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A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 31 No. 109 Canada $ Best Conmantty /wazyer Jargonâ€"filled document draws wrath of public _ school trustee By ANGELA BLACKBURN Oakville Beaver Staff After the Halton Board of Education aimed to eliminate jargon during last spring‘s Education Week, a jargonâ€"laden © planning document from director Bob Williams drew heavy criticism from Ward 1 trustee Lynne Clark. The criticism came at the first â€" board meeting of the new school year Thursday night and saw IDE .Clark press for the report â€" the board‘s Toward 2000 strategic The Last Hurrah? Theenreerofgolfiegâ€"’ k e Admitting it was laden with i jargon, Williams said, "On purâ€" { pose. It‘s our language." | Loblaws, Food City, Kmart, _ Board chairman Dave Coons [ Canadian Tire, AP, likened it to a planning document : Biway, Aikenheads drawn up in his own insurance * business that contains insurance ,} FRYUMITEDV (Sge ‘Education‘ page 4) ; 8.0%° ; m 0 '; 100% Government Guar_ameed Strip Coupons Maturing in 2003 By HOWARD MOZEL Mark Slipp Oakville Beaver Staff ~ (416) 359â€"4633 mm mm * Rates subjéct to change Anyone who has attended a : municipal budget meeting knows C Canadian Publications Mail that talk of taxes is usually heated ; Product Agreement #435â€"201 and hostile. Wednesday‘s public i information forum on recommenâ€" ! : â€" HA ; e e ht 4. s , Jn / > Today‘s Paper Hope for Bosnia | mission vvvvv planning document â€" to be rewritâ€" ten. "If a member of the public reads this, no one knows what we‘re talking about," said Clark, asking, "Can this be rewritten in a format that is jargonâ€"free?" The answer from Williams was "No." While Clark claimed that a member of the public would not have a clue what the document means, Williams said the docuâ€" ment is a planning one aimed at board staff and administration, not the general public, so it‘s in the language used in the education business. end Jack Nicklaus is winding down and the man who designed Glen . Abbey probably won‘t. be competing in many . more Canadian Opens after this one. Nicklaus, . _ who shot a firstâ€"round 76 Thursday, concedes he only agreed to particâ€". ‘ipate this year because his son, Gary, was playâ€". ing. For more on the Open,see page 19. BURLINGTON DRY CLEANERS q Ne 1J J : Nolimit. EmlesSq:x 18g93. 200 North Sarvlce Rd. (41 3 |ms ron)e 827-7866 I L2290 Lakeshore Rd. W. SUNDAY, SEPT:12, 1993 28 Pages 75 Cents (GST included) Tax reform meeting reflects spirit of compromise dations by the Citizens‘ was rarely in evidence as most of 3â€"bar unit. 15 high. 46â€"0011â€"4: Reg Aâ€"bar unit, 21" high. seâ€"0040: Reg: 44,99” Committee on Property Tax Reform, however, was quite simâ€" ply a continuation of what one resident called "an expression of democracy." The rancor WblCh almost always accompanies tax debates those in attendance focused on fineâ€"tuning the exhaustive report rather than making impassioned pleas on behalf of beleaguered ratepayers. Not long into the meeting it was obvious the crowd recognized the Committee‘s findâ€" ings were the best solutions â€" or at least an encouraging start â€" to inequitable property taxation in Halton. The Committee was formed in March to study alternatives to the contentious regionâ€"wide market (See ‘Seniors‘ page 5) WINDOW BARS 1/2 PRICE ,;| 2â€"bar steel unit: 24â€"42" wide; 9"high. Hinged. 46:0010â€"8 7.99:.s.:. .x. 18 99 €2 °9 4 93 NDS ON HARDWARE WEEK! $ 1499