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Oakville Beaver Weekend, Sunday, November 13, 1994 â€" 6 PINION THE OAKVILLE BEAVER 467 Speers Road, Oakville, Ont. L6K 354 845â€"3824 Fax: 845â€"3085 Classified Advertising: 845â€"2809 Circulation: 845â€"9742â€"or 845â€"9743 R s The Oakville Beaver, published every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday, at 467 Ian Oliver Publisher Fk rs Rd., Oakville, is one of the Metroland Printing, hing Distributing Iit:\."?flr:.up of suburban nownpaponewhichh::wcu es: Ajexâ€"Pickering News Robert Glasbey Advertising Director Connoctlorh, Elobicoke Guard dian, Burlington Post, Colli Kingston This Week, Lind t "°.‘2'“,}. Ees ho can ingston This Weel sa lee iam Economist an n, Norman Alexander Editor SoofvilefUxbridge Tribune, Miton Canadian Champlon, Mississal lews, Newmarketâ€"Aurora Eraâ€"Banner, North York Mirror, Oakville Beaver, Orillia Today, Oshawa/Whitby This Week, Peterborough This Week, Richmond HilV Thombhil/Vaughan Liberal, rough Mirror. 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Editorial __________ 32â€" About choices Every three years, residents of Oakville have the opportunty to take part in the most basic of democratic ideals...they may vote for a slate of people who are offering their services to the community. ‘Tomorrow is voting day and it‘s up to every resident to make as informed a vote as possible to ensure we have the best representation at local and regional councils, both boards of education and the hydro commission. Mayor Ann Mulvale is going for a third term and despite being challenged by Ed Schuermer, we see no compelling reason why the mayor should not represent us for another three years. She has been an effective fullâ€"time mayor and has served the people of Oakville well. Ward 1: For local council, incumbent Ralph Robinson gets our vote. He‘s always available to his constituents and takes his position seriously. His opponent, Cameron Roach, hasn‘t offered any real alternative except to say he would encourâ€" age dialogue and compromise. That‘s not enou gh For the regional seat, it‘s a real tossâ€"up between incumbent Kevin Flynn and newcomer Cameron McDougall who has a financial background so important to goverment today. For public school trustee, our choice is incumbent Lynne Clark over Ken Smith. Clark is a hard worker who has and should continue to serve her constituents well. Ward 2: Local council hopefuls include newcomers Theresa Rodrigues and Linda Hardacre along with a former regional councillor, Ron Planche. Both Rodrigues and Hardacre have deep involvement in the community and would be fresh voices in council. For regional council we have to give the nod to Kathy Graham over John Hogg. Graham has served well as a local councillor and should continue that dedication as she moves up to Halton Region. Halton Board of Education trustee candidates Anise Docherty and Arleen Reinsborough are both political newcomers. In Docherty, voters would find a capaâ€" ble representative with a legal background, in Reinsborough, voters have a busiâ€" nesswoman with a deep involvement in board issues. Here, the choice is a question of style. Ward 3: For local council, incumbent Tedd Smith is our choice over David Amato. Smith has the needed experience and should be retained over newcomer Amato who, while wellâ€"informed on issues, would do well to become more involved in community affairs before running again for a council seat. At the region, we choose incumbent Keith Bird over exâ€"councillors John Graham and Janet Mitchell. This will be one of the races to watch. Any way voters go, at least they‘ll have experienced representation. For education trustee, we support Neil Reid. Challenger Barbara Cole is a teacher and we won‘t endorse anyone with obvious biases and potential conflicts at the Halton Board representing taxpayers. Ward 4: For local council, it‘s a noâ€"winner. Incumbent Mark Brown hasn‘t impressed us after voters elected him for the first time in 1991. Both Brown and opponent Jim Stock have roots in the Glen Abbey Residents Association and Stock has offered nothing really new to the campaign. Take your pick. For public school trustee, we support incumbent Penny Siebert, not necessarily because we‘re solid supporters as much as we‘re not inclined to support Brian Bell, currently a viceâ€"principal for the Peel Board. Ward 5: For regional council the race is between incumbent Liz Behrens, who was acclaimed last time out, and newcomer Jim Richards. Behrens is a lowâ€"key representative and a plodder. Richards has attended council meetings regularly over the past two years, has a ratepayers group background. Northern voters will have a difficult choice here. $ For education trustee, the choice is between incumbent trustee Debbie Marklew and newcomer Janice Caster. Marklew offers experience while Caster, with a backâ€" ground as a volunteer in various educational groups, deserves consideration and offers the hope of some new thinking at the board. It‘s a tossâ€"up. Ward 6: For local council it‘s a fourâ€"man race among political newcomers Mark Farrow, Kurt Franklin, Tom Pope and Murray Walker. Read their literature