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WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2,1988, PAGE 19 MEETING The Oshawa and area epilepsy chapter will hold their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 8 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at the Kinsmen Centre, 109 Colborne St.W., Oshawa. Dr. Brooker, a psychologist at Oshawa General Hospital will discuss bio-feedback. Cost is $1 for members and $1.50 for non-members. Call 436-3152 for more information. November has been declared as National Epilepsy month. NEWCOMERS'CLUB The Newcomers' Club of Osh- awa/Whitby will hold the Novem- ber general meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m., at the arts resource centre located behind Oshawa City Hall. Women new to the area are invited to attend. Admission is $1. The theme will be a Christmas workshop. For more information, call the Whitby Information Centre at 668-0552 or Information Oshawa at 434-4636. CHURCH SERVICE A Divine Church Service will be held Nov. 6, 2 p.m., in the auditorium of the Whitby Legion, 117 Byron St. S., Whitby. Services will be conducted by Padre Rev. Robert Mansfield, assisted by Rev. Keith Peterson. Following the service, there will be a march past the cenotaph. The public is invited to attend the memorial service led by the Whitby Brass Band and Legion color party. MEETING The Whitby Photographic Club ,will meet on Nov. 7, 7 to 10 p.m., at the Whitby Public Library. Instructional topic will be depth of field. Guest speaker is photographer Mary Ellen McQuay who will display hand- coloring of prints and color design. Tickets are $3 each. All welcome. Call 666-4467 for more information. DANCE Brooklin-Whitby Minor Hockey Association will hold their annual Hockey Sweater Dance on Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., at Heydenshore Pavilion. Disc jockey and buffet. Cost is $20 per couple. Tickets at Peacock Sports or call 668-3684. MONTE CARLO The Kinette Club of Whitby will hold a· Monte Carlo and dance on Nov. 5, 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., at Heydenshore Pavilion. Disc jockey and prizes. Cost is $10 per person. For information or tickets call 666-1754 or 668-8685. MEETING The Whitby-Oshawa branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 7:15 p.m., in the Whitby Public Library auditorium. Guest speaker will be Gordon Crouse who will discuss, with pictures, the history of Oshawa. All welcome. For more information call 723-7460 or 668-8177. ADDICTION AWARENESS A number of activities are being organized in Durham Region for Addiction Awareness week, Nov. 13-19. The theme this year will be "Believe in Yourself, Be Drug Free." MEETING The Parkinson Foundation, Durham Region branch, will meet on Monday, Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m., in room 1002, Oshawa General Hospital. Guest speaker will be Dr. Morton Shulman. Admission free. For more information cal 668-6580. GUILD SHOW Burns Kirk Guild will hold their annual show and sale of arts and crafts on Saturday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Thunderbird golf and country club in Ashburn. Admission will be $1.50. CRAFT AUCTION The XI Delta Ome g a chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will hold their craft auction on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at St. Paul's School on -Garrard Rd. W. in Whitby. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. in the school library. CRAFT SALE Col. J.E. Farewell public school will hold its fourth annual craft sale on Sunday, Nov. 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the school. Coming events By Debbie Luchuk One of the candidates in the municipal election as public school trustee is incumbent Patty Bowman, who has been involved in several committees since joining the board. Bowman, 24, is an artist creating expressionist work, and is a part-time student herself at the Ontario College of Art. Interest in school board government was fostered during Bowman's high school years, when she felt the board needed better communication with schools, teachers, parents and students. At 21, while visiting relatives out west, the suggestion was made that she run for trustee. Bowman feels her strengths are "communication, and a general interest in what is right." Communication is an area Bowman said she has stressed, and will continue to stress, if re-elected. "We need to have some way of measuring when Durham ranks, to find out what needs improving. There's a freshness to survey data now," Bowman said, indicating that she supports tests to determine where the board needs to improve in curriculum, finances and transportation. Bowman says she welcomes parents' comments, suggestions and concerns, even if they are negative. "Three years ago, I said Id rather have people yelling at me than at a walI. I want to know what the problem is, whether I can help or not," Bowman said, adding that parents should be able to complain to their trustees and be assured a sympathetic and effective audience with a trustee. As an artist, Bowman said that she has supported the arts within the board, and will continue to do so in the next board if elected. On busing, Bowman said that she supported the equitable busing policy passed by the board last year, to include trans- portation of all students, including French immersion stu- dents. "I supported the policy when French immersion was an issue in 1982. I supported the basis of equity, recognizing that the program was in place (French immersion). The legitimate cap to the program is facilities, staff. We shouldn't use busing to do it," Bowman said. Bowman blames the ministry's class size definitions for the overcrowded schools, portables on the grounds of even the newest schools. "We have the lower class sizes the ministry mandated, yet the capital allocations (provincial funding) are for classes ~of 30 students," she said. ( Class sizes average 25 students per class in Durham.) "Because we have small class guidelines, we have all these portables," Bowman continued. The solution to the problem, or at least part of it, is to get parents te write the ministry and voice their concerns, Bowman said. "Letters from parents really impact the ministry." The board asked for $47 million for this coming school year, and Bowman said, 'We need every bit of it." The teacher shortage is another source of concern for Bowman. She sees standardized teaching certification across the country as a partial solution te the problem, allowing teachers from other provinces to teach in Ontario. Bowman does not approve of the high academic standards required by most teaching faculties for entrance into education programs. The high marks are discouraging many who could be excellent .teachers, even without the A average, she said. "There are average students who could be good teachers. There has te be a place for desire," she said. To solve a teacher shortage in French immersion programs, Bowman would like to see some sort of program implemented that would enable those teachers interested to upgrade their language skills to teach French. Bowman is quite adamant that The Lord's Prayer should be retained in opening exercises in schools in Durham. "I am against removing it, because it is a tradition, a symbol of Canadian heritage. The Bible represents the symbols of the values schools are based on, and The Lord's Prayer has been a part of morning exercises since 1918," she said. "I never discriminate at the board level against any group. .Children don't have to participate if their parents don't want them to. We didn't remove it for the Jehovah's Witneses (in the past). Even the constitution mentions God in its preamble," Bowman said: She would like the board to make a stand and retain The Lord's Prayer against the legal ruling. Hobby show isideaof Whitby's Ted Curl On Nov. 4 the Hobby Show will be opening at the International Trade Centre in Toronto, "This hobby show was my own idea," says Ted Curl who is quite a fan of hobbies concerning radio-controlled aircrafts. "This is the first of three shows that are done across the country. This one, one in Vancouver in about December and the third again in Toronto, in about March." Bowman: Communication emphasized to resolve issues