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Company Limited l6 Baytield Street Barrie Ontario LAM 4T6 Bruce Rowland publisher ADVERTISING 776 6537 CIRCULATION PRESSROOM AI Hanson torcman Don Near asst torcman Fred Prince NEWSROOM 726 653 CIRCULATION 776 6539 CLASSIHEDS 7282414 BUSINESS 7266537 Keep our city spotless One way tojudge city is by its appearance Barrie largely deserves its reputation as neat tidy com munity The way werare for our parks and city streets speaks of the fine life to be found here Visitors often comment on the cared look of this city and think what fine place it must be to live Thats the kind of publicity that money cannot buy Still our city is not as spotless as we would like Its disturbing to see thoughtless littering of our parks and street areas One of the worst sights to be seen are broken bottles thrown about our city parks and streets Its not only costly to clean up but dangerous as well Our community parks in particular bear the brunt of this carelessness and there is no excuse for it The parks are here for everyone to enjoy and protect Those who cannot enjoy civic facilities properly should not be allowed to ruin it for the rest There is no better time than now for each and every one of us to rekindle our CIVIC pride and make concerted effort to keep our city clean If this cannot be achieved by common civic pride then it must be achieved by law Strengthening and fully enforcing our litter laws might be step in the right direction Common sense and pride dictates that whatever is necessary should be done to keep our city as spotless as possi ble letters to the editor Dear Editor Doug Greenwoods recent article on metrification was most in teresting assume that he is of the same opinion that am regarding our metric conversion still think it is shambles The first few paragraphs were particularly interesting to me because also fly and can realize the problems that can develop In Mr Greenwoods last paragraph he claims that when metrification really starts it will not only be totally confusing but costly and dangerous too He says when it really starts Mr Greenwoodl Dont you think it has already started Where can you drive now and find any traf fic signs other than kilometers am only grateful that they are not also in French Your business By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service Of all the changes taking place in society the one with the most profound effect could Well be the steady increase in the average age of the population With birth rates declining and modern health care prolonging livcs Canadians are becoming more and more nation of middle aged people It is perhaps symptom of our current obsession with youth that the concept of our society as middleaged may cause dread in certain quarters Canadian Nationals President Robert Bandecn told the annual conference of the Canadian Public Relations Society in Toronto We should rcnlizc that middle ugc has its rewards too Individuals in their middle years are more mature Usually wiscr less self centred and not nearly as tcmpcstuous as younger people Surely society that enshrines these values cant be all bad NEEDS CHANGING One evidence of the change in the age structure of Canadian society is the number school closings with consequent loss of teachers jobs But things balance out and as Bandccn ints out we can expect growing dcmzinds or expansion of hospitals and medical staffs to treat the ailments of an aging population and more homes for those old pcoplc unable to take care of themselves The CN chief executive officer added perhaps too hopefully that there could bc decrease in crime with consequent rcduc tions in the need for lawenforcement scr we want your opinion Something on your mind Send Letter to the Editor Please make it on original copy and sign it The Examiner doesnt publish unsigned lei tars but It you wish pen name will be used Include your telephone number and address as we have to verify letters Because of space limits public interest and good taste The Examiner sometimes has to edit condense or reject letters Letters to the Editor are run every day on the editorial page Send yours to Letters to the Editor no Examhor Post Office lax 370 Milli Ont MM 416 Most gas stations are now literiz ed Thats used to buy about 10 gallons of gas Now buy about 40 litres To sum up still think this con version is pain in the neck And would like to know who decided that country the size of ours should all of sudden become metric No one ever asked me if was for or against this conversion think it will take years if not whole generation to fully convert It may not be too difficult for the younger generation But my genera tion will probably never completely convert And it is my generation who is going to have to pay for it Sincerely Nielson Barrie Grey Power may take over vices and penal institutions because crime is largely an occupation for the young The trend toward higher average age already under way hasnt been accompanied by any noticeable decrease in crime On the contrary there has been decline in what used to be called the work ethic and corresponding rise in senseless violence and vandalism WORKFORCE The biggest concern during the 19805 in Bandecns view will be over the fact that the traditional work force people between 18 and 65 will be expected to support an in creased number of retired people Because of the effects of inflation those retired pcoplc will be less able to depend upon savings and pension plans based on contributions made during their working lives to maintain their standard of living he said It isnt hard to predict that the next group demanding to be liberated from the tyranny of not being allowed to work will be the over 655 In fact it is already happening As the number of young workers available decreases there will be real need for business and industry to allow people towork beyond what we regard as the traditional retirement age an age that was picked arbitrarily toward the end of the last century when life expectancy was much shorter Workers over 65 may he predicted work as consultants or on the basis of projects rather lhzni on regular ninctofivc cyclc