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ýý 2 _Ono eelyTýines. Wjedesday, Pebruaiy 11, 1998 --M Cail your M.P.P. If ever there was a time to cail your local M.P.P. it is now and over the aspect of the province introducing 44 permanent 'cbarlty" casinos and as well a host of the more lethal vldeo lottery terminais, 'VLTs. This is all to happen by Marcb 3I1st but up to this point the Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations, David Tsubouchi, is keeping the cards close ta bis chest. No doubt this Is due to the fact that the people of Ontaro do nat want Casinos and VLTs and have voted so in municipal plebiscites last year. Notbing bas changed since. Not only are the people against this scourge but a recent judgement by a Brtish Columbia Judge bas ruled that B.C.'s new rules on cbarity garnbling violate the section of tbe Criminal Code that allows charitable and religous organizations to ruii lotterles anid gaxnbllng games. in Ontario these are ta be closed as far as the province of Ontario is concerned. If the Harris government is intent on continuing wlitb the 44 "cbarlty" casinos and the VLTs tbey are not only going against the wlsbes of tbe people but also aur Criminal Code. A suicide crisis line for Alberta gamblers reports it is getting up ta seven cails a day from people who say tbey are videa lottery terminal addicts -- more than 300 percent increase over the last tbree years. It is simply immoral and above all most dangerous. Give your local M.P.P. a call. We don't need wbat cari be called a "sin" tax ta finance the services of thiùs province. by Roy Forrester Death penalty is no deterrent The execution of Karla Faye Tucker in Texas last week bas rekindled the deatb penalty debate in many forums. This execution bas sparked much interest and for rnany reasons. Karla Faye Tucker *~as wbite, sbe was a good Iooking woman and a born- again Cbristian. People generally in favour of the deatb penalty, did not want this waman ta die. The Dallas Morning News of January 22nd, 1998, publisbed the resuîts of a survey wbere of the 512 adults poled, 75 percent were found ta be in favour of capital punisb- ment, but only 45 percent believed that Tucker sbould be put ta deatb. Wby tbe exception in this case? High profile Amierican religious leaders were also asking that Tucker's life be spared. American televangelist Pat Robertson, in a recent interview on the CBS News Program "60 Minutes" claimied that Tucker was a changed woman and called upon Texas Govemor, George Busb (Jr.) ta "let compassion reign" in ber case and grant a commutation of sentence. Robertson remnains a sup- porter of the deatb penalty. Sa much about tbis case I find repulsive, none the least, the "carnival like" atmospbere as it was described, that surrounded the prison on the day of the execution. I also find repulsive the notion that this case received so mucb attention because Tucker was a good looking white persan. Nor bave I beard talk about equal rigbts from waman's groups on tbis one. Tucker bas taken responsibility for the gruesome murders comn- initted by herseif and bier bayfriend back in ,1983. The two were in . a dtug induced state when tbey pick-axed their victims ta deatb. Did ber victims bave the opportunity ta plead their case before the courts and ask for mercy? Wbat a waste of life, bers and bier vic- tims. How many more Karla Faye Tuckers are out there, wbo won't bave a chance at rehabilitation tilI they get ta prison? By ail accounts ber life was a mess, and the penalty of death was not nagging at her conscience when she commiitted bier crime. The number of executions cammitted by the state of Texas, 145 since the deatb penalty was resuimed in 1982, is proof enough that it is not a deterrent. It's a fact that in a mnatter ofjudgement, we naturally seek jus- tice for others, and mnercy for ourselves. It is a rare case whien we turn that around and beg for mercy for others. ORONO WEEKLY TiiuS - ~ ...................... February 6, 1998 Dear Sir: A number of reports bave appeared recently in the media regardlng problems that people are encountering wben they go ta hospitals for treatinent. I amn often encoun- tering instances of persans experiencing sucb difficulties. Same are sent home because specialists were rnot available on the day wben a procedure was booked. Same bave ta return urgently ta hospital because they bave been dis- cbarged before tbey are fully recovered. Others are sched- uled for treatmnent montbs after they apply. If there are concemns whlcb are becoming increasingly noticeabie naw, wbat wlll the situation be like wben many bospitals are lased and staff terminated? Clearly home care is not going ta be an ade- quate answer. The funds, the staff, and the administration are not in place. Even if they were, patients have neyer before been sent home wvith catheters: drainage bags, drips, incisions in the early stages of healing. Family members and friends bave neyer had ta cape with per- sans in these precarious states. We need tn be aware that our preciaus bealtb care sys- tem is being directed by politicians, at bath federal May Concern Correction and provincial levels, wbo consider that a production model is suitable for health care administration; wbo want savings ta be made througb requiring