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p4 weekender february 15 1986 weekender lot levy system needed the ontario government and the specifically the ministry of educa tion are being fingered as the heavies in the current school over crowding problems in this area however a balanced view of the situation shows that there are many facets to the problem declining numbers of children being the main dilemma faced by education plan ners thus a school may be over crowded this year then face closure only 10 or 15 years down the road when many of the children have grown up and moved through the school system one answer may be for the gov ernment to allow school boards to impose lot levies on new homes this would give the school boards upfront money to build schools in that way school boards could meet their immediate needs for classrooms while providing com munity recreation facilities in the future one thing is clear something must be done to change the current ly outmoded method of approving and financing new schools reflections of life winter rainbow brings back hidden memories drop us a line if you have a beef or want to pat someone on the back sit down and write a letter to the weekender deadline is noon thursday prior to publication names may be withheld on request at the discretion of the editor under no cir cumstances will anonymous letters be published the address is 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 by judith gooding this morning i was surprised by a rainbow it was a crunchy crisp day the sky was overcast and the sun struggled to break through its milky white covering i looked up and there it hung a shimmering column of muted rose yellow and powder blue a rainbow in winter what a delight my thoughts turned backwards over the years recalling inci dents when i was surprised by other rainbows i remember returning from camp knowing that the family dog of necessity had been put to sleep in my absence but in a box in the trunk lay the camps mas cot a baby goat it now belonged to me surprised by a rainbow in the midst of a young girls hurt i remember holding in my arms our 18monthold son as he emerged oh so slowly from a feveral convulsion his eyes stop ped rolling his small body shi vered and shook with chill then he settled back against me and relaxed within minutes a faint but certain smile flickered on his face and he fell into a natural sleep surprised by a rainbow in a moment of intense worry i remember lying on the sofa tired discouraged feeling a com plete failure as a mother then the door opened in marched the children and their father hiding a mysterious parcel behind their backs flowers and hugs for me surprised by a rainbow in a mo ment of selfcondemnation and i remember wandering around the house dazed by the news of the sudden death of my husbands father before me lay the task of deciding what to do with four small children in addi tion to packing and closing up the house and making the two-and-a- halfhour trip to my mother-in- laws home into this bewilder ment walked in my sisterinlaw she calmly took over leaving us free to pack up two of our children and leave an instant solution surprised by a rainbow in the midst of intense shock and grief how many more incidents i could cite as we all could some rainbows coming from the hand of the father directly some through other people but all of them god- touched they are a reminder to me as to the first man ever surprised by a rainbow that the promises of god are full and true and like his mercies they are new every morning great is his faithful ness editors note judith good ing is a markham housewife and mother she writes the church focus column weekly in the weekender language neednt be perfect reader dear sir the commentary casting the first stone editors hotline eco nomist and sun jan 29 raises several interesting points one of which is the importance of tech nical accuracy in language you note that in writing a letter pointing out a grammatical error in the caption under a photo in your jan 22 paper a reader made two mistakes himself while i agree that this empha sizes just how easy it is to make a mistake even after reading mate rial again and again the reader is right in expecting a high degree of technical accuracy in profession al writing however it would be a tragedy indeed if people became so con cerned about the mechanical aspects of language that fear of making a mistake stopped them from expressing their beliefs and feelings it would also be unfortunate if individuals became obsessed with technical accuracy to the point where they failed to recognize a good point made in less than per fect english language is a tool and a well- constructed tool has the potential to do a better job than a poorly- constructed one nevertheless a tool however wellconstructed is only as good as the use to which it is put anne atkins unionville econcmistsun the tribune weekender bruce annan publisher 9 heritage rd markham l3p1m3 2942200 4959440 6402100 6492292 published every saturday by 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