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a10 tribune february 22 1989 guests from france dicksons hill the staff students and parents of students at dicksons hill public school are looking forward with much anticipation to a visit from 21 children from strasbourg france its first program of its kind in york region perhaps ontario t- the boys and girls accom panied by a teacher and three parents will arrive may 7 arid re main three weeks theyll be billeted in area homes it all began as a penpal pro ject explains staff teacher michael oreilly the pupils decided to take it a step further and meet their canadian friends personally he says the strasbourg students raised between fifteen and twenty thou sand dollars their dicksons hill hosts are equally excited various fund- raising projects are planned so they can show their guests a good time trips proposed include visits to niagara falls the cn tower and ottawa the strasbourg children are ages 10 and 11 equivilent to grade 6 here mr oreilly explains at this point its not an ex change he says he notes because dicksons hill is totally french iminersipn their guests should feel right at home itll be a wonderful ex perience for them and for us he concludes piano lesson tax protest filed a tax on piano lessons ridiculous says louise clarke president of the ontario registered music teachers association markham branch a figure of 18 percent has been mentioned miss clarke said many parents are upset over this she stated a meeting with markham riding mp bill attewell is set for this friday at 1030 am in his constituencyoffice at unionville miss clarke says all teachers regard music instruction as an education with credits available in grades 12 and 13 in addition to course majors at university she said the teachers protest will be supported by a lengthy petition toot for trains stouffville inadequate use is being made of cn and cp rail service particularly in the golden horseshoe area surroun ding metro toronto this is the feeling of an organization calling itself the think rail group with member ship located mainly in southern ontario they want to improve facilities now available in an effort to lessen traffic congestion leading to and out of toronto the report over the signature of j van den andel of burlington plus correspondence from the town of fergus won support from whitchurchstouffville council feb 14 mayor fran sainsbury sug gested improved train service could help relieve congestion at pearson international airport and lesson the need for a second facility in pickering councillor doug aues said the present infrastructure highways were being taxed to the limit this he said could be eased through improved passenger and freight transport by train councillor margot marshall said train travel remains very popular in europe in north america its a matter of educa tion she stated