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Women
EXETER - The afternoon unit
met on February 13 with Laura
Dickey presiding. After welcoming
approximately 40 ladies Dickey led
in repeating the Purpose. The min-
utes were read, treasurers repon
and card report.
David Miller was the guest
speaker and spoke on transplanta-
tion. He had a heart transplant in
November 1987 -and with two pills
a day has since led a very normal
life. He answered many questions
and will have his five-year check-
up in November.
Mavis Atthill, president of the
general UCW gave important dates
to remember March 6 is the Day of
Prayer being held at Triviu Angli-
can Church. London Conference
will be April 6 and 7. Westminster
weekend will be June 5-7. May 24
will be the UCW anniversary, also
tlx: 30th anniversary of the found-
ing of the UCW. April 6 and April
9 the UCW will be accepting items
for Menesetung.
The program was on True Love
-and Luella Taylor, Marion Dearing,
`Doris Sillery and Laura Dickey
each read a story on expressing
love.
Maxine Sereda entertained with
several numbers on the organ. Lau-
ra Dickey thanked all who took part
in the meeting also the ladies who ,
served a delicious lunch.
The teflon also presented awards to Precious Blood Separ-
ate School public speakirvt winners last week. From left are
Intermediates Toni D.,Jorllg (first), Scott Rasenberg (second),
-and -Jeff -Sonatas (third'), Lin repre ehtative -Cray-Murray,
and Junior winners Michael Hodgins (first), Lawrence Cole
(second), and Christine Coolman (third). In last week's photo-
graph of the winners at the St. Bonlface zone public speakiralg
finals, a line went missing from the caption. Not identified
was Steven Dawe, third place junior winner, and Toni DeJor.g
was the first place winner In the Senior division.
So Marc is pulling up stakes. He is "absolutely committed" to leaving
the True North, and moving to Thailand; a kingdom of opiates and pri-
mates, buddhists and tourists.
Marc Emery, the controversial book store owner, who gets nearly as
much news coverage as that other notable Londoner, George "Call me a
Cab" Nash is heading southeast.
Emery says he is leaving because, "Canada's a gloomy country going
through a gloomy period" and he is "totally disenchanted with the di-
rection Canada is taking". Emery is moving to Thailand because it is "a
country with a robust economy and no welfare state. The government
there doesn't get involved with the private lives of its citizens."
1 assume Emery made this decision knowing Thailand's infant mortal-
ity rate is '6 times greater than Canada's; Thailand's per capua GNP is
barely 1/10 of Canada's; and the average Canadian will live 1 ` u
longer than the average Thai.
There is more to life than surviving infancy, making money and dy-
ing old. But this is the kind of information my wifc and I would consid-
er before uprooting our three children and moving far away from fami-
ly and friends. However, statistics are not the only criteria when
examining a nation's quality of life.
When determining a country's quality of life it should also bc held ac-
countable for the treatment of its weaker and less empowered citi-
zens.Unfortunately, Thailand is home to a the ,ving child prostitution
trade. Yes, urban Canada has a similar probler 1 - but unlike Thailand
we are trying to put a stop to it and we don't . avc a large number of
mak "tourists" who travel here strickly for sexploitation.
Considering the statistics and the realities perhaps the Thai govern-
iment needs to get more involved with the lives of its citizens. •
That is not to say the military takes a laissez-faire attitude to public
affairs. Perhaps Emery did not notice the military coup which over-
threw the elected Thai government last February. Most of us were more
focused on events in the Persian Golf at the time. It will bc interesting
to watch how the Thai military rulers and their civilian stooges react to
the confrontational style of Emery.
Still, one should not begrudge or belittle a young person's quest for
freedom and excitement. Christ once told a story of a young man who
asked his father for.his share of the family assets. The young man trav
elled to a distant country, squandered his money and fell into hard
times. He eventually returned home. The father was overjoyed. The
older brother was far less charitable. His biuerness exploded at this fa-
ther with the accusatory statement, "You killed the fatted calf for him!"
Canada is not an easy country to live in at the present time. It has
never been an easy country to live in if you are a native, or a woman, or
black, or oriental, or Jewish, or poor. Still, for all its many flaws l'lI
stick around because it is a good place, it is worth keeping together and
I want to make it better. And if Marc comes back I pray to God my re-
sponse will be like the father in Jesus' story.
Letter to Editor
Blessed are the Peacemakers
Dear Sir:
1 read recently that the world's
frog population is fast disappear-
ing and for a few moments I felt
the genuine fear of the frogs and
realized that they, like humans, de-
pend on the condition of the envi-
ronment for the continuation of
their life cycle.
So we pay lip service to environ-
mental concerns, we use "green"
rhetoric, we promote "green"
products and yet, when it comes to
the crunch, we make little or no at-
tempt to halt the over -use of natu-
ral resources (gasoline for exam -
plc) or to take steps to actually
curtail the pollution that is turning
our planet into a wasteland.
