' . __*VAMIGAN CrTY (AP) — Pope John Paul ‘day to a
revised set of Roman Catholic oui ‘laws thal reco

mye Durligas cerem
* Palace, the ‘Pope
into: elfect Nov,

“McCormick, formerly Joseph | McCormick, says. she is
“relieved” to be a woman and is ready to get back to work

on the force. ot

. The Nassau’ County: Police Department's medical
evaluation unit began testing McCormick. on Monday to
. determine whether she ‘is fit-to return ‘to: active ‘duty
following surgery last month that transformed the: nine-
Year police-officer into a woman.
‘“MeCormick, 40; says she 1s eager: ts return to her old job

in Hewlett, N.Y.

Wearing high-heeled shoes, jeans, heavy makeup and a.
‘frizzy hairdo, she talked with reporters on the front steps of _
the Nassau County police headquarters in Mineola. She said
it took her eight years to ‘make up her mind to switch sexes.

“T felt I had made the right decision," she said.

'. MeCormick was divorced about a yeaS ago, but is living
with her former wife, Louise, in the Islip area. ~-
_ “Lreceived alot of mail from people saying Lhave, a lot

: ‘guts, but'T don’t think Ihave guts,” she sajd:
She said she is not, worried about being able

a police’ officer.

ma | T don’ tfeel there will be any ieneay whal soever as far 7
:. agit touches them, say U.S... :

3 Claudette Sandecki’ $s.
Schools: Slant

ay

Over the past year there has been much clandestine

: The new. eode Inehides a. ban on ; anion ac ivity. by. riesis"
and nuns ani clearly ‘states they are: forbidden fram holding -
“oflicer that involye public‘ power without the, ‘authorization.
al bishops, ‘aid Pl Cpelott: va canon law expert:

slg
a explained, that. the’ priests’ and nuns ‘may. serve as
es advisers | to government: commissions’ such as those dealing
: wilh cdrig rehabilitation ‘ or youth, prablenis. an
, “He. also said Ideal bishops may ‘allow priests ‘and nuns o-
oe “have. roles. in: political, ‘parties or wilons.if itis considered |
Mor the common, 1 Good a or the defence: UE burch rights. .

. the'ruling Sardinista-junta..

The: ‘ald cade‘made | no: specific reference. to priests and.
” Bee ‘holding ‘public office or leading unions;, .-::
“No‘text of: the revised: code. was released, and reporters
Were unable | to get the exact language’ on ‘any of the canons...
Vatican experts who had worked on the'revision,
Cipriotti; briefed réporters: before’ the ceremony: :
Popé John: Paul ‘signed three: ‘eoples of ;dogum ts
“-nouneing the’ ‘Lawes ‘of Sacred Diselpliné, ee
"Sitting in a high-backed. chair'at a’ wooden. desk, he-then
‘signed three thick papetbound volumes: ‘of, the revised code...
‘After the: ‘signing, the pontiff, congratulated. alx'n leniberg
of ‘his. private’ “Papal. commission wha: helped hhh. review 7

each canons. -

“Pope John Paul h has as stated ona number of oceasions that Ps ‘ume
- priests stiould keep out of politica, although exceptions have - la Rey. Raymond:Burke,.a U.S. canén'law expert, sald, e. 4 roles tolay people'in chimrch littirgy ineluding permissi
~ been made such aaln Nicaragua where two priests, serve: on: rev

“Today is,the ath anniversary ‘of the’ annivineément by.

: However, the dod

luding:.’ .moye-
bout

. panel... 4

working ‘since the Setond Vatical Coineil in 1962-65,

code “draws together practical reflections of /
“life the chureh:"" ‘He sald the ¢ode js not an entirely nee:
set oMregulations' ‘but: rather: a ‘compllation of innovations’.
and ‘changes already ‘put into practice: in recent 'y

e ument-. ‘ends an experimental Matriage’ at
annul: ent: ‘program lin the’ United States:and Australia, ee
Stes -is. likely to’ lengthen ‘@:process which 0
B\year, ehureh: experts, ‘said .

~ marriage count ‘must: orev wed: y the tireh’s appeals

oFoer, the first time;. the code: ‘spells’ out-a Kini
: rights. both for clergy and: laity,’ including’ rights: ‘af. ‘free:.
* Pope John XXII ofdéring the revision, which was inade by) . assembly, and’ speech in-the church “community, tights ‘of

a ® papal commission, of'74 cardinals, ‘bistions. and. experts’: due process and the right t to. choose one's apicituat lifestyle.

