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The thrill of _â€"_new challenges â€"_â€" _ his motivation People came from across the province last Friday evening to honor former Waterioo County Separate School Board Director Frank Clifford, shown here chatting with Peter Hicknell, the board‘s superintendent of education. Melodee Martinuk photo Melodee Martinuk Frank Clifford may have left the Waterloo County Separate School Board of Education, but he is clearly not forgotten. Chronicle Staff More than 400 friends and former colleagues from across the province gathered in Waterloo Friday eveâ€" ning to salute Clifford, who had served as director of the separate school board for 10 years before his resignation in April. He is now working with the provincial Minâ€" istry of Education as executive director of its program division. Clifford was roasted and toasted, and when the fiveâ€"hour tribute was over, he had been awarded plaques by the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association, the Metropolâ€" itan separate school board and the Waterloo County separate school board. For the 54â€"yearâ€"old Clifford the years with the school board were "challenging and rewarding," treaâ€" sured because of the many people he worked with and came to know well. "I was writing down some notes for this evening, and I kept coming back to the people. The strength of the Waterloo County separate school board is its people â€" in the 10 years we got so many things acâ€" complished, because of the people, through the schools, the trustees and the associations,"" he said in an interview. ""I knew nothing but support, coâ€"operation and kindâ€" Clifford recalled the past decade as one of tremendous change for the school board; years which saw the *‘‘When I came on in 1975, there were more than 16,000 students. When I left in 1985 there were less than 15,000 ... declining enroiment was a unique thing. When J came it wasn‘t anticipated; the attitude was full steam ahead," he said. "It‘s been difficult. We had to close some schools and we had to retrench, but it was all done with sensitivity and timing." construction of new facilities and the inroduction of new programs to help teachers in the classrooms. He said that he watched the entire "emphasis‘"‘ of the board change since ©‘75, as staff and trustees attempted to cope with the presâ€" sures of declining enrolment. As director of education it was Clifford‘s belief that the school system must be continually reâ€" newed by regularly moving staff to new positions. ‘"Otherwise a system becomes static and that‘s a dangerâ€" ous thing ... we need people who are chall::;ged and revitalized," he exâ€" plained. In his new position Clifford has a number of portfolios, including reâ€" sponsibility for a review of teacher education in Ontario, which he will head during the next two years. Clifford called the new job a "chalâ€" lenging"‘ but "humbling‘"‘ experiâ€" ence, ‘because I‘m the rookie and somedays I‘m the only one in the room who doesn‘t know what‘s going on.‘‘ He added that when that occurs, he can‘t help but look fondly back to his days with the school board when he was ‘"on top of everyâ€" Brown said that although there are many films that ‘"can lift us outside of ourselves‘" there is also a "‘disturbing new awareness of the dangers of equally powerful images of the negaâ€" tive." According to Brown, the past 10 years have been a time of ‘"explosive growth" for the pornography industry. Brown was speakingâ€"at the annual general meeting of the Ontario English Catholic Teachâ€" ers‘ Association, Waterloo branch, held Monday May 27 at the Waterloo Knights of Columbus. Catherine Miehm + Chronicle staff Pornography should be the concern of every human being. "It is no longer the exclusive concern of the Moral Majority," said Mary Brown, Chairman of the Ontario Film Review Board. *‘Two hundred million (pornographic) magaâ€" zines were produced and distributed in North America alone last year,"" she said. The type of pornography that has emerged recently is very disturbing to Brown. *"‘*Early pornography tended to glamorize women," she said. ‘"Now what we see is degradation, torture and sexual abuse. It has turned into a graphic portrayal of sadistic hate." o â€" _ Brown urged men as well as women to take a vocal stand against the issue. Ian Wright had a unique incentive for losing weight. The manager of Waterioo Town Square‘s Toronto Dominion Bank challenged his friends to pledge money for every pound he "It portrays women as objects but at the same time it portrays men as having distorted beliefs and fantasies. Therefore, it has to be a societal concern." Brown was equally as vehement in her condemnation of violence. *"‘The young generation in Canada has grown to be the most violent generation of adults in Canadian history," she said. ‘"Television and me,‘ *‘ Wright said. Two months later Wright was 23 pounds lighter and the Red Cross, to whom the money he raised was donated, was aimost $1,000 lan Wright (left) presents a cheque for $970 to Fred McGrath, president of the Kâ€"W Branch of the Red Cross. The money will go to African famine relief. ‘‘They were teasing me so I said ‘sponsor ‘"I got $1,300 in pledges but have collected only The Wright weight for worthy cause Today‘s pornography } cripples emotions: review board chief WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1985 â€" PAGE 3 Mary Brown Board is very restricted in what it can do about censoring violent movies. ‘"‘The laws in Canada relating to obscenity don‘t touch violence," she said. As a result, there is currently ‘"a generation of children exposed unguided to this imagery." In an interview after her speech, Brown said the biggest concerns facing the Film Review Board are violent and pornographic movies in the video stores. *‘There‘s not much control over videoâ€"casâ€" settes on store sheives in Ontario," she said. *‘*And just about everyone has access to them." Brown‘s biggest personal concern is the effect pornographic imagery is having on children and child pornography itself. She also denounced what she perceives as "an incredible obsession to portray youth as erotic. *‘*Major directors use young children in explicit sexual situations and defend themselives by saying it‘s artistic,‘"‘ she said. She feels that such activity could be curbed if the Canadian government would introduce a child protection law such as those that exist in England and several American states. nlmv;kience play a major role in this escalaâ€" *‘Children‘s perceptions of mutual love beâ€" come warped through images seen in videos," she said. ‘"They are taught that sex is an appetite to be induiged as such." Brown urged the teachers to prepare children to deal with the new ‘"violent, destructive and degrading imagery."‘ **The use of a minor is not be be condoned," she said. ‘‘We have to react to these situations when they happen or we‘re in danger of becoming hardened to violence and abuse." ‘‘*Pornography doesn‘t corrupt, it desensiâ€" tizes," she said. ‘"It doesn‘t enhance passions, it cripples emotions." $970 so far," Wright said. Fred McGrath, president of the Kâ€"W Branch of the Red Cross, has guaranteed that every dollar raised by Wright will go to African Famine Reâ€" lief. ‘‘This is the kind of thin& we‘re delighted to see people doing," McGrath said. "So far this year our branch has received $38,000 in donations for this cause." There is one catch to McGrath‘s plan. ‘"By June 14 I‘ve got to lose more than 1 have already or I have to pay my sponsors."‘ Catherine Mishm photo