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Another lok at ig blaw mae3 f n By Mark Reesor, A bail diamond at the recenthy-opened C.E. Broughten public school'is being removed just weelcs after it was instaled. The backstep, in the northwest corner of the school grounds,. was too close to. neighbo'uriùg' resi- dences and creating "abad situation" says:Durham Board o? Education plant suprintondent Mlke Gra- ha. ."The neighbours have been.'thee for ypars and have enjoyed >a lot of pri- ,vate space itheir -back- yards. away from a - chool' ground zone... so wo're goig te, remove it." A sooer field will llkely,. *be put. in te jreplace thie diamiond, which is ,what Brouhton .principal -Jack Sm yka preferrod anyway, says Graham. "Ho says ho. can :play basbal just!b* brnging out theob-aga and putting them in the field without a* backstop.... rather than what wo -had thoro which is really a fairly elaborate system" Neighbours complained about, the Ianq and noise icreatod ,bypeople gathering in' the larea and using the diamond, ho says.'" They were also upset at people "limbing the back- sto<, which is quite high, atruining the privacy theyr've enjoyed for years m theïr backyards. . . Thoy ,could look in te their backyard, look inte their. windowvs, whatever. I think, it was 'a verybd situation and pretty -wolh tho only way -te resolve it and, still have good neigh- bours was to removo it." It's on. thing for the chli dren te use the diamond during the day, ho sayrs, ME PAGE 23 - Ice-rnm.aking. break,"do.w ný disrupts hoc'kéy sehedul By Mark RomU Anice-malcing equ breakdown -at 'N Arena in Brooklhi 1h minor hockey ý -'f scrambling te, rooi their schodule. *-'ý A chiller tube- ru friday- niglit and iti three weeks before ti 1er can be replaced î ico surface, rebuiht -GScott ofthe r. s and recre dep~arment.given us exclusive ueo ipment The breakdown ,forSd. pad on. tehelp us out.» 11'od cancellation of. the:cl3dù-, ry Utswihalso talc. ias lIeft» led toarn tryouts lu.Brýokl- placeýon Iroquois Park pa ficils ln Saurd Ys'ar two bogining Fridayniht, ganie Daceyof -theWitywhentl,e is scheduledte Miner ckysscationâ.,b-ojltd ptured Parks and roc staff, e -Pýon put tbings will'be opned pad two at Iroquoîs ýehid a littl-e, osays but i. chil- Park, Monday,-it's-nor- "were, goin e o ble te and an mally cloSed- for the holi- manage- it, just throwÎs a séays days - "which- helped uùs giant monkey wrench in al îThiby Out quit. a bit," says Dan- eation cey, "and 'th.Y've almost SEUPAGEPRU ; Junors-aa win Ontairjo titide page 16à - id OPSEU suppor stf on strike. Ontariio's .largest ,public secbtor union bas tecontond with -a strie b yits ow' Méfiibers of the Ontario Public Service Staff Union (OPSSU) wa]ked off the job Tuesday .after contract tak Wlith the, Ontario Pub- licý -Service Employees' Union (OPSEU) broke down hast Frida. ThIe 240- OPSU -mem- bers, five of whom work out of OPSEU's Durham Rogion office iWhitby, provide a variety of technii- cal and support services te the uii on. The- strike is the union's firut ever against OPSEU that itself in .till feelit he effcts of its own srke againat the Onaro govern- ment earlier this yar. That - stike le-tOPSEU debtwhic OPsu spokes- pçsnBarry- Casey said is atte heart of its disp ute with OPSEU. :flxe executive. board, led 4y (OPSEU president)-Leah Casselman,-has the expec- tation th#t 'staff should bear the largo part of that- debt," saidl Casey, an OPSEU staff representa- tive. "Vie were willing te stand pat with, the current afree- ment, but the' employer tabled 40' concessions it wanted from the union (OPSSU).8 SU PAGE 23 Board sends 5' to GeÇrman y in hpes of wining awardý' Five repràqentatives of the Durham B]oard of Edu- cation, including Sinclair Secondary Schoo_1prinpa Kaye Egan, will attedthe, international education, award coremonies .iM*- - er- mn nxt wek., MToDurhamboard.is one -of onlyý soven -i thé world noiit d fSr'the - .pres-ý $32000, *-gVon te .:out-, thi year ' s s col sys-, Sinclair was includod i the nomination as a "school demonstrating the effec- tiveness ' of the, schoolsys- tom." The board was chosien becauso it "reprosents tho best framework for the desired devolopment of schools.n Durham was chosen from among.a short list of 12ý districts in Canada-and tho U.S.* and bas been lnformed it's In tho top thre- for the award, for which the criteria are the "Olympic standards of education,"ý according to, Durham board- staff developmont officer Normi Green. All nomineos wero in- vited te the Sept. 11-12 ceremonios. Joiming Egan. will bo Green, board chair, Audo acoèan, director Grant Yeo and superinten- dont of education/ope- rations Doug Wilson. The foundation isa cover- ing tho coats of. Yeo, Macean 1and .Egan te attend, the ceremýony; Wil- son and Greenle costs, esti- mâted,,.at.,about *2,000 each, will, bé, pai*d- bYthe board. It's &«reasonable oen- .dituro," says board 'air - Audrey 'MacLean, im- that, «woe will bring backi any thousands -and'thousanda oëf 'dollars in work that ýour board is going tobeabie i do for othier fol.. «Wro. going te Germany with tho undersitanding that wo)ro ..markeBting "our boad ndour. ablity te delivýer, for a fee, the pro-7 fessional' devolopment- wo'Ve, got* a lot of expertise thore...1 :7 «Woll bo meeting with an, M ERPAGE 23- 'I Unio against Un0on Broughton0' sbail field to be removed