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c2 tribune november 25 i98t 1 resident begins new career at age 42 after a summer spent taking a teaching course at queens university bill mcknight is now on staff at stouffville dist secondary school alan shackleton by bruce stapley what does a man do when he finds hes accomplished every thing he set out to do in his career and hes only 42 years old if youre bill mcknight you leave the security of the electrial company youve worked for 23 years and go back to school not to learn a new trade but to pre pare himself to share what he had learned out in the field all those years after a summer spent taking a teaching course at queens uni versity bill is now on staff at stouffville dist secondary school hes teaching several advanced technical courses as part of what he sees to be an ever growing technical program being offered by the school with his presence albeit on a part time basis the tech program has been beefed up to the point where courses are now being offered in the electrical field that werent available before its a great idea says bill of the various courses hes teaching even if the students arent plan ning to become electricians they stand to pick up practical training that they will always be able to use to illustrate his point he points to sdss student duane ziebanko duane who is taking a program consisting half of tech courses and half sciences hopes to become a biochemist or a veterinarian very few of the kids taking the electrical courses will actually make a career out of it says duane its mainly an interest course but all who take it will save themselves a lot of money down the line because they will be able to do their own wiring free trade discussion reveals pertinant facts by kuth burkholder canadas vast quantities of water a- badly needed commodity in the united states proved a strong leverage for discussion during recent negotiations between the two countries over free trade or at least that was the sentiment expressed by mr harvey brown representative of the agri cultural research institute of ontario speaking to the bethesda womens institute nov 11 mr brown a fifth generation farmer from browns corner markham whose department reports directly to the deputy minister of agricul- ture appeared before the community womens group to speak about free trade and agriculture according to mr brown the five major objec tives for the free trade agreement or freer trade as he referred to it are eliminate barriers to trade make it easier for fair competition with in both countries make investment easier in either country establish procedures for settling disputes and provide for additions to the agree ment canada agreed to eliminate import licenses for wheat barley oats and products from these grains as soon as the support levels subsidies are the same in both countries they have also agreed not to impose quantity restrictions on grain products canada not the us agreed to increase its global import quotas for poultry eggs and pro ducts to the annual average level of the last five years shipments both countries agreed to exempt each other from import restrictions oh meat and not to use direct subsidies on agricultural products being shipped to each other mr brown took a stand very much for freer trade with the united states stating the oppo site or protectionism could prove much worse ninety per cent of ontario exports and eighty five per cent of canadian are to the united states what would happen if we could no longer make those exports there is a large lobby put ting pressure on president reagan to adopt a pro tectionist stance and restrict imports of canadian products at the present time the beef and hog industries are enjoying the equivalent of free trade howev er mr brown claimed canada has a higher per centage of healthy beef cattle the two price system that canada use for wheat and white beans of selling higher to domestic markets than foreign would have to go market ing boards which help inflate the price of food for farmers and consumers would also have to be phased out is this good or bad that will remain to be seen crime stoppers police seek help in preventing extensive damage done in region crime stoppers and the durham regional police are asking for the publics help in solving some of the damage being done throughout our region this year alone there have been over 3450 reported cases of dam age to private and public property and over 250 of these were valued at over 1000 damage is being done on a reg ular basis and on many occasions is being witnessed by someone if you see or hear anything about damage that has been done give crime stoppers a call you will never be asked to give your name and therefore never have to go to court you can also call crime stoppers on any other criminal offence total anonym ity is guaranteed if an arrest is made you will be eligible for a cash reward of up to 1000 the crime stoppers office is open 8 am to 10 pm monday to friday and the phone numbers are 12228477 or 18003878477 free from all phones including pay phones a citizen board administers the crime stoppers programs of which there arc now over 650 in north america the reward money is raised through tax de ductible donations which may be sent to toronto and regional crime stoppers durham po box 54 oshawa ontario lih 7k8 one student grace buttar is a mother of two who has returned to school specifically to become a electrician i plan to take two years here at sdss and then serve my apprenticeship bill feels he can be of