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Newmarket AuroraKMwkk Out April THE READERS Owens on Let us hope that aU our government bodies reject this project along until thorough study and importance I my face of base perfidy and callous deception the heinous crime of misleading the gullible It is said that I inferred in last weeks column that Mr Rettie and Mr Cox went to Bermuda at taxpayers expense without councils approval For the third time let me explain that the trip was authorized for Mr Cox by the en gineering committee and for Mr by the finance committee Though they were actually in Bermuda when full council approval alleged incredulous I have been associated with the accused men Mr M- that time have found con selfless in their behind his criticism of This is minor hockey league of- but not ffcials and good men like or that Jim Beadle Dan Shan- Jim and Charlie is his son did not make allstar Novice B team legitimate profit on your lot Oft d expense to Upper Canada Apparently from what village where I bear he wanted them is to drop another player ml he could be team Whether this Is true or not but it sure sounds like a person with some sour grapes Most of us respect SSI to interest in You could buy up the pro- council departs from previous policy the public have a right to be informed As far as I am aware attendance at conferences outside Can ada was never a part of county council policy s also charge efforts to help the boys anyone whose Christian under their care The ideals do not allow him charges of discriraina- to participate in Sunday tion I find to be sports But let majority rule and quit wasting persons time who give how many people region ever heard of this mill and dam The an swer would surprise you matToX No Mr if ilooAil doom Mm Open every week night til TO J SATURDAYS AM ML SUNDAYS HOOK ML NEXT TO THE IN AURORA to provide department heads with leased Though details of the recommendation were given in a news report in the same issue of this newspaper its held that it was unfair have devoted so much time to their community Further on the ar ticle there was refer- am to suggestions fe other days by Dr Hatt of which Christianity Dr coached an atom hockey team this past winter uu S to comment without outlining the full interference for tioned First it was proposed that department heads would pay a third of the cost of leasing and op erating expense of the cars for personal use And they would be required to submit state ments of the expense incurred presumably to the treasury department Fulfillment of these provisions would allow a department head use of the leased car for both business and private hockey player players on the ice Councillor Jongeneel of Markham and se veral other councillors expressed the opinion in council that there should not he so much driv ing by department heads as to justify the region providing a fleet of automobiles for this pur- Council itself has not as yet approved the recommendation Though Im given to under stand from a reliable source that appointed of ficials are confident that elected officials will the light and eventually approve the car pro- statement of a member of the that the committee had authority to spend up to According to a resolution passed on Dec The Commissioner of Engineering be au thorized to approve ing by area of a value not exceeding 10000 for any regional sewage or water works and i municipalities be so advised that these three points arc the only ones where my views and those of regional officials diverge untenable As a coach and league dc House League I feel the committee method of se lection would under mine the authority of One of the mother the coaches and man- of these boys was over Further who Is heard to say Dr I better qualified to the best goalie in the at choose teams than the league One thing coaches themselves who should do is abandon have the responsibility star hockey until at leas to the boys involved pee wee league It wouk Secondly concerning cut out some of thesi the suggestion that some dirty tactics and noli minor hockey executive tics we find in all stai positions be filled by teams Too many time town appointees I think the player is picked Why Teachers are speaking up about Spending Ceilings Here are the Facts charges of discrimination Possibly father be that is how Gr made it last year self When an incident of this size one boy out of is blown out of proportion I feel the pa- Oppou information available to me when is as much as is av ailable to anyone outside of the council itself For example at the last regional meeting I exercise In facts and allow the i Dear Editor The headline ify the article pertaining to the Baldwin dam in the April rcfuteth7chaVges More a one sided opin ion Is presented for pub- neighbors want a and a reputable estate broker made number of phone calls Association to attend their conference at his Dr Halts to J fe own expense regardless of the council decision were made at a public Theres no denying that the pressures and meeting and the persons a responsibilities of forming regional he refers to could have every case defended themselves at was In the negative ihls meeting If they felt they had to defend about the location of the confer ence may have been due to their Intention that the beyondCanada convention trip was to be I policy i like that destination of the con ference was known at the press table before the re milted openly But that can only be conjec ture Public acceptance of the trip ability of elected of to project the merits of the case and press presentation the arguments Mr and Mr both want the government to purchase and control this dam say it would be that Is chosen freely by those who wander along Its confines YOUR Tile Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federa tion representing teachers in every corner of this province has sought to make citizens of Ontario aware of grave consequences to the quality of education available to students if provincial government ceilings on local school board budgets are rigidly applied The result The professions concern has been inter preted by some as self interest in salary Not so The Federations concern is that a fine school sys tem may become the chief issue in a hardfought election campaign with damage that will take a generation to repair Let us make our stand clear in language The Federations objective and that of its member teachers is to protect the quality of education available to all students in Ontario Spokesmen for the Province have argued that the ceilings will not harm education in any part of Ontario Lets review the evidence and see whether a reasonable parent or citizen can reach the same What are the facts In widely separated parts of this province drastic cutbacks of education services have been forced by the provincial ceiling The direct effects will he felt next fall by about of secondary school students in Ontario Question can communities representing of the provinces secondary school students overlook what is happening elsewhere Some instances In Lincoln County the range of secondary school programs including education will be reduced greatly next fall as teaching positions disappear In Ottawa teaching positions will not exist next fall Because of this a sweeping list of options will disappear for many students Practically all classes will be larger including science and others which demand individual participation and experi ments In Carlclon County one of the hardesthit areas programs that existed even before the crea tion of its county board will disappear teach ing positions will disappear Special remedial teaching will not exist at the elementary level Space does not permit similar details for other areas such as Niagara South Hut since the first state ments of concern other lenders in the community have also spoken up What they say Mrs Harris Chairman County Hoard of Education Finance Committee These reductions in expenditures have been severe in nature and extend to all facets of the system Such action is hound to affect the total system and the Bruce Bone Chairman Metropolitan Toronto School Board I dont approve of the way the Minister brought in the guidelines To arbitrarily impose cent for local wrong March 25 the province without any local problems I think i Jim Forster Metropolitan Toronto teacher com menting on special course options Every dollar that is saved will cost two dollars in future years because they students havent been given the chance they deserve March 25 1971 Fiona Nelson Toronto School Board Trustee I declaim against the arbitrariness of the situation Its a refusal to think Mr Chapman York County Di tion in budget meeting We w the Department and change the trouble Feb 1971 Mr Jack McKay Past Chairman York County Hoard suggested in a budget meeting that the board pursue its efforts to meet with the minister Mr Welch and keep the pressure on Feb 1971 arent in letter to Editor of agree 100 per cent with the should be removed from poll- What can be done The Province insists that its uniform ceiling will have no harmful effects feels that the above evidence paints a different picture for at least 200000 students Therefore teachers believe that elected members of the legislature should have the oppor tunity to assess the evidence through the can you do As a concerned parent taxpayer or student the time has come to ask your local your elected trustees and your local teachers Whats happening in our community both now and next year Bring your questions to a public meeting on Wednesday April 21 at 8 pm in Richmond Hill High School auditorium Presented by The Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation District 11 on behalf of concerned citizens and parents