The Citizen, 1996-10-23, Page 11Poppy Chairman Gord Jenkins and Campaign Assistant Pat Jenkins would like to thank all
who made the 1995 campaign the success it has been, final calculations indicate gross
receipts approaching $2,578.80 earmarked for service to veterans and their families. As the
1996 campaign approaches it seems appropriate to thank all who donated during the door to
door canvass last November. A special thanks to the following businesses and
organizations for their continuing support:
4 TL degree Knights of Columbus
Al Finch - Dempster's Baked Goods
Allboro Enterprises
Atlas Tanning
Auburn Co-op
E3J's Cafe
Bainton Ltd.
Bainton's Old Mill
Bell's Variety
Bill McDougall Bulldozing
Blyth Apothecary
Blyth Beavers, Cubs & Scouts
Blyth Centre For The Arts
Blyth Christian Reformed Church
Blyth Construction
Blyth Decorating Centre Ltd.
Blyth Girl Guides, Brownies, and
Pathfinders
Blyth Ladies Auxiliary Br. 420
Blyth Legion Br. 420
Blyth Lions Club
Blyth Masonic Lodge
Blyth Mini Mart
Blyth Printing
Blyth Public School
Blyth Service Centre
Blyth Vet. Clinic
Blythe Brooke Orchards
Brent Brooks Construction
Burkholder Auto Body
Campbell Transport
Carl Nesbitt Construction
Carman Riley Transport Ltd.
Carol's Candies & Collectibles
Chamney Sanitation
Chauncey's
Christmas and Country
Craig Sawmill
Dave Lee Car Oiling
Derwin Carter Trucking
Don McAdam Trucking
Dressing Room Only
Elliott's Insurance Ltd.
G.L. Hubbard Ltd.
Gord Jenkins Construction
Gore's Home Hardware
Grand View Restaurant
Green Gallery
Hamm's Car Sales
Hensall Co-op
Hillcrest Restaurant
Howson's Mills
Hullett Central Public School
Hullett Masonic Lodge
Nutlet! Township
Huron Pioneer Threshers
Huron Tractor Ltd.
J.B.R. Transit
J.D. Carter Trucking
Jim Anderson Tree Moving
Jim Wilson
Keith & Jill Roulston
Knights of Columbus
W's Auto Graveyard
Londesboro Co-op
Londesboro Eagle Canoe
Londesboro Lions Club
Londesboro Seed Plant
Londesboro Women's Institute
Luann's Country Flowers
MGM Townsend Tire
Maitland Transport
Manning's Building Supplies
McClincheys South End Auto Body
Montgomery Upholstery
Murray Nesbitt Backhoeing Service
Nicole Kerr Hairdressing
Picture It
Pizza Plus
Radford Farm Equipment
Radford Group
Rob Radford Farm Machine Repairs
Ron Ferguson Trucking
Rosco's Haulage
Sabo's Restaurant - Auburn
Salon 54
Scrimgeour's Food Market
Sharon's Ranch House
Siertsema Masonry
Steve Radford Ontario Used Parts
Stitches by M.J.
The Old Mill
Todays Variety, Londesboro
Tom Duizer Plumbing & Heating
Union Gas
Unique Custom Woodwork
Venturers
Village of Blyth
Villager Restaurant
W.L. Walsh
Watson's Livestock
Webster's Clothing
William E. Hallahan Construction Ltd.
Ye Old Village Store
Youngblut's Plumbing & Heating
POPPY ACCOUNT
Bank Balance Sept. 30/96
Collected in 1995 Campaign
Late Donation
Interest
Total
EXPENDITURES
Poppy Supplies
Printing & Advertising
Poster, Poem, Essay Contest Prizes
Parkwood Hospital Visit
Donation to Parkwood Hospital
Treats & Gifts for adopted veterans
Bank Service Charge
TOTAL RECEIPTS
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
BANK BALANCE SEPT. 30/96
$ 1,530.29
2,215.66
360.29
2.85
$ 4,109.09
$ 959.43
368.34
600.00
200.00
500.00
50.00
1.41
$ 2,679.18
$ 4,109.09
2,679.18
$ 1429.91
131F CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1996 PAGE
Christian school principal responds to responses
Continued from page 4
from home, school and church,
what is their relationship to God
and their neighbours. All three of
these agencies share the task of
providing spiritual glasses.
Children are provided with a vision
which helps them to move from an
innate position of self-centredness
to a position of seeing themselves
as children of God with special
gifts which are to be used to serve
God and their neighbour.
There is a difference in what may
be accomplished in a Public School
and what can be taught in a
parental Christian school. To those
who would argue that self-esteem
and self-confidence are the answer
to building good character, I would
ask only that they open their eyes.
