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THE ERA WED FEBRUARY 1970 VOL NO Editorials Winter Carnival AH systems are go for the fourth annual Newmarket Winter Carnival Last year more than youngsters were given snowmobile and sleigh rides at the carnival This year it is hoped that even more youngsters will be given a chance to enjoy this wonderful winter sport This can only be done if more individuals volunteer to take the youngsters for a spin around Wesley Brooks Conservation Area The Winter Carnival is largely the work of the members of the Newmarket Police Association Other organizations arc involved and still more are needed to make this event an even bigger success In years tot Common sense about liquor Judge Clare Morrison is to be commended for his recent comments regarding the provinces liquor laws Judge Morrisons comments were made after he dismissed two charges of having liquor illegally in an automobile laid by Aurora police Police laid a charge after they found a quantity of liquor wrapped and unopened in mans car Another bottle was opened and a quantity consumed The accused explained that he purchased the liquor and stopped in at friends home and had a drink on the way home from work The second charge involved police finding a full unopened case of beer and a partially filled case of beer in another mans car The accused testified he had been to a party and had been given the partially opened case to take home with him In terming our present liquor laws asinine Judge Morrison wondered how it was possible to buy liquor in a government store and get it home without having the liquor in a place other than your residence If you interpret the Act literally as everyone seems so anxious to do then its illegal to transport liquor from the store to ones home said Judge Morrison This ridiculous situation pointed out so excellently by Judge Mor rison is only one of many in our present Liquor Control Act Either the sale of liquor should be banned entirely which the Provincial Government wont do because of the huge revenues it derives from it or the Liquor Act amended to conform to living In the meantime police and public will just have to use more common sense when liquor is involved SUGAR SPICE By Bill Smiley PORK president reelected It was a close squeak but I retained my position as President of Parents Of Rotten Kids at the annual election of officers held in widespread organization with mem bers in every town and city in Can ada because my daughter quit univer- and dropped back in this year urging bis kid sister not to be a slob a ninny a quitter a lazy bum just as we urged him when he did it The reason for Kims deci sion is rather fuzzy in our eyes as she wasnt failing and even seemed to like some ispects of it Hut I think i was that after find out what real life is all about I havent figures but I will bet theyre shocking of the number bright young people who col lege in their first year The reasons are obvious It is boring it doesnt live up to their expectations or they ivho couldnt afford it want something hotter for their diil are terns and exhorta tions and beating of breasts There is iroach the pi unlive Raged They are simply sick of a sys tem with a stick at one end and a car rot in the form of a piece of paper at the other For some kids the sys tem is fine And especially admire those who without too much natu ral ability and practically no money haul themselves through school by their bootstraps on plain bard work For others a minority the system is rotten and to some extent I agree with them They want a sim pler cleaner way of life Its a tough decision for them Often it takes than to conform They hate to hi approach the But you might as well try to reason with John Calvin or an oak stump as with a stubborn 18yearold who has made up his or her mind about something The favorite expres sion is that they want to find them selves to learn to live in a world that is not cottonwrapped or institution alized This argument brings ulcers apoplexy and fallen arches of the soul to parents And I have some sympathy for the kids As long as theyre not my own They want to get out of the of mortgages taxes and tbeir baffled parents They are label led as lazy punks and dropouts They are told they cant face reality They are confronted by nagging bullying threats bribes with own feelings of guilt They often be come disturbed pretty tough on the surface Put there is one thing par ents must do They must stop trying to live through their kids especially Parents do the sumo live their own lives They should go on loving their offspring if pos sible They should help them if they need help Hut they should stop try ing to manipulate them to mold them into a design they think is the right Please dont think Im defend ing all dropouts Some of them are li hums mid quitters lint I cant help wondering what I do if I were today When I went it was a way of getting off the treadmill of escaping a dull job and a limited future and a life of diapers and boil ed cabbage and four times a week and never enough money Todays affluent kids are get ting off another type of treadmill in a different way They have my sym pathy but my heart bleeds for those who wont make it and discover late that they have exchanged treadmill for a squirrel cage THE Readers ERA I like these con tests and would like to thank the My ago is and not I- SI Dear Editor Upon reading the January issue of The Era we came across a disturbing article in the New- School we feel that this letter