This week, -on CFPL television,
there was what seemed to be a
heartfelt concern about the condi-
tion of the ozone layer and yet,
following closely behind this ap-
peal by Ross Daily, on the same
newscast, was an enthusiastic
splurge for the forthcoming Grand
Bend Air show.
Arc all the residents of Grand
Bend and area now quivering in
anticipation of a wonderful week-
end in the fresh air? Are they also
prepared to soak up the air pollu-
tion, noise pollution, and left -over
symbols of wbr? I guess people
who feel so negative about good
"clean" fun, about "harmless en-
tertainment, and nostalgic memo-
ries arc merely wet -blanket types
and you don'j want to get involved
- right? Well, I hope you are an-
swering "wroag" atod will slay
with me for a few more para-
graphs and collect the facts, con-
sider • them, project .the conse-
quences, and fealize that a little
negativity now is preferable to
cco-ca " (paved Suzu-
ki's word) in the not loo distant fu-
ture.
I tried to belch Ibis subject in
1990 by smd+ g s Si AN' article
to the London Face Paw Jawcv-
er, it was retittalldas it. n't fit in
with the paper's philosophy, not
forgetting, ooff aetoe i11 Frcc
Picas bappeaod Io iAoeibat oft
f the
two sponsors of this 41101110Pablc
"fan" Cvent.
Last year, the infamous Moms
Dalla Costa used his column to de-
cry the display of personnel and
planes which had flown in Opera-
tion Desert Storm. He went on to
say that the International Air Show
capitalizes "on human pain, suffer-
ing, and emotion by advertising the
appearance of these machines of
death. "Now that the great guru has
spoken perhaps a mere woman, one
of thc breed who is traditionally
(historically) known to be
thc peacekeep-
ers of society,
can attract a lis-
tening ear too. I
Living only 12
Ion from London
-Airport, in Tha-
mesford, wc arc first reminded of
the annual London event by the
sound of powerful jet engines of
which we become aware when low-
flying planes pass overheard. A sec-
ond reminder is visibly experiences
when our family cat removes him-
self from the scene at a great rate of
speed (almost breaking the sound
barrier himself) after the fust air-
craft passes over. He does not reap-
pear for several hours.
Environmentalist Dr. Joseph
Cummins, a professor of genetics at
the University of Western Ontario,
believes that the Ministry of the -En-
vironment should study noise and
air pollution at events such as air
shows.
"A single low level flight of a 81,
B2, or B52 bomber will put out as
much pollutant as a person can ex-
pect (to experience) when standing
all day at the junction of highway
401 and 427 in Toronto," Cummins
added. This intersection is consid-
ered to bc the most heavily uav-
ellcd junction in Canada.
Cummins feels that if the Minis-
try studies the effects of noise and
air pollution locally, they will per-
haps reconsider their support for
such events. Noise docs have strict
environmental controls based on
the Environmental Protection Act
3.08, and Cummins suggests that
anyone wishing to register a formal
complaint do so by referring to this
act and by demanding action from
the Ministry to resolve the issues
as they sec them.
Farmers in the near vicinity of
London airport, during the time of
the London shows, are eminently
aware of the effect of noise on
their livestock. Jim Marsh, a fann-
er who lives one mile east of the
airport on Middlesex Co. Road 27,
spoke of the laying hens which he
raises for his neighbour Jim Duf-
fin. Following a spatc of low -
flying exercises hens will stop lay-
ing or at least produce a lower
yield of eggs and Marsh notes that
dairy farmers nearby say that their
milk production falls off also.
1 think Prof. Cummins suminar-
ized•it well when he said: "Military
jets (like those used at air shows)
are designed to kill - with bombs.
wimachine guns, or with pollu
And now Grand Bend is to tx-
honoured by hosting an air show'
Do wc ever listen? Will wc ever
make the connection between pol-
lution and destruction; war and de-
struction; unawareness and de-
struction? We can take our choice
Do we court eco-catasirop1tc or do
we stop and think, demand that our
government enforce stricter pollu-
tion laws, and listen to the pro -
peace activists who are attempting
to awaken us to the coasection be-
tween destruction of the envuon-
mont (rape of Mother Earth) and
the destruction of humanity
through glorification and participa-
tion in wail
Surely we must alk ourselves -
can we afford to use our resources
so casually, murder our environ -
meat so licitly, limit our
food . • • • • so naively, and
embrace the symbols of war so ig-
norandy by supposing Such low
priority activities as air shows,
whether they are in Loader), Wind-
sor, Tgtploto, or Gaud Bead?
Hopeful actripn has proved to bc
better than bopekss inaction and at
the grass-roots level we can all
work to create a ,wodd without
weapons and witiiopt
I Baigent,
ord