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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-12-13, Page 7Lucknow ntin€l° 'Wednesday, December 13, 1989—Page B Dear- Editor: This letter is in response to the Bruce - Grey -Owen Owetn Sound Health Unit's "safer SEE" tear campaign and the related mat- ter of candour vending machines in schools. You may have noticed that where previously health officials used the words "safe seg" in their AIDS education, they are now ung the more accurate terms "safer sex." Notice the small but signifi- cant addition of the letter r. The reason? Having sex with an AIDS virus earrier using a condors is plying Russian roulette with your life. Beek in February of this year a U.S. Public Ilealthn task force issued an em- phatic warning or the risks of condor* failure when .used during intercourse with an AIDS virus carrier. They said that it was so dangerous that . anyone in such a situation should "consider alternative methods of expressing physical in- timacy." Because of scanty reporting in the ma- jor media and our Health Ministries' lack of response, this important warning is not cion .knowledge and municipal health units happily spread the false security of "safer sex" through our counties. Recent media reports told of polls showing that a majority of students favoured condom vending machines in school washrooms. What else could one expect after government health officials have come to school with their pro - condom message? Are polls conducted on whether cigaret- tes should be sold at schools,. or whether drugs or alcohol should be vended there? No; instead there are serious campaigns teaching students that these things are unhealthy and that they must learn to say "no" to them. Why then do health -Officials not do the same for premarital sex? in light of the AIDS epidemic and the many serious venereal diseases that have rapidly in- creased both in kinds and in numbers of people infected, it would greatly benefit the students to Kw "no" to premorit-al seg. The pessimistic attitude that reasons "No matter what is taught, they'll do it anyway, so we'll have to educate therm to be `safer"' has no place ineducation, which should strive to clearly teach ideals. Do driving instructors teach students how to be "safer" at since they know half of therms hope not. Speeding can be fatal, and so can premarital sex these days. Encouraging condors use is in direct rnnflict with promoting health, whether it's done via the schools, bars, er the media When it comes to drugs, cigarettes and alcohol, health rfirials have no .qualms in giving the right message. It's :high time they do the same with regards to pro- and extra -marital sex. Sincerely, Joanne Nolan With a theme of Women and the En- vironment for the year, it was natural that some of the Resolutions sustained at the Annual Meeting of Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario held recently in Guelph, dealt with this topic that .affects all who live in rural Ontario. FWIO passed two resolutions that dealt with polycholinated biphenyls (PCBs) , one asking that the Ministry of the En- vironment enforce legislation to eliminate PCBs and another asking that the Federal Dept. of Justice and the Ontario Attorney General prosecute politicians who allow infractions of the Envirmrmen- tal Protection Act 0 Reg 11-82 pertaining to PCBs. As many of the members of FWIO live in rural and agricultural areas where many land fill sites are most full and new sites are contemplated for local gar- bage bage as well as sites for Toronto's gar- bage, the topic of waste was addressed. FWIO would like the minister of the environment to legislate a drastic reduc- tion of "packaging" .and also to enact � tit �`� •,��. •�\.�``\ti t\. ��t� so„\ .• �.� tom: \` R\\ legislation to stop the sass of sticyoloam and plastics for meat and vegetables sold in stores. One W11 branch donated WI mugs to their local township co ndil to stop them using throwaway stryofoarn mugs and another WI branch who does a lot of catering has gone back to using china dishes instead of plastic throw- away ones. Just an example of practical application of what they mean. The FWIO is not only concerned with landfills and recycling in their own backyards. Last year they passed a resolution asking for mandatory recycling in Ontario. This year they are asking the Federal Minister of the Environment to establish guidelines for waste disposal apart from landfilling; to enact legisla- tion making a consistent, efficient and uniform recycling program in each pro- vince and territory across Canada. This program must be designed to make full and optimunn use of all recycling technology currenty available to ensure that Canada remains an environmentally safe country for our future generations. LABELLE - Victor and JoAnn (Nee Macintyre) welcome -with love their son, Dane Christopher, born on November 27, 1989 at Henderson Hospital, Hamilton, weighing 8 lbs. 15 oz. 'Proud grandparents are Albert Labelle .of Hamilton and Mr. and Mrs. Donald Macintyre, Lucknow. KNOOP - Gerald and Terry are pleas- ed to announce the safe arrival of their daughter, Patricia Emily, .6 ib. 14 oz., November 21, 1989, at St. Joseph's Hospital, i ondon. Baby sister to Jocab, 13th grandchild for Anthony and Bertha Knoop off Kingsbridge, granddaughter to Patricia Wilcox of Northfield 111., and John Davies of Hamilton. DE BOER - Fred and. Margaret of ( . 5, Lucknow are happy to announce the birth of a daughter, Ainslie Elizabeth, on December 11, 1989, weighing 7 lbs. 12 oz., in Wiugham and District Hospital. Delighted grandparents are Donald and Marilynn •Maclntyre and Roely deBoer. Proud .great grandparents are Mr. and Mrs: Virden Mowbray and Mrs. Simon de .Boer .of Luekcow. CRAIG - Nancy and Kenneth are pleas- ed to announce the birth of their . daughter, Colleen Alyse, on December 9, 1969 nt Kincardine Hospital, -weighing 8 lbs. 9 nz. 'Colleen ,is a wee sister for Lind- say, 'Morgan and YPhillip. Proud grand - .parents are Don -and ,Lois -Craig, ;Kincar- dine =dam and Irene 1laldenby. -Great .,grandmas are Maimie Roulston and='Eva Mitcieif. 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