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TRabes, In Bookland THINK GREEN! With St. Patrick's Day near, "ýgreen" is synomynous with the Emerald Isle and shamrocks. In Kathy Stinson's Pictuirebook "Those Green Things", there are such mundane things as spinach, garbage bags etc. However by the power of her imagination, a chiid transforms the plain, everyday ob- jeets into yucky things like bugs and Worms or scary things like monsters. The ultimate Wonder- ment is the tranformation of 1"those green things in the porch" into Martians. The green theme is reinforced by the green trim on the front cover and the solid green inner cover. Coun cil Briefs Jacob Vander Scbee, Orono, has been eiected chairman of the Town of Newcastle Library Board. Susan Hendricks has been elected vice- chairman. Counc. Deegan made another pitch for senior sidewaik clearing but with no takers from council. Atthe previous meeting Counce. Hamre stated, that the service is availabie through Community Care. Cordon White, chairman of the Port Dariington Community Com- mittee, made another bîd for the Town to include Cedar Crest and the Cove in the area of: their lakefront study. The Town is undertaking a lakefront study from the West Creck Road ini Bowmarnn- ville to the Wiimot Creek White asked council the fuiture of the lakeshore residentiai area which will be affected by the St. Mary's cernent expansion which White said wouid bring the quarry to within "Those Green Things" com- plements Kathy Stinson's most popular book "Red Is Best". Together they-are the perfect teamn when teaching youngsters the col- ours red and green. "Those Green Things" is right at home midst the greenery of the Ap- pie Blossom Shop. ACCORDING TO HUXLEY Aldous Huxley, author of "The Brave New Worid" said, "Every man who knows how to read has it in bis power to magnify himself, to multipiy the ways in which he ex- ists, to make bis life full, significant and interesting." fifty feet of some of the homes. Council is to look at ail aspects of the environment of the area. George Brooks, Bowmanville, spoke to council on Monday asking that council pass a by-law setting forth an 'English Oniy'-by-law for the Town. "The same as passed in Sault Ste Marie," he said. "We don't want'biinguaiism crammed down our throats," he said. Brooks said the board of educa- tion had created a problem when they made Ontario Street School a French Immersion school and this has forced additional capital costs at the Vincent Massey School, a cost to be borne by ail taxpayers. (Brooks gained considerable ap- plause from supporters in the au- dience.) Counicil has passed a resolution asking- the Greater Toronto Area Waterfront C'omîuissioni, headed up by David Cromibie, to conisider the Bowmnanvilie Water front pro- posai as submitted to the Town in the afternoon. The commission wil report their receommendations to council. Greenhouse effect outllned at Clarke Addressed to Clarke High School Parents' Group by Brian J. Elston "We have responsibility for the climate of the earth now. . .it seems amazing but mankind has brought that about. It is a responsibility we have to take control of" - Sandra Postel, Woridwatch Institute. This was the message brought to the Clarke High School Parents' Croup on Wednesday, February 21, when the TV Ontario programt The Greenhouse Effect was screened for the audience. The program w'as in- troduced by its editor, Mr. Brian Elston. He said that research in- dicates that there is compeliing evidence that human activities are contributing to a global warming phenomenon that could increase the worldwide temperature, as much as five degrees Celsius over, the next 50 years. One of the experts in the program, Jim Hansen of The Goddard Space Institute, saîd that "if our predictions are correct, the earth wiil be warmer in the next 15-20 years than it has been in the past 100,000 years." The televîsion program dramaticaliy depicted the fate of much of the worid's coastlines when a predicted one metre rise in ocean levels occurs. Among the oth predicted in the prcý and storm patterns wc virtualiy ail agricultt would be altered. Som benefit from a bo season, others would resulting in social,e political tensions. The program preser perts on climate charj their method of stu( dings, predictions ai dations. The experts. climate warming is Cat creased concentratioe gasses (such as carbo the earth's atmnosphen tivities such as defoi burning of fossil fule practices' and industr the direct causes. I these gasses can airead ail areas. of the wor Canada's high Arctic. As weil, The Greec takes us to the Antarc the companion probl<i ning of the ozone primariiy to the 'prc chiorofluorocarbonsc ed in the manufacti plastics, aerosoi prope condîtioning appliaru( omo Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 28, 1990-5 D)iscussion foilowecf the presenta- tion of the videotape and centered on what one can do to help the situation. Mr. Elston suggested that our elected officiais on ail levels of H i government must be made aware ther canges that we are concerned about the at- her canges mosphere and that we want change. ogram, rainfaîl He also suggested that we should, voul shftand among other things, minimize the [ural activities burning of fossil fuels to heip ne areas would diminish our carbon dioxide emis- onger growing sins suffer greatly, Mr. Elston conciuded, "We have economic and begun to understand sorne of the resuits of our actions, and it's going *nts ieading ex- to be a long and bard road back. nge, who share Since the time of the Industrial idy, their fin- Revolution, we have enjoyed the id recommen- resource-based wiid ride of con- agreth yat the sumeration at the expense of our onusedbyanin-é environment. Tough economic )n do specii decisions are now going to have to one dioxide) i be made by tough politicians re Huan ac- earnestly interested in bettering the )rs atrion, the world, not just their riding or for [s ricltu re just their term of office. rializat ofr We-need the support of ail in- adh e efects of stitutions, educationai and in- orldinclding dustriai, and aIl levels of govern- rldinclding ment, in ail the counitries of the nhus. ffc worid, for to adapt to the ctic to examine greenhouse effect will truly be lm of the thin- man's greates t test." ie lyerdue The message was clear: the warm- rolaer, due o ing of the earth's climate is no oiration ofus longer a subject for meteorologists ore CfC'sus onîy; it's time for us ail to get in- pe of oamdai volved. We have a rare, opportunity els. ad i of some advanced warning, let us :es. begin! "The Future Staris Here"- Only twlýo weeks eft until the Match Break. The girl's voleybali season is inding dlown and the boy's season in basketball hias corne to a close. Cirl's soccer and boy's rugby are gearing up for another competitive season. Student council elections were held on Tuesday, February. 27, 1990. WeIlI post the resuits next week. Forty senior band members went to see "The Phantom of the Opera" oni Wednesday, February 28th. Progress reports will be written on Friday and will go home on Thursday, March 8. These are designed to !et students and parents kniow their progress as inidicated by their- eariy resuilts. Coming Events .March 8th Progress Reports March 9th - l6th March Break March 22nd' Parents' Night Suggested Prayer for our -land Lord, You said that if your people, who 1 werc called by your name, would 1 humble themselves and pray and seek your face and turn from their wicked ways,' then you woid hear from heaven, forgive their sin and heal their land. Icoirne to you as one ofwyur own iîr day, a Christian, called by ýt-_naine of Christ ?îour Son tb open my life to you durin.g these days. I his week we're, thînking about the sin of materialism, always wan- ting more and more. Please.show me where 1 am guiity of this. 1 want to change. Hear ni\ prayer, Lord and f'orgive nmy sin Teach mie Io be con- tented so 1 I mayknlow Christ's par- don1 and lhelp m'le to love you nmore than anthing elsýe, so your love and hiealing inay spread through your church and our land. in Jesus Name, Amen Clarke High ~ Sehool Report t