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Page C Whitby Frt*e Press, Wedtesday, June 1, 1994 The only Newspaper owned and operated by Whîtby residents for Whitby residents! MEMBER 0F: ONTARIO CANADIAN COMMUCNTA COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER wCN NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION ASSOCIATION ~ CANADIAN CIRCULATIONS CNA DIVISION AUDIT BOARD ISSN#0844-398X 26,500 COPIES DELIVERED WEEKLY Published every Wednesday by 677209 Ontario Imc. Box 206, 131 Brock St. N, Whitby, Ontario Li N 5S1 Phone: 668-6111 Toronto Uine: 427-1834 Fax: 668-0594 Doug Anderson - Publisher Maurice Pither - Editor Alexandra Martin - Production Manager Printed on newsprint with minimum 20% ecycled content using vegetable based inks. C) Ail wrtten material, illustrations and advertising contained herein is protected by copyright. Any reproduction by any means for commercial purposes without the express permission of the newspaper is prohibited and is a violation of Canadian copyrigh law. Reproduction for non-commercial distribution should bear a credit line ta the Whitby Freep Press. mko the edtmI(s Asolution for Hilda To the edîtor: Re: 'Wanted: Garbage Solution,' by Hikda Dunbar (Free Press, May 18) Some readers may remember I was a candiate for regional counicil in the 1991 municipal elections. One of my main concerns was waste management and its flawed and disastrous handlinq by local, regional and provincial pohiticians. In the election campaign I was the first and only candidate to spak, with well researched data abut a very viable alternative to siting landfill within the Region of Durham. At the aIl candidates' meetings I attended, counciliors Brunelle, Batton and Drumm and thon mayoralty candidate Edwards took exception to my supporting 'The Northern Option,' now a v"r popular and foasible solution to waste problems that face the reg ion and the Groater Toronto Area (GTA). h would be diff icuit now for any of these councillors to reverse what at that timo was a strong stand opposing shipping wasto to Kirkand Lake. Landfill within aur borders is j ust not necessary. 1 would, however, sggest that we promote and suythe idea of using hard waste to form an island park in Lake Ontario to attract wildlif e and birds that wiII b. forced out of the Lynde Shores area after approximat 1 7,000 people move in. The islaz or spit, could b. similar to the Toronto Spit. As for the Northorn Option invoiving the Adams mine, Kirkland Lake and surround communities are willing hosts ae in fact, want our garbage. No community here in the south 19 willing to accopt a mega-dump thet would wuin communiies and destroy farmland. An alternative to the IWA (lnterim Waste Authority) has been supported 1w the Association of Municipalities (A MO>, Noteatrn Ontario Munici- palities Action Group (oxecutive committee), Metro Toronto Couicl, the Ont ario Chamber of Commerce, City of Kirkland Lake and many others. t makes senso. The Chiy of Seattle ships waste 1w rail 330 miles to the Oregon desert at the rate of 600,000 tons per year and counting. They want to ship more by rail to get the trucks off the road and reduce vehicular polution. Los Angeles aiso shups waste (in large volumes) from their community elsewhere to a wiling host. So, yes, Hilda Dunbar, there really is a garbage solution. AIl we have to do us convince the provincial government to take a look stità. f, ater a complete environment assessment, it would not prove to b. environmentally safe, I would withdraw my support, of course. But at this point, the Adams mine is probably the most environmentally safe location in North America for landfiîî. Jlm Prist Whtby Appreciate our seniors* To the editor: W. invite the publie to join us in celebrati n J une as Seniors' MVont h. This year's theme of eThrouph the Years Together recognizes the important roI. that our seniors play in family lif.. Familles can educate, train, motivate and support individuals. f is on older family mombers who assume the role of mentor and teacher in the family. Each of us owes a personal debt of gratitude to an older person we know, to a family member, grandparent, neighbour, teacher or f riend, somneone who has helped us, comforted us, given us a break, changed our Ife.. In taking on these important roles, seniors becomo key figures, not only in the family, but in Durham Region as welI, offering us their skills, knowledge and experienco. Please tako time to appreciate the important seniors in your I.. For further information on seniors' activities in your community, contact your iocal seniors' centre or Community Car. office. Public Health Nurses Durham Reglon Health Depariment I "That's flot fair"'I 'Ludicrous' spending To the editor: In response to Heath Minister Ruth Grier's announcement that six million taxpayers' dollars are to be spent on vaccinating pre-teens against hepatitis B, a sexually transmitted disease (STD), I would like to comment that this action b p5ublic health is am uslng Iy ludicrous and tantamount toat1hC story of the two firefighters who set a $12- million blaze to receive astounding notoriety for putting it out. After 20 years of explicit sex education in the classroomn teen pregnancy rates have soared, not dropped, and incidents of STD)s have sky-rocketed, forcing experts to conclude that the courses have intensif ied the problems