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Boards Won't by Laura J. Richards There will be no change in the number of trustees serving on the local local public and separate school boards. Both boards have voted not to decrease their numbers, despite pressure from the provincial government government to cut back. "There was a good hour of debate debate on the topic," said Ward Three Northumberland and Clarington School Board Trustee Bob Willsher on Thursday. "We voted to retain the number at 15 as well as the distribution in Clarington." Proposed Cutbacks Described as "Silly n The Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland and Clarington Separate School Board has also retained retained its total number of trustees, while redistributing one position within the board. Under the planned redistribution, the Northumberland area will lose one separate school trustee and Clarington Clarington will gain an extra representative. representative. This will bring to three the number of separate school trustees in Clarington. Trustee Willsher told The Independent Independent the Minister of Education cannot legally lower the number of trustees across Ontario school boards because the ministry would first have to amend the Education Act. Willsher is betting that Dave Cooke, the education minister, won't be doing that "Cooke is playing a silly political game," Willsher said. "If he really wants to reduce costs, he should reduce the honorariums, honorariums, not the number of trustees," he added. Willsher also suggested the provincial provincial government should look to municipalities if it wants to make similar cuts in costs. He pointed out there are 15 board trustees in the Northumberland and Clarington area! The same area is governed by 125 elected municipal officials. Willsher said rather than looking at those municipal positions, the government is making "education the current whipping boy in this politically-motivated politically-motivated manoeuvre." The separate school board decided decided to keep its current numbers in a unanimous vote. "We cover the biggest area in the province of Ontario," explained Communications Officer Nancy Sharpe of the Peterborough, Victoria, Victoria, Northumberland, Clarington Separate School Board. In a media release, Education Minister Dave Cooke has called on school boards to show leadership in a time of financial restraint by streamlining their operations and co-operating with other school boards. "Sharing has to be the norm," Cooke said. "Busing, curriculum development, development, payroll processing, purchasing, purchasing, and technology are areas where greater cooperation means savings. Millions and millions of dollars can be redirected to the classroom or used to reduce expenditures." expenditures." As of Tuesday, March 8, only 23 out of 172 school boards throughout the province had approved a reduction reduction in the number of trustees. Look "May Up Bob Homme, better known to some as The Friendly Giant, was at the Bowmanville Rotary Club on Thursday, March 10th, and is seen above as he pipes out the familiar theme from his children's children's show. Looking on is fellow Rotary member Wally Reid from the Cobourg Club. The Friendly Giant was produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 1958 to 1986 and episodes can still be seen on the YTV network. W'- S V- - "\\t - -/Si ■. ' . ïhïl'ÿ ' <s< ntii I - I 'iB ^ -Wr ■ . ■ - ^ %\ \ K . ; II by Laura J. Richards A pilot project for reclaiming useful materials from an old Newtonville Newtonville garbage mound will be introduced introduced at a public meeting in Newcastle Village next week. The meeting will be held at 2 p.m. on March 16 in the Laidlaw Information Information Centre in Newcastle Village. Village. Laidlaw Environmental Systems Inc. is the owner of the Newtonville landfill site where the project is planned. Michael Walters, Laidlaw's General Manager of the Ontario Landfill Division, told The Independent Independent on Thursday, March 10, the company is excited about a new technology to reclaim materials at Newtonville. "The main purpose is to further enhance the environmental protection protection at the south mound," Walters said during a phone call from Kingston, Kingston, Ontario. The project would see the company company create additional "air space" at the site. It could then place more waste into the south mound until the mound reaches its capacity once again. The company would use a by Brad Kelly A petition containing 176 signatures signatures from residents wishing to see upgrades done to the soccer fields in the municipality was submitted to Clarington councillors at their meeting meeting on Monday. The petition, initiated by the 0 pùfen& A&P Canadian Tire* Graham's IGA* Maxi Drug ('Indicates partial distribution) For Information about Inserting flyers In The Independent, please contact our office at 623-3303 Bowmanville United Soccer Club and the Darlington Youth Soccer League, outlined a number of concerns concerns facing the two organizations. Peter Johnson, acting on behalf of both soccer governing bodies, was a delegate at Monday's meeting. meeting. He addressed the concerns of the two organizations, as well as outlined the short-term and long range plans for youth soccer in Clarington. Clarington. In a resolution to council, both organizations asked that "all soccer pitches in Clarington are made safe and are properly conditioned to play soccer on." At the present time, Tier I and CSL teams are forced to play games at the Solina soccer pitch for a nom: inal fee. Soccer pitches in the Bowmanville Bowmanville area do not meet the condi tions set forth by their respective leagues. Playing games on inadequate soccer pitches in Bowmanville would result in the teams having to forfeit games. To alleviate this problem, Johnson Johnson asked that council, "propose a minimum standard to ensure that all fields conform to a universal policy." policy." . . With over 1,500 children participating participating in house league soccer programs programs throughout the municipality, a short-term resolution asked that new fields be built over the next two years. If the cost of purchasing land prohibits such a move, then the soccer soccer organizations would like to see the re-structuring of fields currently Turn to page four screening machine to sort the waste from the soil. Once the two are separated, the white goods, including metal products, products, would be extracted from the regular waste products. The metal would be taken to a company that specializes in recycling. Potentially hazardous waste such as paint cans would be taken to a secured secured area and would not be allowed allowed to re-enter the waste stream. Walters noted there would be a full-time waste assessor on site once the operation began. When the boundaries of the south mound are exposed, the company Turn to Page 4 Eagles Win! Jeremie Pate's goal with 3:50 left in overtime gave the Bowmanville Bowmanville Goodyear Eagles a 3-2 victory victory over the Port Perry MoJacks on Thursday night at the Recreation Complex. The win prolongs this best-of- seven series, which Port Perry leads three games to two. Game six of the series is Saturday Saturday night in Port Perry at 7:45 p.m. If necessary, game seven will be Sunday night in Bowmanville at 7:30 p.m.