On Saturday, April 3, Child's Wish was able to provide a memorable evening for several children and their families at the Premiere of Arthur Rankins "The King and I''.

This unique experience included not just the new movie, but also a sumptuous Thai Feast at City Hall. This opportunity was extended courtesy of the Masterworks Foundation. Child's Wish would like to use the medium of your column to publicly acknowledge their generosity. It is an example of true philanthropic spirit when a fund-raiser becomes a "fun-raiser'' to benefit needy children.

Child's Wish sadly will always have cases to consider, wishes to grant where time is of the essence and brothers and sisters to include in special experiences. Our hearts are gladdened by gestures such as the example above and we know that with community support, we will always be able to ensure that a child's inalienable right to experience joy, will be guaranteed.

JACQUELINE HORSFIELD Board Member Child's Wish Butler should be paid April 9, 1999 Dear Sir, "... for the labourer is worthy of his hire....'' Luke 10:7 Why shouldn't Mr.

Dale Butler, JP, MP, an author and publisher of books, a leading oral historian and storyteller and a competent, capable and committed educator charge for speaking engagements and cultural presentations? He has made tremendous sacrifices, which involve his talents, time and money to unearth the missing ingredient, the history of our people that has been denied the citizens of this country.

Surely, as Bermudians we must begin to value our sons and daughters of the soil who have a vested interest in the Country and are making very worthy and valuable contributions.

While Mr. Butler experiences the personal reward of accomplishment, satisfaction and fulfilment found in his research projects, I believe these feelings should be accompanied by financial rewards as well.

It was brought to my attention that a well-known foreign television preacher was guaranteed $10,000 before he even set foot in this country and another renowned non-Bermudian prophetess left the country with $75,000 after her appearance here.

Mr. Butler, continue to charge for your professional services. Your commitment and dedication indicate that you share the sentiments of Mari Evans who stated: "When I write, I write reaching...for what will nod Black heads over common denominators... if there are those outside the Black experience who hear the music and can catch the beat, that is serendipity; I have no objections. But when I write, I write...for my people.'' Hopefully, Bermudians will realize their need of the common denominator or catch the beat of the music and support your work.

DR. MURIEL M. WADE-SMITH Smith's Parish Pay AG even more April 6, 1999 Dear Sir, If you can think of a more suitable Bermudian Attorney General to advise the Government on legal matters other than Mrs. Lois Browne-Evans, name them, Mr.

Editor! And on the subject of pay. With Mrs. Browne-Evans' qualifications, talents, experience, expertise and years of commitment and service to Bermuda, $125,000 is not nearly enough! But knowing her, Mr. Editor, she won't complain! DR. CLARK GODWIN City of Hamilton Ex-nurse misses point April 6, 1999 Dear Sir, Please allow me to respond to the article written by Dianna Williams who responded to an earlier article "Know the Facts''. Mrs. Williams, I too am a nurse and I echo most of what the article "Know the Facts'' said. You said that you are taking the challenge to respond to the article but really you have said nothing. If your only response is that nurses should wear white uniforms, white lace up shoes and short unpolished fingernails to show professionalism, than I would guess that you would also like to see nurses in white caps as well.

I agree that regardless of what profession you are in, you should maintain a professional appearance. Whether it is a nurse, office manager, beautician, street sweeper or trash truck driver. Every job should be important to the individual doing it and standards must be met in order to ensure that it is done in accordance to the standards of that particular establishment. In regard to nurses, no-one, as you suggested, should be allowed to wear what they like but it was agreed by management and staff at the hospital that one colour for a particular department was agreed upon and staff were allowed to wear that particular colour. i.e. emergency room nurses wear maroon, Perry ward nurses wear turquoise, Curtis Ward wear aqua blue, Memorial Ward wear navy blue, ICU wear pale green and so on. This way, the whole department was uniform and for those that did not want to wear colours were able to wear the standard white uniforms if they chose. Gosling Ward nurses (children's ward) were wearing brighter colours with cartoon characters because it amused the children and made them feel more at ease, which it should. We are adults and know that the bright cartoon characters are not suitable for other departments and most people who saw the bright cartoon characters knew that that person must be involved with children in some way. It would only be suitable for any superior who encounters others wearing uniforms that were not appropriate to speak to that individual and tell them that their choice of uniform was not appropriate, as there are only a few who cross the line. To ban all colours and stick strictly with white is absurd especially because again, it is only a few who do not abide by the colour coding for a particular department. I might also add that the colours that were agreed upon were solid colours.

