Kw By NANCY FIGIEROA If The Examiner Dr Bette Stephenson 0n tario education minister has every right to investigate the human relations course now being taught in some Simcoe County schools says Jean Mockfprd course adviser That is her job said Jean Mockford the examiner Thursday Feb 1979 11 Despite Ontario investigation Not many complaints about course at meetings county adviser says Mrs Mockford when asked how she felt about reports that Mrs Stephenson will iii vcstigatc complaints that the course encourages premarital sex prostitution and homosexuality Mrs Mockford spoke about the course on Tuesday to about so parents at Portage View School in Barrie Tuesdays tneeting was one of more than 40 Mrs Mockford has held to discuss the course with parents Of all the meetings Mrs Mockford says there have on ly been two in which she noticed any real objections to the course She says however it is possible that those who ob ject to the course havent at tended any of the meetings But thats their problem she said Turnout at meetings has ranged from eight to lift peo ple We want to learn about as many of the parents con cerns as possible said Mrs Mockford It concerns are general we can revise things Already we have revised many areas of the course She says most parents questions concern the teaching of values We are often attacked for not teaching values she said cant see how com ment like that can come from anyone who has studied the prograiu We dont lay values on them ithe students You have to teach values through example She said that when discuss ing values the children are taught about awareness reflection and applicat ion Mrs Mockford explained and invited questions about the AlliLOYCitDltrAlltl apablc ilAlAtl philosophy behind the courses and its four areas of study These areas are develop ing positive self image understanding human growth and development understanding interpersonal relationships and ap prcciation of family and community life IAIA said Mrs Mockford is the basic understanding and aim of the course All children should know they are both lovcable and capable she said hildren in Grades and said Mrs Mockford are often badly lacking in con fidence and dont believe IALA could pertain to them Mrs Mockford stressed that human relations material is taught from kindergarten to Grade with other areas of study and not as an individual course Human relations is taught in an ongoing way she said Parts of the pro gram are integrated with other areas of study Integra tion is what we are trying to stress She said school officials will do their utmost to coin municate as best as possible with all parents about the course Following the meeting Mrs Mockford showed parents Then One Year film discussing maturation 60yearold woman is union leader but opposed to US union influence TORONTO itli Sixty yearold Madeleine larent has been battlcr all her life The diminutive mildmair nered union leader has fought everyone from textile barons to labor bosses and while she may have lost most of the fights she still is waging the war dont consider any fight ADAM BOOKS INC 74 Dunlop St Barrie ROSSEAU lAKE SCHOOL An independent boarding school for boys in grades 713 Rosseau Lake School provides wellrounded education by altering complete academic athletic and activities program Special advantages include Full academic preparation for university and college entrance StudentTeacher ratio of to full range of recreational activities including skiing hockey tennis etc soccer sailing canoeing Superb Outdoor Education facilities with skilled instructors Applications for the 197980 academic year are now being received For further information please contact Mr Douglas Campbell Headmaster Rosseau lake School Rosseau Muskoka Ontario POC IJO 705 7324307 that is worth waging is truly lost Miss larent is leftwinger with socialist bent who has spent much of the last rift years seeking better conditions and wages for women in the textile industry But she has not just opposed factory owners fervent ua tionalist Miss larcnt has been an implacable foe of the ana diau labor establishment and particularly those unions with ties to groups in the lnitcd States With her husband Kent ltow ley who lied last year Miss Iarent started in the 1940s tak ing on Quebecs textile barons The couple helped organic some of the major textile plants in the province and waged bit ter strikes against several fac tories Travel not so glamorous Miss iarent was convicted of seditious conspiracy and senr tenced to two years in tail NIIWTRIALIRIIIIIIIII new trial was ordered and it was left hanging over her head for nearly seven years uni til judge refused further dc lav She quilted The union she leads the nadiaii Textile and heniical Union was formed by the couple II 1933 after Itowley was fired as anadian head of the luited Iextile Workers lnion of America during purge of leftwing leaders She says employers sonic times give her union tougher time than they would other or 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savings stocks bonds mortgages The right RSP should do more than JUSI save you bundle on taxes Its plan for your future All RSPS are not alike Canada Trust BARBIE Diinlop at Meiiioiial Square 7261848 open Fri til 730 Sat 10 to the machinery group of lim harts ISM division estimates that he has flown Titrooo miles to it countries sinceJuly lttTll My suitcase never gets in the closet he says with laugh AV IiII III Ithti Mastery of foreign language isnt necessary the businessmen say What is needed though are physical stamina selfreliance and stomach that adapts readin to change in culture and climate liut thats otin half the story their wives arid children are the other part of the pic titre Many executives say they rely completely on their wives to run things at home liiii arros of llavintoii onn managerot licensing for onibustion Engineerings international group confesses that hewouldiit even know how to call someone to clear their driveway of snow The wife has to be ex lreuiely