart from the mainstream Religions and customs are private matters In a country like Canada they belong in the home or church or temple They must not be a part of the publicly funded school system The rule should be In government funded schools even in partially government funded schools the majority must have control over what is taught I recently had the privilege of again being part of a team that interviewed bright teenagers for awards the Optimist Club of Georgetown is bestowing on deserving young girls and boys during Youth Appreciation Week This year Youth tion Week has been proclaimed by our mayor to be the week from November to November 30 with a dinner taking place at the Optimists Hall on November 26 in the evening to honor the award winners and their parents It was a great joy to talk with the applicants Most of them were fully informed about the tremendous responsibility they will have one day to keep this planet healthy and our technological support system functioning I was also struck by the sense of toleration and curiosity we found in a majority of them It is so easy to be intolerant Just block your mind against diversity To become tolerant by comparison one has to leap of the imagination one has to take an active Apoljoman tion against the chaotic forces of darkness We Optimists have our work cut out for us if we want to preserve Canada as a country where reason has a chance to prevail Wildlife art as every other art has it hierarchy of stars In Canada none are greater than George McLean and Robert Even internationally not many come close to these two Carl Brenders comes close and maybe John Seerey Lester in his best works Art Effects Gallery and Centre here in Georgetown has been selling reproductions of paintings by these and other lists for more than two years This Saturday November John Seerey Lester will be at Art Effects Gallery from to 9 30 on a promotional tour of a coffee table book of his paintings called Face to Face with Nature You will also have a chance to see some of his original paintmgs which should be an eyeopener An animated Christmas special with the title The Soulmates created by Dominic and a husband and wife team living in our region will be shown on CBC Television on Wednesday November 27 at 7 m I was told that it is very good Put the date down on your calendar Judging jewellery Esther left and Margaret Tost right tage Ms and Ms Tost are both members of how each other looks in some of the uniquely out were intrigued by the variety of items for designed jewellery up for sale at the Credit Valley sale including pottery bowls trinkets and glass Artisans Christmas Sale Saturday at Cot plates Herald Photo mm mm cotton diapers professionally cleaned Pick twice per week Have your own diapers We do those too Let Roberta Do it There s still time for Christmas Sewing Minor Alterations Repairs Call Anytime 3949 11 Main St I ACTON 0FF FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER MY GENERATION 61 Main St S 873 2851 BOBS GOT PRICES THAT ARE THE PICK OF THE CROP PRODUCE PRODUCT OF U S A FLORIDA GROWN WHITE OR PINK GRAPEFRUIT 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