The school must work with
families and churches to go beyond
the providing of self-esteem into
the area of teaching discernment of
right and wrong. Our children are
bombarded daily outside of school
with conflicting messages of right,
and wrong through television,
radio, magazines, and a multitude
of other media. The task of
providing for our sensation-
saturated children a sense of awe
about God, about life, and about
serving their neighbour is too great
a task to be relegated to just the
home and the church. If the
message that students get from
their schools is different from that
provided in the home, then
Christian parents argue that they
agree abdicating their responsibility
to bring up their (God's) children
by placing them in such a school.
It is important to realize that
there are no quality judgments
being made here. Ms Scherle
suggested that parents at CDCS are
judging themselves to be superior.
On the contrary I trust that it will
never be said that any student,
parent or teacher in the Christian
school system considers him or
herself better than those outside the
system. Christians have always
been quick to admit that one ought
never to look at the followers of
Christ as perfect examples of
Christianity. They point instead to
Christ.
Let me point out one instance
where Ms Scherle has seriously
misread my letter. I made it very
clear in my first letter to you that
CDCS was not in any way
affiliated with a church. This is a
Christian school. It is an inter-
denominational Christian school.
When Ms Scherle speaks of "your
denomination" and your
"congregation" she is inadvertently
or purposefully clouding the issue.
If Ms Scherle, or any readers,
profess to be Christians, they may
well, if they examine it closely,
find themselves attracted to CDCS
as a school for their children.
The school is carefully identified
and structured. The Clinton and
District Christian School, like most
other organizations, has a carefully
formulated mission statement, a
foundational statement and a
constitution whereby the
corporation and the school are
guided. Families that wish to enroll
children in the school, from any
Christian church, are invited to
study the school documents in
order to discover if this is a school
suitable for their children. We are
under no delusion that this school
will fit all Christians. But
membership and enrollment are not
limited to any particular
denomination.
Ms Scherle's comments about
everyone sharing the cost of
education, including school buses,
are, at first glance, convincing. She
places Christian school supporters
in the same category as people
without children, people whose
children are too young for school or
people whose children have
graduated. The implication is that
by refusing to participate in the
public school system, these parents
may be causing it to collapse.
The problem with this argument
is that it does not take into account
the prior right of parents to educate
their children according to their
own wishes. This is guaranteed in
the UN Charter of Human Rights to
which Canada subscribes. The
other flaw in the argument is the
precedent set by other provinces
and other countries which have
very' successfully allowed
educational taxes to follow the
child to a school of the parent's
choice. Should we have schools for
each religion so that the appropriate
tenets are taught? My answer is a
definite, "Yes!" The only
conditions might relate to the need
for adequate numbers of students
for such a school and an agreement
that such a school would report to
the provincial government to show
that it was providing adequate
instruction. Ms Scherle's argument
that one can produce a more
tolerant society by placing children
together, to learn about one
another's beliefs is not at all
evidenced in society. If placing
children of all faiths together in
schools, includes the elimination of
any sense of absolute values, then
the experiment as it has been
practised so far in Ontario, across
Canada, the United States, and the
11.
rest of the Western World, is
enough evidence that this
experiment is doomed to failure.
A final word to D.M. Jackson.
You place the onus for paying
double taxes on the supporters of
CDCS because they made "a
choice". I would argue that these
parents were never given a choice.
Their beliefs are such that the
public school is a place that is
intolerable for them and their
children. The only real choice
would be a voucher system in
which education dollars would be
allocated to parents on behalf of
their children. Experience has
shown that it does not destroy the
public school system. If the
government were to offer a real
choice, studies have shown that few
parents (about seven per cent)
would make the transition to
schools of their own choice. The
community would benefit from
children who grow up with a clear
sense of their identity, and a
healthy sense of their relationship
to their God. The addition of a
healthy competition between
schools would be useful and in the
long run such a system could
actually save the province
education dollars.
Sincerely,
11r. Clarence Bos.
ROYAL CANADIAN
LEGION - BRANCH 420 BLYTH
The Poppy Campaign money collected in 1995 was $2,578.80
THE FOLLOWING IS A REPORT OF THE POPPY ACCOUNT
The Legion has a supply of hospital beds, canes, crutches, wheelchairs, walkers, raised toilet seats for any person in our
district who may require the use of them. A special thanks goes out to all the Business Clubs and people who have supported
The Blyth Legion Branch 420 Poppy Campaign in the past. Also thanks to the Legion members who have assisted in making
this one of the best poppy campaigns ever. Poppy Week will start November 1st to November 11th.
Yours truly,
POPPY CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN POPPY CAMPAIGN ASSISTANT
GORD JENKINS
PAT JENKINS
...MEMOIRS