and vote accordingly. For us, there‘s no clear choice. For regional council, the race is between current town councillor Jim Smith, who opted to try for the regional post and Anne Fairfield, a former Halton Board of Education trustee. Either would make a good addition at the region. For public school trustee, we support incumbent Linda Lane over teacber Richard Donafeld. en mss in e mm uoo en Editor‘s Note: We have purposely not commented on candidates running for the Halton Roman Catholic Separate School Board as the issues are specific to Separate Board supporters. As well, the choices for the Oakville Hydro Board of Commissioners will be left for the voters to decide. Now, it‘s up to you...vote tomorrow and let‘s see if we can better the dismal 24.8 per cent turnout in 1991. Latest sexual obsession focuses F~Â¥: ven though sâ€"eâ€"x occurs more than 100â€"million 4 ‘ â€" times daily â€" resulting in nearly oneâ€"million conceptions and 350,000 sexually transmitted diseases â€" it typically has been an all but taboo topic in our nation‘s newspapers. (That is unless one of the parâ€" ticipants was Chuck or Di. Or, the newspaper in question was named after the luminous celestial body around which the earth and other planets revolve.) As a tenacious tracker of trends, I‘ve recently noticed an increase in the number of newsâ€" paper stories written, not only about sâ€"eâ€"x in general, but specifâ€" ically, about previously unmenâ€" tionable body parts. A particular male body part, for example, has been popping up all over newspaâ€" pers. I can almost grasp why such a thing would make an unexpected appearance on the sports pages; given the moribund state of proâ€" fessional athletics, beleaguered sports editors are desperate for any spaceâ€"clogging copy. Still, I was somewhat taken aback when I first saw it there in black and white â€" the gripping plight of the University of Kentucky Wildeat‘s logo, which has been forced to undergo draâ€" matic alterations because Wildcat fans believe that the cartoon charâ€" acter‘s tongue resembles a penis. "We‘ve had calls from supâ€" porters (athletic supporters?)," says Larry Ivy, the school‘s assoâ€" ciate athletic director. "They informed us they thought this portion of the logo was offensive. We thought it was just a joke iniâ€" tially, but we‘ve had more than one call, and we took it seriousâ€" ly.” on (previously) unme 1dy _ JUNIPER For those unacquainted with the onceâ€"official, nowâ€"offending logo, it features a wildcat with its mouth gaped open and a roar screaming off the aforementioned tongue. Apparently, the Wildcat‘s tongue has been the talk of the town, off and on, since it first appeared in 1985. But this year, for reasons unknown, the cat conâ€" troversy escalated. Could the tongue in question really pass for a penis? I believe it was Sigmund Freud â€" father of expensive analysis â€" who said, "Sometimes, a Wildcat tongue is just a Wildeat tongue." Away from the sports pages, the previously unmentionable was being more than mentioned; it was being headlined. My favorite screamer read, "Affidavit cites Clinton genitals." Poor U.S. president Bill Clinton. Like he didn‘t have enough problems entering last Tuesday‘s midâ€"term mudsling, what with disgruntled voters blaming him for everything from rising violent crime in America‘s cities, to unemployment, wage decline, and the terrible state of Hilary‘s hair. Then, along comes Paula Corbin Jones, swearing she can prove that thenâ€"Arkansas goverâ€" nor Clinton tried to have sex with her in a Little Rock, Arkansas hotel room in 1991. Precisely, how could Jones prove such an allegation against ntionables | the president? Via a sworn affiâ€" davit detailing "distinguishing characteristics" of Clinton‘s geniâ€" tals. So much for the proof always being in the pudding. Jones says she simply wants an apology from Clinton, who seems determined to let a prodiâ€" gious lack of judgment, not to mention control, poison his White House tenure. When negotiations for a statement of apology twice broke down, Jones filed a sexual harassment suit â€" seeking $700,000 in damages. Clinton denies all allegations and has filed a motion in federal court seeking to suspend hearing of the case, claiming presidential immunity from civil suits... Finally, since sâ€"eâ€"x is occurâ€" ring 100â€"million times a day and resulting in nearly oneâ€"million conceptions, the search for safe and reliable contraception continâ€" ues. And newspapers are covering this search with journalistic gems, like the story from Britain on the first anniversary of the female condomm, which should be availâ€" able in Canada early next year. The story hailed this condom,4 as being, as effective as, the male version in protecting against HIV infection and pregnancy. Users, however, have found the female condom awkward to insert, embarrassing, and squeaky. One man said it was like "making love inside a Jiffy bag." One woman said she found it "big and slipâ€" pery" and notéd, "It rustles like a (potato chip) packet, when you‘re having sex." Weird Wildcat tongues, unusuâ€" al affidavits, and salty sâ€"eâ€"x in a ,/ chip bag. Delightfully detailed in your favorite newspaper.