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pesticides To the Editor: This fall, g's Green Team is doubling its efforts to Wncrease "pesticide aware- ness" by teaming with "PAL." (Pesticide Action League) of Uxbridge, to spon- sor a special presentation by Dr. June Irwin. P For a considerable time now, Dr. Irwin has been alarmed by the damage she has witnessed to her pa- tients' health that has been caused directly by exposure to pesticides, and other toxic chemicals; namely, those contained in the un-disclosed or so-called inert" portions of these mixtures. She has devoted considera- ble time, as well as personal financial resources to having her blood samples analyzed for pesticides and other toxic chemicals at specialized labs in the United States, since this service is not currently availableinCanada. Dr. Irwin's address on Oct. 28th promises to be not only informative, but also invalu- able to local health care pro- fessionals 'and politicians who wish to further their own level of knowledge about a matter of growing concern. An invitational breakfast and presentation will be held at 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 28 for health care professionals and politicians in the "Tokai Room" at the Uxbridge Pub- lic Library. In keeping with our com- mitment to pesticide-free foods, every effort will be made to use organic ingre- dients at the breakfast. Citizens interested in hearing Dr. Irwin speak are welcome to join us later the same day (7:30 p.m.) at the above location. Brenda Stevenson, Seagrave Random Jottings by J. Peter Hvidsten ROBBIE'S STAR HAS LOST ITS SHINE EEING the Baltimore Orioles fall to the New York Yankees over the weekend has no doubt made a lot of Blue Jay ball fans happy. The recent spitting antics of superstar Roberto Alomar turned a lot of people off, and I'm sure when he let that routine double play ball slip between his legs on Sunday afternoon, Jays fans were among those cheering the error. Talk targets | Star missed the point in editorial on CUPE To the Editor: On Aug. 7 you 1 pubis hed an editorial CUBE isses in," on our union's position on work- fare and the United Way. Since then much has hap- pened that shows that our com- munities do not support work- fare. Things may be tough, but the forced labor that is integral to the Harris government's workfare program goes against the grain for most Ontarians. When CUPE went public with our anti-workfare position "in mid-summer I knew we wouldn't be the only voice of out- rage for long. The support of the Canadian Labour Congress, La- bour Councils across the prov- ince and members of the social justice network have shown that Ontarians are not afraid to raise our voices against injus- tice. The Tory government's re- cent back peddling on workfare means that the stumbled coming out of the starting gate. Harris promised that 54,000 people would be working for their welfare bene- program has - fits by now in 20 pilot munici- palities. But so far not a single job has been found for the wel- fare recipients the Tories want- ed to press into chain gangs. For one thing, most welfare recip- ients in Port Perry area, or any are for that matter, don't fit the right-wing caricature of the poor -- able-bodied, lazy frauds. Most people use welfare in emergency situations and are in and out of the system in under three months. The second thing is that the Tories wildly overes- timated the number of forced- labor jobs that would be offered by voluntary organizations. I think I have to say, in this instance, at least, that it was the Port Perry Star that missed the point. It all goes to show that communities don't have to swallow Harris' prescription for change. All we have to do is say no. But we have to be willing to " stand up and say it out loud. Sincerely, Patrick (Sid) Ryan, President, Stein should apologize To the Editor: If Mr. Stein, president of Rib- cor Holdings, is sincerely inter- ested in maintaining the "trust and friendship" of his purchas- ers, he would have taken the op- portunity last week (Port Perry Star, Oct. 8) to regain some of that by apologizing for the be- lated clean-up of the roads and site at Victorian Village. Most of us, as purchasers, do expect to experience less than ideal living conditions during the construction of our own and other homes, but there is a point at which patience runs out and tolerance wears thin. After months of endless mud, dust and debris with little or no effort made to clean it up, pur- chasers are not going to be very Alomar, who was a fan favorite in Toronto during its peak, began to loose his shine a few years ago when he suggested he wanted to be movedtoa contending team, and at the end of his last season as a Jay, opted to sit out the club's last home game. impressed. Nor are the prospec- tive ones who are trying to drive through the mess. The Port Perry Star was sim- ply doing its job by reporting an event at town council when the residents presented their con- cerns. Perhaps it was this final action that has resulted in the proper ard regular cleaning of the roads. Let's hope it contin- ues. said, "diligently working to en- sure that the site was well or- dered and clean," there would have been no reason for anyone to complain. We all have better things to do with our time. Brenda Clark, Port Perry This coupled with the fact that Jays general man- ager Pat Gillick left the organization last year when the club seemed to be headed nowhere, then tod- dled off to become GM in Baltimore, made it very easy for Jays fans to switch allegiance during this series to their league arch rivals, the Yankees. And you can bet the umpires, who never once throughout the series showed they felt any con- tempt for Alomar (although they do), treated him like any other player each time he came to bat. But | suspect umpires throughout the league, whether on or off the figld, rejoiced somewhat when Alomar let that critical double play ball slip through his fingers, setting the scene for a six run, game winning inning for the Yanks. The old saying, "what goes around.... comes around," certainly proved true in this series. THE GM STRIKE As this paper hits the street, workers at General Motors will have been on the street for almost two weeks, and there is.no sign of an agreement bet- ween management and union. 3 If Mr. Stein had been, as he and needlepoint! All this mez means wrap it! And It's nuts, of course, move into the crawl s garlic and smearing y generations who came more money than they | business, which means fact, it might be a good idea what that does to the bot become entrepreneurs. | don MEMO TO THE AD | be launched as soon as You got some schlep holding grinning quizzically; could bt or constipation. In bold catch phrase: "I switch know Bugger All!" File it und Ignorance is Bliss. Whatever. A RISING STAR: He have appeared in The Weekend almost two years ago. He's beg lecturer at Trebus Institute in insightful and incisive reviews k part of our paper, and we wish hi endeavor. Action! ti