particular assistance to people like grace because of the wide variety of ex periences he has had in his own career i dont want to sound like im blowing my own horn says bill but ive had a cross section of just about everything in my own career what his experiences include are projects like the cn tower which he was involved in on su pervisory capacity and the wel- lesley burn centre on which he was in charge of the electrical in stallations he has supervised va rious shows at the cne from the electrical standpoint and would have been heavily involved with the new domed stadium in toron to had he stayed at his former job so why did bill leave a position of such responsibility i had accomplished what i set out to do he says i always thought id like to teach and i en joy kids lots of people had taken a lot of time with me when i was growing up so im just returning he favour so how is he enjoying his new profession im doing what i want to do hell tell you you have to like teaching or you wouldnt be doing it theres a great school spirit at sdss and i hope we get sufficient interest in the program to war rant it becoming full time for me next year bill is quick to point to the courses he hopes to see offered next year which include credit courses on introductory electric ity right through applied electric ity he advises students to take at least one tech course it will make them an even well ba lanced personality he claims in tech they work in groups they evaluate each other and work together they learn work skills and life skills in talking to bill you soon appreciate that you are dealing with an individual who is well suited to the teaching profession one who has acquired consider able skills out in the workaday world and now wishes to share what he has learned with others bill admits it has required and adjustment but claims he has had the full support of his wife judy said to see it as a year off a year of retraining he says she told me not to put any kind of pressure on myself bill is on the board of directors at spring vale baptist church and is the churchs head trustee he has coached hockey and baseball in stouffville for several years and has brought his coaching ex pertise along with him to sdss his midget girls basketball team was 120 this season and are in the york regional finals he will also be coaching the junior boys basketball team at the school he has become fully involved in the students extracuricular prog ram and even plays hockey with the students every friday morn ing this kind of involvement helped him get over any fears he says he may have had when he first came to the school when you get the kids one on one its great he says i was a little le- ary at first but i really enjoy the stouffville kids theyre great resident alarmed about growing crime rates in his surrounding area by robin robinson an uxbridge man wants council to lobby durham region to beef- up police patrols in order to curb a rampant crime rate in the area robert and susan paras home in uxbridge township was burg larized october 30 in a daytime robbery about 10000 worth of personal property including a computer video cassette recor der and family heirlooms were stolen because of confusion over the locale of the paras home it took police 45 minutes to arrive at the scene the police did not dust for fingerprints at the home but took some liquor bottles away for for fingerprinting a process that takes three days mr para said he has voiced dissatisfaction with the investigation and the couple have offered a 500 reward now mr para wants to know what uxbridge township can do to improve the situation at the november 9 uxbridge township council meeting mr- para told council living in a ru ral area i find now im very con cerned over personal safety and the safety of neighbors and friends according to mr para several breakins using the same mo have occurred in uxbridge but re sidents were not notified para said there needs to be more effort to alert citizens theres some kind of crime ring in the area para said although mayor gerri lynn oconnor sympathized with the paras plight she said statistics do not show a rampant crime rate in uxbridge township the police have guaranteed they have been very adamant they are not going to cease work ing on this particular series of break ins until the person is apprehended extra police have been brought in from the south end i think the police in uxbridge township and in durham region are very responsible and doing all they can mayor oconnor said regional councillor don jack son said although it would be nice to see the same level of police pro tection that big municipalities like toronto enjoy it just isnt possible in rural areas i dont think out here well ever get that kind of coverage i dont mind speaking to the police commissioner about it jackson said but you have to keep in mind this is a rural area according to jackson over 50 per cent of durham regions annual budget is allocated for police services this year 47 per sons were hired under the police budget including 27 new police officers jackson said i uo date drawing nearer the date is drawing closer for residents of pickerings ward 3 to choose a new regional councillor lee jenkins rick johnson be verley morgan and enrico pis- tritto have all indicated they seek the position the byclection was called when former regional councillor norah stoner elected to the ontario legislature in the recent provincial election residents may vote for their fa vored candidate on monday nov 30 advanced polls opened satur day nov 21