This campaign by the council has made all concerned look like silly children. But of course that issue is only one of many which the council is floundering with.

The Campbell Town Football Club has again worked hard to field a team in the Oatlands association and won their first game but have to once again suffer the embarrassment of hosting a visiting team next week and expect supporters to use the disgusting antiquated public toilets at the ground. They are a disgrace.

The council would not allow them to be used if they were elsewhere. Of course, for the last 10 years council has been promising new development of the ground. The promises are proving to be too much for this dithering council. Come on Mayor Downie, give us something to be excited about. Sort out the mess with the proposed tyre recycling and the future management of Lake Leake, for example.

I AM very grateful for the way I have been taken care of by the dental clinic in Kelham Street service in Launceston. As my wife and I were recently allowed to obtain a health care card, I found myself with quite a painful tooth ache.

As I rang and explained my situation the lady behind the desk could fit me in as there had been a cancellation. The doctor and his assistant were the most kind and courteous team to ever have done work on my teeth.

I am 61 today and had many visits to many dentists. This doctor’s way of communicating to his assistant showed respect and courteousness I hadn’t seen before in all my years of dental service in the private sector.

Everything was being clearly explained to me for me to make a well informed decision about what to do. When, after an attempt to save the tooth had failed, I was being given another appointment the day after I rang to have the tooth extracted.

The character quality of courteousness and respect gave me a great deal of comfort for being under the mercy of a treatment of not just professional but also of good people.

I am so grateful to the doctor, his assistant and the workers at this public health service that I would not like to take my service for granted, hence my sharing of this message.

THERE has probably never been a more important time in our country's history for the role of parents. While the Internet has opened up a mind-boggling world of information and knowledge it is also spewing out masses of material that no responsible parent would want their children to view.

Further still, it seems that we can no longer send our young children off to school safe in the knowledge that everything they are being taught is in their best interests. It is alarming to see this attempt to foist information regarding all ranges of sexual activity onto the children as part of an anti-bullying program.

In my opinion, the ones facing the most serious bullying are the vast majority of kids who just want to be kids - for a few more years at least, without being fed information about sexual practices that are only engaged in by such a  small  percentage of our population. It's a classic case of the tail wagging the dog - and there appears to be too many in the teaching fraternity who are enthusiastic supporters of programs such as this. The one place you would think children would be safe from unwanted sexual pressure would be the classroom.

``Don't talk to strangers’’, don't play in the park on your own’’' just doesn't cut it anymore. Parents need to be more vigilant than ever regarding their children's well-being.