capable of running the house and taking care of the problems that arise with raising children says ltutfis llt Audrey ltut she insists it isnt asdif lltllil as it sounds ltosiniary arros and Mrs ltuffi agree that the wife of travelling businessman must have interests of her own heaarmmfw mï¬wv Janine Cheng Robin Young and Maggie Tarn meet in Torontos Chinatown Friday Many young Chinese Canadians are floundering in personal cultural dilemma torn between the traditional conservative world of their Chinese ancestry and the reality of their modern Canadian youth Some youths react by running away and some ioin gangs engaged in criminal ac tivity CP Photo Chinese Canadians torn between old and new values lUltUNlo itlli Thousands of yoiuig liiucsc auadians are floundering lli cultural confusion torn bcl wccii the conscryalivc lfastirn traditions of llltll parent and the modern Western ways of their new country Are they liuiisc living Ill auada or tanadiaus of hi ncsc iucestry Their pariuts demand that they bye up to tilt first uiiagc their schools and fricudscxpcct thisccoiid It is struggle that social workers say confronts tccii agcrs of many ethnic back grounds including ircck Ital inn and native tanadians ltut where the cultural differences are the most dramatic as If lllt hincsc community the problems for adolescents arc tingreatest Youdont tllll4 know how to paint the maple ltll with bamboo brush because you feel youre neither fluncw nor uadian says Wanda loy lloc member of multicultural task force established by tlii Metropolitan Toronto tliildrcns iid Society went through If myself llicri an intense conflict be tween peer group and parental pressuri flow ilo you liye iu ttillilil tlicsauiiliiui Raymond hung lauuly servici worker with thildrcus id said some teenagers try hard to become auadians When they do not feel accepted they form gangs and associate llll persons from similar backgrounds III IIIISIIlAIIII These are kids who are fch ing very frustrated and have nowhere to go he said They hang around the poolrooms and puiliall places lll liinatowu lillicrs tluow themselves into their academic studies living for high grades and neglecting all social and recrcational ac ll itus This pleases their par cuts many of whom came to auada for the educational op porltuulics it offered tine young girl at larvis ol two legiatc said her parents want her to be doctor or lawyer despite the fact that she might not favor either career If bring home report card with one it on it they want to know why its not all As My parents dont like me to have friends from other races because they think theyre bad influence that Ill start getting bad grades Several students at larvis where luucseanadian stu dents make upllt per cent of the enrolment said their parents are strict about dating choosing their own friends and taking part in extracurricular activities at school llarry Zwerver member of the multicultural task force said that striking balance be tween the two cultures is not easy for these teenagers They dont want to be differ ent but they want to be in touch with their roots he said Theres terrible conflict go ingou within themselves Childrens art centre to mark International Year of Child illAA All auadian childrens cultural centre which would house their artistic works is envisaged by an Ottawa woman to iuark lhc lntcriiational Year of the hilil Itctty Nickcrsou national co ordiuator of All About ls federally llltllllltllftlttl national organization encouraging crea llll among anadian children says she would call tliecentrc lmagiuariuin auaila has citieus from all Churchill Beef Sale s139lb s169m s1 09 lb Cutand wrapped Sides Hinds Fronts at no extra charge Pork Riblets Bacon Roasting Chickens $139 59$ 4562572 Fill your freezer with our feature value 120 lb Split Side Beef PLUS 10 lb Pork Roast 10 lb Pork Chops 10 lb Pork Riblets lOIbSausage 10 lb Chicken 10 lb Weiners bBacon 20 Assorted Meat Pies 32 ltr packs Ice Cream 32 lb pkgs Fr Fries 32 lb Fr Vegetables 89 325995 We accept CHARGEX VisA oh all our our freezer orders over $5000 MARI VISA countries of the world and theres no finer way to see the richness of the multicultural society than in the art work of its children she said in re cent intervew Boundaries are not imporr tant to kids Their art is such joyful thing fresh colorful and honest What treasure we have if someone would just reach out and let it grow All About Us wants to work through schools and provincial governments to bring together childrens paintings drawings poems stories and essays Ms Nickersons 21year iur volvcinent in childrens art had convinced her that the attitudes and perceptions of Canadas 57 million youngsters aged six to ill years could help bridge the barriers of language and culture Six years ago she founded All About Us and moved to Ottawa from Montreal to open the na tional office Kids from every conr ceivablc ethnic background send stuff to our projects she says They have no problem with anadiau identity What comes through every thing is love of the land They hardly ever use the word Tan ada but its about us and its triin beautiful Ms Nickcrson says that Ta uadian children are coticerncd with ecology nature and en langered species Implicit in the writing is whether all little things in cluding themselves are going to die They wonder whether anyone cares for them The centre hopes to draw for getlicr young filnrmakers pho tographers potters crafts people artists poets writers and musical groups Ann Landers of Gun supporter shot down Dear Ann Im sick and tired of you telling people that there are too darned many guns in this country Dont you read the papers How come you dont know what is going on have two handguns in my home and one in my car wouldnt give them up for anything Quit being so unrealistic on this subject You owe it to your readers to encourage them to protect themselves Whose sideare you on anyway lallas fixIm Dear Ex It drives me up the wall the way you and millions of other Americans cling to the foolish