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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-05-01, Page 24Page 10--Crossroa.ds—May 1, 1985 GOOD DECISION—When the sofa is covered In a print ing, a plain window treatment often Is a good decision. and other elements in the room are visually Interest- In this setting horizontal mini -blinds were used. Mini -.blinds solve drapery quandary By Barbara Hartung Q. We are furnishing our first home which is a one - bedroom apartment and are planning to buy a new sofa in a few months. Most of the sofas I have been admiring are covered in lovely fabrics and the salespeople tell me that it is possible to buy • extra matching yardage for draperies. The problem Is that the fabrics are so expensive and it would.be necessary to have the draperies made because I am not much of a do -it- \ yourselfer. The fabric I `especially want is a modern stripe in shades of burgundy, rose and brown on a beige background. I want to have a lovely apartment but I am won- dering if the money will be well spent, Please advise me.—R.N. A. My guess would be that a large expenditure of money for draperies in a rented apartment is not wise because you may. not live in this apartment for long. And often draperies do not move to other environments easily. Instead of draperies, why don't you consider buying a mini -blind for your window in the same shades as your fabric—beige, brown, burgundy and rose. A mini - blind is sleek and c ntemp- orary so it would' com- plement your sofa and re- peat your color scheme. Paint the walls a light beige or pale rose. Use beige carpeting and let the fabric of your sofa take center stage. When you move to your own permenant quarters, you can make more sub- stantial investments in window coverings. And by that time, perhaps you will want to recover your sofa or buy a new one. Q. I have a set of four old kitchen chairs which I strip- ped down to the bare wood and refinished in a light tone. We have used the -chairs for almost five- years and. they need refinishing. I would like to change but I don't know what would be nice for my kitchen. . I have a country look with some oak accessoriesto go with my oak kitchen cabinets and white, simulated -brick vinyl flooring. The table .we use is light oak. I am wondering if I should refinish the chairs in a very dark stain for a con- trast. Also I have considered painting them black. —T.M.B. A. Certainly black would provide a pleasing accent on your chairs. Or, if you would like a soft country look, you might like a colored stain. A soft Wedgwood blue or a Williamsburg green could add some sparkle to an otherwise all -wood kitchen. You could introduce ad- ditional color in accessories, repeating the blue or green. Q. I have been admiring built-in furniture and would like to try my hand at creating some for a vacation home in the mountains. Do youknow of any good MAJOR HOOP»LES Live Band Coming May 2, 3 & 4 ,o WINGHAM INN 238 Josephine St., Wingham Phone 357-3811 SATE • HOWICK 85 Every Wednesday and Sunday . 8:00 p.m. t010:00 p.m. Wednesday - George D.J. - Top 40 and'Golden Oldies. Sunday - The George Video Show sources for directions -to make plain built-in seating and maybe some other types of furniture?—P.B.C. A. A terrific source of several dozen pieces of -furniture ranging ' from boxes and coffee tables to platform beds and sofas is a paperback book ,entitled "Decorating orf the Cheap" by Mary Gilliatt (published by Workman in 1984). In addition to about 75 pages of how-to drawings for the furniture, author Gilliatt provides another 75 pages of color photographs to inspire creative interior decorating, featuring primarily budget - wise ideas with -lots of design drama. LOADING A TRAILER Improper loading or over- loading of trailers exposes travelers to needless haz- ards, states the Ontario Safety League. Weigh the trailer empty and again when loaded to make sure that the total weight is within the safe limits listed in the owner's manual. In loading, 60 per cent of the weight should be in front of the axle, with the remaining 40 per cent toward the rear. This places an ideal 10 per cent of the load weight on the hitch of the towing vehicle. Place the heaviest gear on the floor and slightly ahead of the axle to lower the centre of gravity and position it in the most stable location possible. ZIGEZAG THE ORIGINAL WORD MAZE PUZZLE `FO2DIS .19111621111g 31EICHlG ALL WORDS 'ATO BE CONSTRUCTED PERTAINTO THE ABOVE TOPIC. TO YOUR ADVANTAGE ONE WORD HAS ALREADY BEEN TRACED. YOU MUST TRACE THE THREE REMAINING WORDS, USING ONLY THE LETTERS DESIGNATED BY THE DARKENED CIRCLES. WORDS MAY BEGIN AND END FROM EITHER COLUMN BUT EACH LETTER CAN ONLY BE USED ONCE. ** EACH "PUZZLE HAS A DIFFICULTY. RATING (ABOVE), FOUR STARS SIGNIFY THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY, GIVEN BELOW ARE THE POINT VALUES FOR EACH WORD. YOUR WORDS MUST CORRECTLY MATCH THESE POINT VALUES. a a JET ANSWER ON I Page 6— 1983 Ryan Game Company e1983 