Oakville Beaver, 25 Nov 1994, p. 6

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Ian Oliver Publisher Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager The Oakville Beaver, Eublichad every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, at 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, is one of the Metroland Printing, Publishing Distributing Ltd. group of suburban newspapers which includes: Ajaxâ€" ickering News Advertiser, Barrie Advance, Brampton Guardian, Burlln:\on Post, Coninyood Connection, Etobicoke Guardian, Georgetown Indmon lent Acton Free Press, Kingston This Week, Lindsay This Week, Markham Economist and Sun, Stouffville/Uxbridge Tribune, Milton Canadian Champion, Mississauga News, Newmarketâ€"Aurora Eraâ€"Banner, North York Mirror, Oakville Beaver, Orillia Today, Oshawa/Whitby This Week, Peterborough This Week, Richmond HiV Thomhil/Vaughan Liberal, Scarborough Mirror. All material published in the Oakville Beaver is protected by cop/n%rgmw reproduction in whole or in part of this material is strictly forbidden wit the consent of the publisher. Advertising is accepted on the condition that, in the event of a typographical error, that portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. The publisher or services at th reserves the right to categorize and reject advertising. In the event of typographical error, advertising goods or services may not be sold. Advertising is merely an offer to sell and may be withdrawn at any time. Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager Of course this is absolute rubbish and what‘s more, Parizeau knows it. In fact he even alluded to the fact that even if his referendum on separation failed, there would be more referenda in the future. In Parizeau‘s words, the question of indeâ€" pendence will be like "a neverâ€"ending visit to the dentist". Ec ons uebec Premier Jacques Parizeau told the Toronto chapter of the Canadian Club Tuesday, that he felt a visit to Ontario was called for before he jourâ€" neyed to New York and Paris to lobby support for an independent Quebec. pompous, how presumptuous, how Parizeau. To hear the Parti Quebecois leader tell it, his province will continue to gnaw away at the rest of Canada until it gets what it wants...independence. in i Ti â€" We don‘t often find ourselves in agreement with Ontario Premier Bob Rae but when he said Parizeau was making a "huge miscalculation" in sloughingâ€"off any negative views of Canadians about Quebec separation, Rae was putting the case mildly. _ _ s > â€" It takes a lot to get Canadians angry but Parizeau will accomplish that feat in the coming months. He will be facing resistance from average Quebeckers who put mdependence at the bottom of thelr agenda below jobs, housmg and taxatxon In a couple of sentences, Parizeau washed aside any objection to a ‘new"‘ Quebec using Canadian currency. By the premier‘s reckoning, the federal governâ€" ment couldn‘t stop such a move. But of course his government would want to ignore Quebec‘s portion of the national debt, continue using an infrastructure paid for by all Canadians and believe that he will have no problems in dealing with the native population in Quebec. Parizeau‘s message is simple and to the unwary, his professorial manner can be seductive. And it is only through understanding Parizeau‘s agenda that Canadians will be able to shake off their complacency about the future of Quebec and rally around our Canada...everyone‘s Canada, including that of Quebeckers. Failure to do so sets up a scenario almost too scary to contemplate. Association has come up with a politicallyâ€"correct spin on common phrases used in the English language. They‘re technically referred to as ‘idioms‘ but these teachers believe some of these phrases are just too violent and militaristic. fi pamphlet being distributed by the North York Women Teachers‘ They would have us ban such phrases as "take a stab at it" and "kill two birds with one stone" and replace them with "go for it" and "get two for the price of one", respectively. Perhaps if the teachers, who obviously spent countless hours ferreting out, (oops!) researching these offensive phrases, spent as much time concerning themâ€" selves with more relevant concerns in education, the North York students would be better served. This is yet another example of how some educators and doâ€"gooders would hide reality and effective language use behind nonsensical replacement words and phrases. Their goal is to sanitize the language and make it politically correct. Sorry ladies, life isn‘t like that and neither is our language in fact it‘s the very descriptive nature of our language that is its strength. Why weaken it with this nonsense? There‘s already too much of this sterile and bureaucratic abuse of english going on that puts obfuscation above clarification. Some examples:Those who break the law are ‘offenders‘ and not thieves, crooks, thugs, murderers, rapists etc. To call them such would be...well, gauche, offensive and vulgar. That‘s as opposed to their offenses. These people are not sent to prison or jail but placed in a correctional facility or our favorite a detention centre. It‘s all nothing short of idiocy. We trust women teachers in Halton have better things to do with their time than spend it reâ€"inventing English. Yes: 27 Are you in favor of changing the way in which MP s‘ pensions are calculated? Seductive words 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 RESULTS OF LAST WEEK‘S POL! Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 Do you think the electorate at large should elect the Halton Regional Chairman instead of councillors as is now the case? Cast your ballot by calling 845â€"5585, box 5008 to vote. Callers have until 12 noon Thursday to revister their vote. â€"Results of the poll will be published in the next Friday edition of the Oakville Beaver. 40 years ago on‘t go calling an OPP Constable flatfoot Dthese fine November days â€" not if you don‘t want a flat eye! Members of the Oakville detachment this week were forced to begin walking from their homes to detachment headquarters on the Queen Elizabeth Way, after an inspector put the kibosh on the ageâ€"old pracâ€" tice of having a fellow officer pick them up in a cruisâ€" er. The inspector said some officers were abusing the privilege. â€" Oakville Trafalgar Journal, Nov. 25, 1954. A comely, blonde School Board candidate at Monday‘s nominations session charged overcrowded Trafalgar school buses are carrying up to 72 pupils. Mrs.. MacDonald, who skipped a ballet lesson to offer herself for trustee, is the first candidate from Lakeshore Highway W. to try for School Board. Her sevenâ€"yearâ€"old daughter drives by taxi to Morden Road School daily and Mrs.. MacDonald Monday night described the two school buses as "entirely inadâ€" equate and the same in number as in 1946, when there were but half the people." â€" The Oakville Record Star, Nov. 25, 1954 30 years ago Otto and Maria Jelinek, the brotherâ€"andâ€"sister skatâ€" ing team that brought fame to Bronte, have decided to retire in order to finish their education. Oakville OPP officers told they‘d no longer get free ride "Nobody will believe us," said Otto, who is now skating with his sister in a Buffalo ice show. "This is our fifth retirement." He added that this time he and his sister were definitely through with their skating career. Otto plans to complete his studies in business law at the University of California and return to Bronte, where he will join his father and brother in the sportâ€" ing goods business. Maria, who has been taking priâ€" vate lessons in languages for several years, will comâ€" plete her studies at the University of Munich, Germany. The Jelineks achieved international fame in the sports world when they won the world pairs figure skating championship in their native Prague in 1962. Alook back at the events that made headines in Oakvile. Shortly afterwards, they began a professional skating career, and rumors of their retirement have been recurâ€" ring ever since. â€" Daily Journalâ€"Record, Nov. 25, 1954 20 years ago Sheridan College could suffer a deficit of $2 milâ€" lion next year if the provincial government increases its financial support to the college by only 15.4%, viceâ€"president Donald Shields said Friday. Shields claimed the 15.4% hike announced last week by colleges and universities minister James Auld, is "in fact, not an increase at all. It‘s really a drastic decrease." He said the amount would not be enough to cover the college‘s increased enrolment, inflation and conâ€" tract settlements in the coming year. "It‘s at least 10% lower than we require and, if that‘s all we get, we‘re in real trouble," he warned. â€" Oakville Journal Record, Nov. 25, 1974 10 years ago Following Oakville MPP Jim Snow‘s lead, the majority of the Tory leadership convention delegates selected by the Oakville Progressive Conservative Association, Wednesday night, lean towards Trade Minister Frank Miller as the next Premier of Ontario. Of the 10 Oakville delegates chosen for the January leadership convention in Toronto, three declared their support for Miller, while three others said they ‘leaned‘ towards Miller. An automatic convention delegate, Snow, the Minister of Transportation and Communications, threw his support behind Miller when his leadership bid was announced. "It‘s no secret I‘m a Miller man," said Snow over the noise generated by more than 250 Tories at the Normandy Room at the Oakville Legion. Miller has three opponents in the leadership race, Attorney General Roy McMurtry, Agricultural Minister Dennis Timbrell and Treasurer Larry Grossman, but there were only Miller buttons in eviâ€" dence at the Oakville meeting. Taken from the archives of the Oakville Beaver including stoâ€" ries from The Oakville Recordâ€"Star, The Oakville Trafaigar Journal, the Oakville Journal Record and the Oakville Beaver, â€" Oakville Beaver, Nov. 23, 1984

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