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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 13, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editor David 6977042 focus Winnipeg free press a 7 september parenting key to education Diane in her letter to the editor of septem Ber hit the Nail on the the governments plan of renewing education is totally us what bothers me even More is that the minister response Clayton is Well aware of All the things Beresford pointed unlike previous Man Ness has had his children educated in the Public school like any responsible he realized Early on that in order for his Chil Dren to learn they required several they had to have a Good attitude about they needed to have a positive self image and they required continuous and total support from their proof that the minister understands these requirements for successful learning is How Well his own children have progressed in Manitoba Public unfortunately not All children Are so Well prepared for in every school throughout our province there Are Many students who arrive without any interest in learning or without any positive support from the Home or with Little or no selves any one of these deficiencies makes learning extremely difficult All of them together make it almost these students have no Chance to keep Pace with the other better pre pared and motivated teachers struggle desperately to help them succeed but have neither the time nor the expertise to solve All the the problem of students not learn ing to read or of not achieving established Scholastic standards is not an academic i believe manness knows this very our schools display Clear evidence of a major so Cial the problem is inadequate ranging anywhere from wilful neglect to careless Inep the failure of these students is virtually guaranteed before they Ever set foot in a school despite the incredible efforts of the education once these students out grow the rest of society must then Deal with them More often As problem causes than problem solv if manness knows Why Doest he address it As a conscientious How can he let this insane situation continue into an other generation or even leave it for another government to confront inadequate parenting robs the whole world of our potential to pros per in has politics similarly robbed us of the courage to do whats right Jack Stewart Norbert congratulations to author congratulations to Ginelle Gia author of looking Back on the next 100 september it is encouraging to know that there Are other Young people who look Forward to a time when women will be treated As equals to men in professional perhaps there will come a Day when both men and women Are Given the Opportunity to pursue their talents in sports further than the Lis Conde Winnipeg letters articles Are a treat youre a Tom a real a delicious after four score when life is pounding me on All its a treat to read your articles and chuckle All those problems al though in sure the righteous feminists do not feel the same re member All senses of humor Arent the will i still need you of yes keep it up Hutchison Winnipeg we paid As we went according to Fred Cleverley col its open season on the elderly free August 22 the Toronto Globe and mail is determined to be Little the efforts and contributions that Canadian seniors have made Over the past several Many of us who Are now have worked and endured countless years with minimum sub Standard working Dean the free press welcomes letters from letters must be signed and should include a clearly printed address and Telephone names will be published but not All letters May be edited for style and Short letters Are less Likely to be please address letters to letters to the Winnipeg free 1355 Mountain Winnipeg letters can be sent to our fax number letters May be submitted through the internet at . Letters sent via the internet obviously cannot be but must include Home address and Telephone vation of the 1930s plus the bitter and tragic experiences of a worldwide from which some of us never fully most of those working years my spouse and i totalled Over 73 outside of the Home involved no Opportunity or financial Means of upgrading our when the Chance to change Many of us returned to school for several during which time we wore numerous hats those of House after accruing several educational Many of us were actually Able to save enough Money to be financially ind Epen the Federal government is determined to erode those savings seniors pensions Are being clawed Back retroactive to january if the income received is equal to Only half of that at which the old age Security pension was clawed we can be certain that fraction will be increased in the years if we meekly and mutely agree to accept this situation without our concerns being the special surtax that we paid for old age Security four per cent of our i understand is now dismissed As a scheme to pay peo ple for being old As Cleverley column As we had premiums deducted from our earnings for the Canada pension so it would appear that we paid in Advance Over Many years for whatever benefits we reap in other we paid As we or we didst go in the first our wants were kept Down to the level of our there would not be the horrendous debt Load accrued by the various areas of government Over the past several de if that policy had been Fol Lowed by our never the the blame for this shortfall is now loaded onto the backs of these the Federal maps Are enjoying numerous including a healthy portion of tax free plus the fact that they can retire at any after six years in and Are entitled to a they can also vote themselves a salary these Are just a few examples of the Many treats those elected of f i vials Winnipeg nip didst solve problem la Jim Maloway has been writ ing to Bis constituents recently talk ing about the Price of Maloway says the provincial government should be doing More to ensure the Price Consumers pay at the pumps is while in sure everyone agrees with what did his party do when they were in Power i remember the Pawley govern ment issuing news releases amidst great gnashing of Teeth Over in creases in Gas i also remember the in True nip talking about setting up its own retail outlet for they were going to offer cheaper probably subsidized by tax pay what were they going to Call maybe Petro Manitoba All Maloway government Man aged to do was conduct they we rent Able to do anything about the Price of Maloway Hopes his constituents have a Short memory when he says the current government int Able to do he should give the Public More credit and Stop trying to pull the Wool Over their Allan Denton Christopher and Rabin Are hoping for a Deal with All roads to sooner or must pass through Middle East Hopes High agreement Between Israel and Syria vital to peace process by