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Hey Kids Win McDonalds Gift Certificates and Watches GET YOUR CRAYONS AND PELT MARKERS GOING TO WIN GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR MCDONALDS ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED ON ORIGINALITY AND EACH MONTH THERE WILL BE A RAW FOR A UNIQUE RONALD MCDONALD WATCH ENTER AS OFTEN AS YOU LIKE NAME ADDRESS TELEPHONE AGE NEC boundaries being reduced Dire warnings from staff members about Ihe future of the Niagara Escarpment have prompted Niagara Escarp ment Commission NEC to delay a decision on a proposal that would see the planning control are reduced in by mora than onesixth of Its present charge Environmentalists are to protest the further reduc lion of a development control area that began in 1073 a 1 3 millionacre strip of land ex tending some miles through southern Ontario but the NEC decided at its George town meeting last Thursday to postpone further consideration of the proposal A revised plan of the area is now scheduled for final con si deration in May although NEC members expect make their decision on the proposal chop 112 acres from its planning control area next month after a NEC advisory committee has col final comments from regional and county ties within its jurisdiction SENIOR PLANNER Don Toylor he NEC niorplanncr told the members last week that reduction proposal will leave the NEC with only per cent of Ihe original planning area that was in effect prior to its Initial reduction in size by per cent That re duction was approved last May at Ihe order or Resource Deve lopment Secretary Rene Brun die Mr Toylor reminded the NEC that once its final dec I is made as to the size of the planning control area no action not even a Cabinet order could allow outside lands to be added The iiaoOOacre reduction proposal the result of the NEC direction to its staff last lo trim areas in Bruce Grey Simcoe and counties from the control area Mr Taylor arc lhat reductions in these localities could provide dan precedents for similar cut bocks elsewhere along the escarpment NEC general last week that the reductions now being dercd have been prompted largely by briefs and rpprMtn tatlons from municipalities that are affected Hal ton Hills regional councillor Roy Booth an NEC commissioner credit the proposals on political pressures and common ON HAND On hand to hear the NEC discussion Thursday was Dr Duncan McEwan vicechair man of the Coalition on the Niagara Escarpment CONE which reportedly represents some citizens who are concerned over the future de velopment of the escarpment McEwan said thai CONE members will be meeting this week to discuss the fens I Illy of staging a protest over the current land reduction CONE which lost month submitted a page brief out lining its members concerns directly to Premier William Davis is also considering an appeal lo the province regard the appointment of co mmissioners in June when the membership of several NEC officials expires YOUR WEEK AHEAD By damis Forecast Period January 14 January Wait till after Tuesday Tor any major financial transactions Scrutinize personal assets and be sure of the facts TAURUS Apr GEMINI May June s MOONCHILD July 13Aug Emotional outbursts may put you In a rather silly predicament A little sell analysis may prove very revealing Obstacles create problems in travel plans a couple of days and avoid the pit falls Be alert to possible financial problems How deep do you want lo immerse your self in these dealings difficult partnership arrangement could I become quite emotional Confront the problem with aplomb rustration in work relationships musl be 1 overcome Call forth patients from ihe depths of your being A surprising incounter one you ad I mire has romantic overtones It best not lo make a commitment at this time Things will not be dull at home The petted seems to become the routine A visitor casts a spell This is not the time for confrontations D with neighbors or km At this lime is CROSSWORD PUZZLE DOWN Fashion Wading bird I Booh by Byrd A Catnip Natural 1J Ports nightfall II Jujube Threefold Inhibit Actress Polo Grounds I Trellis Infinite II Arranged II Lessen II Fiber knot Let stand It Located through Coach Japanese hero 1 I heroine 11 pillar Indigo 15 14 a tooth favorite Bee unit Wrath born SI Gibberish Corner Called for Eagle a Mayor upsets columnist thinks green people need watching Toronto Mayor John Sewell certainly opened a can of worms when he publicly ended the homosexual com unity at a recent rally to protest the trial of three mem of the Body Politic who are charged wilh using the malls to transmit Indecent and immoral material John publicly that he stood for the right of individuals lo determine their own sexual orientation In today crazy world of ever changing values and the every day pressures of living things were strange enough when an entire generation of middleage adults started analysing them selves with who am I what am I and where am I going All of which are very valid questions but the answer should have been found some where between adolescence and the early twenties instead of the mid forties and late fifties Such soul searching now there arc some who would like the majority to believe that an Individual can have a sexual choice It is Important understand that it is not agre ed upon In scientific circles whether homosexuality Is a conditioned behaviour or a physical condition that one is born with that cannot be changed There is evidence to substantiate both viewpoints within the medical What