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A quiok solution is needed
llronday-evetting'slcouncil meet-
_ ,ig, ile .:fssciatatjig for
those pltestetttl*Otl1the pro-
ceedings, had better thtrbeginning
.of3theend .
3ixeter. Town Council'vtilll`haveito,re-
solveahe issue: of what it is=going4ouio
with its police {force'onceland for $11.
An ongoing battle over:the :police bud-
get will not be a:positive thing for the
force itself, even less so if it resurfaces
as an.annual springtime battle of wits at
budgetttime.
•It all:cotnes:down to $71,843. 'That is
idle amount Idle -police •budget *as Tone
tarp ithi s year since last. Some :I3;M00
tDfIhat is:an increases in wagesialone,
hich°maites it difficult to trimtthelbud-
T..get.down:elsewhere. But even so, it -is
• obvious council iittouldttfiave liked ;at
least scane:comprotniseiifitiated'by!the
Police diervices Boardtiowhittle'away
at what:is Chow a 14 Tement increase.
Nowamameilrhave throwntdown a'two-
penant gauntlet, leaving a thuge gulf
between dreams and reality.
A 17_percent increase in wages for The
police secretary comes -at anpfOriIlttlte,
but that settlement appears to stem from
an employment equity case, the details
of which have never been made public.
A :nine percent increase for the chief
hasalso incensed council. Few will see
-pay increases anything like that this
Yea -
Justifications for such :decisions were
tmaaderininmera, and. the Police Services
3oard has offeredino explanations for
hdteir _actions, snot "that They answer to
:council anyway.
There .appears to be signs ,,of poor
judgementitlll.iround. The :only thing
that: makestany:;zense : is :the' observation
that :theipublic should :be consulted be-
fore:any.!wholesale changes aremade to
`fthe-policeiforee.
Mayor. Bruce Shawtthad 'warned there
,,Hwould the :1interestingitimes' ahead, -re-
-minding.us.all of thetoldChinese curse.
A.D:H.
Saluting all Mothers
?etlMNwd Pao Wodeledsr
itwatrr, tee by W.
111NlliMrte 14!491,-
4141NIale'St.,
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OASVOtNG WETAXES'TAKEN 10111 'MIND OfF THE ECONOMY SIDTHEt 11TY 1551tEr
Edge is closer than we think
It's all people have beentalk-
I hope you realize . that: Moth- f w _ • res.
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we were .bo • � : ritain s (` - . war�kopf) to iztg about all.week. 'The riots in
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Utas A►rt�nr•k a
r's.iday is upon us again:•°�.ldtll= �• : �lams.; .a
ed as 3. E' �� other r • Fi
ins; daughters and husbandllref _. - .Deep _AWE, : other -Ani chat. % .the y
:mothers I =addness:thistwaisting:Batch
you can get into a lot ofhot wa- lode.
ter if you forget Mother's. Day.-.usLall.
Husbands of mothers must -be
especially alert. think about it!
we are not only sons of mothers,
we are also wed to mothers.
In comparison to Mother's
'Day, Fathersadayis a bit of a
joke, as weiallinalize. Mother's
.;Day.has been:axtra•special ever -Peter Hesse]
.ince Stephen leacock penned
3admirable :short ,story -How,
vwe. kept Mothers :.day. (If you
haven't read it lately, I highly v.ikelimild youthmay ix..eased
•-recommend that you drop every-.v.as, aianother's boy. Why is no-
thing,- rush
o-
tbing,-rush to: the nearest book-;itedyever called a father's boy
:store to buy or to the nearest-li-.ro t1l?
we s 1111:1ataadil it ltif
Y y
Ave ntarifi td a., mother who are vota pitin=o�mary tt, it's°on our.t�orttiacnt, many
Mother Idainre, �o.urishes garden-w�iatyrmothers, but.aiso
rrttmothers4n4aw? Unlike theirfa:,temf us have been there, theyahare
meter -in-law spouses they have any�� similarities and
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linen honoured by a whole sub-: ? Y speak our language.
r And yet in the past week it has
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stories, sluts and plays,
==x=j` a lilliftwature of jokes, anecdotes,
been a war zone in which 47
brary to borrow a _,hook
containing that wonderful:Czana-
dian story.)
Mother's Day .coiijureattp im-
aged very different from those
that come to mind -when we
iahink of Father's Day. And
iseightly so. Until recently, moth-
-mars were the only essential and
-indispensable persons in a
child's life. Fathers were somc-
mes_ (but lot,-always)-interest-
ing.and fun to be with. Howev-
er, one .could: take them or leave
them. In the past, few fathers
have evertinspired their children
the waYteltthemdid. Things are
changing, nidlttcyiiA11y
Look ateti'1anguage:The first
words we •utter are part of our
mother tongue. We grow up
with Mother Goose rhymes. We
may also grow up in the Mother
Church.
Canada is our motherland, un -
Alps we emigrated from some-
�„�lrltere else•on Mother Earth. But
.'We cherish omaments made
from mother-of-pearl. A liquid
resulting from crystallization is
called mother liquor or mother
water. A piece of land used for
plant propagation is called the
mother bed or mother block. A
birth mark is also called a,moth-
er mark (although it may be.in-
herited from the father). The list
of mother words goes on and on.
Webster's Third New -Interna-
tional Dictionary lists 63 separ-
ate compound words beginning
with "mother", .and there are
many .more sub -entries. "Father'
accounts for only 16 entries,
among them Father Christmas,
father confessor, father figure,
and Father Time.
