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Books under scrutiny by Catholic school board By BFN the Herald The Roman Catholic Board of Education will soon decide whether students will be allowed to continue reading con troversial novels such as J D Sal Catcher In The Rye in school The hoard senior staff will pre sent trustees with a list of about books it approves and a pro cedure parents would follow if they objected to the contents of a book in mid January the board s superintendent of education vices Di says He said the list will consist not only of novels but also evpry other type of book used in the Catholic board schools The board told the ncipal of Assumption Secondary School Burlington at the beginning of the school year not to teach Catcher In The Rye until trustees passed the approved book list The board s communications of Chris Jewell said the board s action was prompted by a com plaint about the foul language ap pearing the novel by a parent But the board t force Bishop Reding Secondary School n Milton and St Ignatius of Loyola Secon School in Oakville not to teach the novel because these schools In Business For Business GSS OFFICE SUPPLIES Georgetown Secretarial Services SI Georgetown 8772282 Florists LIGHT UP THE HOLIDAYS Just send the Seasons Greetings Bouquet 8776901 St Georgetown NORTHVIEW CENTRE Acton quarry wont be named contingency site for landfill By DONNA the Herald Regional Chairman Peter says the Acton quarry in will not be named as a contingency site to host Metros garbage Local consortium Reclamation Systems has an application now being processed by the clal ministry of the environment to approve the Acton quarry on Sideroad near Fourth Line for what local group POWER Protect Our Water and Environmental Resources calls a But chairman sa last Wednesday Halton would use some of the capacity of the Milton Highway 23 and Britannia Road site approved by the Consolidated Hearings Board in February as a contingency site That site is now under appeal but is expected to be approved after a judiciary hearing next February The chairman s suggestion to put the Milton site on the table has yet to be reviewed by Regional staff and then approved by Regional council The Acton site for contingency purposes is not being considered at all As far as I concerned there are no contingency sites other than the one that is going through the approval process Chairman Pomeroy said Each member of the fiveregion Greater Toronto Area committee formed this year to solve Metro waste crisis must name a con site to host Metro s gar bage between 1992 and 1996 Metro last week named the site in Durham Region as a potential contingencv site That Region along vith Peel York Halton and Durham are ex pected to name sites by a February deadline But POWER members say even if the Acton site isn named for short term storage of Metro gar it could be picked as a long term site because of its tonne capacity making five times larger than the four million tonne capacity Milton site RSI wants more than a con site POWER member Len Landry says They are not in terested in Halton garbage Thev want Ontario s garbage want to be the POWER member Rita Landry says the chairman can stop Metro from choosing the Acton quarry because Chairman Pomeroy is not the only one who has control of that site POWER says Metro can ex the Acton quarry propos ed landfill site without s ap proval But Metro Chairman Alan Tonks said his region cannot expropriate property in Halton for a landfill site Halton would have to do that he said POWER may be innocently under the impression that we have the power to find a roach under every stone Halton s chairman said the Ac ton quarry site won be named by Metro and it won be named by Continued on Page i RASPER C A S S ConwofGuitphSI Little Joe the House Rockers plus Mystery Guests Sundays 7 Ages No Cover had already begun teaching it by the time the board received the complaint said Mr Jewell Several Bishop Reding High School students recently complain the board was wrong in ting Catholic high schools from teaching the novel They argued the book s merits be ludged on the foul language but rather on its message They said that students can learn many moral lessons from the book They pointed out that by the end of the book its Holden Caufield says people swear too much But Mr Jewell emphasized that although Assumption can t teach the book now it be allowed to teach it in the future Mr Di lanni said the novel will definitely be included in the list presented to the trustees in January A book makes the list if it is deemed to have literary ment which t necessarily eliminate books that have the word in them said Mr Di He argued students sometimes need to be exposed to foul language in the right context so they can gain a better understanding of other people It Catcher In The Rye is an American classic that is supported by many of the board s teachers Mr Dilanmsaid The English department head of Bishop Reding John Picone agreed with Mr lanni saying I consider it a moral book I think it s great When I read it I really enjoyed it But he also supported the board s review of the book and the other books used by the Catholic schools It s really important to always rethink your rationale for teaching a particular book said Mr Catholic board trustee Irene Mc Cauley t be reached for comment at press time DISTRIBUTION SATURDAY DECEMBER 16th PAGES Christmas on Mars The students at Limehouse Public School perform their Christmas concert Thursday night This boy played a Martian as part of the show which lakes place on Mars This little girl also in keeping with the Martian theme shows all you need Is a tion and you can sparkle doing whatever you want to Herald photos Halton digs for artifacts at dump site Halton s design and construction department will conduct an dig at the Milton Regional landfill site that will cost The Region s director of design and construction Bruce Kitchen said he expects to find remnants of Indian passing through Region and camping for several weeks on the Highway Britannia Road area site Thev re not anticipating anything that is the magnitude of Crawford Lake Mr Kitchen said Crawford Lake in Milton is a site where an entire Indian village was unearthed by The Consolidated Hearings Board last February approved the Milton site for Regional landfill telling Halton s staff to dig for cultural remnants before using the almost four million tonne capacity site The actual cost of the dig has to be confirmed in a vote by Regional council next Wednesday but is expected to approve the dig ordered by the provincial govern ment Mr Kitchen said any artifacts that turn up at the Milton site will go to Halton Region Museum Test digging at the Milton site has revealed rock shavings that date back to buildings constructed 250 to 300 years ago The provincial ministry is suggesting some tifacts could date back years Mr Kitchen said Safety tips from Are department I Mayor talks about towns future Pg3 Blue Fins make waves PP 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