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IN THE MAIL BAG Says Trustees Survey Insults Intelligence Of Norval Committee and Ratepayers Ontario corn over possibility and a Dear Sir meeting was arranged with Perhaps this Is not the best members the school board to time to write a letter to the mako known our feelings fig Editor because right now I am this action so mad I could spit Then maybe it is a good time be cause I will say exactly what I think I have Just finished read ing the article in your news paper which soys that our so- called representative on the School Board Mr William Law son is going to conduct Our illustrious member show ed up wellarmed with the big guns from the administration office from where I believe he takes his orders and the group of them told us that no decision had been made In this ma Iter not true so far as the strati on was concerned survey of the parents of then proceeded to try and the children in school use us with ridiculous state to find out if they would rather about sewers lot sixes keep their children in Nor vol school with no hope of ex pension and ultimate closure anyway or send them to a school in Georgetown by bus After the work that the com for the and Dis trict Ratepayers put in to make proposed subdivisions In the area which have not been ap proved and the disadvantages under which our children learn We were not confused we were disgusted We all felt as one of our Esqucsing council mem put it that we were get sure that they did the most t a snow Job complete and accurate survey Subsequent to this meeting possible to ascertain the feel of the people in this matter this action by Mr Lawson shows unmitigated gall and Is a direct Insult to tho intelligence of the men and women on that com mil tee and to the people of and District who elected him When the original article ap peared in the Georgetown Her aid slating that the Board was considering closing Norval another meeting of citizens of this area took place in which we elected a committee to re present us to look Into tho mat ters brought up by the Board and the Administrators and to make known views of the people to the entire board This committee has laboured long and hard They have painstak ingly contacted every family possible in this area Including the Peel side of they school the residents of this have done research into sewer district expressed great conUystcms and lot sites they read reams of Informal Ion on education and commun ity environment and they have consulted educators and soc iologists their efforts to look at all sides of the question The result was a brief presented to the board of education for the county of Halloa on April This brief was presented by dlovlsual means to board and took approximately one hour It was masterpiece of logic and common sense and plainly Illustrated the amount of research which had gone into IL I know I was there as a This brief was received by the majority of the board with courtesy and respect The only Jarring notes being the whispering and smirking of two administrators that I particularly noticed and the nit picking of Mr which Incidentally was answer with facts aforesaid brief was presented to the board in written form at the end of the meeting and shortly bo available to th idents of Norval and district as The survey completed by tho committee was made available to the board Obviously Mr has not read this brief nor has he con tacted our committee to SU controversial weed spray St I know Afa SSS wrote to decided to throw It from being deprived our are being well educated Of course I do not expect the teachers who have made these statements to reiterate tbem publicly since It seems to have been the policy of the to weed out those tea chew who have personal opin ions which do not agree with It a own Most people in this day and ago bavo to consider on which side their bread Is butter prior to the presentat ion of the brief which be did not even have the courtesy acknowledge or answer It seems to mo that the school system in our county Is being run by a group of era who in order to justify their existence and their high salaries feel that they have to bring in something new to our schools It doesn matter whe ther it been proven better or not so long as It is now and disrupts systems which arc ready in existence A great many of the parents I have talked to in this area have stated that in talking to the teachers of the schools which their children subsequently at tended public or high school thoso teachers lold thOvey Mr Lawson when you that pupils from form the other board members have measured up as well if of your findings not above the standards of pup- 1 Yours truly lis from larger schools Far Mrs Pearl Guthrie In conclusion I would like to say to Mr that our community school in not only educates our children well but imparts to them a sens belonging In and loyalty their community and gives them a set of values which our world sorely needs today I for one am determined to have a voice in how my own children grow up and since 1 m also pay for it I expect my represen tatives on the school board to true representative of the people not the puppet of an administration seeking to its own nest You may add this letter to your personal Halton County Tosses Out War Defoliant Over riding the road commit tee recommendation to use School symbol In one groups fight for vidual cons deration YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR LAWN AND GARDEN SUPPLIES Coop Standard Seed Contains per cent Kentucky Blue plus Creeping Red Fescue and Red Top Produces thick fine textured Premier Peat Mots tor la gardens and mulching Premier the wood tree odourless moisture holding Sphagnum Peal Moss FERTIL1N Now li lime lor great value For healthier greener lawn this sirmrrer use Fertllln lb bag 3i59 669 Assorted Roses Named varieties of hybrid tea and Climbers In red yellow pink white and two tone Specially priced only Scroll Garden Green ed steel wire no high is above ground Our Garden Border Panels While painted steel wire long high Save now on this attractive edging at Sheep Manure Ideal or garden and shrubs Tax exempt spreader with your purchase fertlliier MILTON GEORGETOWN 8772271 Bono Meal Ideal tor garden shrubs roses and bulbs Tax exempt to it out and use another spray weed killer used as a defoliant In Vietnam camo dor heavy attack by various groups including Pollution Probe the and District Rod and Gun Club and tho Hal ton Region Environmental Pro tection Assoc as dangerous to water especially dan gerous to pregnant women who were said to give birth to de formed babies FIND SUPPORT Road chairman James Swan- borough reeve of Burlington had been outvoted In his own committee when he opposed the use of but found gup- port In county council when he made the motion to use Amine and instead In committee county engin eer Jack Corbett bad staled be would feel better were not used Ho said the spray he suggested the Amine and Atladde would leave the roadsides brown for a longer time but otherwise would have the desired affect on the needs MORE Swanborough pointed out that the new weed killer now okay by council would cost more than the one which had caused so much controversy The total cost for weed Is now Deputy reeve Art Speight of Georgetown was opposed to the switch saying the government said it was safe Why do wo have a weed Inspector and send him to University of Guetph for a course on weed control if we accept bis recommendations be END CONTROVERSY Wilt this stop all con troversy asked deputy reeve Dave Coons Burlington I don know replied Swan- borough but I do know we are not using the famous Vietnam pray Ho Bald he couldn guarantee this one was completely safe but It was generally considered to be safer than LODGING PROTEST Earlier In the meeting Mrs Paul Heron of Oakvda told council aba was strongly oppos ed to the use of and Bold she was lodging a protest for the Pollution Probe group Oakville She said oven If It werent considered harmful lo proper and with proper usage she felt human error in using It might cause harm Warden Frank assured her the county employees who teed it were licensed weed- sprayers Deputy reeve Harry Barret of said he was oppos ed as toe engineer and the road chairman Kinettes Will Sport Purple Pant Suits Georgetown Kinettes mad their nominations for the executive conducted a busin ess meeting and then went bow ling at Sportsman Row after a nomination night dinner April Election night May 13 will take the form of a pot luck the home of Mrs Marilyn Sunnucks One of the items of business was an announcement by pre sident Mrs Donna DIegel that was available for a club costume a purple pant suit with contrasting cost of which would be assumed by each member RUMMAGE SALES PROFIT Mrs Roslno Levy reported a profit from the two rummage sales The money will boost the Education Trust Fund used for the high school bursaries in the foil A motion was passed to pay for glasses for two local child Volunteers agreed to assist the Kinsmen Girls 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