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Page 4, Whltby Free Press, Wednesday, October 11, 1995 Tr.Ustees todc e fate f AIDS bookiet By Mark Reesor Durhiam publiceschool board trustees were to decide last niglit (Tuesday) wliether to, adopt a bookiet on AIDS and other exually transmitted diseases. A standing committee last week voted 7-6 against adopting the material,-whicl is adesigned b lielp Grade 11-OAC teachers beach and answer questions about the subiject. Self and Society' program coordinabor Mfike Brousseau put the Reduoe the Riwk bookiet bogether, uiiEngOntario Ministry of Education material as a guide. He started work on it in 1994 and rovised it tliree times in response ta comments frombthe board's family life education advisory Comiittee. 14. commentd later that it was "ironical" that during AIDS education week, "a small special intorost group ini Durham lias managed to prevent an Afl)S and STD education resource from being distributed to the beachers of senior students in aur higli schools." Brousseau says the- document received ratinges of very good ta excellent from "random groups" of studonts, parents, teachers and the Mfinistry of Education and Training, which mandates AIDS education." The board lias had a mandatory "abstinence resource" since 1992, ho says, but without curriculum "we cannot reacli the 50 per cent of higli school kida sini Durham who are sexually acti e and thereforo at risk. "This group (~me 50 people turned out for the meeting, with mast opposing th. bookiet) says 'just say no' or ftop.' I hope tbis works in Durham; it hasn't worked anywhere else in North America." Most of the /trustee and public opposition ta the document centered around a question-and-answer section, marked ."teacher information only," on homosexuality. Whitby trustee Doug Ross, who voted against adopting the bookiet, was concerned teachers would use the material in the classroom and fou.nd the material too graphic. "If I talked this way in my workplace, Fd be sued for sexual harrassment," he argued. Fellow WhitIby truste. and board chair Patti Bowman disagreed, arguing that the document was "btter tban what we've had in the past" and that teachers will teacli from other materials, which haven'b been approved by the board, if this one is't adopbed. Parents are given the option of removing' their children from fazily 1f. courses if they object ta the maberial being bauglit.. Muslîm centre oens in Whtb What lu described as North Americas fit Muslim welfare home ham opened in Wbitby. An open house will b. held at the home, located in what was formerly Pugsley Manor, at 452 Dundas St. E. (just east of Beaver Lumber), on Sunday, Oct. 15, il a.m. ta 4 p.m. The home is operated by the Muslim Welfare Centre in Scarborougli which runs a food bank and,"essential items bank." That centre serves about 500 needy families with groceries, furniture, cutlery, etc.,- on a monthly basis. The centre's motta is 'Service to humanity is service ta Allahi (God).p "We serve the needy, irrespective of religion, nationality caste or creed," says centre president Muhammned Abbas Ali. V-E dîsplay vandahized By Mark Reesor A cisplay honouring Canadian veterans who liberated the Netherlands during World War Il was badly damaged by vandals recently. Built by King Street resident Cor Vanessen to mark the 50th anniversary of the Victory in Europe, th. display included a large, handcrafted wooden windmill, Canadian and Netherlands flags, and a aign thanking Canadian veterans. Vanessen says he noticed the flagpoles laying in the street on the morning of Oct. 1 "and then I went out and saw that the side of my windmill had been smashed, apparently with a beer bottle which I found nearby. "The vane was completely broken off - that's about an inch and a half thick and about six ta, eight fiches wide... they really did a job on it." The railing and other items were also damaged, lie says, adding that it took two days just to repair th. windxnill. "I had ta shorten it for the time being and Ill probably have to, make a n.w on. in the spring-," lie says. "The police said to me 'what's the value?' How can- you put a value on it? I spent maybe' 200 hours building the thing.*.. and I dedicated it to the Canadian veterans and then you get this... It's sad; if people get a thlijl that way, we'r, in a sad state." Vanessen, aged eight when the war ended, and a Toronto radio personality raised enough money from the Dutch community ta send 54 Canadian 'veterans ta 501h anniversary Victory in Europe celebrations earlier this year. Vanessen himself couldn't afford ta go but planted tulips and put up the display as bis personal tribut. COR VANESSEN is shown last May with his display commemorating the 5Oth anniversary of the Victor in Europe. 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