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Halton Hills school board trustee Ethel Gar- diner is heartened that the Minister of Education, Gerard Kennedy, is paying attention to the unrest © with the Halton District School Board. In May, five trustees wrote to Kennedy to ask that he intervene and appoint a supervisor after a 6-5 vote of trustees drastically changed the way the board operates, prompting the director of education Dusty Papke, to abruptly resign. The letter was signed by Gardiner, Burlington trustees Debbie Downs and Janie Hames, and Mary Chapin and Kelly Amos of Oakville. Since then, Gardiner said she's repeatedly kept calling the Minister and his officials, but hadn't heard anything until she read in a news- paper interview that Education Minister Gerard Kennedy and his ministry will look into the controversy dogging the Halton board, includ- ing the reported $600,000 severance paid to Papke. "It looks like they have been listening and they have been asking questions," Gardiner OTOR PRODUCTS 1997 CROWN VICTORL Rockwood ¢ Wellington/Halton Hills MP Mike Chong says supply management is the way to x . Production at Holly Industries is still down after explosion and fire July 20. See page 10. The New Tanner office will be closed on Monday, August 1 to observe the Civic Holiday. It will reopen Tuesday morn- ing, August 2 at 8:30a.m. said on Friday, adding other trustees have been telling her that more and more people are asking questions about what is going on at the board. "Right across Halton, it appears that people are expressing an interest in the ($600,000 sev- erance) expenditure, I mean, it's huge...I think there an interest and I think the board has to be held accountable for making those decisions," Gardiner said. Calls to the Minister for comment had not been answered at press time. Hon. Gerard Kennedy Minister of Education IT'S WORTH THE DRIVE TOR * 2001 HYUNDAI SANTA FE 80,000KM. LOADED- LEATHER ACTON MOTORS 85321280 First Halton crow with WNV found Rain big help to farmers. The rain can never be too late and within reason, it can never be too much for local farmsers who are facing one of the hottest and driest sum- mers in recent years -- forcing them to face the prospect of lower yields and possibly poor quality for some crops. Perry Hunter, general man- ager of Anthony Acres, a large cash crop operation based on the Fifth Line, said the rain on the weekend was "too late" for the wheat. "We're basically at harvest right now, and we'd be best not to have rain because it would begin to impact qual- ity with sprouting," Hunter said on Sunday as forecasters called for torrential rains for this area. He said the corn and soya beans still need the rain, in any amount. "The last rain we had was last Saturday (July 22) and Continued on page 2 Thief s haul just two chocolate bars Two chocolate bars valued at $3 were stolen from a car parked at a Campbell Court house by a thief who ran when the owner came home at 4:10 a.m. on July 21. The homeowner told police he saw someone in his car in the driveway, but he didn't get good look at the suspect, who he believed was a male. A police dog was unable to track the suspect. a A 'cuppa' on Coronation St. LAST CALL: Wetherby's Jo Lister took a final 'cuppa' in front of the 'street' at her an- nual Coronation Street afternoon celebration on Saturday before she retires this coming week. Hundreds of people from all over Southern Ontario showed up to celebrate the long running British show and to bid Mrs. Lister adieu. - Angela Tyler photo "Confirms virus is in Region' - Ass. MOH A dead crow found in Bur- lington has tested positive - for West Nile virus (WN¥V), the first found in Halton ¢) Region this year. The crow was reported to the Halton Health Dept. on July 15 and it was confirmed with WNV on July 22 by the Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre in Guelph. "Finding a dead bird that is positive for West Nile Virus alerts us to the fact that the virus is in our Region," said Dr. Monir Taha, As- sociate Medical Officer of Health for Halton. "From now until the end of the West Nile virus season is really the time when people throughout Halton have to be careful about protecting themselves and their fami- lies from mosquito bites." There have been no human cases of WNV in Ontario so far this season. Mosquitoes can trans- mit WNV to humans after becoming infected by feed- ing on the blood of birds carrying the virus. 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