The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

"Scugog"s Community Newspaper of Choice" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, December 18, 2001 - § Lessing Suugog into the future Yvonne de Wit Who: Yvonne de Wit Age: 41 Background: | grew up in Scarborough and then | moved to Pickering when | was an adult before moving to Scugog. | went to the University of Waterloo for a Bachelors Degree in Mathematics and then after | received my degree | went to York University and completed my Masters of Business Administration. | have two children, Laura James (15) and Bryan James (11) and my husband is Ron Gordan. Past work experience and how did you get interested in municipal admin- istration? After | graduated from Waterloo | worked with the City of Scarborough in the finance department, the information technology depart- ment, the public works department and the buildings department. After the amalgamation of Scarborough and Toronto my job was going to be moved to downtown Toronto so | came to Port Perry. | started to get interested in municipal administration when | worked in the information technology depart- ment in Scarborough. I discovered that municipal work offered a tremendous variety of diversity and you make a dif- ference in serving the public. Current position with Scugog? | am currently the Chief Administrative Officer and 1 received the job two years ago. | sent in a resume to see if there were openings in any senior manage- ment positions and (former Clerk- Administrator) Earl Cuddie was consid- ering retirement so | got the job. What are your impressions of Scugog since your arrival? There is a unique mix of urban and rural life. There is a mixture of strong heritage but a lot of progressive thought so there is a lot of opposites and blending. There is a very unique lifestyle and tremendous activity in this community. Describe some of the changes that NICK BRONSON / PORT PERRY STAR Yvonne de Wit's Scugog Township's Chief Administrative Officer. She joined the municipality two years ago and looks after the day-to-operation of the township. you've helped institute? | helped the township take a more pro-active approach to our budget programs, plan- ning programs and strategic plans with council and with the community | helped the Township move ahead in technology, computers and we now have a website. We have also improved communications with the public and improved the standards of our commu- nity. Any major changes in the next five years to be expected? | would like to see a new municipal office constructed, enhanced recreational facilities like the outdoor pool, a second ice pad, an indoor pool and improvements to our roads. Do you belong to any community groups or organizations? | am not part of any community groups, but | am a member of the Ontario Human Resource Association and the Municipal Administration Association. That was 15 minutes with Mrs. de Wit. Thanks Yvonne. Nick Bronson is a Port Perry High School co-op student working at The Port Perry Star. CARPET CARE Merry Christmas and 24 HR. SERVICE re a 2002 (oF: 1/9111] | wn 905-852-7322 = go UUARE PIZZA, SUBS Durham teachers grab their picket signs again, protest in Oshawa By Rik Davie Port Perry Star Over 200 teachers from all four major bargaining groups in Durham Region turned out at the offices of one of the Tory party lead- ership candidates last Thursday to fire the first salvo in the latest battle between Ontario teachers and the provincial Conservative government. Members of the Durham public and Catholic secondary and elementary teachers' unions picketed the offices of Jim Flaherty to protest teacher testing proposals and what Ontario Secondary School Teacher Federation Local 13 President Shelly Paige calls "the funneling of tax dollars out of public edu- cation." Ms. Paige said that moves by the provincial Tories, led by Mr. Flaherty when he was Finance Minister, to give tax cred- its for private school tuition fees are going to be "on the backs of stu- dents in the public area." "The tax credit amounts to the diversion of public tax dollars to private schools," Ms. Paige said. "When you couple that with the fact that while we are bracing for cuts to edu- cation and health this gov- ernment still plans tax breaks to the corporate sector, well someone will do without and. it will be students." The other main focus of the demonstration is teacher testing which Ms. Paige calls "unfair at every level." "We (teachers) are THERAPY & | COUNSELLING Dr. Bill Eull, Ph D , C Psych Psychologist Joyce Eull, R N Psychotherapist or are mn crisis because of trauma or abuse. North Durham Professional Counsellors 188 Mary St., Port Perry 985-1130 « 1-800-253-0181 °° &WINGS Wear Si, [Pont [Pein 905-985-8448 WE DELIVER TO THESE AREAS - Port Perry, Blackstock, Nestleton NR TALTS [Rats BRS TaTe Lo [48 LIA eM @ 1 aTatal 0 Ts aL, OM 0 J {Tots I =f sL:Xe 124) Scugog Island 8 piece pizza nt 1item /2 1b. wings and garlic bread 14 pie A QUE GRE [RIS BR ITR Te EO. Se I= 1 [Tal ba =F=10 | ol Seij00t 8 going to face testing every five years," Ms. Paige said. "That amounts to being in a permanent state of pro- bation for our entire work- ing careers." Ms. Paige said that the province may have to con- front teachers at some point over testing. "If we, as a whole group, were to refuse this testing, then, as | read the rules, they (the government) would have to try and decertify us all," Ms. Paige said. "Let them try!" Another bone of con- tention for Durham teach- ers facing testing is the courses required to re-cer- tify. "Those courses will be offered by our own board (Durham District school Board),". Ms. Paige said. "We will be charged a fee by our own board for the courses we require to keep our jobs. We will be charged a fee to work here, in effect." "This is not the last of the grenades (outgoing Premier) Mike. Harris lobbed into the Commons before he left last week," said the local OSSTF pres- ident. "We will educate the public on the dangers hete and work to protect the system." No] 7078123007010) 10 2A OF 1X 075) 01 nk cil hs TeX 399 Queen St., Port Perry gionemoor 0, od v bare gett? Open 6:30am to 6:00pm Available 15 months to 4 years. Limited Openings in other ages. 2 1/2 yrs. - 12 yrs. Openings now available in Nursery School & 6 hr. a day program - (Qe Naxar for more info 909- 3 tes 20 tel 00) WOODTECH ) {Custom Cabinets "< ' Would like to thank our customers for another great year and we wish you a happy holiday season. 20 piece pizza With 1 item 11h. wings & garlic bread 28 piece pizza with 1 item 11h, wings & garlic breaci S=699