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12 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesda 1990 ay a AS t ¥ 3 TA Does everyone remember the beautiful cake Hanks Pas- tries baked, decorated (all 55 pounds) and donated for the opening of S.A. Cawker Public School? Pictured Is Secrea- tary of the School Advisory Committee of S.A. Cawker Pub- lic School(tar right) presenting an enlargement of a photo of Sam Cawker, School Trustees Joyce Kelly, Bobbie Drew, and student Glenn Thompson with the cake as a token of appreciation. Accepting the photo are Ken and Angie De- Jong, who spent many hours slaving in the kitchen to make the cake as magnificent as It was. Lo, aR £0 ! @ T D.). TAYLOR [=ic. INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. L VEAR 169 North St., Port Perry LOL 1B7 Guaranteed Investment Certificates (Rates Subject to Change without Notice) 985-8416 © (From page 1) Several members of the au- dience questioned the duplica- tion of two school boards, espe- cially in busing students. Mr. Brown and Mrs. Tun- ney stressed that wherever pos- sible, the two boards work to avoid duplication, including busing students. But they agreed there is du- plication and it's often un- avoidable. CAUT committee member Colin Kemp noted that the pub- lic board seems to be paying more per student in busing costs than the separate board. Quoting from the budgets, Mr. Kemp said the public board spent $14.6 to bus 16,000 stu- dents, and the Separate Board spent $6.1 million to bus 13,000 students. None of the trustees ques- tioned these figures, but Mrs. Kelly said the public board has more handicapped students who need smaller, specialized vehicles to get to school, and in some instances, taxis are used. She said combining the bus services for the two boards would not lead to a reduction in the total cost of transportation. As for the implementation of Junior Kindergarten, Mrs. Drew said that Durham has asked for a delay, but the prov- ince has not yet responded to the request. They also cited pay equity, employee health tax and collec- tive agreements as reasons why costs of education are going up. Mrs. Tunney noted that this past year, the Separate Board experienced a strike by high school teachers. She said that during the strike, which was a bitter one, "98 per cent of the calls to the Board office came from people who said give the teachers what they are asking and get them back teaching our kids. "Only two out of a hundred calls were from people who "hold the line." Scugog Mayor Howard Hall, regional rep Yvonne Christie and ward 4 councillor Glenn Malcolm fielded ques- tions on a wide range of munici- pal issues. (The ward councillors from Scugog had not been invited to field questions) Several from the audience wanted answers on whether Durham is going ahead with construction of two buildings as the new HQ; one in Oshawa, the other in Whitby. Mayor Hall said that while Regional council has approved the concept of two buildings, this has still not been officially approved. "It is not a finished issue by any means. The Region is look- ing at expanding the present building" (on Rossland Road) The cost of two buildings has been pegged at about $50 million. Councillor Christie is vehe- mently opposed to the two- building concept, though she agreed that the Region's Social Services Dept. should be locat- ed in downtown Oshawa, be- cause of the demand. In response to another axes could double; CAUT question, Mayor Hall replied that gravel trucks do not pay a premium to travel on local or re- gional roads. They (gravel companies) pay the province, and the mon- ey is supposed to be turned back for road maintenance. As for capital costs for wa- ter and sewer works, the Mayor replied that the money comes from user fees, not the taxes of people who have wells and sep- ticsystems. In response to a question about policies for paving rural roads, councillor Christie re- plied the "Township hard tops roads when we can afford it. This year, we can't afford it." But she did say that the in- terest from the $20 million cash Durham received from Metro Toronto for the shared garbage dump is being used by Durham to pave and repair roads in the northern areas of the Region, which includes Scugog. The meeting lasted just over 2.5 hours. Several people told the Star they felt it was worthwhile; they heard some good answers and some bad ones from the elected officials. In what was a bit of a sur- prise, there were no questions from the floor relating to the Scugog recreation facilities pro- posal. CAUT has taken a strong stand against construction of new rec facilities in the Town- ship because of the cost and im- pact on tax-payers. During the course of the meeting, several people in the audience expressed frustration Turn to Page 13 RELAX & ENJOY ... 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