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THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Friday, Sept. 3, 1993 â€" 6 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 The Oakville Beaver, published every Sunday, Wednasday and Fridey, at 467 rs Rd, Oakvite, is one of the Matroland Printing, Publishing Ian Oliver Publisher Spears d Oakvito, is istributing Utd. group of suburban newspapers which includes: Ajâ€"Pickering A News Adverts@, Barmie Advance, Bramplon Guardian. Buringion Po Robert Glasbey Advertising DirectOr | ‘Ecnecton, tiobeate Gueraan. Geotgaionn" Inepordeny Acton Free Press, Kingston This Week, Lindsa Week, M Norman Alexander Editor Economist eaSunNsfi%yfiog;mum fafion Canadan Chanpion, Mississauga News, Newmarketâ€" Aurora Eraâ€"Banner, North York M Geoff Hill Circulation Director Bower, Offia Today, Oshewa/Whtby This Weok: P;cemomugr.'"%:uso\?v;: Teri Casas Office Manager Richmond HiVThomhit/Vaughan Libaral Scarborough Mirror Tim Coles Production Manager All malerial published in the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Any roduction in whol or in part of this material is stricly forbiddan wl consent of the publisher ut the EDITORIAL Bookin@ it One of the most pressing problems among underâ€"developed countries is trying to heighten the level of literacy among their people. And while some countries, like Canada, have the books as a basis to promote litâ€" eracy, others are not as fortunate. That‘s why the recent efforts of secretary Mary Ellen Matthews and memâ€" bers of the Halton Roman Catholic Separate School Board, deserve to be conâ€" gratulated for their recent ‘Books to Jamaica‘ project. The idea started off with Matthews idea to ship surplus books and school supplies over to Jamaica where they could find a second life among the island‘s school children. About 550 boxes weighing 15 tons were shipped free from Toronto by Air Canada last week and that‘s good news for the students in the Port Antonio Good idea favorite pastime for some people is police bashing. No other group has Acomc in for such harsh criticism than the nation‘s crimeâ€"fighters. Part of the problem is that law enforcement agencies haven‘t done a very good public relations job on telling their side of the story. And when you‘re trying to beef up your image, there‘s no better starting | point than with youngsters. And that‘s just where the Halton Regional Police started last weekend when they held a ‘Respect For the Law Camp‘ at police headquarters. The threeâ€"day event attracted 80 elementary school children from the region in an attempt to show them the kind of work police and other emergenâ€" cy agencies are called upon to perform every day. Also attending the exercise were members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Canadian Coast Guard, CN Police, the Armed Forces and the Oakville Fire Department. It‘s the second year the event has been staged and it‘s a worthwhile endeayâ€" our that other police and lawâ€"enforcement agencies should emulate to further their work in gaining public support. Curiously, though, Halton is the only area were such a program exists. Certainly the Optimist Club should be applauded for putting up the $6,000 to sponsor the event and gained another $9,000 from corporations to underâ€" write the camp. We‘d really like to see further support for the project which also saw the ‘campers‘ paying a $25 fee to attend. More children should be exposed to the camp without having to come up the cash to do so. A tragedy othing is more tragic than the death of a young person but it‘s especialâ€" ly gutâ€"wrenching when someone dies and the cause remains unknown. That‘s the situation with British nanny Nicola Roberts, 24, whose body was found Tuesday evening on the banks of Sixteen Mile Creek. Police believe she walked down the steep slope herself and wasn‘t pushed or fell. Autopsy results were fruitless in determining the cause of death and now it will be up to toxicologists to try and see how the young woman died. Nicola‘s mother had little to say about her daughter except to say both she and her husband were devastated by Nicola‘s death. What more can be said. [ ; P mm | _ WEEKLY POLL _| Should Ontario Premier Bob Rae call a ) provincial election before his term expires? Cast your ballot by calling 845â€"5585, box 5008 to vote. Callers have until 12 noon Thursday to register their vote. Results of the poll will be published in the next Friday edition of the Oakville Beaver. CALL845â€"5585 : RESULTS OF LAST WEEK‘S POLL Are you in favor of major pension reform for our federal and provincial Members of Parliament? Yes:8 No:4 Cmm ‘\\\ e‘ otsrsso ‘{\‘\\Q@\\\P CV asid The Oakville Beaver welcomes your comments. All letters must be signed and include the writer‘s address and phone number. Letters should be typed, doubleâ€"spaced and addressed to: Letters to the Editor, The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4 on e en en e en e e e e e e en e e en e e e e e e e e e e e en en e e en en n n e en 0 00 000000 Chretien and Grits have strong policies Dear Sir: Your editorial of Wed., Aug. 25th, makes the strange statement that Liberal Leader Jean Chretien has refused to say what his party will do if elected. Was the Beaver on vacation on Aug. 16th when Jean Chretien and Paul Martin unveiled a compreâ€" hensive strategy outlining how a Liberal government will assist small and medium sized Canadian busiâ€" nesses? Over the last decade, firms with fewer than 50 employees accounted for 85% of all net job creation in Canada. Over 95% of businesses in Oakville employ less than 100 people. These businesses are the life blood of our economy. The number one priâ€" ority for Liberals is putting people back to work. And the way to do it is through our country‘s comâ€" munityâ€"based small and medium sized businesses. To date, the only thing the Conservatives have had to say about unemployment is that they will do nothing about it. Perhaps, you were not paying attention just two weeks ago in Oakville when Jean Chretien declared in absolute terms that the Liberal Party will never allow user fees for medicare. In contract, Kim Campbell says one thing to get herself voted Party Leader, something quite different when talking to the people of Canada. Were you not reading the news the day in April in which the Liberal Party announced its extensive package on Crime and Justice? The Liberal position on the GST does not "wanâ€" der all over the chart" in any way. The GST is a bad tax for many reasons: it is complex and costly for business to administer and expensive for the governâ€" ment to collect. A fair, efficient, and simpler system requires the input of all concerned, and to this end a Liberal government will consult with Canadians and the Provincial governments on all the options to the current GST. Consultation, with promises to act, is a thoughtful approach to government. What policies of substance have been offered by the Conservatives since Kim Campbell became leadâ€" er? It is unfortunate when the media chooses to conâ€" centrate its focus on image and personalities rather than serious discussion. Vicki Delany Details of sex charges offensive Dear Sir: Your article â€" Fines for men caught in Shell Park sex case by Angela Blackburn, on Aug. 25th, is very descriptive reporting of the incident at Shell Park and I feel it is unnecessary. If you are going to report in such detail, you might as well give us the names of the men charged. Young adults are reading this material, and they don‘t need to be informed of which act and how each one is being performed. It is difficult enough to bring up teenagers in our society today; and we as responsible parents find it offensive to have all this material published in our community paper. C. Miller Long live Amherstburg! Dear Sir: Re: Aug. 4th/93 column of Wm. J. Thomas " small town ..." As a former and proud resident of Amherstburg, Ont., I am outraged by the blasphemous writings of Mr. Thomas in his recent column "You can tell you‘re from a small town when ...". It is clearly evident that Mr. Thomas has never visited Amherstburg or he would know that there hasn‘t been a Lilac Ball for years; and that the fireâ€" hall basement has been redecorated very nicely â€" thank you. He also overlooked the true key indicaâ€" tors that you are from Amherstburg, Ontario: * If your most significant dinner party of the year is staged in the garage (closer to the power tools for after dinner conversation items); * If your latest landscaping effort includes pink flamingos, car tires for arches at your driveway, or cutâ€"up Javex bottles on a post that spin in the wind; Mark VanderHeyden