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p4 weekender november 61993 mst domms contempt of court could abort justice the police investigations into karla holmolka and her hus band paul teale were among the most sensational this coun try has ever witnessed by the time karla holmolka was to have her day in court print and broadcast media cov erage had become a frenzy and the public stood right behind them demanding as much information as they could gath er but the crown attorney asked for a ban on publication of all proceedings at holmol- kas trial and it was granted the crown argued that releasing evidence about hol- molkas case might prejudice a jury against teale denying his right to a fair trial the american media on the other hand face no ban on pub lishing or broadcasting details viewpoint paula crowelh of the case to the american public when the tabloid show a current affair aired a segment on holmolka the canadian carrier of the pro gram substituted it with a rerun but people with satellite dishes were able to pick up the show one such person gordon domm videotaped the pro gram and made 50 copies he let the public know the copies were available and they would begiven out to the most worthy recipients domm is breaking the law domm is also a retired ontario provincial police officer while he breaks the law he collects a pension paid for by ontario taxpayers on a radio program this week domm argued that peo ple who requested tapes fear holmolka will be released before teales trial ends and before details of both can be made public but how do we know that what a current affair ran is true or that holmolka will be released before teale is tried or that holmolka would com mit another crime once released clearly as the court sees it now domm is in contempt of court no matter what his rea son for doing so by distributing meet new public school board director dear editor an important educational event will be happening at but- tonville public school on tues day nov 30 york region parents will have an opportunity to meet the per son who is at the top of the york region board of education mr bill hogarth he is the newly appointed director of our local board parents all over have been ask ing for more out of their educa tional system but often are unsure of how to approach their school or the system here is an opportunity that all local parents and teachers should not miss if we truly believe there is a need for dialogue about how our school system should change we all must stop abusing those time honored excuses of no time too busy or it wont make a differ ence here is a chance to discuss issues we have ranging from strategies used in the classroom to standards and accountability to over all philosophy many parents diligently get involved at the local level through parentschool groups such as the buttonville parent liaison group plg and this is imperative we also need to deal at higher levels and parents have an excellent opportunity to listen and ask questions of the editors mail person who has a dramatic impact on the education our chil dren receive it promises to be an informa tive evening and i trust you will see the value of this and make every effort to attend the session will be held at the buttonville public school on tuesday nov 30 starting at 730 pm see you there john martin buttonville is nowlhetlme to discuss change id our social programs adam by brian basset the videotape he may hamper teales right to a fair trial furthermore his actions could throw the justice system off the rails aborting the crowns case against teale domms tapes should be seized and he should be fined for his actions and be forbidden from using a satellite dish and if the crown attorney who rep resents the best interests of the public insists that the ban con tinue so be it we will know soon enough the details of these crimes markham economist and sun stouffville tribune uxbridge tribune weekender edition a metroland coram uni ry newspaper patwciapappas publisher jo ann stevenson 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banner contents not to be reproduced without written permission from the publisher contract a concern dear editor i am writing this letter to voice my concern over the social con tract act and the longterm impli cations it has upon education in york region it has been several months since the social contract act took effect yet the consequences of its man date have yet to be seen to any great extent in the education sec tor the main reason for this is that local negotiations have yet to be settled however i am troubled by two possible solutions to meeting the social contract subsectoral target within york region the first approach has been to increase class size significantly while it has been suggested that this may be one possible solution to cutting spending the longterm effects could be devastating upon the education of our children i have heard both parents and teachers voice their concern over this policy it is perhaps the one issue teachers are most concerned with yet the york region board of education made a unilateral move to increase class size last june prior to any social contract guidelines some elementary classes are already approaching 40 students and could become larger over the next several years this is particu larly disconcerting since many schools have had classrooms built to hold much smaller classes the second issue has to do with another approach the york region board of education is trying to use to meet the educational target of the social contract they have decided to place a majority of the burden of the social contract upon the backs of relatively new teach ers that is teachers with less than ten years experience of the several avenues they have to meet the target they are attempting to convince the federa tions that the best approach would be to freeze the experience incre ments since it takes 11 years to reach the top pay category any teacher with less than 11 years experience would not receive their experiential raise for the term of the social contract in addition the three year loss of experience would not be regained at the end of the social contract making the experience grid 14 years in length however teachers with more than ten years experience are not affected by the deal the board is attempting to get accepted while the results of this approach may not be as devastat ing as the increase of class size it lacks equity and makes young teachers feel mistreated and vic timised it is a simple injustice to make one portion of the teaching profession pay for the social con tract young teachers bring fresh ideas and energy into the profession many of them do a great deal of extracurricular activities but with such an inequitable agree ment staring them in the face they could feel abused and may lose the motivation it takes to be a good educator in addition it is the young teach ers who are just starting out in life and have purchased homes recent ly or begun a family unlike the more experienced teachers who may bemnscathed by the agree ment the york region board of education is proposing the longterm effects either one of these approaches could have on the education of the next genera tion have not been considered by the york region board of educa tion or the new democratic party name withheld bhadurias win reflects change dear editor jag bhadurias recent landslide victory in markham as a result of liberal sweep in the federal election last monday indicated that pub lic trend is changing you cant fool everybody all the time in the high tech society of today multiculturalism and liberal trends are the only way to keep the globe as one unit the collective experience of all the cultures will be more rewarding to canada there are other candidates from visible minority groups across the country who will be joining bhaduria in the house of commons they all represent canadas diversity and there is unity in diversity lets hope these members of the house will help put the country back on the track and create tolerence among people of different ethnic back grounds in jobs and other sectors of the economy by giving a little push to the economy in the right direction there is bound to be a speedy recovery jogendra kalra markham