Yes:164 â€" No:20 Do you think Ontario Premier Bob Rae is acting properly to reduce the province‘s deficit? The study also found that there was a direct correlation between the number of hours spent at part time jobs and academic performance. The more hours of work, the poorer the school performance. With some students putting in as much as or more than 20 hours a week making money, that‘s not surprising. All in all an interesting glimpse at how students view their education. Their final rating? A ‘B‘. Interestingly enough, there were some declines in some areas of selfâ€"assessâ€" ment when the results were compared to a 1986 study. The most recent study found that 71% of students had good selfâ€"confidence compared to an 81% rating in the earlier study. quite revealing over how they not only think about schooling but also how they see themselves within the system. Some of the more interesting findings saw 94% of students surveyed thinking a good education was equated to a good job but only 56% saw what they learn in school as being applicable to their first job while 26% were unsure. Of those who finish school, 92% go on to postâ€"secondary education. The comments of students in the Halton Board of Education system are One of the more interesting revelations of the 1992 study was that students who did more homework reported more satisfaction with school and teachers and less difficulty with work. Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Norman Alexander Editor Geoff Hill Circulation Director Teri Casas Office Manager Tim Coles Production Manager Ian Oliver Publisher And just like the use of seatbelts have cut down on the number of traffic deaths, so too can the use of bike helmets stop the hurting and possible tracedies. A bike roadeo was held last week to promote Cunningham‘s Be Bike Smart campaign and two emergency room nurses will be conducting safety fairs in area schools. To show just the kind of selling job facing her, Cunningham told the Beaver that of the‘ 75 children who showed up for the rodeo, only about half were wearing helmets. She heads up the Halton Bicycle Helmet Coalition, a group whose sole purpose is to spread the use of helmet use among young bike riders. Unfortunately children still play with little regard to how they can be injured. They are carefree, not careless. But when you‘re riding a bike, other factors come into play and the results can be fatal. Every year in Ontario, about 12 children are killed due to bicycleâ€"related head injuries, while another 1,000 will require hospitalization with 150 of these kids having permanent brain injuries. The concept is a good one and deserves community support. For anyone interested, the Coalition‘s next meeting is being held on May 20th at 7:30 p.m. in room D of Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital or call Cunningham at Give it a ‘B‘ head out the door to ride their bicycles. But that‘s not the case with people like Claudia Cunningham whose son fell off his bike four years ago and struck his head. And although the injuries were not severe, it did start her to thinking about the value of bicycle helmets. ï¬ 11 too frequently, parents don‘t think twice about letting their children Worth using RESULTS OF LAST WEEK‘S POL! 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or §45â€"9743 Cast your ballot by calling 845â€"5585, box 5008 to vote. Callers have until 12 noon Thursday to register their vote. Results of the poll will be published in the next Friday edition of the Oakville Beaver. Should our Members of Parliament have their pensions rolledâ€"back? The Beaver, published every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, at 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, is one of the Métroland Printing, Publishing Dnsrlwan Ltd. ol suburban newspapers which includes: â€"Pickerin g qroup Barrie Advance, Brampton Guardian, Bu gon P Colhgwood Cmnecmn Etobicoke Guardian, Georgetown Independent/ Acton Free Press, Kings!on This Week, L'ndsay is Week, Markham Economist and Sun, Stouffville/Uxbridge Tribune, Milton Canadian Chi ion, Mississauga News, Newmarketâ€"Aurora Eraâ€"Banner, North York Mirror, Oabvile Beaver, Onilia Today, Oshawa/Whitby This Week, Peterborough This Week, Richmond HillThomhilW Vaughan Liberal, Scarborough Mirror. All material published in the Oakville Beaver is protected by copyright. Any reproduction in whole or in part of this material is strictly forbidden witl the consent of the publisher. .‘ Dear Sir: It was my belief that pesticides were not allowed to be sprayed on playgrounds. I was, therefore, more than a little upset to find that Post Park had been doused with three pesticides on Fri., May 7th, the day before young people would be playing soccer there. Manning a breath of fresh political air Pesticide use on playing fields of concern Dear Sir: The content of your editorial of Sun., May 9th, entitled "Still Hoping" indicates to me that you did not attend the â€" May 4th, Reform Party rally â€" and if you did, you failed to recognize that Preston Manning is the only party leader who has presented a well thought out program to reduce the federal government deficit and begin attacking our governâ€" ment debt. I fail to see how this honest attempt to suggest a practical solution to our biggest fiscal problem makes him a "smoke mirrors political campaignâ€" Dear Sir: YÂ¥our editorial in the Sun., May 9th, last edition entitled "Still Hoping" must have been written durâ€" ing some stellar disturbance. The two mainâ€"line parties are the parties that got this country into the economic and financial mess that it is in. First, the Liberals used smoke to bamboozle Canadians into buying into ruinous social programs that are sucking the national treaâ€" sury dry, even today, after eight years of Tory rule. Secondly, the Tories have deflected the real issues for eight long years with political mirrors made of rose colored glass. What do we have? A massive deficit that threatens to plunge this country into an abyss and higher taxes to boot. _ Nothing new from oldâ€"line parties To make matters worse, the spraying was comâ€" The Liberals and Tories are all talk as the most The Oakville Beaver welcomes your comments. â€"All letters must be signed and include the writer‘s address and phone number. Letters should be typed, doubleâ€"spaced and addressed to: Letters to the Editor, The Oakville Beaver, 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 Un en en en e 00 pletely unnecessary. The grass is healthy and devoid of weeds â€" as if a few weeds would matter anyway. When are we going to stop pouring poisons into our environment? These materials go into the ground water and then into our drinking water. They are toxic to wildlife... has anyone noticed how few birds there are these days? er To suggest that Ontario voters will "polarize around the Grits and the Tories" in the next election is to underestimate the intelligence of the electorate. The Grits and the Tories have demonstrated that while they talk a good line during election camâ€" paigns, they fail to walk that line when in power. Ontario voters want a breath of fresh air in Ottawa; how else can you explain the presence of 1,000 of them to hear Manning‘s message last Tuesday? recent federal budget failure has clearly estabâ€" lished. The NDP is no answer either. Witness our own Ontario where the NDP has totally failed to address itself to the disaster that the Liberals left. And_remember, Audrey McLaughlin supports Bob Rae‘s handling of things! There is only one party that has the guts to do the job that has to be done to save Canada‘s econoâ€" my and restore our financial integrity and â€" that is the Reform Party of Canada led by Preston Manning. Voters in Oakville whe vote for any of the old line parties are simply voting for more of the same and will, themselves, become the political losers in the years to come. Douglas Wilkes Wayne S. Gray