The commission's final.document.glves mo ; nificant
0)

- preach’ in ehureh, though they “cantiot deliver: the, h

jlo rt
“lay: people," ‘Women: may serve as ‘judaes’ ini. marriage
bur alt, may, Bet aB the: chancellor or, chief: ‘inanelal of:
hi

Ss “However,” there is no: “change: a the: “ghureh’s: ‘ban:on.
“Mwpinien: priests. and womeh ‘still. will, be excluded from such

bill of.

ee priest of the: secrecy of, the. confessional; consecration of. a oo
__ bishop without: papal: mandate; abuse’ by a’ ‘priest: ‘of. ‘the |

as. effectiveness,”” she said, op ™m not afraid of loging my

job. Hopefully everything .will continue the same,"’.
County Police Commissioner. Samuel Rozzi said: “As far

asl am concerned, if Officer. MeCormick can ‘petform her-

duties and tasks as a police officer she can remain in her |

, job. ate

But Rozzi added: “this j is rather tnique-to me. Ti my 34:

~ years ag a police officer, Thave never ‘been confronted with

: something like, this..We are living in-a changed: world, a-

changed society’ and what wasn’t acceptable once:is'now

acceptable...
cause a dilemma, ”

 Pychiatistp praises | 5 E. T.

* NEW YORK: (AP) —

“movie -E.T,, declared pe
- mits to youngsters in three. .

Scandinavian . countries,
doesn't scare-kids as much

‘ child- psychiatrists who
liken it to The Wizard of Oz.

“There is somethihg in.
the. film that has. captured -

an important part..of a

child's -concern;" said Dr..

Kenneth Robson, director of
child psychiatry at the New

England Medical Centre.

Hospital in Boston.

opposition to my column: in the Terrace: Daily Herald, not -

. from the board but from individual trustees and senior
administration. (The exceplion was the board's attempt to ©
-censure me for my column on the fire hazard at the Hart--
Farm.) Rather than writing letters-to-the-editor or. raising ~

pbiectiona.to. my.colurins. in, public. meetings, Jndividual o- QUEBEC (CP) — It, 1

“ustees tear’ Lhe fur off me during in-camera meetings. -

If | were to praise one school, other. schools would feel
_ slighted. If! praised ‘one teacher, other ‘teachers would
’. wonder why I failed to laud their endeavours,

:criticism goes with-a column: There is always someone

‘ who disagrees, who feels. ‘slighted, or who; ‘mistnterprets. :
Voters elected me to get into the board: room, find out _
'” what's going on, and tell theni. Thathas been the aim of. my
column, ‘I never intended my column to Bat the District 38

board on the back.

“The aim of my column is to inform (particuiarly parents, .
but also the community i in general) about what is happening
_ at the board table, and what parents’ and students’ rights | -
are under the School Act. Parents need to know they have ~
the right to be accompanied by a lawyer when their child i is!
summoned before the board on a disciplinary charge. ‘They “,
need to know they have the right to appeal any decision the.

’ board makes by resolution. The community needs to know
they have the legal right to see arid request: copies “of any
School District document printed by'sta tutory: requirement
and any document which has been presented before an open
meeting of the school board, or before an open meeting. ofa
standing committee. «District 88 doesn’t have any open
meetings of ‘standing committees.) ||

.We don't all own a copy of The Guide to the School Act,-
which explains the School Actin simple English. The Guide |

-. is available for approximately . $5. from. the ‘B.C. School.
Trustees Association, 1135 West ath Avenue, Vancouver,

_ BC, -VeH 105,
' - Parents‘and the community need to know of the existence ©
of board policies. ‘For every problem that arises, there is
often a board policy to deal with it. For instance, policy 2.02
" Says any community group booked: to use a gym has the -
right to three days notice if they are to-be bumped by a last |
minute school function. How many sports groups.are aware
of the protection this policy gives them?
Several trustees have asked how much the Herald pays -
me for my columns, ‘The answer is nothing - I consider it a
privilege to have my columns published.. The only one
- > profiting from this column is the board's lawyers, Campney -
--' and Murphy, They’ ve checked more than one of. “my
_ Letters-to-the-editor, particularly by
Stewart residents, have also borne. the scrutiny of the
board’s lawyers for libel. ; ‘This is done’ without. board ;
resolution. I feel the’ district would be money saved if the
administration saved the tax dollars it is spending on legal,
opinions and. if the trustees’
consideration to the criticism contained in.my columns and.
parents’ letters-to-the-editer, to improve the actions of the

columns for libel.

board.

The board office abjects to my columns for putting the
' trustees in the public spotlight where they have been since
the teachers’ strike of 1981.

’ A personal opinion column such as mine is- the writer's
responsibility, The publisher and editor are responsible .
only to guard against printing anything libelous. And there -
exists between the editor and the columnist.a very special

trust. -- the editor teusts the columnist to write only’ that’

! which is factually true (except for opinions, which are a

personal thing nol to be censored by the editor); in turn the
_ columnist depends. upon the editor's judgment, experience,

* and impartiality to serve as a safeguard for the columnist.