should be written The article states that the sidewalks around the school have not been cleared of snow during this win ter We wish to disagree and point out that following every storm alt the snow has been quickly removed For the safety of the children the use of the classroom Surely the facts of the case should have been before such an allegation was made of pride to both staff and dents here We therefore feel that a public retraction of this statement and an apology should be made to the man whose reputation as an outstand ing custodian has been questioned Sincerely MARGARET J CAMPBELL CYNTHIA J HAMILTON LYNNE A CAROL A WATTS MARIAN MtCLYMONT MARGARET WOOD 1 CANNING Staff of King George School Editors note The statement in ques tion was made by Mayor Tom during a town council meeting and was reported in The Era If a retraction or apologv is due it must come from the mayor Crier By BILL GAMBLE Student beefs I week in Oils column I null Unit I would Icll wluil went on in room at Huron Heights Sec ondary School during no Informal I llll 111 II HI Hie weeks In follow I will tin just dial liul in Hie meantime Hint com mitment must take a hack seat to a previous I mails In Hie students present Complaining Hint no one lis to them Ihcj hail a through the Letters To The section or to litis column in view of this I am turning the remainder of this column over to student of Itlt Newmarket who lit lining Well mi lir is annul Hie false information anil totally ri diculous ideas and altitudes award Kiery night in tile To- roulo papers and sometimes in The I read alioot accidents people killed and new or proposal legis lation I it hums me up In the classroom today I heard il mentioned that it is slide loi lo la driven on Hie shoulder of Hie street shoulder Where Hie pavement ends there Is a nil li ditch or lump of dirtv salt snow Then there is a sidewalk I am fortunate ami I live In Ike country where i plenty of room for Hie snowmobile is a well known fail however that the people who complain alaiul snowmo biles dont own one isnt Hull I IM I Hie Hut talking them or complaining alaiul them isnt go- lug solve Hie problem town council starts passing foolish bylaws outlawing snowmobiles they should gel off their lloyol Americans and gel a place far Newmarket who dont know whatso ever about the machine I think there should be a law restrict any per son under Hie age of II from operat ing or even riding on They are mil lays for kids and it is loo easy lo gel hint by them If a mature person uses caution and ami lean a joy obtained II is thrilling healthy and la hailing through the hush mobile for three years now and I ioul profess to lie the worlds greatest rider I have never chine Now regarding the legis- lalion bit forced wear helmets flood sensible Cold ears and a gaod clip on lite bead liy a sneaky brunch would clear lip any objections in Ibis lill I l ulna My point is Hie relit- if ingei of nine mobiles aiooloiitil ami tan kill Children he kepi off snowmobiles lit luldiin I mean anything from ta ts if How do know what skill a person needs lo a snowmo bile properly An ami studied lie- fore being passed At present there seems lie some confusion Ive been told for example by an HIT The Department of Trans- purl on Hie oilier band says il is Wlm is right Who do I believe Why ii Ihev make clear Hie legislation they have before adding It Well hat youve been read ing is Hi opinion and mil of he Hill student Hob would like answered Next week I will endeavor have those answers for him and at lite same time com ment on some of Hie oilier social nail community problems that lie Huron Heights students after meeting in Around the county By When you start a now idea in education these days and then make an effort to try and analyze it or break it down into opinions some of the answers sound like a cross sec- lion of Art TV show for the kids Secondary School has been the subject of an experiment over the past four months by inte grating Grades and 8 students into the school timetable The project had the blessing of the York County Hoard of Educa tion and the report to the board was recently presented by the principal of the school Mr Dux- bury had opinions off the cuff from students teachers and parents and a cross section of the answers he re ceived make interesting reading Most students liked the yon dont like a certain to in the lots of washrooms The dissatisfied ones thought the In its in -bi- and if I had any say 1 would not ie in with these hoods need longer parties a the teachers are at the bottom of Teachers of the Grade and gave these advantages pupils enjoy variety of not too much time with a wider variety of club less adjustmerttohighschool cult Teachers disliked teaching in too many classrooms teaching with out a break you see the students so seldom its too hard to prepare a working atmosphere Parent opinion praise for saving money by not hav ing to build new schools better Hub as teachers have fewer subjects to with students of higher grades Parents were a little perturb ed about the for child ren to feel they are older than they less time available in the too long a day for questionnaire was sent to the parents of fifth student and only 1 replies were received from THE ERA Serving York Courtly Since Incorporating THE POST cue Sprees THE HERALD DAVID HASKELL Publisher J Associate Publisher TERRY CARTER Managing Editor GEORGE News Editor Published every Wednesday at Charles St Newmarket Ontario by Inland 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