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Yet a high school in (monu- na was fmbkidon to take in tumor girls Ridiculous. yes. but that's much like the York Region District School Board's policy that the some 200 schools under its purview am prohibited frhm having a field trip on mligmus dayx «och afi Rosh Hashanah. the second holiest day on the k'wish (-‘dk‘ndill , [his war. sumo M‘hUOIS wanuxi tn take.- lhrir mull-ms m the Markham Fair. which happens "Hall on Rush Masha- nah. 'lhm's a mum ()ur 'lhomhill n-pum-t spake with Irn Rudner. symkmpemm fur the Cm» Ire fm Israel and Danish Affairs ((IHA) f The liberal newspaper offices ran like the York Region public school board. there would be no paper produced on Rush Hashanah. Shellfish and ham sandwiches would be prohibited in the lunchruom. And during Paswwr. no one could bring in sandwiches at all. mal will be all in the name of acmnr modaung me. the lone observant love working for York Regkm Media Group. Overâ€" ‘board’ with overaccommodation For mnvcmmnal cit-11W“. ity goneratkm. Ontario is pay- ing about 30.004 to $0.006 per kwh. dwemh'ng on lht‘ some. which includes purrhas‘es fmm the United State: at various modes of kxal gent‘mtinn in Ontario. » Mxlmugh no.5 u-ms instead of 6 cents is unconu‘ionabk‘. Liberal F W program will bankrupt us ' Prmfik-r Dalton Mcfluimy is ptuud uf ht.» record on enemy wherein the Ontario taxpayer is supporting alternate and green suun‘m such its solar IN and wind turbines under (he‘lljh- vmls' HT and Mk'roFTY pro- grams. Ht: ts. htmevvr. hiding an inconvenient truth. lhe l-‘l’il pmgmms generate energy that. when delin to the unnum- er. will bankrupt us all. Using MirmFTI' as: an éxanr pie. Mr. McGuimy is paying solar gemramrs 80.5 cents per kwh generated. LEIJERS TO THE EDITOR )1 N1 N [his is 1hr highest rate [or elerlriuity paid anywhere in the wodd. and has the pulvn'tial m bankrupt the primitive. While we all simuld support a modest pn-mium fur glut-n emrgv. the Liberal approach does not meet any sensible cri~ lcria. MI. McGume never speaks about this economic outrage. preferring to talk about how “pnmsiw” has ggwemnxr-nt AIJAN BOWMAN .vuzxnkxu Wnth these additional charg- as on our bills. we am actu- ally paying more than $1.70 per kwh for micml-l'f power. the economic reality is actually much since our hydro 'uwoices then mark up genâ€" eration cost with six additional charges the adjusxed charge. the tune of use charge. dwdelivcry charge. the negula~ tory charges. the debt retina- mcm charge and the HS 1‘. You can mad [em-rs. mlunms and 510116 fmm 77:0 Sun» bum on mrkregx'onrom [m the principal make an cxcéu Live decLskm as to whether them are enough people afiecled to justify can- celling trips. mums or concerts, If this rumm policy is alkmi to continue. among many things wv frat for the few Jewish kids in Newmar- k9! is they may be “muted-and made the but! of stitchâ€"ring and harsh looks when other kids take out their fiustra. dons panimlafly if the Icwish kids Instead M a blanket rule. why nm apply” this policy on a case by case. school by who"! basis? ' It seems unfair to ban childrvn whn anen'l lewkh from taking the‘tmditinn- al. educatkmal trip to the fair. basketball team to its annual weekend sports camp w even though more am no kwwh girls on the team. ~ Dave Gordon it'd be a different story altogether if a teacher intentionally planned an exam on a lewish holy day and disallrwved a makeup exam. So too it would be a dilv fetent story if a designated educational lesson developed from the Markham Fair trip; from which the lewish students. would he disadvantagul, Both wrmld be unfair. but neither has happened. What this is. is a of rare. unfortunate timing even though one muner minim it’s a case of needing better calmdars. Not to waste a multi~culti opportu- nity. a loral councillor has proposed cre- ating a faith calendar for Markham that lists the xignificant holy days. intimating this worth ensure there are fewer schedâ€" uling mnllicts in future. But there exists such a calendar. put out by the. school board. given to each student and can We do understand the students who will [eel left out if a few hundred mth schoolmates am having a great time on a field trip. As for the lcwish children who choose to attend synagogue. it's up to their pamnts to instill in them the respect for and appmciation of observing this spiritually important day. would ()ttwrwise only make a token Visit In their Temple. We also hope that field trips aten‘t cancelled for an emit? month when the Muslim fast of Ramadan lands during the school year. 6290 Mom 51 StouMIe.ON. [M 167 mprktegmoom PUBLISHER Ian l’raudfoot We understand the Yuri \(‘hnnl hoard doesn't want rules for one school and not another. ()neâ€"siIbfiIS-all is fine tm many policies -~ zem tolerance for hulâ€" lying. banning nut ploducts, appmpriatt- clothing and so on. The board duesn't want to appear hypocritical or mums». tent. But going overboard with religious semm‘l‘ltjes to make Gentiles ()lmn't‘ lMsh how davs? MW'SWWGWRW WWLMMJMWMCM Recall. it was Halfax, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgvrs. who sat out a World Series game in 1966 when it fell on Yom Kippur. the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. 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