“) . To quote John Diefenbaker, “Freedom includes the right
y Wo say What others may object to and resent. The essence of.
4 citizenship is-to be tolerant of strong and provocative.

words. There can ‘be no. freedom of the press. under.

autocracy, nor cain, there. be aulocracy 80 long as there is.
freedom of the press.” .
The opiniosis expréssed in this ‘colums are those of the
writer and do not reflect the opinion of the board of schoot
truslees of Behool District “88.

‘instead gave '.serious |

| appears: an_ illegal genera

“strike ‘by. 250,000 Quebec
“public employees will begin
_inearnest Thursday, but the ~
full impact of the walkouts .

. could be: felt sooner than ©

expected, ‘
-Leaders of 85,000 hospital

“workers threatened Monday -
. to move Up their walkout if

“the. provincial government

comes down “hard - on.

_ teachers, whose “full
walkout Thursday would be
the réal indication” that the
\-untons’ mean ‘business: :

' homes” could’ be closed: ‘as

early as Friday, instead.of — |-

_ early next week as planned.

The: - Social
- Federation,.. “representing
hospital -workers, ‘said’ ‘it
could advance the date of its

walkout to show solidarity”

> with, the teachers, -

: Teachers, the hardest hit
by :, government- decreed

* wage rollbacks and layoffs,
fear. their strike leadership :
“will pit them first in line for «

retaliation, with’ the

_ government trying to make —
-. a legal exAmple of them to:

discourage other unions...
- Strikers have: been

.. threatened. with! suspen--
' sions, fines, firings and-jall -

terms.

The strike is actually .
scheduled to begin Wed- -

_nesday, with, 12,000. junior

college teachers and non- —

teaching. professionals
walking off the job.

The 73,000 teachers - in.
primary -and secondary -
schools : have’ decided. to:

‘work ‘Wednesday . and

céntribute part of the day's .
earnings to a $4- pnillion

_ legal defence fund.

Different Unions are’to .{.
walk aut.each day until Feb. |

1, when most government
services: would be either

shut - down or drastically

_ curtailed...

While unton leaders ‘ep
‘strategy’ as jf: the. “strike ,
werea foregone conclision,
questions have afisen about °.
the. extent of rank-and- file

enthusiasm. Bos

AS of” Monday; “tor

: example, the Federation of
Social Affairs had still not

° «received a strike mandate

This: ‘means’. that “except. |.
for esseritial ‘services, 7
hospitals, i chronic © care —
‘institutions vind: ‘nursitig "

‘Affairs ,

- I would be naive to tell you tat this ‘didn't

> “The - feeling ‘of being

understood by someone else’.

in ari allen: world is common .

in childhood, It’s sharing on

‘the same level, between two

people or creatures’ who are

frequently” “misunderstood; «

which. is the: -Fule* of
childhood." ;

Film Censorship | last week:

banned children under 12_

from: E.T., The .Extra::

Terrestrial, , saying’ the °
- fantasy film ‘portrayed ”
adults’. as enemies.’ ‘of

~ Quebec strike expected

* from. its: alliliate “wolons,

_ many -of which-were- still -
polling their members.

But Louis ~ “"Laberge,. :

president of the _ Quebec

“The Swedish Board ot.

7 Policeman takes | new ‘job as: policewoman —

-MINEOLA, N.Y. (AB): _ - Police Officer ‘Jennifer

“Within the last year, MeCormick said, she was taker off -
street patro] and assigned to inside clerical duties after the.”

: police department “betame aware: of the cohdition.”
’ She said she would like to return to clerical. duties...

. Last week, when McCormick went to her-police‘station _
for the first time since the operation, she .said her
colleagues “treated ‘ie thé same as the other officers, ee
.. Rozzi said that McCormick's examination could ‘continue -
‘for three or four days... The department’ 3 evaluation unit
will then make. its recommendations to- him. ‘He said he
should have a decision on McCormick's future e within the

next. three weeks.

“children. The censors also
said children. might : be,

“aponized’’ by) the

‘‘threatening: and’
frightening atmosphere" in-

Finland has.set the age.
limit at eight and Norway at’
12, Inthe. United States, -
where E,T, surpassed Star
Wars last weekend to-
become: the . biggest
moneymaker * ‘in. movie:

“history,. the film -is’ rated. -
- PG, which: means all ages

L

Federation of Labor: arid one
of :three" ‘chiefs :. of the
common front , of public!
employees, said. voting in,

favor of a strike was strong. -”

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