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2 - Orono W..Idy TImos1, Wednesdoy, May 12, 1993 Orcrno Wekfy qflies PubflctPpis MadRgi trein Nt,*o, 06 Pubýhshtn,ýg47 ISSA Anruaty at the Office of Pub§leutin 5310~ Main $troet orolno, Otado Los i Mo Tetophone 416-983-5301 Roy C, ForreW, Owner-Ed itor :Suscrptiîi1.00 peranuM.:: It takes an issue It was somewhat surprising Monday night to pay a visit to the Nomination meeting for the federal liberals in the Duitiamriding and to find the halls and some rooms at the Bowmanvile High School jammed with people. One would bave te asic is this a liberal meeting for liberals to our thinking is somewhat lack in keeping the political Fmre burning between and, even to a point, during an election. Attending such meetings in the past it wAs always the conservative that were ail stirred up'and ready te give a hand to work for and back their choice. The NDP is generally a sad' gathering of a few. But the tables were certainly turned around on Monday at the Bowmanville High School. Not only were there four candidates in the race wi th most doing a lot of leg work with the thought that the Mulroney team can readily go down to defeat with the election supposed te be called this fail. Add to this that one of the candidates had the backing of the Pro-life group, a group that has made inroads into the executive of the riding association. This has not gone down well with many as they see it as a one-issue' and only a one-issue group. Membership in the riding association bas risen to some 1200 and it would be this corners guesstimate that somne 700 to 800 cast their vote for candidates on Monday. The liberals were not the sleepy group of past years and although there bad to be the issue of the Pro-lifers there was also other factors that came into play. There is nothing like an internaI issue for any group and then,- those issues on the outside just add a 1111e bit more spice te the wbole affair. As one walked done the aisie at the bigb scbool on Monday night it was apparent there was a good atmosphere coming from ail quarters - or at least it seemed to be that way. Neyer saw s0 many liberal assembled in one place before. A bus-man's holiday That wbat it was, a busman's holiday, Iast Wednesday wben we left pen and pad home te seule in te hear the Dirvctor of Education, Dick Malowney of the local board of education, speak at a Clarkce Scbool group meeting at the Pines Senior Public School. First it was surprising to see so, few parents i attendance especially those that would have students in tbe elementary system througbout this community, the Clarkce group of schools. Twenty- two out of the hundreds upon bundreds makes for a poor showing specially when there is so much expressions of concern over the quality of educatien. Ther e is ne doubt t"t Malowney makes bis points well and we did consider bis trip into the future was well documented witb some interesting and significant changes to cornein the years ahead. We did find it most interesting that some 85 te 90 percent of the futuristic look into the future in ail aspects of life came tbrough the' printed word - clippings from newspapers, the Toronto Star and, Globe and Mail no doubt. At least we bad read some of the clipping in the Star. What attracted my att'ention to this fact, that of the use of the printed word, is that it we are supposed to be in ie electronic age, the cbip, the computer, and it is keys and buttons that are to tell the story. That indeed was not the case at the Pines. .One bas te tbink wby ail ihese banks of computers in our public schoels for kids up to grade six. The printed word is of more importance during that period of time and it is our tbought that.books can do the job even botter than computers especially if mom and dad are mnvolved. A Cobourg scbool shows that it is not that bard to get the family mnvolved with the rigbt approacb. Malowney certainly was weil prepared for bis trip for bis audience ito the future and be did remind the audience that basic literacy and numeracy is ail -important in the promotion of education to the igber levels. The Director pomnted to the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education aims and objectives and the officiai statement as to intent and achievement. Tbey are as they state the "Leaders In Education". It ail reads well and well recordedi the printed word. Maiowney took us well into the future and ail that is now re(îuested is how do we get there and is the existing local systemi Provincial funid cuts (Contihued from page 1) The $8 million figure is made up of $2.2 million in grant meney and a further $5.7 million eut Of monies going to employment costs. it is flot known bow this Social Contract will affect regional workers. Herrema bas warned that cuts will affect the public and'said these could be major. In speaking witb Counc. Dreslinski, she said that ne decision was made to where dits would be made. She said it was a decision to be made. foilowing a staff report. Counc. Dreslinski as a member, of the Ganaraska Conservation Authority said there, are also major cuts already announced for the autbority by the Provice. She said capital cost grants bave been cut by 25 percent wbile operating cuts of 20 eliminated. Counc. Dreslinski said tbis amounts to some $ 145,000 for the Ganaraska. She said in total the Ganarasica is to loose over $225,000. The Autbority bas yet to determine wbat direction to take but again a consideration is to be given. to possible amnalgamation, with the Otonabee Authority and even consideration coud be given to joining with the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority. The Ganarasica and the Otonabee spent a year considering amalgamnation but it just neyer bappened. The municipalities of the Otonabee were not in favour of increased levies. At the time the Otonabee levies were set at around $5.W0 a resident wbile that in the Ganarasica had been set at $ 1.00 Per resident. I amalgamation the Otonabee rate would bave increased wbile tbose living in the Ganaraska area would have had a reduction. Counc. Dreslinski said there didn't appea any necessity for the Town of Newcastle te re-open its budget due to provincial cuts up te this point. Bernie Martin (Continued from page 1) indigenous peasants, to barvest these crops, but flot enougb te feed their faillfes. The banks and the manufactuning sector are aise controlled by this same bandful of families. Nowbere in Latin America is there such need for agrarian reform. Nowbere does the prospect sceem more unlikely. Quickly, you begin asking obvious questions of yourself. If you lived bere, if this was your home, what wouild you do? If you did not bave enougb food to fe-ed your family, if your cbildren's bellies were swollen from malnutrition, if your wife was 50 emaciated ber breasts remained dry, if al you had to eat was tortillas and sali, if there was ne dlean water and everyone you knew suffered from internai parasites, -if yeu cbildren's physical and mental development was stunted, and if the army had murdered many of your friends and family, wbat would you do? To even talk about agrarian reform, or bigher wages, or communist, ia âubçrsiyr, a guerrilla. Your name will be added to a list, and sooner or later, you will probably disappear. Should members of the URNG corne into your -village to talk about these problems, to talk politics, to explain their point of view, you will fear for your family and your life, because when the army hears about this, they wîll sweep the countryside and intimidate and accuse the village of being soft on communism or sympathetie to the guerrillas. In November of 1985, after thirty-two years of military dictatorship, the Christian Democratic Party won a large majority in an election that was suppose to berald a return to democracy. Eight years later, the poor of Guatemala continue to wait, continue to suffer. Notbing was changed. Nothing of substance. Agrarian reform and tax reform are flot on the agenda. So wby, you migbt asic, are the refugees returning at this time. Part of the answer is that they are no longer welcome in Mexico or Honduras. Both countries have enormnous problems of their own, and after ten years feel it is time to find other solutions. So the refugees retumn witb a brave face because they have little choice. They return to crowded conditions on land that is harsh and only marginally productive for a short period of time. With few alternatives, they slash and burn -the mountainsides, the precious rain forest. They grow corn to feed their families, and they wait, fearful of the future. Some have hope. They point to fewer and fewer incidents of violence, overt violence. But to oppress, to starve, to deprive people of a livelibood or an education or medical care, to persecute the indigenous population, these are acts of violence all the more deplorable because they represent the posture of the privîleged few. Others feel uneasy, feel the tinies begîn to resemble the early eighties, when Guatemala became very dark indeed. We were told over and over that the single most important aspect of our visit was that we came, and that by coming, and by maintaining a relationship with this community, We represented what is called an International Presence, and that as long as this remained, in one form or another, as long as the world is watching, the army, of necessity, ORON, ONARIO983-5009j would feel constrained. Martin Cu was buried within 24 hours. His fniends pulled the baked eartb down upon hlm with the very hocs they use in the fields. The sound of the hard carth strilcing his casicet remnaîns in mny cars, as Martin Cu remnains in my mind, a tragic troubled life in a tragic troubled land. That night I wrote a poem:- You want a metaphor Myfriend My companion My companero My love My lover The Quetzal dies in captivity And is now almost extinct. The Quetzal,,by the way, is Guatemala's national bird, much prized for its elegant, beautiful tail-feathers. hy Berme Martin St. Saviour 's Anglican Church MILL STREET ORONO, ONTARIO Rev. Douglas Hall 987-4745 SUNDAY SERVICE and SUNDAY SCHOOL, 9:30 a.m. ORONO PASTORAL 9S. CHARGE ~, Risehrough, Church Office 983-5502 SUNDAY, MAY 16TH Mission & Service Sunday Kirby United - 9:30 a.m. Orono United - 11:00 a.m. Guest Speaker: Rev. Carolyn Hudson, Conference Minister from Stewardship and Mission fromn Bay of Quinte Conference MEETINGS Orono Church Board meets on Thursday, May 20 -7:00 p.m. followed by Orono Pastoral Charge Officiai Board 8:00 p.m. - Orono Cburch A.A. meets every Thursday 7:30 p.m. L ORONO, ONTARIO 11