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p2weekenoer november 251995 sn stouffville daycare centres ignore provincial closures while hundreds of day care centres across the province planned to close yes terday friday to protest provincial gov ernment cutbacks it was business as usual for stoufiville area child care agen cies none of five centres surveyed by the tribune closed their doors in support of the ontariowide stoppage while all expressed concern for the possible effects of the proposed slashing of subsidies and grants to day care operations only one local centre took action the childrens house nursery school and day care cen tre declared friday a day of mourning and sent two staff members to take part in a rally protesting the cuts at queens park shari iitinan the supervisor of the nonprofit centre said staff and children attending the facility planned to picket the municipal offices and stage a march up main st it wouldnt be feasible for our staff or the parents of children attending the centre for us to close said litman lit- man who said roughly 25 of her clients currently benefit from provincial subsi dization said the centre was encouraging parents to join the protest she also expressed concern that cutbacks in grants to centres would jeopardize salaries of employees but she said she doubted the cuts would cause her centre to consider closing were not greatly affected by subsidies eniza maaboob administrator of the privately run dickson hill day care nursery agreed that inconveniencing kids and parents wasnt the proper way to express concern over provincial cuts she said the cutback issue has led to confu sion and over reaction people are either misinformed or just flying off the handle she said she said it was her understand ing the cuts would only involve subsidies given parents who had found work through the previous provincial govern ments jobs ontario program but even the ministry contact i talked to wasnt sure if s confusing maaboob said while she has con cerns she agrees with the cut backs she suggested the issue is likely to polarize nonprofit and private centres nonprofit cen tres get more grants arid a lot of their money goes into administra tion we are a private centre and the money all goes back into the kids she said of the 25 full time children attending her centre 25 were subsidized while two are children of jobs ontarioemployed parents she said she would try to accommodate parents affected by cutbacks kim clausen of the non-profit- ballantrae child care centre said she never considered closing for the day while she said shes con cerned about the effect the cut backs will have on her centre she planned to wait and see what form they take before reacting we have no idea how it will affect us around 20 of her 40 clients cur rently receive government subsi dies stouffvilles chicka dee nursery school a private facility with a 40 subsidization rate also refused to shut down heather preece said cutbacks are a fact of life today and that her centre will react as necessary if he mike harris is going to do it hes going to do it said preece im sure it will affect everybody but im still not sure how its going to work stouffvilles my first school day care centre is unaffected by the cutbacks because it is a private centre with no subsidization bruce stapley advertising correction eatons get the holiday mix insert which appeared in this newspaper wednesday november 15 1995 please note the following page 37 stonewashed cotton denim pants should be priced at 4999 page 42 girls fisherprice leather booties with buckle 2299 will be available november 29 also in our mens gift book from november 22 page 7 polo sport fragrance bonus size should read 11ml not 50ml page 13 judostyle terry velour robe price should read 7999 page 21 russel athletic top show at top left comer will be available nov 24 inadvertently the errors listed appeared in our advertising we sincerely regret any inconvenience or confusion to our customers eatons janet g miliaris banister and solicitor 2300 lawrence ave east suite 11 lawrence ave at kennedy road scarborough ontario tel 416 2880887 divorce separation agreements custody child and spousal support wills powers of attorney estates excellent representation at reasonable rates mmvmma why f ace if alone aj calj murray kideckel trustee in bankruptcy t richmond hill 905 8822436 30 wertheim crf free initial consultation