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Claring ton Youth events The Clarington Youtb committee has organized a number of events for kids wbich will be held in Bowmanville during the summer months. BASEBALL:- There 15 10 be Pick-Up Basebail being beld every Wednesday from 12 noon until 3 p.m. at the Vincent Massey Bahl Diamond. This event is being held weekly throu-gb July and The Parker family and friends meters from Victoria, B.C. to On the trip she fixed six flats welcome Ein Parker home after Thunder Bay and then Sudbury t0 and arrived home with the tires a thirty-nine day solo bike trip Sturgeon Fails. and tubes. covering a total of 3680 kilo- by Helen MacDonald Canadian writers have been having a very public debate about racism, appropriation and privilege in the writing community/publishing industry. This came to a bead in recent months with some very serious accusations, some bitter comments, and division among our small,'but important, writing community. The locus of the debate has centred around a writers conference to be beld in British Columbia. Only writers of colour are welcome. Not until recent years have Native writers, Black writers, andl immigrant writers been given access, albeit iimited, to Canadian publishing bouses. It is always more difficult for womnen writers tban it is for their maie counterparts 10 gel published. A Black writer, M. Nourbese Philip, sent her manuscript for Harriett's Daughter (a book for young aduit readers) 10 two Canadian pubiisbing-bouses. Botb rejected her manuscnipt without reading it. They toid ber they weren't interested in literature with Black kids. in il. After reading it, McCieliand and awart told her the book was very good, but not marketabie. Finally, Philip bad it publisbed in, England. t was then picked up by Women's Press ini Canada --- and it selis. This is not an uncommon experience for a lot of Canadian writers who do nor write 'white'. Anotber issue in the great debate is tbat appropriation of stories. Some are asking for, others 10 stop Ibis pracuýce. Tbis is a particularly sensitive issue for Native communities across the country wbo are frustrated wîtb white writers taldng tbeir stories, writing tbemn witbout a comple understanding of tbe essence of tbe story and earning a livin-g from the publication of tbem. To add insuit 10 injury, the stories are often romanticîzed versions wbicb bave been misunderstood and misrepresented. This is a particularly difficuit problem because these stories comne from centuries oid oral tradition thus losing meaning wben put on paper --- wbat Lee Maracle, a Native writer, calls: "writing on murdered trees". Others are asking outright for writers of privilege to step aside for a while to make room in the small Canadian pubiisbing houses for tbeir voices to be added to our libraries, schools and homes. So tbat their stories cari be toid fromn tbeir bearts andu from their perspectives. So that we have a diverse lierary experience to0 enrich ail our lives so that we understand eacb other better. Ibis brings me t0 the malter of my ownguilt in the crime of appropriation in tbis coiumn. I put to paper anecdotes of my famiiy, of neigbbours -and of some of My friends. 1 poke fun at their foibles and make iight of tbeir struggies. I am especiaily guilty of appropriating from the lives of my cbiidren for the benefit of teiling a tale. To bring a smile to your face. To express a viewpoint or openan issue up for debate using the everyday experiences in their lives. Kyle, bowever, sometimes Cobourg a theatre centre The Fanious People Players, a Toronto based blacklight puppet troupe that is now in the mitust of a, 29-performance mun at Concert Hall, Cobourg, wants t0 establish an international performing arts festival in the Town. It is the intent 10 bring international entertainers to the town next year. Plans for an International Festival are-in a preliminary stage at the present timne and the venture will depend a lot on bow the troupe does ibis month in Cobourg. One of the proponents of the plan said tbey would like ýto inspire the community to dream with tbem. It was said that there is a desire to have the Port Hope- Cobourg area as a summer fteatre destination. SThe plan could include activities at the Plaza Theatre ini Cobourg, the Capital Theatre in Port Hope as well as the-4tb Lmne Theatre Group in Cavan. finds the attention a bit much. Most of the -time, be doesn't mind .... even enjoys the humour derîved from bis life. But this spring be called me on my tbieving' bis life stories. "IÉS MY life", be said, "andu you realiy sbouidn't write about il uniess you ask me first." He's rigbt. 1 amn appropriating bis stories. Now, because, I believe that I shouid respect bisý wisb -for privacy and ownersbip of is experience, 1 consuit witb him to ensure that 1 not write him. He just wanted me t0 listen 10 bis voice 'before 1 appropriate it as mine. August for lads 12 years of age 1.0 17 years. $ 1.00 fée. VOLLEYBALL: Every Friday during July and August Volleybali wili bc played at the Trinity United Church Gym from 6 to 9 p.m. Again theage grouping is from 12 10 17. Donation $1.00.* Further information by phonîng Pat Street 623-4599 or Kim Huesyis 623-1741. À À PUBLIC NOTICE TO ITS CITIZENS 1994 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS If you plan to seek office in the 1994 Municipal Elections, you must register with the Municipal Clerk before you solicit or accept contributions or incur expenses for the purpose of the election. For more information contact: * Patti L. 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