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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, Mav 1. 1990 Scugog man sentenced in rape of 14 year old step-daughter A 88-year old Scugog Town- ship man has been sentenced to five years in prison for raping his 14-year old step-daughter. The sentence was handed down April 26 in Whitby Dis- trict Court by Judge Richard Lovekin. The man, whose identity cannot be made public to pro- tect the step-daughter, was found guilty after a four-day trial that ended in February. The man's lawyer had asked the court to impose a term in reformatory of two years less a day, but the prose- cutor asked for a "substantial penitentiary term." Court was told the sexual assault against the girl (now 16) took place in Oct. 1988 when the man lured the girl's mother away from the Port Perry resi- dence on the pretence of meet- ing him at a local donut shop. The man drove to his wife's home where the assault took place, then met his wife at the donut shop. The young girl called friends after the attack then - immediately notified police. Court was told the man had not been allowed to live with his wife and step-daughter as a re- sult of previous allegations of sexual assault against the girl. he MITEL a an ase oa Letters io the editor Early childhood educators status To the Editor: In my last letter I wrote about the important job that Early Childhood Educators do. I also mentioned that our status which is quite low will not change over night. I want to inform you about why the status of Early Childhood Educators is so low. One reason is the lack of minimum entry-level re- quirements for positions in the field. The fact that there is often a lack of certification or specific educational requirements for supervisors, teachers, assistant teachers, and teacher aides when Life's Like That by Julia Ashton TAX TIME One of the reasons I'm where | am today is because I'm not a mathematical genius. Oh sure, | know my multiplication tables. I'm capable of doing long division. And | can add and subtract without using a calculator. But I'm definitely not "accountant" material! Even with the realization that numbers aren't my cup of tea, each year | plug away at my own income tax return instead of taking the easy -- and more expensive -- alternative, like sending the forms to a professional. Who needs a professional! All it takes is about three hours of your time, a pencil, a couple of erasers, some scrap paper, and a bot- tle of aspirin to kill the pain. So where abouts do | start having trouble with my return? Right after the box where you put your name and address. It's like my return must have been sent to me in the wrong language -- Chinese perhaps. No, that can't be. | recognize the words. They just don't make sense when they're strung together in that order. . So after muddling my way through the return this year, the bottom line said | received a whoping $5.58 from the government. It hardly makes sense to put a 39 cent stamp on it, but Iwill, because if the government owes me $5.58 ($5.19 once you figure in the stamp) you can be darn sure I'm going to get every cent coming to me. WHAT'S IN A NAME | went home for lunch today. | had a hot dog and a coke. | was starving and in my haste | bumped my leg on the coffee table, cutting my leg open so | had to go and get a band-aid. Be- fore applying the band-aid | wiped the blood away with a kleenex. What's wrong with the preceding paragraph? If the truth be known, | used a facial tissue not a kleenex. | ate a wiener in a bun, not a hot dog. The band-aid was actually a bandage. And the coke | had was not the real thing. Every day we make these product blunders. And for me, it took a three year old boy to point it out. It was about six years ago. | was working as a nanny for a neighborhood family. | started walking toward the bathroom one day and Bradley, the three-year-old, asked what | was doing. "I'm going to the washroom {8 get a kleenex," | told him. - *Oh, wow," he exclaimed. "Can | have one too." "Gee, | guess you can," | answered, wonder- ing why any kid would be excited about some- thing you blow your nose with. | came back out of the washroom with two kleenexes in my hand. Bradley gave me a puz- zled and disappointed look. "This isn't a kleenex," he retorted. "This is a tissue." How right he was! There's a whole host of words many of us take for granted as "the real thing." Other trademarked products include Baggies, Chap Stick, Cuisinart, Dixie Cups, Frisbee, Jell- oO, ity Litter, Magic Marker, Ping-Pong, Plexi- las, Popsicle, Q-Tips, Scotch Tape, . Styro- oam, T man. Dinners, Vaseline, Zerox, and Walk- DUMPIN' DOODIE According to a guest on Canada A.M. recent- ly, "only" two per cent of this nation's garbage each year is disposable diapers. As concerned for the environment as | am, | can't tell people how to diaper their babies. It really a personal preference. | do have a solution to the problem: If every- one stops having babies, then there wouldn't be any need for either type of diaper. It would mean a cleaner environment: One safer for the generations of tomorrow. But since everyone stopped having babies, there wouldn't be any future generations. | said it was a solution. But as we all know, a solution is not always an answer. hired by Early Childhood Settings makes is possible for almost anyone to enter the field. When minimum or no education is all that is required of practitioners in a field, little status is given to those practioners. The traditional titles of Early Childhood Educators employed in, Day Care Centres have been: supervisor, teacher, assistant and aide. Although each has a role in a quality program; each of these positions requires different com- Rural Mail box search To the Editor: I am interested in compiling a pictorial collection of rural mail boxes in Ontario. Should any of your readers have 'er know of a mail box which thy aonsiger to be unusual or one-of-a-kind and a contribution to our rural heritage," 1 would appreciate hearing from them. A brief description and location should be sent to me at 45 Cher- rywood Dr., Nepean, Ont... K2H 6H1. No photos please. Many thanks. Helen Webster, Neapean, Ont. petencies. Positions differ from one another in the kinds of duties performed. There are also dif- ferent entry-level expectations for each. For example: a supervisor needs all of the skill, knowledge, abilities and experience that a teacher needs but must have ad- ditional training in administration and supervision to run a centre. It is hoped that the time will come when specific expectations will be established for each posi- tion and those applying will be screened more carefully to ensure that they are qualified. Daycare Centers must be ac- countable to the public and ensure that those working with young children have the necessary skills and education and are competent practitioners. Standards for the different levels of knowledge and skills necessary for aides, assis- tant, teachers, and supervisor must be established to ensure that they can perform their job well. I believe that once Early Childhood Educators are recognized for their special education and training in the field and Daycare centers start employing those with the educa- tion and training our status will improve. Cathy Elford, Port Perry, Ontario REGULAR PRICE " SAVE SALE PRICE FREE VALUE TOTAL SAVING ¢ 60 months are available. 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