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-Orono Weekly Times, Wed4ane-Jun993..-Ta Orono P. S. 3 Pitch team take first in tournament Local school board blocked in collecting developmentfe Alecia Staples .On Friday, June the 4th at Orono Public School there was a co-ed 3 pitch tournainent for local junior sebools of Clarke township. The school who participated were, Orono, Kirby, Newtonville and Newcastle. The teams were made up of School board cuts Summer Sehool program Elementary summer scbool bas been eliminated for-this summer tbrougb budget cuts at a recent meeting of theNorthumberland and Newcastle Board of Trustees. The cuts became necessary due to cuts in grants to the board by the province. Further cuts at the board level reduces the purchase of new computers by balf for the coming term. Fees for driver education, bave been increased and the board has set aside any decision to purchase new portables. Judy Armstrong, chairperson, cali the action a nigbtmare for the board. The proposed cuts were put forth by administration and received little debate at the table. Bob Willsher stated mhat mhe province couldn't change the rule balf-way tbrougb the scbool year. 1 The board decision affects bothremedial courses in which students make up suibjects in ibicb they- have done poorly during the year, and as well enrichment courses in computers studies. The board does lnot provide summer scbool for high school students. Last year a total of 1192 students attended the elementary school summer remnedial program on wbich the board broke even financially. in cuttng the driver education program fun ding it will now cost a student $75.00 for the in- classroom education program and $250.00 for the in-car instruction portion of the program. in total the, board is cutting out the purchase of 130 computers of mhe 300 which were proposed to be purehascd. grades 4, 5 and 6 girls and boys. Eacb scbool played eacb other once and the top two teams went to thefinals.". In the finals Orono defeated Newcastle 14-6 to end up in first place and also to goundefeated. Kirby won against Newtonville to win third place. It was a fun day and everyone bad fun wbether they won or lost. The Orono Public Scbool 3-pitcb teamn. Front row, (left to right): Mark Fletcher, Stacy Scboep, Jobnny Hollick, Matt McGlynn. 1Middle row: Asblee -Hendry, Tyler Robinson, Crystal Crimi, Asbley West. Back row: Mr. Martin (coach), Andrew 'Reid, Shane, Bailey, Megban Crooksbank, Alecia Staples. An Ontario Divisional Court bas upheld the contention of mhe Ontario Home Builders Asso- ciation that a levy to be levied by school boards to assist with- new school costs consti tutes an indirect or hidden tax and as such cannot be charged by school boards., Under the constitution only the federal government bas the aumhority to charge indirect taxes and mhus scbool boards are not in a position to levy the tax on builders. The province in 1989 passed legislation allowing school boards to start cbarging levies on new residential buildings as a means of baving monies for new schools., Some'school boards in the province bave the plan in place and working. Tbe Northumberland and Newcastle, Board of Education bas been considering mhe plan for a number of months and bave set a fee of $2,162 for new residential buildings being built in their jurisdiction, The plan bas yet to be put into place in Northumberland and Newcastle but is before the province for final approval. The Ontario Divisional Court, in its ruling, has alîowed those boards who bave the plan in place and have been collecting development fees- to continue to do so until an appeal ruling is brought down.' The local Nortbumberland and Newcastle Board bad expected to have the development charge in place by the end of the year. It is now thought that the province wilIl appealthe courts decision. Wilf Day, a Port Hope lawyer and school trustee, notes that the' decision of the Ontario Divisional 'Court could affect niunicipalities who now collect development fees. He sees no différence between the position of a scbool board and that of a municipality. Moni.es to West Durham Scouts A Giant Yard and Bake sale i's being held June 12, 1993 at the corner of King and Scugog Streets, Bowmanville from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Re-fresbments arealso being sold. Proceeds to West Durham District Gilwillians Scouts- Canada. story a five billioni dollar woiner. B3ILLIO You. And communities across Ontario. Since 1975, lottery proceeds have been hard at work supporting social service organizations through the Trillium * Foundation, cultural a nd recreational activities and hospitals ail across Ontario. Recently, the total surpassed' the 5 billion dollar mark. 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