Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba A16 win nip sip Kimhin 2000 editorials Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights keeping clean Canadian equestrian Eric lamaze was Des tined for the olympics in before he tested positive for it was the second time in As Many olympics that lamaze had been disqualified for the same but on this he came close to beating the earlier this the Canadian equestrian federation banned lamaze for life from compete on an adjudicator called that citing extraordinary circumstances that led to the riders resumption of cocaine but the Canadian olympic association on tuesday refused to allow lamaze to take a place on the Canadian olympic equestrian that decision was a huge disappointment for although he accepted it without attempting to Lay blame than where it it have been a boost for Cana Das other athletes in who have trained for years to qualify with out the Benefit of the drugs that can enhance athletic although cocaine is not usually considered to be a performance enhancing it is not Only on the list of banned drugs for olympic athletes but also illegal for any Canadian to if the Canadian olympic association had allowed lamaze to join this country team in it would have made a mockery of its own it would have made a mockery of the the dreams and the discipline of Canadas other olympic lamaze is not the Only athlete nor the Only Canadian athlete to see his olympic dreams Dis solved in a drug in it at almost every International sporting athletes Are disqualified for drug most Are clean but it sometimes seems that the major Competition today is Between the athletes who try to chemically improve their performance with new and undetectable drugs and the testers who race to find new ways of testing to ensure the purity of International sporting events Are supposed to be competitions Between not Between pharmaceutical nor Between drug testers and arguments can be made about what drugs can be allowed and which ones should be grounds for but the rules Are Clear and simple and athletes who take banned sub stances should be As Eric amazes Case was being debated in Cana another Eric was on his Way to an olympic class loss in his event in Eric Mouss Ambani of equatorial Guinea swam the 100metre freestyle event so slowly that officials wondered whether they might have to dive into the Pool to Rescue Mouss Ambani was philosophical about his loss in really pleased about what Gold medals Are not everything at the olympic what happened to me was Worth More than i want to train now and come next ath letes seeking support from a chemical Crutch could take a lesson in olympic spirit from this Young private Wells the water in half the private Wells in Manitoba tested Over the last 12 months showed contamination with col form bacteria or nitrate suggesting the effect of septic tanks or the provincial government tested 997 of the provinces private Wells providing the first such wide study of Rural water Well water users Are left wondering whether the water recently got dirty or whether they have been using contaminated water for Many the simplicity of drawing water from the ground is one of the attractions of the Rural City at great buy heavily processed water that often smells of the chlorine they Are pay ing the disadvantage for private Well users is that they can be exposed to contaminated the province should encourage private Well own ers to test their water regularly and to protect their Wells from surface professionally Man aged municipal water systems will never reach far enough to serve All Manitoba and even municipal water can suffer the government cannot give everyone pure water but it can at least make sure that Well water users know How to protect motor fuel finance minister Paul Martin and opposition Leader Stockwell Day were scratching their Heads in Ottawa yesterday wondering How to ensure that not Oil Benefit from gasoline tax Manitoba transport minister Steve Ashton should show them the he should announce a Bill by which this province will dedicate its fuel tax revenues to Road this will deliver the Benefit where the Federal sparring part ners want to Send Ash tons philosophical observations at intergovernmental meetings May not carry much weight in the National debate on gasoline but decisive action by the Manitoba government is Likely to have an water Craft sink Sublime silence whoever invented water had a wonderful i was sitting on my deck chatting and contemplating the Lake with a Homespun individual born on a farm in the interlace going on 89 years Why is it that just staring at the Lake is so satisfying you May get enough after some period of of say Michelange los a figure carved so exquisitely the Robes flow in the undemanding of intellectual holds the Eye As if in a it is Fasci so appealing to the Harry has a fund of stories of one who has been close to particularly in his formative i dont use herbicides on my Lawn and As a result some native plants have invaded the area overrun with Sand following a fierce we had most of the Sand and pebbles and the Hardy indigenous plants took one had a fresh aromatic scent somewhat like i picked a sprig and Harry identified it As used As a Home remedy for stomach my Grandfather used it 80 years said he pushed stems in a bottle for use the Wormwood soaked in a cheesecloth with vinegar served As a poultice for a sprained it was also used to ease the pain of an injury inflicted when the old Model t Ford car backfired when cranking the harrys parents were not aware of the tonic Quality of the leaves used for Tea to relieve the pain of a if you had a Toothache and your Cheeks swelled recalls Harry you just had to wait until it childhood was perilous at a time of limited medical services and Low one of harrys Sis ters died of diphtheria at the age of six in her mothers Long ago if you didst have a dozen says you we rent a in his family there were 11 and in the depression they were All the 98 pounds was printed on flour used to make the kids he remembers the disastrous flu epidemic of 1918 that killed about every one was sick and the Only one who want sick was my Mother Justi she stayed up All night look ing after All the harrys brother Frank stayed on the family farm nine Miles West of Winnipeg Beach where Harry now because the roads could be impassable in win Frank drove his wife by horse and Sleigh to Winnipeg Beach a few before her expected birth of a but