NEWTECHNOLOGY The major uncertainty about the 19805 concerns energy linndccn believes Sonic argui thzit cvcrybtxly will be lrtcznig III lllt dork ltl years from now while others say that plltt increases on oil and gas will help to finance the development of new and hithertoo undrcamedol reservoirs of tnirgy lhc scarcity and rxpinsc of fucl may sec thi roll of thc flight to llll suburbs and an in tltlllfl trInd to nlukl downtown areas gtllllll llill llililv ililttS to live for all It Is ol sottrig llnny North American lllllH dospcrutcly notd an Infusion llkt this It tlicy are to expand their tax base and continuc tmxtsl At the saint tllltt ltzinrlNn added ad vance in telccominunicnlions and comput tlllflllt may enable many more pcoplc to work from their homox lllaltfltl of making daily pilgrimage to control work location lllls would make it easier for over635 to continue working without lacing tlic daily strain of connnuting bible thought toc to him that liuildcth mm with blood and stablislictli city by iniquity llabakkiik2l2 It is an awsomc responsibility to be leader for every person in authority nmst answer to still higher anthoritv probably new word Parliament Hill By STEWART MacLEOD Ottawa Bureau Thomson News Service If the new thservative government can dilute or delay some of its economic platform planks which formed the central core of the election campaign cant understand the apparent intransigence on the Israeli emlt bassy issue With the exception of few scattered ridings this was not topical topic throughout the campaign Yet Prime Minister Joe Clark remains adamant that its his governments policy to move the Canadian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem policy which he seems to have singled out to demonstrate his determination or toughness wish he had selected another policy for his The world today By JOHN IIARBRON Foreign Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service The signing of the SALT II Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty in Vienna by Presidents Carter and Brezhnev could only be gesture if its opponents in the US Senate place major amendments to it This could be disastrous not only for President Carters political future but more important for continued USSoviet accord in maintaining both limitation and parity in nuclear weapons But even more President Brezhnev and his most senior aides which included his armed forces chief of staff made it clear to President Carter that amendments would kill the treaty In the United States the Senate must ratify all foreign treaties with twothirds vote of the 100 senators required for treatys passage The last international crisis over the Senates choice was related to the Panama Canal where the two treaties to pass that institution over to Panama also had to pass the Senate They did so by slight majority and after ferocious behindthescencs struggle in the Senate and the country by American nationalists to keep the canal But SALT II is much much bigger It has taken almost decade to reach the signing table in Vienna this week President Carter has called it the most comprehensive most farreaching ayeement in the history of arms control Kim Pattonnen lib iraccunleiacisland lolallq unbir To saq Thai Quebecers arellie mosl mont Hardy to understand Clark on Israeli embassy issue demonstration Apart from the horrendous political and economic implications of such policy its also preoccupying the minds of politicians and officials whose abilities could be better utilized in other areas The discussions that reach the public level are merely the tip of the iceberg says an ex ternal affairs official You wouldnt believe the amount of time and energy being devoted to this one commitment It just wont go away think its fair to say that if Joe Clark were planning his election campaign again he would not include an announcement to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to the disputed city of Jerusalem It was an entirely un necessary gesture designed to win Jewish support in the May 22 election needed for SALT At this date of writing Senator Alan Cranston the Democratic Whip in the Senate estimates 30 votes in favor of SALT 11 With no major amendments and 12 undecided Thats long way so far from successful passage The main concern of opposing senators are also those of Senator Henry Jackson SALT II most vociferous critic These centre around equality and verification of SALT Ils clauses By the first the treatys opponents want to be sure the parity in nuclear missiles guaranteed in the treaty is really there as far as the USSR is concerned And verification refers to the admitted difficulty of the Americans in finding out on the spot in the Soviet Union if their nuclear missile armory is being kept within the SALT II terms The overall fear of Senate critics and anti treaty exponents throughout the country is the wellknown propensity of the Russians not to keep treaty provisions The chief case in point is the Helsinki Accord of 1976 on human rights and in effect the creature of President Brezhnev himself which the Soviet Government has completely ignored Since it was signed Soviet dissidents have been tried and jailed newsmen have been ex pellcd and the Helsinki movement within the USSR has been forcefully disbanded by the KGB It should be understood that SALT II is not disarmament treaty but one to secure no escalation of present missile potential by either the USA or the USSR MR CLARK THERES GROUP ourswe CLAlMlNG YOU ARE Rtsrotsctt FOR WEIR UNEMPLOYMENI One of the chief architects of the policy was Employment and Immigration Minister Ron Atkey and others have had substantial input into the question whose riding is about 25 percent Jewish But in accepting this recommendation Clark was obviously unaware of the intense hostility the policy would create in the Arab world It was Clarks view when he first an nounced this policy that it was time Canada went beyond the rhetoric to demonstrate its support for Israelis right to exist There was no reason he said why Canada should not be leader instead of follower At this point he might have stopped to wonder why no other country has set up an