notion that gun is protection when statistics show that nine times out of ten the intruder is much better shot than the lawabiding citizen and quicker on the draw too feel strongly that this country needs federal gun law Every poll in recent years shows that the majority of our citizens want one When our congressmen and senators muster enough courage to stand up to the gun lobby in Washington we are going to have safer country for everybixly Dear Aim Landers Our English teacher claims that all the letters in your column are made up by you or members of your staff think she is mistaken It doesnt seem possi ble that you could have gotten away with phoney operation for so many years Will you please convince her that you are for rcal lin ton Iowa Dear lint This response is for you not your English teacher It would be ridiculous to make up letters What goes on in peoples lives is far more interesting than anything could invent Moreover nothing is so bizarre so ridiculous or weird that somebody somewhere wont do it My problem is that so many fascinating usable thought provoking letters cross my desk every day have difficult time deciding which letters to publish As for your English teacher and others who think make up letters dont try to change their minds man convinc ed against his will is of the same opinion still Dear Ann Landers am writing this for the person who wanted to know how to clean his dentures when he dined out in public You asked if anyone out there had any ex periences Obviously you have not Well have and heres the answer keep plastic box in my desk drawer When want to clean my dentures at noon or at coffee break time when have an occasional cookie or sweet roll go to the washroom fill the little box with water drop in Polident tablet retire to the private cubicle put the dentures in the plastic box cover with the lid and shake gently empty the water in the commode and put the dentures back in my mouth The cleansing tablet isnt necessary but it does help sweeten the breath This method has added to my comfort and protected me against embarrassment hope it helps Mrs of Marslialltown Dear Mrs Your method sounds like very prac tical suggestion and am very happy to pass it on to all those with china clippers onfidential to Wish Youd Shirt Ip lutil Youve Had the Experience Sorry theres no way Im going to shut up about alcoholism Do you believe that before person can evaluate an omelet te he must be able to lay an cgg Erma Bombeck Phone dates cost parents lot of mothers know are downright meddling when it comes to their childrens selection of boyfriend or girl friend They want to know how old how tall what their father does where they live the scope of their education what their plans are for the future and how they feel about children dont care about any of those things All want to know is Is he or she local call or toll dont remember names or faces of old flames All re member is their area code One of my sons once dated an area code 513 for six months It was marriage by Ma Bell figured we were spending 333 month to share such insights as What are you doing Nothing what re you doing dont want to interrupt you if youredoingsomething told you wasnt doing anything You sure Im sure So whats new Another one of my kids showed an interest in lovely girl who lived just few miles from US It was great didnt have to worry about deep involvement because they were never off the phone He set his alarm to call her in the morn ing At night used to go iii and remove the phone from his ear as he slept It was like hanging up an umbilical cord As soon as they left one another at school in the afternoon they would shout Ill call you when get home offered to feed him intravenously The suggestion by my husband to put timer by the phone with sand running through was ridiculous llowevcr did slip calendar under his door and circle the month lanic didnt set in until one day when was standing near and saw him dial Who are you calling asked You know he said The same person Ive been talking with for the last month lint thought she was local call Dont worry he said It only costs about eight cents minute Besides this isnt just some silly kid infatuation This is person genuinely care for and want to spend the rest of my life with Shes important to me Shes special and there isnt anything wouldnt do for her Im glad to hear you say that said because accord ing to the phone bill you owed as $3686 in long distance charges learned something that day When toll charges enter the room love goes right out the window Pollys Pointers Soaking helps remove paper DEAR POLLY Fragments of pa er towel are stuck tothe center of my pecan wood dining table tried usmg spray furniture polish and lemon oil but neither worked What else could try DOTTIE DEAR DOTIIE You used the right thing but doubtless did not leave it on long enou The usual procedure for removing er stuck to urniture is to dampen paper with liqu urnlture polish and leave It on ovemight In the morning rub the paper off with soft cloth POLLY DEAR PQLLY 77 After their first washing my expensive sheer curtains never looked nice tried steam pressing hanging them while slightly damp drip drying on the line tumbling in the dryer on warm etc Finally found the answer was to put half water and half white vinegar in my steam iron MYRTLE DEAR HOLLY friend in the hospital complained of always lostng her slippers came it with what we both thought was pretty good idea and hought it might help others who are ill bent the ends to re ular wtre coat hanger up so it was similar to shoe rack ipped slipper over each end bent the hook around and then hung it on the bed railing Her slippsrs are always together with no more searching MRS DEAR POLLY Nothing is more frustrating to both mother and child than struggling to get winter boots on over shoes Now put plastic sandwich bags over my kindergarteners shoes before utting on his boots and they slide right on Also his shoes not get marred or wet in case of small leak in the boots SUZANNE