the child came Early and Harry and his wife Mary acted As when the doctor arrived later he said with a that the Way i like i of How the country has progressed since that now we accept the principle that the state must help the weak and health care is in trouble but it still looks after peo ple regardless of their How can i not be in a sanguine mood the environment in autumn at the Lake is so it tugs at the the quiet has a a soul of its the quiet is of utter an absence of the air the senses awakened to the smell of the Woods and the the silence carries the voices of people chatting at their cottage several Hundred metres the sounds Are the next Day the silence is shattered with the appearance of a per Sonal water Craft on the a recreation that at higher speeds slaps the water and whines like a giant i hate these Craft with a passion and so do most they Are noisy and violating the character of the they have been banned in other so cottagers Are aghast that Stockwell Leader of the Cana Dian Alliance would appear astride one of these dreadful machines at a press such a silly publicity in this frenetic we need a More sensitive approach than the bluster and noise and arrogance of the personal water Val Werier is a Winnipeg his column appears on wednes gender gyrations Maureen Dowd the and is anything but Subtle or a woman representing Hillary reaches out with an electric digs into the most sensitive part of the male Anat the new York conservative party attack which has been running since including twice during abcs meet the depicts Hillary As a castrating the text is about How she got her hands on her Hen pecked Hus bands health care plan and messed it the visual is an old childrens which has a Flat figure of an alarmed looking naked male with an electric attached to let you play doctor and extract Bones and in this Hillary is ominously portrayed doing the operating with a pulsating instrument of a Zzz Little Ricky Rick Lazio is desperately trying to prove Hes Manly enough for the new York Senate Job by painting Hillary As not womanly a biting female candidates have to prove there Tough Hillary Clinton is in the Odd Posi Tion of having to prove Shes ten Der in Case anyone failed to get the Medusa the new York gop William has sent out a new fundraising let Ter that i have High Hopes that youll help Stop this Ambi Calcut manipulating woman from fooling he ends Hillary Clinton is an angry never has american politics been so fraught with gender Gyra the National race May be decided by a Al Gores convention Smooch won the hearts of All those female voters who had been play ing hard to on tuesday who was Nick named lip in High school but Only for his smart played hardball on lip wooing the women vote on he came out and gave the surprised talk show Host a Buss on the Cheek one upping Al who merely gave Oprah a half hug last prompt ing her flirtatious no kiss also replied kiss to my when asked to name the Best gift he had Ever while the presidential race May turn on a lingering the Senate race May turn on a wagging the debate last week left Hillary and Ricky both trying to portray themselves As victims of Many of the women who had liked the glowing Long Island con Gressman recoiled from his glow ering performance in speaking at a women lunch on Clinton mocked Lazio Alpha bits i knew i was going to have to share a i didst think i was going to share a Lazio spent tuesday defending himself for acting like a bully at the the idea that somehow that theres a double Standard because youre a Man or a and you cant make a Point forcefully if youre a and the person youre making the Point with is a i just think that he i dont think people in the Senate worry about whether youre a Man or a of it is conservatives who make the Case that men and women have to be viewed and liberals who make the Case that men and women should be treated the most the Lazio Campaign sent reporters an old picture of from her Days As Arkansas first wagging a Finger at a political opponent to show that could be a space Lazio just Doest get his race is charged with but his problem at the debate was More a matter of sense and once Tim Russert had made Clinton uncomfortable by show ing an old tape of her defending her feckless the smart thing for Lazio to do was be mag a Man who Felt confident of his own of would never have marched Over to Blus Ter at the first its impossible to imagine Ronald Reagan trying to cow a female opponent with such muscular the republicans should Stop worrying about Hillary As the angry and Start worrying about Ricky As the angry Maureen Dowd is new York times teaching computer skills to kids draws fire the Philadelphia inquirer said in an editorial on the Alliance for childhoods Call for an imme Diate moratorium on further introduction of computers in the Early grades is but the International childrens advocacy group raises valid questions at a critical computers Are an educational like a Microscope or used Well by a Good undoubtedly further the problem is that schools Are plunging ahead before determining what that Best use american Public schools have spent Bil lion in the last five years on technology and politicians Are pledging More and the Alliance for childhood wants a timeout to this frenzy until a Broad dialogue determines what role computers should play in educating Young study after study has shown to elementary age students need Strong Bonds with adults physical play Handson experiments and interaction with the natural Are computers too Static and isolating for them what about the physical effects of sitting before a glowing screen doing repetitive motions this after already the most overweight generation America has immersing kindergarteners in technology that will be outdated by the time they graduate is false and the big question Are schools being pressured to divert scarce resources from proven methods to buy computers certainly the push for a computer in every classroom fulfils the needs of adults ends concerned their children be on the Cut Ting Edge and computer makers who want to sell but How is it really benefiting Young children until we it Hurt to slow the Winnipeg free press Winnipeg Fae press set 1872 Winnipeg Tribune est 1890 vqu29n0274 2000 Winnipeg free a division of newspapers division of Thomson Canada limited published seven Days a week at 1355 Mountain Manitoba pm 6977000 a member of Fie Manitoba press Council Rudy email Nicholas Deputy editor ;