embassy in Jerusalem since the Israelis laid claim to the entire city in 1967 Other future cabinet ministers certainly asked themselves this question and they included Flora MacDonald who now is Clarks minister of ex ternal affairs There is great deal of discomfort in the cabinet over this issue as hostilities harden on both sides Resolutions letters and telegrams are pouring into 0t tawa from assorted friends of the Israelis and the Arabs Internal conflicts are developing One of Clarks new MP5 is Presbyterian minister who is also member of the Canadian Council of Churches which opposes the embassy move DELAY TACTICS The government has been trying so far rather unsuccessfully to defuse the issue through the wellused process of political procrastination Roughly translated that means we are dealing with an unyielding commitment that we wont see implemented As the external affairs minister put it after reassuring us that the governments policy remains unchanged We shall be influenced in the timing and manner of our move by our regard for the peace process Or as Atkey put it after telling us the move was an important matter of principle The embassy is not going to be moved tomorrow its not going to be moved next week It will be done over reasonable course of time as circumstances permit If his ministers were to end this furious fudging suspect that Clark would find very understanding Canadian audience if he were to candidly admit that upon reflection he thinks the proposed embassy move would be premature until the status of Jerusalem is finally settled Even the Israeli ambassador in Ottawa has said it isnt necessary for Canada to move the embassy to demonstrate its friendship to his country Such an admission would be preferable to the latest Clark hint of timekilling that we might send factfinding mission to Arab countries If its necessary to spend more money trying to unearth new facts on this particular issue perhaps the factfinding missio could better be used examining the governments own research facilities At least it wouldnt he laughed at BARNY DANSON IONA CAM lAG NOLO From the legislature Why not bn use of 24D By DEREK NELSON Queens Park Bureau Thomson News Service TORONTO Anyone trying to reach an easy conclusion on the controversial spraying of the herbicide 24D in Durham Region schoolyard is going to be disappointed Like so many environmental issues that confront us this one too has elements of right on more than one side And beyond that theres politics and play acting in several directions But first theres the basic question And thats simple Should the province ban use of 24D by school boards The opposition says yes the government says no Environment Minister Harry Parrott contends 24D is safe when properly used and that each school board should take the responsibility whether to use the chemical or not Not only do all 10 provincial environment ministries and Ottawa agree on its safety but the best minds and scientific evidence in Canada support it also he said LESS OPPOSED Yet the NDP notes the US Environmental Protection Agency has 24D under intensive review as possible cancercausing agent and that other illaffects are attributed to it The Liberals are less critical of the chemical noting how vital it is to agriculture but point out there is difference between spraying corn and spraying childrens play areas Parrott believes it is hypocritical to ban its use in the school yard and not in the fields or even in other nonltagricultural areas Moreover the opposition want him to restrict use of safe chemical when they arent urging him to ban known cancer causing agents like tobacco and sugar BIT EXTREME On those arguments noone could make quick decision to ban or not to ban It is rather weighing of different factors And beyond that point discussion tends to veer off into the world of politics and con jecture When the NDP first raised the question they spoke about 20 cases of child sickness from exposure to 240 and of parents having to tak$ to keep their children from being poisoned Except now there is some doubt about the cases they have produced as proof And Parrott said hed heard photograph of youngsters being sprayed was staged which seems to have been true OFTEN DO One can dismiss as posturing Parrotts objection that banning 24D would be in terference with local school board autonomy The province never hesitates to interfere with local autonomy whenever it feels it necessary The real question remains the safety of 24 not local autonomy and for now most of the experts are on Parrotts side Still there are doubts and it often takes long time to establish the danger of chemicals Everyone accepts that the safety of children especially when theyre in public place like school is in different category than that of adults For that reason it might have been politically if in no other way wise to have banned schoolyard use of 24D take note stirs soul By MANJURIS am not person who is usually moved by piece of poetry but occasionally come across something which seems to stir my soul Our church bulletin contained piece of verse which would like to share with you TIIE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO YOL Theres sweet old story translated for man But writ in the long long ago The gospel according to Mark Luke and John Of Christ and His mission below You are writing gospel chapter each day By deeds that you do by words that you say Men read what you write whether faithless or true Say what is the gospel according to you This wonderful story that gospel of love As it shines in the Christlife divine And Oh that its truth might be told again In the story of your life and mine Unselfishness mirrors in every scene Love blossoms on every sod And back from its vision the Heart comes to tell The wonderful goodness of God You are writing each day letter to men Take care that the writing is true Tis the only gospel some men will read That gospel according to you These verses tell how it should be but look at yourself and those around you and draw your own conclusions It is very easy to criticize but very difficult to selfanalyze and make the transition into what we should be