Helen Davis special to the free press London High Hopes Are Riding on the upcoming visit to the Middle East by Secretary of state Warren Christo for what is at stake is the big Gest and most significant prize yet in regional peacemaking a Deal Between Israel and amid animated talk of improved senior sources in Jerusalem were this week describing Christophers lat est round of shuttle diplomacy As Only to the Success of the Israel syrian track but also to the peace process As a while syrian foreign minister Farouk As Sharaa told a press conference in London last week that he was anticipating a warm israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was unveiling the framework of a plan that is in tended to expedite negotiations with the which involves a Token israeli withdrawal on the Golan would be matched by full normalization of relations and would be followed three years later by talks to determine the final status of the the initial it is under would encompass Majdali Shams and three other druze Vil Lages but would not affect any israeli the proposal was immediately rejected by who repeated the Stock syrian demand for a total israeli withdrawal from the but officials in Jerusalem remain optimistic about the possibility of an Immi nent upbeat note Rabin went out of his Way to strike an upbeat note when he told the israeli daily Dediot Ahrnot last week that an accumulation of facts indicates that Syria wants to move the fact he that the syrians Are not a Burden on either the jordanians or the who Are free to Advance in their be this indicates that Syria also wants to move toward an agreement with on the senior israeli officials described As very positive a speech by syrian presi Dent Hafez Assad in which he declared his country was aware of the objective requirements of peace and spoke of fulfilling syr is part in any Overall peace set Syrias president Assad while he once again repeated the syrian mantra of a total israeli the officials insisted it was an important speech that attested to assays desire to make they noted that Assad recently carried out a far reaching purge of the a move that is believed to be aimed at weakening the a mys old guard and strengthening his own internal position As he approaches serious talks with and they reinforced their optimism by pointing to Secretary Christophers decision to return to the Region after having earlier signalled he would not undertake an other round of shuttle diplomacy unless he had Good reason to do an even More tangible cause for optimism in Israel was contained in reports that which is under close syrian is close to reaching an interim agreement with having secured prior approval from dam ascus for the according to israeli a series of messages has reached Jerusalem from authorized officials in the lebanese govern As Well As from direct contacts Between israeli and Leba Nese officials in the Bot Tom line is that Lebanon is willing to Cut a Deal within a Short period of Israel is reported to have offered a Complete pullout from the Security zone in South Lebanon after a nine month period if the Leb anese Central government first demonstrates its ability to ensure peace and Tranquility on israels Northern Border for six in their the lebanese appear to have adopted the role of a stalking horse for Syria and they Are emphasizing the need for is Rael to reach an Accord with dam ascus because Only Syria can halt attacks by the Hezbollah extremists in the lebanese officials also stressed that a peace treaty Between Israel and Lebanon would be delayed until Israel signed a formal treaty with indication peace treaty or an important indication of the mood can be discerned in the Confidence that is re turning to the business commune with property speculators flocking Down to the confrontation line in South even before an agreement be tween Israel and Lebanon has been demand for land is re ported to be particularly along the Road of peace from Southwest of to Zakoura and the Hills overlooking the Mediterranean in the the single largest purchaser of real estate is none other than Leba Nons billionaire prime minister Rafik who has close links to the not Only is he instrumental in the reconstruction of but he is now also a major land Developer in the where his million investments Are concentrated in and around his sunni Home town of in some land is owned by shadowy companies which Are nominally run by lebanese but in saudi while the iranians Are also vigorously com Peting in the property Market via their Hezbollah proxies in Leba other investors Are lebanese which made fortunes Dur ing the civil War and Are now in vesting the proceeds in and lebanese businessmen who have returned since the end of the civil War and Are now anxious to acquire social status in Lebanon by buying land and building luxury also listed among the major players is the which is re ported to be buying up land along the coast Between Damour and is despite his cries of fiscal Plo Leader Yasser Arafat has been acquiring property Over Many years in West As Well As in Sidon and other areas in the South dizzy from their Money go Hariri and other factions in his Damascus Friendly govern ment would not have been unduly dismayed to hear Rabin last week tacitly acquiesce in continued military presence in one of assays cherished at this Rabin i am not sure that any government in including the present can do without syrian support if it wants to overcome All kinds of militias and terrorist Organiza the most unpredictable and dangerous of Isra Els has always held the key to a comprehensive Middle East and the most ruthless and most Streetwise politician in the has understood the strengths and weaknesses of his bargaining he knows that he can no longer Hope to defeat Israel by military that he is operating in a uni Polar world without the Protection of a soviet umbrella and that he cannot forever defy the United striking deals he knows he cannot prevent oth ers from striking deals with but he also knows and he knows they know that he has the Means to undermine those All roads to sooner or must pass through most he knows what he wants the Golan Heights control Over Lebanon the perception of being the toughest Bargainer on the Block the True guardian of Arab not he wants to be relieved of the stigma of being a state Spon Sor of which will in turn Lead Syrias drive to rehabilitation in the West from to eco nomic recovery through credits and Assad has played a Long but in the end uniquely among the Middle East will emerge from the negotiating chamber with most of what he wanted when he embarked on the Long journey in Madrid three years Helen Davis is an israeli journalist living in doonesbury by Garry Trudeau in Mieu of 9won immunizations main approach its a aunt that5 at the Ora hair 9pipgr Dummy of ;