Copley News Service LIVING WITH ARTHRITIS by Patrick 8a0ov "Some Joint Changes Are Regenerative" "Many of the changes we see on x-ray examinations or dur- ing arthroscopy," says clinical researcher Dr. Mark. Adams, "are regenerative changes ... the damaged bone and cartilage are repairing themselves. Probf' lems arise because for some reason the repair is not perfect. We want to find out why." A Progressive Disease "We know that osteoarthritis is a progressive disease," says Dr. Adams, "but we need to define the rate of progression and find treatments to combat it. At present, osteoarthritis often isn't detected during a routine physical, only when symptoms appear. By that time, the joint is already damaged. Big\ Advantages "Once we have a tool for studying and defining the dis- ease on an ongoing basis, we can design specific therapies to control it. And if we can detect it earlier, we should have a , better chance of preventing fur- ther damage to the joint." Traditionally, arthritis has been diagnosed in one of two ways - through various forms of x-ray examination or through arthroscopy. Dr. Adams says the magneticiresonance imager has advantages over both diag- nostic methods. No Discomfort "X-rays show bone well, but less so for such soft tissue as cartilage, ligaments and ten- dons. The arthroscope lets us examine joints from the inside, but only after we've inserted a lighted tube into the joint. With the imager, we can see far more detail, without using x-rays and without the slightest discomfort to the patient.- Patrick atient." Patrick Baker is National Com- munications and Public Informa- ° tion Director of The Arthritis Society. 40 a 9 D 5 E 0 3 5 10 8 7© 4 © IMI z0 1 Oo 4 O 10 2 2 s0 1 O 5O 5 9 6 10 TM w1 04 e4 "3 1 ®5 cp3 01 J O7 4 © 4 a 0.1. p4 ® 10 2 06 0110 PERTH COUNTY ARD F EDUCATION FUNDING OF ROMAN -CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS? On June 12, 1984, Premier William Davis made a statement in the Ontario Legis- lature with respect to the funding of Roman Catholic Secondary Schools as follows: "It is, therefore, the Government's intention to permit the Roman Catholic School Boards to establish a full range of elementary and secondary education, and as a part of the public system, to be funded accordingly." No legislation to date has been drafted or at least made public. A number of issues have emerged since the policy -was pronounced. A number of problems without definitive resolutions and a series of questions without satisfactory answers have become apparent, some of which are as follows: 1. THE NEW POLICY MAY BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL Mr. J. J. Robinette, a distinguished lawyer of national repute, gave the following legal opinion regarding Premier Davis° new policy: "In my opinion the proposal of Premier Davis, whichever form it takes, would con- stitute discrimination in favour of the Roman Catholic School supporters and against gall other persons who are tax payers, and therefore under the Charter (The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms) his proposal would be invalid." The Metro Toronto School Board, with the support of a number of Public School Boards representing more than 50% of the Provinces' students, has indicated it is prepared to challenge the constitutional validity of the new policy as it is embodied in Legislative form. The Ontario Government has the right to test the legality of legislation by way of a reference to the Ontario Court of Appeal and yet to date, the Ontario Government has refused to do so. Mr. Keith Norton, Ontario's newly appointed Education Minister, has said: "The political will of the government should not be thwarted by legal considerations." It is the opinion of the Perth County Board of Education that the legality of the pro- posed policy should be definitively determined prior to its implementation rather than after. In the view of the Board, it would be extremely expensive and non productive to implement a policy which subsequently turned out to be illegal and there is certain- ly some reason to doubt its legality given Mr. Robinette's opinion. 2. UNIVERSAL ACCESS Premier Davis in his June 12th statement said in part, "...it is my hope that the new Roman Catholic School Boards will consider, in the most positive way, granting all students -and their families universal access to publicly supported Roman Catholic Schools, should such access be desired, limited only by the availability of space and the designation of assessment support." Section 15 of The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states as follows: EQUALITY RIGHTS 15 (1) -"Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection, equal benefit of the law without discrimination and in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability." Students ought not to -be dependent upon the pious hopes of a former Premier of Ontario for their educational rights. Universal access to all students should be established as a