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Clarke High Sehool News Report "The Future Starts Here" the opportunities taken or not taken Commencement by'each of the graduates whle at On Friday, October 18 we Clarke High School. celebrated the 29tih Annual Clarke The jazz choir added to their High School Commencement. good reputation with a presentation Eighty six students received their of 'il Be Seeing You'. The Senior Ontario Secondary School Concert Band added to titeir laurels Graduation Diploma. There are with selections from "Les many outstanding graduates but two Miserables". were more ouistanding: Jeff Once again the Commencement Walters and Ken Verwoert. Jeff was a major iighlight of the school Walters won five awards including year wiîh Clarke High School the prestigious Ontario Scholarship graduates wnning over $2 1,000 in and Ken Davies Award. Also awards and bursaries. outstanding was Ken Verwoert who Music Notes won four awards including the Mr. Dan Kapp, Head of te Governor General's Academnic Music Department ut Clarkce was a Award for iigitest standing in the trumpet soloist wiit lte OAC (Grade 13) year. The Northumberland Symphony hîghlightîs for each parent and Orchestra in Concert for Trunupet student was, of course, when they and Orchestra in E flat Hob Vile received an award or their No. 1 by Joseph Hayden Sunday graduation certificate. Night in Cobourg. The graduatiug class gave a stading ovation to Andy Rorabeck Coming Events for bis valedictorian address. Andy october 25 - P.D. Day spoke of the responsibility of eacb October 28 - Progress Reports person for titeir education and of October 30 - Parents Night Gord's View by Gord Mllis MPP Durham East Should it be - "An eye for an eyeT. People I meet and talk with are sickened and itorrîfied at lte senseless crimes we seemn to be reading about in our newspapers and througb otiter media, almost on a daily basis. Many are puzzled, and more are angry over the way our society bas gotten. Violent crime seems to be reaching out to touch al segments of society. Young women are raped and often brutally murdered. The elderly,. usually thought of to be safe anywhere, are more and more becoming a prisoner in their homes. Children., once considered to bc immuned from violence are now becoming more often, a victim Loo, The more crime we see and hear of makes our thoughts turn to the Lex talionis, the Old Testament law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tootb. Some people are convinced that the fundamental prînciple of retribution is essential if justice is to be done. Only in that way can a crime be properly evaluated and, thus, society and the criminal cmi come to treat crime as crime and flot merely as unfortunate lapses by societys less fortuate members. Today there is much talk of so called "mitigating circumslances." 0f drunken fathers abusive parents, and of a society that seems to have a duty to give any beleaguered offender just one more chance. I am reminded by this thinking wben 1 remember the parable of the Good Samaritan: social workers of their day, on passing the man set upon by robbers, said,, "we must do something to help the people who did this." I believe, thiat it is important to create in the perpetrator of a crime a sense of guill, sharne and a need for punislunent. A kind of justice - for the individual and society. It should ensure that what punishment an offender receives is "~-appropriate to the offence, wbich, it is hoped, will- awaken thte conscience, provide te means by witicb one will then purge the faults, and be set on the way to recovery. 1 guess some element of rétributions is natural to our sense of justice. Why else do we say: "titats flot fair?" 1 think our society must properly lue protected from pointless and arbitrary evil. Our RsSteve nso n repor on gun- contro(A act It's probable that our new gun in Durham. We had more than control laws will be approved by 1600 responses, quite a good Parliament before Christmas. average for such surveys. 0f those In recent weeks this legisiation, who replied, 78.5 per cent known as Bill C-17, was given favoured more restrictive gun detailed study by a House of legisiation, 90.8 per cent supported Commons committee. You tougher screening of buyers, while perhaps heard some criticismn of 92.7 per cent -want longer prison the committee - that it was terms for crimes involving Ilstacked" with government firearms. 0f those who responded, members who didn't want tougher 37 per cent are gun owners. gun laws. As one of the The complete resuits of this government members of that survey will be given in a few comxnittee, I can assure you those weeks in my nexct newsletter to allegations were not correct. Constituents. Right now 1 want to Like many other members, 1 thank ail those who answered the don't consider myseif îu be questionnaire, and also the great particularly anti- or pro- gun many constituents who took the control, but I wanted the best time to write letters explaining possible legisiation - laws thai will their views and concerna. Ail of be workable and that can be these were extremely helpfui to me enforced. Tha's whaît te during our committees conumittee accomplislied. deliberations. YoulIl recali that earlier this year I circulated a questionnaire about gun control to ail households I people and children, need to leain that evil is evil and that justice mneans flot least, that tiey have to discover a sense of guilt. In otiter words, that crime deserves punishment. Ail of what I have written must not stand alone eititer. Titere is forgiveness. Yes, the hardest part of al. Only the victinucan aîîempt it. Forgiveness, must bc in the hearts of us ail, as we struggle with crime, and ponder uponiiow best to deal with it. The way I see it. The committee recommendedr somne significant improvements to C-17. They include raising to 18 years (fromn 16) the permissible age for buying firearms, and requirinig 1photographic identification for ail those who apply for a Fireanus Acquisition Certificate. A new FAC will now cost $50, and a renewal $25. Firearms officers will bc able to inivestigate the personal background and stability of those who apply for an FAC so ihey cai buy a gun. Like many other members, 1 regretted we couldn't respond to the widespread public concem tai more severe prison sentences be imposed on those who use guns for crinuinal purposes such as robberies. That specific section of the Criminal Code is not part of the gu control legisiation, so te commihîce wasn't authorized to change it. (Continued page 14) NOW US NOT TIHE TIME TOT. BUT A TIME TO COMMIT This Community Deserves Your Attention It's a Good Place to Live Let's Make It Better VOTE CHARLES EWERT For Local Councillor, Ward 3 For information oeil 987-1285 AUTHORIZED av c.F. O THE THREAT CONTINUES!! 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