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( orono Week~y ~ Happy 35th Birthday April 27th Happy 11th Anniversary May 4th From Your Gang Steve, Ryan, Alex anden We seldom think of the nose with the same attitude of seriousness that we place on other sensory organs. Think of Cyrano de Bergerac with his prominent proboscis or Pinocchio whose nose was a barometer of his truthfulness. Comedian Bob Hope with his ski-jump nose and Jimmy Durante, known as "The Schnozz" are examples of the nose as an object of humour. Sandra Topper's presenta- tion on aromatherapy at the U.C.W. General Meeting on April 25th gave a whole new respect for the nose. With 30 million olfactory receptors in each nostril, the nose is an awesome part of the anato- my. Treat your sense of smell with a visit to Sandra's shop, "The Natural Nut" on Main Street, Orono. There you will find a great array of essential oils, health books, vitamins, nutritional supplements, herbal teas, car candles, organic/health foods, silver jewelry, crystals, art, lamp rings, candle diffusers, pot- pourri sachets, aromathera- py pillows. At the U.C.W. meeting, Sandra focused on the spiri- tual and religious aspects of essential oils, with emphasis on frankincense, myrrh, san- dalwood and lotus. A brief business meeting followed her lecture. The meeting closed with a devo- tional presented by Isabelle Challice, Olive Millson and Marg Gunter with hymns, poems and readings that gave an appreciation of the body's sensory organs, such as hands, eyes, ears and mouth. Members were reminded of the next event - a U.C.W. church service on June 2nd, 1996. Guest speaker is Mary Sproul of Ajax. LETTER TO THE EDITOR Ja ewW et~ aijtem Dear Sir: After sitting in the Bowmanville High School auditorium on Monday night (April 15th) listening to John O'Toole and a number of Clarington/Northumberland Board of Education members, I feel I must say that we as Canadians, and particularly those in this area should not feel bad about what happens to their education 'system or for that matter in the GTA reports because 'WE DESERVE OUR JUST DESSERTS'. It boggles my mind that people can simply sit back and let a few people decide what will have an effect on children for the next several years. Out of the thousands of people effected only a handful of people showed up to voice their opinion on something that is a very seri- ous problem, and to let politi- cians know that there are people out there that care. The majority of speakers last night were from the educa- tional system and they are concerned with their jobs (which under the circum- stances is normal) unfortu- nately they ,did not come across as helpful in trying to show the government helpful or inventive solutions to sav- ing 'the system. Reports are all well and good but public opinion will get you farther than any report. As Mr. Willsher pointed out they can be very misleading and full of mistakes that will make a big difference to the outcome of what the report was to effect. Never mind that they came there with the thought of find- ing out what Mr. O'Toole knew about the cuts that were coming and how it would effect them. Why did they not offer any construc- tive ammunition for him to take back to Toronto and say that we don't want to change the boards, we like them the way they are. Instead of look- ing for a scape goat they had better start looking for answers to the problem. Starting with their own salaries (which was 94%) of the cost to the board. (Clarington / Northumber- land) If we had as much out- cry over this as we had over the name change we wouldn't have to worry. How many people out of the thousands voiced their opinion on the GTA report? Do you like paying higher insurance rates because of Toronto? Do you like paying higher license fees because of Toronto? Will you like paying higher teachers salaries because of Toronto? Do you like paying the price of your childs' education because of Toronto? Do you like the idea of our resources as a rural community being done away with because of Toronto? Do you like the REWARDS you will get because of Toronto? Think about it. Will you be able to sit back and do noth- ing and reap your Just Desserts. I guess hindsight is do kids have to have a senior English to be a mechanic? Did Shakespeare ever change the oil in his car? Why are kids not tested some way when they are young to flnd out what they would be good at and then have their edu- cation stream lined to help them later on to decide if this is what they want. It may not work for all people but it would be better to have a per- son go to ajob where they are qualified and find the work that they can do well in and enjoy it. Not everyone is a genius and not everyone has to be a computer expert or into the arts. Society will always need hands on peo- ple. Getting back to the