right through Legislation. Students should have unrestricted access to whichever system best suits their educational needs. The right to discriminate against an individual on the ,basis of his or her religion is contrary to the prevailing ethos of Canadian society in 1985 and given the provisions of The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, discrimination on the basis of religion may .very well be contrary to law as well. 3. THE EXPENSE OF IMPLEMENTING THE PROPOSED POLICY In the past four years the Perth County Board of Education has expended nearly $1,000,000.00 to. improve and update its existing technical shops, computer equip- ment and business education equipment. Is it envisioned that the Roman Catholic Secondary School system will have comparable shop facilities and computer equip- ment? If so, where will the funds* purchase, this equipment come from? If not, how can there be any assurance that students, regardless of what system they are in, have an equal opportunity for comparable education? If it is proposed that, for example, chemistry and biology lab facilities, shop and technological facilities, computer equipment and other capital intensive facilities be shared by the Public Boards and the Roman Catholic Separate Secondary Schools, on what basis will the sharing take place? Educators have recognized that there is an "economy of scale" in the operation of schools. Put quite simply, smaller schools are more expensive to operate per student than are larger schools. Catholic high schools in Perth County, by virtue of the number of students would be small schools and therefore expensive to operate. Perth County already has. two relatively "small" secondary schools, that is, St. Marys and Mitchell Secondary Schools. In order to ensure the quality and integrity of the programming in these two schools, the Board has agreed to place teachers in these two schools over and above the normal staffing complement. With the withdrawal of Roman Catholic students, the resulting reduction in the student population Vinay en- danger the viability 'of some programs, because as numbers decrease the per student cost increases and some programs may become prohibitively expensive. If the policy is implemented the result may be to parallel, inadequately funded educational systems with duplicated facilities and impoverished and limited programs. Premier Davis estimated that the cost of implementing the new program would be $40,000,000.00 in the first year. Mr. Davis in his June 12, 1984 statement'in the Ontario Legislature stated: "It is not the expectation of the Government, and I trust the Separate School systems across Ontario .will recognize this clearly, to expend Targe sums on new capital grants to accommodate demands for new secondary school facilities. Rather, the Commission will ensure that our abundant existing capital stock is effectively employed to provide a full range of programs." However, Roland Fobert, Assistant Director of the Toronto Metropolitan Separate School Board, has been quoted as stating that the Board will require up to $150,000,000.00 worth .of new buildings to educate its students even without ac- cepting any new students. THREE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED We believeour political parties and their candidates should address this issue and answer the following questions before you vote for them on May 2nd. QUESTION 1 - Can you prove that the Davis proposal to use tax dollars to fund a Roman Catholic Secondary School system won't violate Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms by discriminating in favour of one religion? QUESTION 2 - Why is your party endorsing the creation of a Separate Roman Catholic Secondary School system knowing full well that a court may later rule this new system is unconstitutional and therefore illegal? Ql1pTION 3 - How will your party guarantee that the Davis proposal to break up the exit ing school system into smaller units will not mean a limiting of the variety of pro- grams of study available to all students, thereby denying them the opportunity to achieve their educational goals? WHAT YOU CAN DO The Perth County board of Education believes you deserve answers to these three questions - before the election - not after. We urge you to: 1. Take this ad to.all-candidates' meetings and ask each candidate to answer these three questions; 2. Write t� the Premier and the other party leaders c/o Legislative Building, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1 A2, to voice your,concerns about this vital issue; 3. Call or write your School Board Chairman or local School Trustee to learn more about how the Davis proposal will affect your children's education and your tax bill. This message published in the interest of informed public discussion by: PERTH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 210 Water Street, Stratford, Ontario N5A--3C5 (519) 271-0930 U. J. Hammond Paul Sherratt ‘,.chairman Secretary-Treasurerd