PAGE 14, WEDNESDAy, AUGUST_1, 1984, WHITI3Y FREE PRESS -Be twe en You and Me BY RUTH COLES If _____ People have one thlng ln comnion: they are ail different. Time goes on and every political election and nomination meeting has losers and winners. Congratulations to Gary Herrema on winning the local Liberal nomination and congratulations to Gwen Mowbray who in our estimation wfil always be/a winner in every sense of the word - although, in tils case, flot in numbers, close as it was. Criticism is needed, just and informed criticism which can be constructive and in this case I arn thinking 0f the political game.,.oo much lashing out at the opposition over and ovëeagain often denotes emptyness and a lack of progress; someone without MEN',S WINTE-R HOCKE'Y LEAGUE SEPTEM BER 21 st, 1984 Through APRIL lSth, 1985 NCONTAQ ONCE ffRTIc;EW!ÉKLY NWDlVIMIRN NuOONAT VR30YRS. TEAM OR INDIVIDUAL ENTRIES OR APPLICATIONS PN N. A niuch to offer. "lTalI", shipe, a couple yesterday on the horizon but too far out to have a good vlew even with binoculars. For the sake of optlmism let's hope the next venture Into this type of thing wlll be better arranged. More thought and proper planning might help. Whitby has many talented people includlng Carol Gabourle Cooper. I have written about her in the past and I amn sure many of us have seen her work at local gaileries and in Toronto. Her paintings 0f ten depict children and the main thrust of her work 18 for and 0f children. Carol has illustrated and written children's books which are a jA-singular honor has been bestowed on Carol with the comning of the Pope. She was cormjssioned to do a painting for a presentation to Pope John Paul Il by the youth committee of the Archdiocese of Toronto. This painting represents a spiritual committment 0f prayers and good works. A lovely thing to see this painting is a water colour showing the Pope's head and shoulders with bl'é' hands outstretched symbolizing his love for children. The children on either side of hlm represent different nationalities, ten in aIl, five on either side, a multicultural mosaic of Canadian youth. The heads of the children are surrounded by flowers, especially forget-me-nots, the maple leaves and the trilliumn. Gold cailigraphy depicting the eleven spiritual commitments forms the main body of the painting. A dove representing the Holy Spirit and peace spreads it's wings above the Pope's head surroun- ded by rays of golden light which shines on his han- ds. At the bottom of the painting is a gold cross and Canadian autumn leaves. This will be presented to the Pope on September 14 at the Papal Mass by a student and then taken to .the Vatican in Rome. At some time in the near future 1 hope The Whitby Free Press might print this picture in"colour on the front page. How often do we have a Whitby resident take part in this type of thing? As Protestants, I and my husband have enjoyed looking at it very much, especially the dear little faces of those chlldren, a speciality of Carol's. To al of us who know Carol we are delighted to know you have been given this honor. 1Ail Summner Suifs, Shorts, Slacks, T-Shirts & Dresses '/2 PRICE Also a wîde variety of Blouses, Sweaters & Sklrts r, 44~ 4444k 4.. ~444~4~4444~4j44'4~4~44&44~ 4*4*4444*~44 .<*.%4~*4444.44~ 4444 ~ 44~44~ .4~4.444 ~ ,~v.;. ~M~4"~4' ;4~4~~44.~. .~4~44 S4.4~>.444 .4.. 444~.4.~* ~44 4~44.44 4~4~ 444~~44~*44444**~ ~ . 44~<444.4.44 4~444..4 4~ .444 4444444444444~ ..444 .*4*4~4 .4.;~.4~44~4 i ~ 4~4444.4~44~.~4.4.44444~4 4444 .444 44444f4444~.44. ..'.~.~.44444444 4444~7~.~44~ :44.?V4' 444., ~ y4. **44~4444444. 444444444y44~444. -~ ~ 4 ~.4.4.444.~44 .~ ' 4444 4.. .444 $~ .4.44.44.4 . ««44>4 ~ ~ 4.. 4. 4~~444444>. S.44..,4;~'.44 . 4 4.4444444. 4~44.4444444 44 444444 Sharon Gibson, a French teacher at Henry Street lllgh School, pauses in front of the l6th century gate to Oxford Umversity in Oxford, England. Gibson took part in a two-week course studying the British education system last month The course was sponsored by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (O.S.S.T.F) Photo courtesy of the O.S.S.T.F. Teacher went to Oxford to study education If travel broadens a person's .knowledge then students attending Henry Street High School in Whitby will benefit from a new professional develop- ment program promoted and desîgned by the Ontario Secon- dary School Teachers' Federation. In its first year, the programn took 24 hîgh school teachers to Ox- ford University, England for an in-depth look at British education __ its past, current development and trends for the future. The course, which ran ~ CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY PROCLAMATION OPTIMIST CLUB BIKE SAFETY WEEK TAKE NOTICE THAT Augùst 7th to August llth, 1984, Is hereby proclalmed as "Optimist Club Bike Safety Week" In and for the Town of Whltby. Citîzens of Whltby are remlnded that by teachlng our chlldren the baslçs of bicycle safety we can make Whltby a safe place for cyclists. DATED at Whitby, Ontario this lst day of August, 1984. R. A. Attersley, Mayor Town of Whltby from JUly 2 to 15 was an experimental look at comparative education studies in an attempt to expose teachers to ways in which other systems deal with a number of problems which seem to be universal to education. According to British educators, a key con- cern in that country is curriculum develop- ment and the task for Fenneil says his partywiil dean up GreatLake devrelopmnent' and job training in a way accep- table to the parent, the student and the tax- payer. But, as in On- tario, teachers there are faced with a declining enrolment and a gover- nment with changing priorities. Attending. the course was Sharon Gibson, a teacher of French at Henry Street -High Sehool. Gibson has been A Progressive Con- servative government would take steps to fight acid ramn and to dlean Up the Great Lakes, Scott Fennell, the incumbent MP for the riding of On- tario said last week. "dA conservative government would ackniowledge the impor- tance of the Great Lakes - one of our finest natural resources,"t Fenneil told the Free Press in a brief inter- view last week. He was also critical 0f the Liberal gover- nznent's decision to discontinue the funding of d*cean-up projects along the Great Lakes and promised his party would re-infroduce them if they win the Sept. 4 federal election. "We xWi be in- troducing programns to reduce aci d ramn and to dleanî up the Great Lakes.'5 Fennell said that it s18 not only fish that are succumbing to the af- fects of acid-rain. Trees and other natural vegetation are also being killed by this kind of pollution. A conservative government would also work more dloser with the American gover- nment in an effort to combat the problem. "Canada has only talked about. it, it has neyer really done anything about acid rain,'" Fennell said, "The Americans are already starting to move on the problemn. 1 Despite" the need for industrial development and new job creation, Fenneil sees no reason why it cannot be ac- complisheri without en- dangering the environ. ment. "agWhy should our akes not be dlean enough to swim iin?" he says. m