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WHITBY FRFE PRESS, WEDNESDAY. JIILY 2. 1986 PAGE 13 FROM PG. 2 Macdonald Commission mentally handicapped, she said the Ministry of Education has had to take on the work of the Ministries of Com- munity and Social Ser- vices. The introduction of English as a second language has been in- fluenced by policies of the-Department of Im- migration and Citizen- ship. These, plus programs in basic literacy, are all add-ons to programs in the regular day school which have had an im- pact on funding she said. In its response to the commission the Durham Board stated they were opposed to having collective bargaining, as proposed in the report, between teachers and trustees on a province-wide basis because of the loss of local autonomy. The commission recom- mended that if agreement could not be reached by a set date, "binding final offer selection end the FROM PG. 2 NEBin by the blade of a plow digging drainage tile trenches. The resulting explosion took the life of Donald Wright, operator of the plow and co-owner of the tile drainage firm contrac- ted to do the job. According to the report, Wright had called TCPL the previous day and requested that the gas lines be located. On Oc- tober 17, a TCPL em- ployee, named in the report as Mr. Burkholder, arrived at the site and began staking the lines so the drainage crew could begin their work. In the subsequent NEB inquiry, held in Willowdale in April of this year, the board found that: FROM PG, 11 Studen one school in each area hosted the guild meeting on the Wednesday of education week, when the students held readings and par- ticipated in workshops with professional writers. Lappin credited San- dra Dean, a teacher at E.A. Fairman, for the idea of the guild. Promising it would be an annual event he said the success of the guild showed "the writing program is alive and prospering in Durham Region." Lappin presented a certificate from the Children's Literary Guild to Chairman of dispute." "You don't get the best settlement that way," Lafarga said. "There is always the potential for bad feelings. "Negotiations are always difficult, but we do get mutual agreements. We have not had any major problems with staff relations." Lafarga said with bargaining at the local level, trustees have more sensitivity to the local electorate. "We're accountable at election time." One recommendation for the Ontario gover- nment to move to 60 percent funding of the approved costs of education sounded good, Lafarga said, but would never happen. "The treasurer (Robert Nixon) has already said the government won't return to 60 percent fun- ding." In 1975 the Ontario government provided 61.3 percent of the fun- ding for education. Sin- ce that time there has been a gradual erosion until in 1985, the provin- ce was contributing only 46.4 percent of the fun- ding. In the introduction to report commissioners note, "Leaders in government, education, and industry have been urging over the past decade, greater invest- ment in our treasury of people, yet the tax- payers' unwillingness to invest more can be felt almost palpably." One of the reasons for this, Lafarga said, is "approximately 75 per- cent of the public doesn't have school children and doesn't want to be paying school tax." In response to the 54 recommendations of the Macdonald Commission report, the Durham Board had no comment on nine; opposed nine; had unqualified agreement on 17; and had qualifications on the rest. iquiry results "*Mr. Burkholder planning to do (and staked the south line in •Mr. Burkholder the mistaken belief that not continu it was the north line, monitor the activit i.e., the one nearest the Mr. Wright, even th drainage tile work. the latter had s *Mr. Burkholder in- that he would con formed Mr. Wright that within 8 to 9 (metr the first staked line was thestakedline. the north line without first confirming it to be The report notes so by locating the on it's own mit: second line. foliowing the acci -Mr. Burkholder did TCPL examined not prevent the related instruction drainage tile crew from training material proceeding to work bas subseqL towards the pipeline revised its instruc right-of-way before both to employees anc lines had been located steps that sbou< and marked. followed in sucb -The oral com- cumstances. The munications between pany has also impr Messrs. Burkholder and employee training Wright were not cording to the r adequate to make Mr. and is working t. Burkholder clearly crease S aware of what Mr. awareness among Wright was doing and employees. t writing the Board Ruth Lafarga. Also representing the guild to the board were Carmen Campney, a grade eight student from Ridgeway Public FROM PG. I1 did ously ies of ough tated me to es) of that, iative dent, its s and and ently ctions d the Id be cir- com- roved , ac- eport o in- afety g its guild School, in Oshawa, who read Un Ami (en fran- cais) and Anita Jap- pinen, a grade eight student from Gran- dview Public School in Oshawa. Crime Stoppers cestify in court. administers the The Crime Stoppers program, one of more numbers are: 222-8477, than 600 Crime Stoppers can be used in the Ajax/ Boards across North Pickering areas; or 1- America. The award 800-387-8477, can be used money is raised tbrough in any area, toll free for tax deductible donations all long distance calls. whicb may be sent to Sgt. Sandy Ryrie of Toronto and Regionai the Durham Regional Crime Stoppers, PO. Police Force writes this Box 54, Oshawa, L1H article to help combat 7K8. crime. A citizen board Patroller of the year Bernie Bushell, a grade eight student at Dr. Robert Thornton Public School was named Durham Region's patroller of the year. Ber- nie was presented with a 10-speed bike by In- spector Bob Brown of the Durham Regional Police. Free Press Staff Photo by SkjarPEpter uouole size (not 100% Draylon Cover a ra9s shown) Brown Tones. 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