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Page 32, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, May 3.199m LJA Theresa Magee FATHER LEO J. AUSTIN The.Wildcat 'donned bis environmentally-friendlyv duds to attend the «Sorrow, Hp, Joyp presentation last Tuesday in Austin's cafetorium. Grade il and 12 students were treated ta the awareness-raising assembly held iclebration of Earth Day. The. biggest season-openers of the week occurred not in Toronto but in Whitby, Bowmanviile and Ajax. History was made on the fields of Henry Street lgh School lest Tuesday as the first ever girls' rugby team in Alzsti' brief but stellar bisoycmee against the ancienntHenryteaem. Both the junior and senior girls' soccer teams did, some serious damnage i the quiet tawn of Bowmanville. Tii. juniors massacrd their oppon enta 9-0, and the seniors, thoughtfuily asssted b the Bowmanviile team Who km dy scored two goals i tlieir own net, prevailed with a Flappy 431st BRETTE BICKFORD ls shown In 'Queen Elizabeth' attire and Ryan MoKinnon as Hamiet In a dress-up contest held by Sinclair Secondary Sohool students to recognize what would have been William Shakespeare's 431 st birthday.Photo by Peter Nil.., Whitby Fre Press ÙQTreatza Pizza -The Treat You Eat Like Pizza The crust is made of fudge and chocolate .eA crunch. Add lots of Dairy Queen'e soft 0 m seand a combination ofscijofou tpig.Choose from four flavors COOL Peanut Butter Fudge, Strawberry Banana, Smarties®)', or Sko?>2 Candy Pieces. The DQ Treatzza Pizza1" is the only pizza that tastes better cold.' We Treat You Righe' 0 TM Am DO Cop 01995 Am OCo<p.MlsMN Pined nUSA 0, 'SMARTES s a regstered trademarA of Socee des produts Nesde S A 02 SKOW* c a fflered rdemnark used trde cense Dairy Oueir $sloes are proud sponsors o! the Chdrens Miracle Nelwork, which benefils local hospilals for children. A %16,WHITBY DAIRY QUEEN *d» 1003 Dundas St. E. 668-5342 4-2 victory. Exeter Hligh School was the first prey of the season for the girls? softball teain. To ease their rival team's humiliation, the game was called after five innings and a 21-0 score for Wildcats. An 8-8 tie with Aýjax High School opened the girls' lacrusse team's season lest Monday. Not ta be outdone, the unheaten streak of the boys' junior rugby teain continued lest week as Austin decimated Pine The AstinCycling Club is again enlisting both old and new memers, interested "cyclepatha" car se. Mr. Brad.LdeFar Knights, andtheir -aisFr jousting matches and authentic torture chambers - the -Grade il history classes eujoyed it ai lalst Thursday as they traveiled ta the magnficient Medieval *aT Imesi Toronto. The. tireless work of the 1995 prmconimittee is flnally paying off. Tickets for the night of nights went on sale lest week and sales are brisk. The big night is Friday, June 9. The. acclaîmed 1995 grad committee in bard et work. Grad T-shirts, bats and sweatohirts wJil go on sale witbin the next few weeks and the grad luncheon (not ta b. confuised with the May 16 alumni luncheon), slated for Thursday, June 8, will b. a lest hurrah not ta b. missed. Body Image presentation at Austin mle Parent Guld of Father fLe J. Àbstn Catholic Secondauy Sehool peets 'BodyImage and Eating Disorders,' an evenu* for parents,ý on Wednesdy, May- 24, 7:30 p.m., in the school cafetarium, 1020 Dryden Blvd., whitby. For more information, contact Zandra. Parro (evening) at 666-0401, Estela Pion (evening) at 430-7753 or Fr. Michael Loza (day) at 666-2010. Bring a friend. Answers to Whitby Trivia from page 25 1 . Mrs. Robert J. Wilson, wife of a Whitby lawyer, died on Feb. 29,1868. Her husband died on Feb. 29, 1876. 2. The Myrtle Station hotel burned down on. March 29, 1919., Gmndmagrandpa go ýto -schoo BARNEY AND CATHY Tayervisited granddaughter Cheryl Vanderinde, Grade 1 student at Immanuel, Christian Sohool, durind Grandpareflts Day at the sohool recently. Photo by Peter Nils.,'Whitby Fre Prss Educational endrichment By Paul Pagnuelo Ontario Taxpayers8 Federation School boards are struggling with the question of where to cut expenses and how much they can get away with by raising propet taxes. Taxpayers wait with appréhension as they grasp at their threadbare wailets. Virtually every board la Ontario is wrestling wi*th the fact that they really control only a small portion of their overal budget. About 20 ta 25 per oent covers items such as new bookrs, classroom supplies, new computers, and1 school bus trans*portation. Boards 'an only go so far la their quest of continualjy cutting the caste of penc*la and erasers. Itfs tinkering at the edges and doesn't bringte real expenditure savings that are necessary to keep taxpayers at bay. Pressed ta the. wall,. some boards are now taling the axe ta, their budgets by reducinu prgas. Anid this means people. 'rhe oronto board for example bas given about haif <f its 749 educational assistants and another 79 psychéonme ansd social workers their pinkslip as a way of saving $4.3 million. T'rue, some <f these positions likely were not needecL But even if they cut every single one <f tsePositons, the'd stiil b. a long way away from achievmng the expense levels that are needed ta, make the education system affordable. With 75 to80 per cent of their budgets going to salaries and benefits, what trus¶ees should be. eaiig is not just the number of people they employ but what they pay them. Superintendents at the Pool Regioei boar were recently handed a 7.85 per cent salary increase, retroactive ta, Jan. 1. 1993. To cover the coes of these raises, rrt owners in the regin 'il aveto fork over anoter $569,OOO itaxes. (3etting the salary componient in lne -with what 15 affordable and more equitable in relation ta, what other salaried, workers make,, is the only solution ta curbing runaway. growth in dutoncoets. Sttcndata, for Decembei 1994, pute the average teache's salary in Ontario at $49,833. Including professional develop- ment days, teachers spend 1,,092 hours a year in the classroom. On the other hand, the average salaried worloer i the province earns $40,742 annuaily and works a total of 1,739 hours. On an hourly basis, this meaxis Ontario teachers on average earn $45.64, or almost 95 per cent more than the $24.43 hourly rate for ail salaried woekers i the province. Teachers at the top of the grid (about $65,000) get $59.65 an hour. And those executive superintendents over ina Peel Regioei who work 1,540, hours and earn a paltry salary of *119,0 rake i a cool.*77.40 an-hour. 1If you're stunned by thee diamond studded numbers, remember they just deal with saaries. Gold-plated benefit plans are another story on theïr own. No one wii argue with the fact that well educated students benefit society as a whole. And yes, we need good teachers. But there bas ta, be some correlation between wbat we pay, and value, quality, and results. It's an Imsu which no board on its own can effectively address. Gîve your old toys,h clothes and friueto charity nstead of tn i~~uniteoftrwn them away. [-Â,aâwý