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The Clarington/Courtice Independent, Bowmanvillc, Saturday, February 3,1996 3 Mayor Objecting to GTA Amalgamation Clarington Staff Investigate Noise Complaint From page one en the position that it will deal with the cutbacks without a tax increase, if at all possible." "Even our MPP will tell you that the cutbacks are not meant to raise taxes; they're meant to send a message." Hamre was also critical of the plan to dissolve regional government government as contained in a report report entitled 'Moving Forward Together' prepared by mayors of Oshawa, Mississauga, North York and Toronto. "Their assessment totally ignores ignores the fact that they wouldn't be the 'super-cities' they are today if it were not for the fact that all the major infrastructure infrastructure they have, that enabled enabled them to attract industrial and commercial assessment, was funded by all the residents and businesses of the GTA through their local regional, provincial and federal taxes." "If you agree with me that these two documents arc a disaster disaster leading to the destruction of Clarington...then ràise your voice, and raise it now," the mayor urged. The general public will have a chance to let their opinion be heard at a public meeting in Bowmanvillc tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, February February 20lh. Complaints regarding snow- mobilers, dirt bike riders and 4X4 trucks have been sent to Clarington's Senior Municipal Law Enforcement Officer for review and action. A letter from Darlene Charron, Charron, of Boundary Road, Burke- ton, states the problems associated associated with motorized vehicles made their holidays quite sleepless. Besides driving all night in the Burkcton area, "they were...parking in front of our properties, blasting stereos and causing our dogs to bark all night long. Needless to say, our holidays were spoiled as we were all very tired," Charron Charron wrote. "We don't get much peace here and this is a residential area." Charron says in reading a Scugog newspaper, she has discovered that off-duty police officers will be hired to chase the renegades. However, she notes, "what I am worried about is that they will all descend on us after that. We feel there should no longer be a trail here at all, as this road is too populated." WHAT IS Kindergarten Classes May Move to Lockart by Laura J. Richards Some kindergarten students who would normally have attended attended Bownianville's Vincent Massey Public School will be bused to Lockhart School, near Newcastle, next September. The move will affect students from the Appleblossom subdivision subdivision in Bowmanvillc as well as children in what trustees called "the rural catchment area." The decision came after an hour's deliberation at a special meeting of the Northumberland Northumberland and Clarington School Board's Operations and Finance Finance Committee on Wednesday Wednesday night, Jan. 31. School Board Committee Hears Objections to Proposai Bowmanvillc resident Kim Grose told committee members removing young children from their friends to ship them to another another school makes no sense to children. "It's hard to justify to children," children," Grose told the members of the Operations and Finance Committee. She said the children's friends and activities in which they are involved are centred in the Bowmanvillc residential area. Yet, their pre-school years will be spent away from their niche. Trustees also heard from Diane Carey, who said busing the youngsters to Lockhart would mean some of the walking walking field trips the students now enjoy will probably not happen. happen. "No longer will there be trips up the street to visit the bakery," bakery," she said. She noted another disadvantage disadvantage is the playground at Lockhart. Lockhart. She explained that at Vincent Vincent Massey the playground equipment is new. Carey told the trustees: "There is nothing wrong with a small school. I, myself, went to Lockhart Public School." However, she did not agree with taking the children from one location and moving them into another school. Many of the trustees were sympathetic to the request of the parents, but decided to funnel funnel the junior kindergarten from the subdivision and rural catchment area into Lockhart. They also decided that when the senior kindergarten students students advance to Grade 1, they will go to Vincent Massey. Trustee Lilian Brode asked how the classrooms at Vincent Massey would be used, if these children are sent to Lockhart. She was told that children currently in portable classrooms classrooms would be placed in reg ular school classrooms. School Board Chair Bob Willsher noted, "we're making the best of a bad situation." CLARINGTON'S KEPT LlD HINT: Has a fabulous new menu all under $9.99. Cut out alphabet letters and place on ballot on page 15. 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