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stj i irvlt fj viiltr- vlj education weekendbrfserfembb5 fiirriivv yyytviyvv vtvvvivyt viva i t iv bowes leads charge to have war documentary removed from classes julie caspersen staff reporter the york region board of education has pulled the valour and the horror from its shelves a year of lobbying by whitchurch- stouffville trustee harry bowes led to the ban of the threepart documentary bowes staged a oneman protest against the availability in schools of the series portraying canadas role in the second world war in fact bowes had considered resign ing from the board if the series was shown in classrooms this year and had informed other trustees he was taking time off from his duties at the board table although not from his obligation to taxpayers the cbc and writers of the docu mentary are battling a 500 million classaction lawsuit lodged in june by canadian war veterans claiming to have found 41 inaccuracies in the doc umentary that aired last year its being used as a learning tool but what are students supposed to learn from it said bowes who served in the air force for three years the trustee has worked for a year to remove the valour and the horror from york region public schools his threat to resign definitely was an alternative but added it would have i been a last resort program superinten dent joe allin told the tribune monday that the board will strike the documentary from its resource catalogue at least until the court case is resolved however allin feels students will be missing the chance to learn i have no questions there are errors in the material allin said but it makes a good teaching tool because of bowes the bias the controversy provides young peo ple with a wealth of information originally the board planned to develop a learning kit to accompany the series allowing students to study related material explaining and refut ing the documentary this approach grew out of a com plaint from the royal canadian legion in richmond hill asking the board to review the series but incorporating the information kit did not go far enough for the longserv ing bowes i dont accept that and neither does anyone who was in the service second ice pad needed but area groups must pay tracy kibble staff reporter the town needs a second ice pad and local politicians want volunteer groups to come for ward and commit time and money to the cause officials approved a recom mendation this week to have staff round up support for the installation of a second ice pad an estimated 14 million capital expenditure ward 4 councillor cliff dunkeld while stating hes not pushing for a second pad said he is voicing the wishes of the many groups and residents who have stressed the need for more ice time in the communi ty dunkeld said user fees would help to cover the maintenance and other costs of a second ice pad and stressed the need for more involvement with com munity groups to raise the money needed but ward 6 councillor ken prentice cautioned councillors about committing to a project even in principle without having the money or the inten tion to fund it im leery of too much involve ment at this point prentice said prentice added the funds to build a 25000squarefoot 14 million ice pad have not been considered in the towns five- year capital forecast and warned residents shouldnt count on public money to help with the installation td hate to lead people on to believe the town will kick in dollars down the road pren tice said he added that other projects such as the library expansion have already been put on hold and should be first in line if the town embarks on capital pro jects but dunkeld argued the town is merely supporting the con cept of adding a second ice pad to the recreation complex and that ho mention of dollars had been made we just need somebody at the top to get this started i didnt mention capital forecast you did dunkeld told pren tice mayor fran sainsbury said council is asking staff to see how much support and fundraising initiatives are out there we just want to see who is willing to help its a positive initiative thing and if they raise enough money we could match it she said ward 5 councillor bob ancheril said he agrees with prentice in that the town should remain cautious about commitment town recreation director mar- lane mckee wetheral has said the ice pad is currently running at 987 per cent capacity with several hockey clubs being forced to skate eight hours out side the community every good thing that has happened in this town has come by supporting projects in principle sainsbury said officials voted to have staff seek out groups who would be interested in fundraising for a second ice pad savings outweigh costs from page 1 the cost of operating the quality assurance unit is more than recovered by the cost savings realized as a result of these activi ties the report stated the cost of six eligibility review officers and the unit supervisor continues to be more than offset by reductions in welfare assis tance payouts clearly justifying continuance of the department committee members stated to politicians last week it costs the region about 338000 to operate the department each year officials supported the move to hire the additional workers photosjoerd witteveen cattle prodding peter dodge had to play cowboy this week help of owner doug clark dodge and the four when these wayward cattle strayed from their stray cows were soon out standing in their l own pasture on the york durham line with the field once more budget process to open up local politicians will look at ways to open up the towns 1994 budget discussions in light of public complaints that the pro cess is done behind closed doors named as next years finance chairman ward 3 councillor nick tatone vowed he would seek options to include the public in the discussions which lead up to and help form the years bud get during a heated meeting sever al weeks ago in which majority council approved waiving the towns tendering policy for its 2 million garbage contract some residents complained they want ed to be more involved in how the town doles out public funds ward 6 councillor ken prentice had said the miller waste con tract controversy and public out cry was a signal that the town needs to change the way it han dles its budget talks prentice has been a strong crit ic of the towns budget process since his 1991 finance chairman post and has called it a sham and a joke during variousvotes involving public expenditures he suggested the town adopt other municipal strategies such as in the town of markham which opens up its meetings to the public mayor fran sainsbury said while she agrees some reform is in order there needs to be a way that the public can be involved without delaying the process or creating staff overtime she also suggested the town model some ideas after munici palities closer to the size a tax base of stoufiville such as king east gwillimbury or uxbridge rather than the great 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