Is fair to assume is an individual of adult age In my book or over should be able to live as good a life as they can without being penal lied provided that whatever their practices they are kepi VIEWPOINT In private NOT ALLOW We certainty do not allow public intercourse by the hete rosexual population nor do we allow seduction of minors or sexual relations with minors We call ourselves civilized and because of this we expect certain practises to be private heterosexual homose xual or otherwise Now comes Ihe difficult parts should a known homos exual lenchcr be allowed to keep their position on the grounds that if they are dis missed It is an infringement of civil rights a form of nation I feel the answer should be they should not be I able to retain their position for Ihe following If an Individual was a known heavy drinker they would be dismissed If on Individual was known to be of loose moral fibre they would be dismissed if an Individual was to choose to wear green face paint they would be dismissed Let us use the last example there should be wrong with being green except Tor the fact that the majority of the population does not painl themselves green nor would they want their child taught by a green person it is not in keeping with what we consider normal we being the majority Homosexuality may be a reality for ZOO 000 people In Metro Toronto but It Is not In my reality as a parent I want my children teachers lo uphold as many of my viewpoints as possible If their political view was drastically removed from mine if their social moral views were dras different from mine I would either want the teacher removed or would remove my child from his or her control CONTROLLED STUDY In a controlled study done by sonologists they iried to determine what it Is that allows one homosexual to re cognize another even though there appears nothing on the surface that would Indicate any sexual preference They round thai the signal was given In body language not obvious but in a extra flutter of an eyelid or the holding of eye contact just matter of sec longer than what is accepted normal Between members of the opposite sex there is a definite exchange of body movements that show ones sexuality These are done without control by the individual In a classroom the same would hold true Teachers do push their own viewpoints not just what is found In the textbooks Four Metro teachers were charged as found Ins at a homosexual club According lo Fiona Nelson chairman of the Toronto Board of Education A teacher sexual oriental ion and personal life as long as it docs not interfere wilh the job Is of no business to the school board 1 believe that statement Is dead wrong A teacher is supposed to be an example lo his or her students and since we have gotten away from that practise since some teachers became longhaired pot smoking adolescents them selves our schools hove be come one hell of a mess Sexual orientation is garb age our sexual orientation was designed by nature and as always there are flukes and mutants but let us not confuse one with the other Kids today have mwc than enough to cope with without deciding whether to be a he or a she Because a group bans her for solace we believe that society should be tolerant of them but ihcy should not present an as the norm A homosexual teacher should be dismissed as you would dismiss any other gross variance from the norm being green Is not a crime In any country on this planet but 1 be damned if I want my chile being taught by someone and I really don care if they arc normal in every other respect because being green is not accepted as normal by me or those in mv circle UPROAR The next big issue In this recent uproar is under free dom of he press Naturally as a journalist I have lo believe in freedom of the press take it away and you take away my take away the essence of my beliefs but and it a big but because of changes of society one has to examine closely what is an endanger to freedom of the press and or society as a whole Destroying Ihe moral fibre of any society is the destruction of that society itself history bears that point out a any other vehicle choose to print something so abhor rent to society in general we have to question very closely what it Is In fact lhat vie are defending If moral laws ore flagrantly abused and filth actually beyond filth lo the point of corruption is printed under the guise of freedom of the press how much should be allowed If the criminal mind or the insane mind or what Is an to nature bands together and offers their views that is one thing if It is mailed out without my request to fall Into my hands at lime irly still forming then freedom of the press Is not In jeopardy but freedom of distribution is We live in an age where people are being very loterant tolerance based on compass Ion is one thing tolerance based on ignorance is another Let us not witch hunt the gay community for being gay but lei us make sure that our children arc not pushed into misguided thinking that sexual orientation is a matter of personal preference at any rate not In my home and not In any school my child attends HE SHOOTS take aim on pal John in Dyke two play hockey do the rink Public School Saturday to at New begins January 13 1979 Ago years and up Classes at Knox Presbyterian Church Main and Church Streets in drama singing stage techniques and self expression ADMINISTRATOR ARTISTIC CONSULTANT 8770643 January 111213 Thurs Fri Sat Crimpknit Machine washable cm wide polyester in 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