chang- ing of the school boards. If you want to keep the same size of board that we have now, people will have to let our politicians know. If you don't like the idea of the GTA and what it will do to us as a community, let your politi- cdans know. How can they best represent the people if they are not told in force. Maybe his crystal ball will tell him. If you sit back and do nothing and say nothing then sit back and reap your just rewards. Just a saying but all too true "Ye shall reap what you have sown". Make sure you don't whine when the time comes and your car insurance, license and tax bills arrive. If you don't mind paying the cost so be it. But if you object to it say so. THAT IS WHY WE ARE PAYING BIG BUCKS TO THE MPP'S AND MP'S. THEY ARE THERE FOR US TO TELL THEM WHAT WE WANT. JUST REMEMBER YOU WILL REAP YOUR JUST DESSERTS IF YOU DON'T. Your Truly, E. Haines, Orono a wonderful thing. We should have stopped Ms. Hubbard when she started talking about the GTA and getting us mixed up with it to begin with. But we still can have a say. Write your paper or phone your MPP and say no thank you to it part and par- cel. I will freely admit that I am one of the ones who neglected to voice my opinion. So I am doing so through this letter. Try it, it just might help. One young lady at the end of the evening said that edu- cation was not a business. Boy is she wrong. Education is one of the biggest busi- nesses in the world. Because of the Unions involved with the Education system we now have to pay teachers in days off or pay because they have traveling problems. (Toronto) Great way to do business! If everybody could have the same excuse or be paid for that companies would go broke. How often would an aver- age worker last if he wasn't qualified to do the job he was paid to do? Well we have sev- eral people in the education field that may have been qualified at the time of hiring but they sure aren't in the real world now. When was the last time teachers, professors or resource people were test- ed to see if they are qualified to do their job today. How many would pass? How many will be able to last in'the real world? I know of one teacher that has taught the same grade for so many years that she can go from one year to the next without having to put in hours of research and work to do her job. Unless there is a big change from the Minister of Education, she just uses the same programs and information she had last year and enjoys her two months off in the summer. I would think that she would get very stale and the kids would know that. What's the old saying "Kids aren't stupid". As for students that protest teachers' being let go. Well the students had better look around. It is happening in every part of the work force. Teachers are no different from the rest of society The kids of today have had it so good for so long that they fail to see that the good times are over and if they don't watch out only the very best and the very wealthy will be able to go to school. So they had better make good use of the time they have and forget about skipping classes and not doing their homework. How many students would still be in school if they had more hands on training instead of reading or using computers? It may not have been feasible for hands on training, because of costs but I'm sure there were ways around it had the Minister of Education looked into it. All kids are not book learners just as adults are not. Why High-growth area hospitals slated to share in a $25-mil- lion dollar "pot" announced by the Ministry of Health were notified yesterday of their individual allocations. Memorial Hospital - Bowmanville's share of the money is $645,632. Tom Schonberg, the hospi- tal's CEO, says "We're very pleased to be receiving a por- tion of the $25-million. A great deal of effort was invest- ed by thé GTA/905 Alliance to push for recognition of growth as a factor in the funding pro- cess, and we're delighted to have been involved in this partnership." According to Schonberg, the challenge that lies ahead will be convincing the Health Ministry to recognize that growth funding should be a permanent factor in the new funding formula. "A one-time disbursement will not allow us to pursue a long-time project, such as ini- tiating a new program. New programs require an ongoing funding commitment." As a result, Schonberg says Memorial Hospital's share of the pot will be ear- marked to help the Hospital cope with the funding cuts imposed by the Ministry of Health for the next two years. "We'll also be meeting with our Board and staff to deter- mine where this money can help us make some needed changes, both physical and organizational, that will ben- efit our community most." Schonberg anticipates those changes will be decided over the next month. 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