they were meant to solve. It appears 'Instruction in Met hod' has been confused with 'Encouragement to Practise.' Sex education has become sex invitation through condomania programs, safe-sex gurus and X-rat ed literature. Chidren are encouraged ta express themseîeves sexually, however, and whenever they like, because wNobody knows what's right for you. Only you know what wiII do.w The price tag for public health's sexualization of our chiîdren? Incurable STDs (herpes and HPV genital warts often leading to cervical cancer) and now AIDS. So public health "comes rushing in" wtith hep shots for our kids, small consolation for a problem which they croated, now bîazing out of control. It is interesting to note that the training of public heafth nurses and sex educators, who in turn Write curriculum and teach our children, is facilitated by the Guelph Sexuality Conference (J une 20, 1994) where speakers like Candida Royalle, a porn star, wiII speak on 'Awakening the erotic in our lives' (like teens on hormone-overload need to be eroticized). Tony Garnbino, well-knawn homosexual counsellor for the Toronto Board of Educat ion, will speak on sexuat diversity, another option of sexual expressionr for our teens (in spite of the fact that the Canadian A IDS Society States that 86 per cent of AIDS victims ta date are homosexuat/bisexual mon). We can't forgot Sue Johanson, who just Iast year et Clarke High School communicated to the student assembly that her idea of a "fun* weekend is a six-pack and a box of condoms." One of the sex games endorsed by the conference and now used in Durham schools is the 'Condom Lino-up.' Students are given pieces of cardboard describing one of several states of lovomaking, such as "arousal," "foreplay," lierection" inter- coursen and "ojaculation," and are to lino them up inl the correct sequence of events. Another Osexuality fair" put on bypublic health had students p1ce condoms on thoir fingers and insert themn into plastic models of a vagina. At the same time they wore told, "Vou have the right to decide and choose what you do about sex.U In a recent interview with Marne Owen, parents were told that public health's goal for Nort hum berlandlDurham schools is to have children "comfortable with condoms, talking about sex on the playground and for it to be dinner-time conversation.w And now these same Grade 7 children are to receive hep shots, indicatin!g the are no more than alley-cats in heat,' ready to copulate as soon as they reach fertility. In my opinion, the $6 million would more appropriately b. spent on surgically removing the cancerous growth public health has become on the "Face of Education" and begin reparative therapy for our children, by emp loying "positive" speakers like Moly Kelly and Bey Hadland, who promote postponin9 sexual involvement, encoug ing teens to wait uMil marri 'ëmf rseand how to say "non t~ sexual pressure in a world of AIDS, breaking condoms and incurable STDs. That's not archalc or poîitically incorrect. That's j ust Ife. C.B. FloweII Bowmanvlk To the Edltor: The Durhanm Board of Education's insensitivity to the cultural significanceo0f the Jewish High Holidays is ext remely upsett ing. For students, the f irst day of schcol is the most important school day of the yoar. Seats are chosen and friendships are formed. Jewish students will b. observing Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Vear, and miss the first two days if the school calondar isn't adjusted. Most of the other boards of education in the Toronto area (aside from the Catholic boards) have chosen to accommodate the religious obligations of Jewish students 1w starting the shool year two days later. The Durhm board, obspite having Rt brought to t heir atention, chooses t o disregard their Jewish studonts 1 starting the schooî year on RoSh Hashanah. The Durham board dlaims to b. sensitive to and representative of ail its students, but this is obviously untrue. Granted, the majority of students in the Durham board aron't Jewish, but there are a number of Jewish students whose needs the board has chosen to ignore. The Durham board has explained its decision 1w saying that they are bound by ministry guidelines as to when they are albowod to have school. The other boards of education in Ontario are governed 1w the exact same ministry, standards, yet they are somohow able to make accommodations. Jowish people have not, in any way, in the past or present, asked for or even suggestod that school bo canceîled on the Jewish holidays, or even the High HoIy Days. But when such a day coincides with the first day of school, Rt is reasonable to suggest thet the start of sohool be delayed. Mose boards agre.. The Durham board doos not. This isn't a case of maiority vs. minority, Rts a case of respect. If the day ahter Labour Day turned out to be, for example, a Muslim Holy Day next year, it would b. equally important to ensure that they were troated with respect. It is evident, 1w the actions of the other area boards of education, that altering the start of the school year by two days (and making themn up during the course of the year) is possible. This letter isn't intended to suggest any anti-semitism ead the Durham Board of Education, but to point out the opportunity thet they have to prove that their multicultural policy is more than more words. Steven Edelson Whltby Board insensitive