When Saddam Hussein was
facing intervention by UN
troops, he threatened to unleash
the Mother of all Wars. This
widely reported boast begat a
whole array of additional "Moth-
er words", from the Mother of
-,people -have died, about 2:000
qty : arraigned on charges. The
aren't there any faille/4h"„,were injured, and 11,000 have
siYes, es?
:been arraYes, we have every reason to _
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celebrate Mother's Day with the ; national. guard patrol the streets
energy and enthusiasm it .de.hind, assault rifles at the
-
serves As as non -mother t
-ready. is suddenly like But then again, every now and
Moment Hill is about as rough as
it gets on this side of the Athan -
lc. At least that's how itrimclseed
:mntil Monday»•evening in'Zlmn-
tato. -
Hold that
ought ...
��aAiitati[e
t nothing with which we can iden-
I am a little envious.
Mother is a wonderful word, lily'
perhaps the most beautiful in the It has been so easy in the past
En ash u e. to watch television coverage of
1 rioting in South Africa or China,
In all Indo-European hanging civil war in Yugoslavia or a host
es, the word .for mother is simi-
lar. French: Mere, Italian and ttof African countries, and view A
Spanish; madre, Portuguese ,,e11 4With a detached kind sof
mac, Romanian; mama, Getman; : smugness that nothing like that
Mutter, Dutch;' moeder, Swedish could ever happen here.
and Danish: mQder, Norwegian:”
mor, Yiddish: muter, Polish and
Czech maika, Russian: .mat,
Greek: mitera. Although the He-
brew ;and Arabic tongues are not
Indo-European, their words for
mother tre_also similar. -em -and
cum. *pry different at Turkish
(anne)FFFinnish (aiti), and -Indo-
nesian (induk). Japanese chil-
dren call their mother haha. I kid
you not.
So I salute all mothers. And on
this Mother's Day 1 will throw a
very special bouquet ,to those
young mothers who arc wid-
owed, divorced, separated or
simply umarried. Raising chil-
dren is a tremendous challenge
for two parents. I take my hat off
to anyone who has to - or wants
to - do it alone.
PinerJP a hit
Dear Kiditor:
What was it like in pioneer
days? A question that was an-
swered in great detail at Unborn
Contral School on Wednesday.and
Thursday.
When my children .Larne .home
from school last Wednesday, , so
full of excitement and "did you
Mew that..?", "guess; what?".and
F
"you've gotta gone and rax", I had
to do just that; go
and sec.
Bese of the
co,oporacauUon and 1),
participation of
teachers, students
and many, many L --
votunteers, Usborne School became
a "hands on" pioneer village for
two days. Seeing the familiar Laces
of the many volunteers, made it
even more of a reality.
1 would like to thank each One
who made ,this week possible, for
giving our geaeuttion a taste of our
forea►thers.
Sincerely,
Cathy Paw
Canadians and Americans are
much too civilized. . We value
lift and societal • title far too
much to allow ourselves to run
through the streets screaming in
outrage at our goverrunent, will-
ing to risk death for a chance to
lash out at someone in uniform.
Waving a few placards on Par -
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then, we get a glimpse of how
close to the edge of anarchy we
live. It wasn't that long ago we
saw soccer fans in England get
trampled to death when a stadi-
um caught fire. Mass panic and
.:tsar aren't something we usually
oltxperiencc.
And now there's Los Angeles.
Most people I've spoken to say
..they can understand the outrage
!Abet has led to the riots. The
;ttnagic of the portable video
.unera has enabled a whole na-
tion to see how a jury can reach
a verdict that is so obekeislY
wmng in their eyes. attain
white jury .exonerates four po-
lice officers whom the whole
world saw viciously beating a
black man stopped for speeding.
As far as -the 'panic itis •con-
oerned, regardless °tff /ace, they
ameed no further proof that their
justice system is a sham. What
.tris a utile theft, looting, or arson,
when compared to the, beating of
a man by three police officers?
Even more fascinating is the
factshatthis ._breakdown of soci-
:aty comes . before the election
Itpaign. 'the candidates are
.aptmady ,rushing to surround
2emselves with black associates
and leaders and arc promising
investigations into the case as
-quickly as they -can.
Of course, Los Angeles is still
a long, long way away. So is
Yugoslavia, or Tiannanmen
Square. But how far away do
they need to be? The doom and
gloom survivalists have always
been warning us how close our
I society is to the brink of anarchy
and self destruction. For once,
I'm inclined to believe there is
some truth in what they say.
The sense of justice, it seems,
is critical to the whole equation.
When the public believe chat it
no longer apldyn thte
law it upholds no longer applies
either.
Tv 17ie *1�ss of OM TYS
Open letter to the Editor:
As Vice President and General
Manager of CKNX Broadcasting,
1 would like to lake. this opportuni-
ty to express my sincere thanks for
the many thoughtful letters and
phone calls received over the last
few days. The concerns and com-
ments expressed by you, our view-
ers and listeners, are myth appre-
ciated. )
There are many q ions being
asked regarding the restructuring
of CKNX TV 8 and while there is
not the space to ,answer all of
those gtal ljfitls410re and now. I
wilt
akekriggsliMINIAIWILeof your
time.
CKNX Tele0,;wil1 c�onWwe
to be an active Qat in fhc
daily lives of the, residents of mid-
western Ontario. You will coonn-
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net Eight. While there will be new
faces delivering your news, rho dai-
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gion will centime to be gathered
by the CKNX News, Sports and
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coverage will be blended with Na-
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pseae tied in a professional and
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ton.
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