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467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742 or 845â€"9743 Ian Oliverâ€" Publisher m ons o . and Friday, at 467 Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, at 467 ille Beaver Weekend, Sunday, Nov. 14, 1993 â€" 6 mv is one of the Printing, Lid of suburban newspapers which includes: 5 Norman ‘Alexander Editor m.fl”'g‘n Troune. c...':..*am'““ Geoff Hill Circulation Director T W.M"“"mm Teri Casas Office Manager A mabreal publehed in the Oakrite Tim Coles Production Manager mmm«hmamnmummm EDITORIAL ‘Maximum beer = maximum damage O n Friday night the Town of Oakville officially kicked off it‘s Red Ribbon campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of drinking and driving. Ironically, two days earlier the president of the â€"Addiction Research Foundation issued an alarm against the current beer war between Canada‘s two major breweries, which has resulted in the production of beers with a 7.1% or more alcohol content. It is a classic example of two‘steps forward and one step backwards, or in this case three steps backwards. For the past decade groups such as the Addiction Research Foundation, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.), and others have fought a long ‘difficult battle to bring to the public‘s attention the dangers of drinking and driving. The success of their efforts can be measured by the fact that people charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol are no longer uniâ€" formly greeted with sympathy from their peers. Often they are greeted with the scorn their foolish and dangerous actions deserve. â€" Much of the public‘s education has been made at the expense of the innoâ€" centâ€"victims of drunk drivers. The tragic tales of productive lives cut short by the careless actions of drunk drivers have almost become to numerous to mention. And slowly, but surely the court system is straying away from leniency when it comes to sentencing drunk drivers, especially those responsible for traffic fatalities. : Yet all this public education could be swiftly underr_mned by the actions of Canada‘s major beer producers, Labatt Breweries and Molson Breweries. In order to grab a bigger share of the beer market, the two breweries have produced highâ€"alcohol content beers. While the newest gimmick beer may produce higher sales for the brewâ€" eries, it will also likely take a devastating toll on the highways. it doesn‘t take a rocket scientist to determine that a highâ€"alcohol content beer will make it easier for many consumers, especially young ones, to become intoxiâ€" cated. For the young on a limited budget, and others who have never learned to drink responsibly, highâ€"alcohol content beer means more bang for the buck. It is one of the cheapest ways to get drunk. It is unlikely that the breweries will come to their senses and withdraw the highâ€"alcohol content beers. The drive for a bigger share of the market is often more important in business than acting in a responsible manner. The answer lies in government intervention. Simply put, highâ€"alcohol content beer should face higher taxes to make sure it is no longer the cheapâ€" est way to get drunk. The government should act swiftly and decisively. As we have seen too often in the past, the lives of innocent victims are at stake. How can MP‘s pensions be altered to s hk ease the burden of taxpayers? q e PHONE ALONE INFO _ CALL845â€"5585. Give us your opinion on this topic by calling 845â€"5585, box 5012. All callers are allowed 45 seconds to respond and must provide their name, address and phone number for verificaâ€" tion. A sampling of the best answers will be published in the next Weekend edition of the Oakville Beaver. WHAT READERS SAID LAST WEEK Do you think the Petroâ€"Canada refinery should close and why do you feel this way? No. I do not think the Petro Canada Refinery should close. We need all the tax dollars we can from business. If we have a problem with air pollution pressure should be put on Petro Canada to clean up its act. Patrick Keenan Petro Canada should close because it is noisy especially in the middle of the night. It‘s dirty My white chairs outside get covered in blackness and has expanded ."’4‘6‘!‘0...!6:4- ) *Jl‘l’!r ?ttyfilqlth t td d 6 J-i‘fvl.' ‘-" "OPINION Chinese track coach is makmg a name for himself in sports . â€"re you a sports fan? I‘m a semiâ€"fan, I guess. I â€"â€" don‘t much care who‘s in front in the National League West (Hell, I don‘t know which teams are even in the National League West) â€" but I kind of like the characters that profesâ€" sional sport throws up every once in a while. Canada‘s provided its share of sports characters: sprinter . Harry Jerome, swimmer. Victor Davis, hockey clown Eddie Shack. _ Then, there are the legâ€" endary characters who tranâ€" scend borders. Tennis brats John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors...Golf loons like Chi Chi Rodriguez...Not to mention Vince Lombardi, Casey Stengel, Yogi Berra. Even the owners of sports franchises sometimes make it in the Great Characters Hall of Fame. Toronto Maple Leaf fans will not soon forget â€" or forâ€" | give â€" what a gross buffoon named Harold Ballard did to their team. : And then, there‘s George Steinbrenner â€" the New York Yankees‘ answer to Harold Ballard. But they‘re all going to have to shift over and make room for a newcomer. It won‘t be long before the sports world will be abuzz with the doings and sayâ€" ings of Ma Junren. Ma Junren? You read right. It‘s an odd name, but you might as well get used to it, because come the 1996 Olympics, chances are Ma Junren‘s name will be on the front page, never mind the Â¥ 4 .SP ?g{t;% ge 'rtsqoaéli iIi T. + Cl‘lt--‘--n ." Liaoning Province which is way out in the boondocks of northeastern China. He coaches a team of female runners there, and chances are exceedingly good that nobody would ever have heard of Ma Junren in Beijing much less in Canada, except for one small thing. Ma‘s girls keep winning races. And not just winning â€" blowing them wide open. Just last month, one of Ma‘s runners by the name of Wang Junxia broke the world record for women in the 10,000 metre run. Mostly, when records topâ€" ple, they are shaved by only tenths or even hundredths of a second. Junxia sliced an incredible fortyâ€"two seconds off the * record. The same week, another Liaoning team member set a world record in the women‘s 1500 meter race and a half secâ€" ond behind her was Junxia. How come? China‘s never been a powerhouse in world sport outside of ping pong. Why the sudden surge? Suspicious outsiders are beginâ€" ning to whisper the dreaded sâ€" word that blindsided Ben Johnson‘s sprinting career. But they want to be very careful talking about steroids around coach Ma. He doesn‘t take kindly to such talk. Ma is kind of an oriental Don Cherry â€"small but very x mouthy And he dresses in a en t n 944 +4 e t t t t t im fashion that makes Cherry look like a wallflower. Ma favors neonâ€"colored racing jackets, heavy on the orange and black checks. And he gets very annoyed when anyone suggests "his girls" performances are chemically enhanced a la musâ€" cleâ€"bound amazons that used to represent East Germany. "We don‘t want any East German instruction," he shouts. "We don‘t want to walk using a foreign walking stick." So how do the members of Ma‘s team manage to run so fast? Ma swears the secret is a drink made from "dong giong sya cao". Before you rush out to buy some, you might want to know that it‘s basically a potion made out of crushed worm. A rare and costly worm to be sure, but a worm. That‘s not the whole secret of course. Ma says brutally hard work is the rest of the preâ€" scription. His runners run at least a marathon (26 miles) every single day. And they are expected to run Ma‘s way â€" by applymg the running ‘technoloâ€" gy‘ of animals. "I studied the sika deer and the ostrich to understand the principles of running," says Ma, who is quite happy to tooâ€" tle his own hornâ€""My...techâ€" nique is the most advanced in the world." ‘ Bound like an ostrich, run like a deer, eh? Sounds familiar â€" sort of like: "Float like a butâ€" terfly, sting like a bee." Which if memory serves, was the motto of another sports phenomenon not known for his modesty. A chap called Cassms Clay « io it @0 4 0 C