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THE ERA Solving York County Slnco DAVID R TERRY CARTER JOHN York education is the system right It appears there Is something rotten In Denmark with the educational system in York Region Another teacher announced he is resigning at the end of the present term from his post at Newmarkets Huron Heights Secondary School This is not the first resignation from that school because of dissatisfaction with both York County School Board and school administration A number of teachers resigned at the end of the term and are teaching in other com munities Only this fall the Huron Heights principal was relieved of his post because of the tack of a suitable school timetable and transferred to mother position within the York administration A number of teachers have spoken off the record to The Eras editorial staff and all have complained of the same things bureaucratic bungling lack of communication between the leaching staff and the administrative staff cur tailment of student and teacher freedom and One teacher said that he was being Inspect ed to death because members of the administra tion knew he was rocking the boat Another teacher described a meeting be tween inspectors and teachers as being similar to a pep talk being given to a high school foot- that is behind at half time This teacher said most of his walked out of the meeting we a adults plying our profession not children pin a game When one or two individuals complain a system it is usually the individuals and the system who are wrong But when ninny individuals complain the same things in the the system Is right If the system In this ease Is In fact wrong then lie system must bo changed It is up to the teachers through their Fed eration to work with the Board and Board thro ugh its administrative stuff to iron matters out For if there is In fact anything rotten In if Denmark it Is really the students who ore stif Free clinics needed to fight rabies OICl John Larko Ontario living in River Drive Pork r year of hit retirement old fi liiappaarlng Ikon Church Bond Head Situated Officials at the Ontario Humane Society shelter In Aurora are trying to cope with the worst outbreak of rabies in years More than two weeks have passed since the problem was labelled epidemic by both local and federal officials and yet the government remains stran gely silent on Auroras request for free clinics to inoculate animals against the dreaded disease While we await the slowmoving wheels of government to churn out a decision It is most important that animal owners have their pets inoculated by a veterinarian A Humane Society official in Aurora was complaining the other day that many persons read the published warn- NEWSROOM NOTES fugs Ignore then play dumb when their pet or child is affected They always seem to think Its going to happen to the other guy but not them the official said Your child or your pet could be the other guy Have your pel Inoculated Make sure you maintain close supervision over your child when hes playing outdoors especially if you live in a rural area Rabid animals sometimes wander up to children and mistaken for friendly pets until they bite Meanwhile we hope the free clinics request ed first by Aurora and now by East will be provided quickly THE Readers ERA li roitrvid lor Iht opinions and drawing of rad- foil frit to a long All oik It that you Includt our and The Georgina tax debate the other side Don Bernard Article it aged King historian Editor May I con gra I he very Mrs Eliza both Glllhams talk to Aurora and District His torical Society last Thursday The article by not fail to be highly llfylng to Mrs I think both it and the photograph were very confident that it will meet with a wide spread demand and ap proval ERIC public should Their prompt is one thing a politician hates to do and nothing provokes normally passive citizens into angry rebellion like taxes Georgina Township council is learning that bit es have jumped considerably the headaches for the present council In fact the old council used up who for various reasons rally against the council And there is little doubt that people aroused in the township But what arc the facts behind the tax increases Most people fait I reluctant to publicly present council to pick i The road budget is another point in ques tion Township spent over on roads this year Seventy per cent of that budget was for subdivision roads not used by a maj ority of the tax payers These roads were sub standard and had to be improved In fact there were few safeguards in cither or North Gwillimbury against deve lopers pulling substandard with the mun icipality left to fix Ihem up Most have grievances against the council and used higher taxes zoning and oilier issues to air them For instance Joe Dales former North reeve claimed the province was holding up North official plan The facts show that Mr Dales was one of the men most responsible for delaying that plan He opposed from the first the idea of an official plan and now he Is wondering what happened with In the former municipalities excluding ton the councils neglected important services In favor of certain not so Important ones was a prime case in point That council built a large new administration building in Pef- the publii meeting held two weeks ago vances They were not ordinary in means They were for the most pari Hob hud in ton and himself a suhdividcr is suing tin Township in order to gel building permits on lots he owns in the old Township of It came out at com initio- last week lint the is holding up tin- permits Mr Garden has failed to bring the road up to standard under an ill with old I I nun ship BILL SMILEYS SUGAR AND SPICE Bill finds out about a rip off their slang For years I thought a hangup was some thing Id had during the war it was what we called the rather delicate situation created when one of your bombs was caught by the tail and hanging nosedown fused refused to drop I had to land with one of these babies dang ling there one day One bounce on landing and the aircraft and yours truly went to glory the only decent tiling I have brightly Oh I dont old Tshirts thai it really fits me doesnt I dont think I need elaborate my lypc She gol house and about other items too pots and pans the only deodorant In 1 wbank but the airstrip fiat on his face a Now of course hangup is almost old hat in younger circles It means anything from an obsession to a minor worry You can be hung up on the other sex on drugs on school work finally balked really does something for Her mother stood her ground a you get your rotten hands off that Jacket Well as 1 said I thought Kim was an artist at ripping off 1 changed my mind when we took her to the city and saw Hie apart she In September apartment wa ive and fridge promised and My daughter Kim home from college last week She was supposed to come home the weekend but the food was so good and she enjoyed being spoiled so much that she stayed the whole week at work It went something like this Oh Mom she told us glowingly really neat It had There were three licdsooms and living room and bath- i month It was unfurnished pretty good ve has an oven that docs not fridge might fetch twelve sale and the handle is The kitchen is like something out of Dick ens The bedrooms arc boxes only with a window There are no locks on the doors toilet doesnt work except when it feels like I Ill never be a wealthy old teacher But Im certainly going to look Into the prospects of becoming a wealthy old slum hole truth were known if animal lovers Canadian spiders they are in clined to develop overwhelming fear of all livestock In some it hmhts up It an read and thev have been known to can out of their skins at the mere all fly washing his feet in the milk is what conns from believing children dog who wept uncontrollably if you as 1 your voice at him lit every admired t to other kids whose mothers my mother ever after with neglected pets whose ap petites render tin in penniless is their inability In no their children It appears easy enough to say no when their childrens de mands ire beyond heir means No dear we cant go and live in Bermuda I dont believe Johnny gets a week pocket money It is when their demands a that difficulties arise If they look like they might say no the child neglected Nobody under veryones against me and youre as had as the rest Dont fall for it mother Next time your child asks if he can have say a hamster dont just stand there stricken with terror Bare jour Jump up to dec 1 make it fairly clear that animal If on the other hand a few nights Christmas you suddenly awaken and feel some thing warm and furry crawling across your face dont panic Just grab it and chuck it at the old- man After all its time he got around to thy damn discipline business