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The Oakville Beaver, W e d n e s d a y M a rc h 20, 2002 - A 3 Catholic board boosts number of student reps Broader representation needed By Howard Mozel OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF VON recognizes volunteers VON Halton Volunteers received special recognition for their long-standing service to the non-profit organization and to the Oakville community at a recent awards ceremony. A number of Oakville volunteers received five and 10-year pins. Five year awards went to: Diane Farman: Margaret Shorey; Joan Wright: Irene Carman: Sheila Clarke: Kaye Gillis; Christiane Kerr, Cheryl Kozak; Ron Smart; Francoise Stickland: Bob Greenwood; Jean Mason: Catherine Aitken: Alice Sullivan; and Anna Sweeney. A 10-year pin was awarded to Bob Walker. For more information about VON call 905-827-8800. S tudent representation on the Halton Catholic District School Board will increase from two m em bers to three, thanks to a recent decision by trustees. In addition, the recommen dation made by Halton Hills trustee Irene McCauley sees to it that the students are selected from Halton's three general areas -- namely Oakville. Burlington and north Halton -- in order to ensure equitable representa tion. Currently, the student reps are elected at large and for the past two years both have attended Burlington high schools. (During the two years prior to that, only one student was appointed and both times they hailed from Oakville.) The move makes the Halton board the only such body in the GTA to have more than two student representa tives. A staff report to trustees recommended maintaining the status quo of two students, but added that in order to address McCauley Yconcems about broader regional repre sentation, no more than one student be appointed from any given municipality. A second motion made by McCauley -- to stipulate that students representatives must have attended school within the Halton system since Grade 9 -- could not attract a secon der and so it was not approved. McCauley's logic was to ensure the representa tives possess an intimate knowledge of the local sys tem. but a majority of the trustees disagreed. Before the vote, McCauley said it was "about time" the board achieved better balance in student representation. After all, she said the board always "lumps" the northern municipalities together and so steps must be taken to make them feel part of the board. McCauley's position was not shared by current student representative Peter Debrone. who said two student mem bers are sufficient, arguing that qualifications are more important than geography. Besides, he said, certain areas of Halton have simply been unresponsive to the call for potential appointees. Debrone later maintained that members of the student senate can pass their concerns along to the two existing rep resentatives, so adding anoth er is unnecessary. Milton trustee Derek Presse agreed three reps would serve the board better and added that northern stu dents don't apply for the job because they don't feel they have the same opportunities as Oakville and Burlington stu dents. Danielle Visschedyk, the other student on the Board, agreed better representation is needed, but said a provision for selecting only one repre sentative per municipality would be "too restrictive." Oakville trustee Father Charlie Jordan said that in light of two new high schools coming on stream (one in Oakville, one in the north) all three "families" of schools must be represented. What's needed, he added, is a real "push" to attract representa tives from the north. "There has to be some interest there," said Father Jordan. Burlington trustee Bob Van de Vrande said two repre sentatives can and do provide excellent representation for everyone and maintained there has never been any B u rlin g to n /O ak v ille/n o rth Halton parochialism. He added that the best candidates were selected the last two years and the fact they're both from Burlington is irrelevant. What needs to be done now. said Van de Vrande, is to "shake loose" students from elsewhere. Oakville trustee Alice Anne LeMay countered by saying three students, one from each municipality, would go a long to fostering full participation in Board activities. McCauley's motion to restrict student appointees to those schooled solely in the Halton system was quickly abandoned, however. After all, said Van de Vrande, students educated elsewhere could be valuable in that they might bring new ideas and fresh perspectives to the Halton board. Debrone. who has attended Assumption Secondary School only since Grade 12, said he would have been barred from the board if such a policy was already in place. Peter C. McCusker · Oakville Beaver A R EC O R D AM OUNT: The United Way of Oakville is $155,202 richer thanks to the year-long efforts of employees at H alton Region. United Wav Executive D irector Alison Pickard was recently presented with the hefty cheque by Regional C hair Joyce Savoline and Norene A nderson, c h air of Halton Region Employees C ontribution Cam paign. This y e a r's cheque represents a record 11 per cent increase o r $16372 over the previous year. " We all win because the United Way benefits from the cam paign and the employees have fun in the process," said Savoline. M AKE TH E GRADE Daniel Durst, Agent Like a g o o d neighbor. State Farm is th e re * 1 5 0 0 Heritage Way Ste 7 Oakville. ON 9 05-847 1898 Man attacked by three roaming dogs Halton Regional Police and the Oakville Humane Society are asking the public's assistance in finding three dogs that attacked a man walking in the Third Line/Tansley Drive area Monday. According to investigators, the 28-year old victim was walking home southbound on the east sidewalk of Third Line around 5:15 p.m. As he approached Tansley Drive, three dogs approached him and one of them - described by the man as a pit bull - bit his groin. The victim forced the dog to release him then all three dogs ran off. Once the victim got home, he realized he'd received a serious groin injury and was transported to Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. He was treated and later released. The dogs are described as a full grown, brindle-coloured pit bull wearing a studded collar; a black and tan coloured shepherd mix and a brownish Lab mix that was smaller than the other dogs. 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Call us today.... Correction In informatiop accompanying a front-page photo in the Friday. March 15. edition of the Oakville Beaver and the North News, the St. John Ambulance babysitting program hosted at the River Oaks Recreation Centre on Tuesday of the March break was incorrect ly referred to as an annual program. In fact. St. John Ambulance runs its one-day, $49 babysitting program for those aged 11-14 years, during the March break, the summer season and regularly on weekends during the remainder of the year, as registration requires, at both its Oakv ille head office at 1410 Speers Rd.. Unit #6 and the Loblaws store in Milton. Those wishing to register can call St. John Ambulance training co-ordinator Lisa Jamieson at 905-469-9325. The Beaver regrets the error and any inconvenience caused to St. John Ambulance. 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