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or alto*is to closing rural schools, especially
when those schools are such impor community
cornerstones and economic drivers,' Is finally begin -
in to be heard.
iron East Mayor Joe Sem the charge at Hu-
ron County council st week, asking coun4orscouncillors to
appeal to Education`Minister Kathleen Wynne ate;
Huron -Brace MPP Carol Mitchell because of the
danas.ging effects of school closures on rural commu-
nie
The county will also be hearing a presentation this
• week from the recently -formed group Community
School Alliance, which is lobbying province -wide
for a "smart moratorium" on rural school closures,
which includes "a review of funding to rural and
small schools" and "a transparent and accountable
worki, : g relationship between municipalities and
schoorboards."
Declining enrolments are a reality that have to be
addressed.
But, rural municipalities are arguing that schools
are just as important to their survival and ability to
thrive as infrastructure that provides water.
Susan Hundertmark
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Cell phone ban will make driving safer
but it'll be a lot less interesting
Way to go Ontario.
You couldn't play nice with
your cell phones and now
you've lost the ability to use
them while driving.
Nice job.
Think of the repercussions.
Now you won't be able to re-
trieve that crucial message
from your spouse to stop at the store on the
way home to pick up cat litter.
AM radio call-in shows will experience a
major decrease in traffic. We'll all be forced to
focus only on the task at hand while zooming
down the highway at incredible speeds.
What a bore that'll be.
Yes, after Oct. 26, when this province joins
Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Lab-
rador in banning cell phone use behind the
wheel, life will certainly be different.
For one, we won't have that pesky four -fold
increase in collision risk that exists when us-
ing a cell phone while driving — a statistic cited
by the Ministry of Transportation.
What I find interesting about this new law,
which can carry a fine up to $500 after tickets
start being issued Feb. 1, 2010, is that earpiece
and headset phones that allow drivers to talk
while keeping two hands on the wheel will not
be banned.
The Canadian Safety Council has said that
doing anything other than concentrating on
the road presents a risk — from fiddling with
CDs to eating.
So, if you insist on multitasking while driv-
ing, try to do it inconspicuously. Hold your
CO) (i!
ve
I don't get itl
There are thousands
of different religions
in the world and each
one assumes 'theirs is
the only true religion!
Well, they can't all
be right! So which
one is it?
That's
right.
It's all about faith.
You gotta pick one and
stick with it and
hope that you've made
the right choice.
Dan
Schwab
burger below the dashboard
while you eat.
And for goodness sake, please
don't fiddle with the radio dial
too much. It's all we have left.
If banning chatting, texting
and emailing while driving
doesn't save lives, the govern-
ment may impose a penalty on
these activities too.
And, if you continue to horse around in the
car,
you maylose even e your driving privileges
altogether and only self -driving cars will be al-
lowed on the road.
And that won't be much fun, since robots
have no sense of adventure.
The car company Nissan announced last week
it has built devices modeled after the way a.
school of fish travels, communicating with each
other to co-ordinate speeds and move in unison,
avoiding obstacles using clever na"n ,ation tech-
nology.
The company hopes to one day use the tech-
nology in vehicles to decrease accidents and
highway congestion.
General Motors has also said that fully auto-
mated, self -driving cars are only about a decade
away.
When that day comes, we'll be able to lounge
in the back seat, have a conversation on our cell
phone, fiddle with the radio, browse the web
and enjoy a breakfast burrito all at once.
But until then, it's eyes on the road and hands
on the wheel for everyone's safety.
But what
if you've
picked the
wrong one?
Well then,
you're
looking at
eternal
damnation
by David Lacey
Okay, this
"Meaning
of Life"
thing is just
going to get
more
complicated
as we get older,
isn't it?
Most people
just pick one
and close
their eyes
until
judgment
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