patients, family members and friends ta pay for anything over and above acute care: and wbo tbink it is appropriate ta require these same persans ta become proficlent in pro- viding part-time nursing. The production model of administration; paylng for adequate, on going, personal care in bospital or at home; the cantracting out of food, laboratory and information services in bospitals and 'home care in communities ta for-profit caihpanies. are al evidences of a willingness an the part of aur gavernments ta, little by littie, privatize health care. February l4th bas been chosen by the Ontaria Health Coalition as a day for persans ta express their lave of pub- licly funded, equal, universal, portable, non-profit healtb care. Why not resolve on that day ta let your M.P. or M.P.P. know that you care about health care and yau are devoted ta seeing that it is run according ta the five prin- ciples of the Canada Healtb Care Act. Sincerely, Rev. D. Mervyn Russell (C :OU NCIL NTES) 4 At the start of Monday nighit's Council Meeting, Frank Wu, Municipal Planning Director, read a statement where be defended bis credibly as a planning professional. A letter dated February 3, sent ta the Reg ion of Durhami fromi Linda Gasser accarding ta Mr. Wu,contained personal innuen- does and attacks ta his credibil- ity. Mrs. Gasser's letter was in1 reference ta Mr. Wu's recomn- niendation that -an Environmental Impact study was not applicable ta the Lishman rezoning applicationi. When Linda Gasser gat up ta speak as a delegate sbe told Mr. Wu bier comiments wNere not meant as a personal attack. Mayor Hamire spoke uta Mrs. Gasser and said, it wNouid bc wNise if from this Point on1, Subscriptions $21.50 + $150 G.S.T.- $23.Oolyear. Publications Mail Registration No. 000368 Publishing 50 Issues Annually at the Office of Publication 5310 Main Street, P.O. Box 209, Orono, Ontario LOB I MO E-Mail Address oronotimes@aspeedline.ca Phone/Fax (905) 983-5301 Publisher! Editor Marg Zwart To Whom It 1 Subj ect: DEVELOPMENT RE CONCESSION RD. 7 AIR- PORI', FUR FACTORY ETC. Sir/Madam: We moved into our dream home in the country near Orono. We selected this home above many others because of the quiet country settlng and loveily creeks .tbroughout the property. Shortly afler mov- lng in on August 15, 1997 witb our five cbildren we dis- covered, througb neighbours of the plans of a certain few to radically alter the quiet beau- ty of this rural setting by building a subdivision, air-, port, and fur factory. Plans of this nature will bring noise pollution, water pollution, and air -pollution. It is bard (,LETTER TOTHE EDITOR to imagine, that everything we moved away fromn the city for bas followed uis here. We do not understand how a project of this magnitude which is knowvn to be damag- ing to air, water and noise quality of a neighbourhood could be approved. Especially, when in such areas as Enniskillen, where the mere addition of a deck on property contiguous to the conservation area requires the approval of the Conservation Authority to ensure no spoilage of the nat- ural beauty. I guess it is sill true that those with moniey can break the rules, while the poor suffer the injustice. Sadly the Brydson family. Correction: A picture in last weeks paper bad Ron Staples presenting Ron Locke wvith a plaque of appreciation. In fact it was Ray Staples who pire- sented the plaque. Pîolice R epo00rt Feb. 3 - Officers responded to a resident living at 7043 Carscadden Rd. who reported that a 15 year aId maie youth had corne to the door. The youth had been reported miss- ing by the Peel Regional Police. Arrangements were made ta bave bis group home in Brampton corne and pick him Up. Feb 3 - A Morgan's Rd. cou- ple bad workmen in their home to, do somne renovations. Wben the men left, the wife noticed that some of her rings were missing. The rings were valued at $30,000. Feb 8 - A Freightliner tractor trailer had it's window shat- tered while parked outside the laundromat at 39 King St. E. in Newcastle. Feb. 8 - A 69 year aId Newcastle resident was driving ber car east bound on Hwy 2, when a vehicle exiting the CIBC driveway drove into ber. The driver of the exiting car stopped briefly and lefi a name which turned out to be ficti- tious. The car tbat was bit sus- tained damage ta. bath doors. statements she made about individuals, would be based on fact. If not, she could be facing legal action. Linda Gasser in ber address to counc il, urged. Council ta carefully evaluate the Lishman proposaI and as suggested by so mnany speakers last week, please deal with the facts. *Couincillor ScheIl presented a motion that staff investigate the feasibiîity of having an indepei-dent bus service in Clarington, witb a pilot project in Bowmanvilîe. Councillor Mutton added an amendment that staff be directed to work witb Oshaw-a Transit and inves- tigate the feasibility of extend- ing the Oshawa Transit service from Courtice into Bowmianville and Newcastle. These motions were prornpted by a letter from GO Transit ïinformning counicil that since Oshawa Transit hias been providing bus service ta Courtice, their. ridership and revenue have decreased. GO Transit will be closely mnonitor- ing the situation for the next six mionthis and miighit consider terninating the Oshiawa- Bowmvnanville run.