As for the long nails, again, there are only a few who have extremely long nails, others have nails of average length and some do not have nails at all.

For those with long nails, it would just take a pair of clippers to shorten them a little and wear a polish that is neutral for work and socially. Yes Mrs. Williams, there are some of us who do like to look nice outside of our working environment and do not have time to continuously change nail polish every time we have to go to work. If for health reasons, there are always latex gloves available when coming into direct contact with patients as well as antibacterial soaps. While it is impossible to limit every organism, by using the above mentioned on a regular basis, the possible spread of such organisms can be greatly reduced.

So Mrs. Williams, if you are going to dispute such claims, then do so keeping in mind that nurses are not from the Florence Nightingale century and while we continue to have a high standard of professionalism towards our patients, physical appearance does not make the nurse, although neatness is essential.

What about the other topics, wages, vacation, demotions of Bermudian nurses etc? There was no mention of that in your article. Since you mentioned that you were trained in London and worked in other hospitals around the country, so was I, and although every hospital is different, right is right and wrong is wrong, regardless of what hospital you work in or where in the world you are working. I support a working environment that is fair for all and one that changes to improve the productivity of the entire establishment. Uniform colours, and polished nails are very trivial matters for nurses right now when there are more important issues to deal with regarding nurses working in Bermuda; Bermudians and foreigners alike.

RIGHT IS RIGHT Smith's Parish More cell tower evidence April 5, 1999 Dear Sir, The following is a response to an e-mail sent from Bermuda to the highly respected biophysicist, Dr. Henry Lai of Washington State University. The terms "stupid'' and "ignorant'' used by Dr. Lai in his last paragraph would apply to any know-it-all who presumes to make misleading comments on issues which may possibly affect the health of other people's children.

The full un-edited content of Dr. Lai's letter is as follows: "I am responding to your e-mail of April 3 regarding health effects of cellular phone transmission towers. I have heard of the recent debate in Bermuda newspapers on this issue.

"It is true that there is no proven adverse health effects of cell phone radiation. The main reason for this uncertainty is that there has not been much research carried out to investigate the effects of long term low-intensity exposure. However, available research data, especially in the last few years, have suggested that there is a serious concern. Biological effects have been reported at very low intensities. These include cellular and genetic defects, physiological and behavioural changes, and effects on reproduction. Most of these can potentially lead to adverse health consequences.

"In addition, there is some evidence that effects from radiofrequency radiation can accumulate over time. This leads to the concern of the impact of the radiation on the health of people who live close to cell phone towers.

"Yes, it is stupid and totally ignorant to state that "the `established' biological effects manifesting themselves as health effects are so low as to not warrant any consideration in the siting of cellular towers''. Henry Lai CONCERNED AND INFORMED Warwick Praise for Rev. Santucci April 12, 1999 Dear Sir, This letter is in response to Lisa Trott. Christianity isn't the only religion opposed to buggery (homosexuality). Islam, Traditional African religions, Rastafarianism, Judaism and probably any religion one can bring to mind are averse to buggery.

I applaud the Rev. Leonard Santucci for speaking out against this disgusting behaviour. More decent people should publicly denounce this deplorable act.

Buggery should be a criminal offence in the new Bermuda, no matter where it is committed.

SAHKERAB NETER Southampton