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c18 tribune november 16 1988 trustee bowes talk enlightens students by kate gilderdale orchard park public schools grade 6 students were an in terested and enthusiastic au dience during school trustee harry bowes presentation on the election process last wednesday the two classes under the guidance of teachers todd bright and steve rensink have been learning about government to make the subject more relevant the teachers have staged elec tions in each class with the students forming parties based on the federal system they results have paid off handsomely with students learn ing to canvass debate with the opposition and expose flaws in their opponents reasoning they discovered quickly the importance of researching the issues thoroughly stressed mr bright peint6wchintz where decorating dreams come true austin tlmfe for new shipments of designer fabric wallpaper in a rainbow of fashion t colours y 100 cotton prints irdm i i deucate laces irom l v ii ju moire irom s 6 jxt yd handprinted wallpaper s s sn louverdrape verticals venetians up io 40 oil iim glen cameron plaza thcxnhil at 7291 vonge st 2 lights north of steeles 7316764 moatueswedsat 9t30am6pm thusdayfriday 930am900pm party leaders gave their final speeches to the junior grades who then voted for their chosen candidate during his presentation mr bowes told students how he became a trustee the qualifica tions required and the difference between running for office and being acclaimed people seek office for many different reasons he noted citing in his case it was the teacherss strike in 1974 however among other can didates priorities have ranged from the extension of junior kindergarten to concerns over in creased use of portables he also talked about the money and time involved in campaign ing pointing out a trustee has to cover the entire area not just a single ward as a councillor does he estimated he and his cam paign workers would cover close to eight or nine thousand homes you have to make sure you cover all the territory and all the people said mr bowes he claimed he prefers to do as much campaigning as possible himself rather than using other people replying to a question from the audience mr bowes acknowledged decisions made by a warm welccmejrxm dtanne leon altaian muter in ifie wuitjc 1938 exhibition and sale a collection of aj casson limited editions bremner fine 60 bullock markham aei 2941104 zt idr 1 i bitocy un j f 1 r cnwmn uawmam wy trustees can be very difficult he recalled a case where the board was asked to pay school fees for a gifted athlete who had to move to another board to receive the training she needed she wanted us to pay for her schooling in toronto he said after she was narrowly turned down the first time she was sup ported on appeal because of our budget limitations were trying to save money so it becomes very difficult in cases like this when asked how it felt to be told no one was running against him mr bowes replied that as a trustee who also serves on two provincial associations it was a joy not to have to campaign because my time is pretty well taken up with meetings 1 dont know how i would have had time to go to them and still campaign whats it like doing what you do queried a student at first they had to twist my arm because i didnt want to run he claimed but in the next two elections people ran against me who i felt had con flicts of interest so it was my obligation to run against them after a while it gets into your blood i really enjoy it however he admitted he wouldnt want to do it if he had a fulltime job you have to work part time or be retired said mr bowes t otherwise you have to have a boss that lets you have a lot of time off i enjoy it because i have the time when asked by another student how many meetings he is ex- pected to attend mr bowesvj- replied although there are only four meetings a month he is ex- pected at he attended 320 last jo- year however he thought the average for most trustees was- between 60 and 80 annually he pointed out trustees could serve their boards for as long as they were elected we had someone in etobicoke- who was trustee for 49 years another question posed ri hopefully was whether they had- had any complaints against prin cipals or teachers we do but there are very few he replied theyre handl- ed confidentially if the interest shown by the grade 6 classes at orchard park is anything to go by we wont have to worry about wholl repre sent the next generation in the- political arena its your ontario gm dealers fullsize power more standard power than ford or dodge 160 hp43lefiv6 engine automatic transmission gauge package rear wheel antilock brakes front stabilizer bar engine block heater 1652 lb749 kg am radio payload nocharge automatic on other specially- equipped models 4x4 power under 17000 1989 chevy 4x4 fullsize pickup baamaamsmbammmuabmaa 5 0l efi v8 engine instatrac shift onthefly4wd automatic transmission rear wheel antilock brakes engine block heater am radio 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