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Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 20 Apr 2007, p. 1

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Trustees fight for control of Catholic board DAVID LEA Special to The IFP After months of conflict, the battle for control of the Halton Catholic District School Board has taken a dramatic turn with a special meeting called last night (Thursday) to discuss a motion that requests the resignation of the board's chair Al Bailey of Burlington and vice-chair Alice Anne LeMay of Oakville. The motion, presented by first-term Oakville trustee Anthony Danko states in part: "Resolved, that the chair and vice-chair of the Halton Catholic District School Board are hereby respectfully requested to resign their positions as chair and vice-chair of the board effective immediately." Danko said the motion is not actually intended to bring down the chair and vice-chair, but instead grab their attention. "It's a non-binding motion. It's a purely symbolic motion and it's a response to remarks Al Bailey has made distancing himself from our decisions. That's all it is," said Danko. "The motion carries no weight with him. He has a term until the end of December." Halton Hills Trustee Rosanna Palmieri said she is one of the five trustees who requested the meeting. See TRUSTEES, pg. 9 A sister's tears Carrie Lee Hammond wipes her tears after unveiling a plaque that holds one name-- that of her brother Christopher Dodge, who died in 1979 in Egypt as part of a United Nations peacekeeping team. As part of a ceremony held in Remembrance Park Saturday to honour the 90th anniversary of Vimy Ridge, a plaque was unveiled to honour all local soldiers killed in the line of duty since the Korean War. (Right) Hammond holds the hand of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 120 Service Officer Charles Tutty as he offers a salute after laying a wreath at the base of the plaque.

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