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( Page 14 The Claringlon/Courtice Independent, Bowmanvillc, Saturday, June 20,1998 "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child" June is graduation month for many students. These important milestones for our youth are a time to celebrate. Achieving goals and setting new goals is part of the life long learning process about which we all speak. As part of the duties of my office, it was my privilege to be invited to attend the Durham College, "Class of 98", convocation on Saturday, June 13th. Many of my constituents, students, parents and educators educators were present and I recognized recognized many names and faces. I know how hard all the partners in education work to help each individual individual to become all they can be. From kindergarten to college and university educators, educators, along with parents and other community partners, partners, all play an important role in each of our lives. I recognize all the conflicting issues in our global village but honestly, there arc certainly certainly times to celebrate and put aside the individual agendas. I am always mindful mindful of the expression, "it takes a village to raise a child," and this includes my own. In Durham and elsewhere elsewhere in the province, there has been much in the news about new school accommodation accommodation funding process. Annually in Ontario, there arc on average some 30 schools closed for a variety of reasons. Portable classrooms classrooms and old inadequate facilities have plagued almost every board for the past decade. Durham Board chair, Ruth Ann Schcdlich was quoted as saying, "it is a win-win situation for our students, displaced students will end up in new or enhanced facilities." The Report from Queen's Park by John O'Toole $80 million plan will eliminate eliminate over 50 portables and merge or upgrade under used older schools. I can recall my first visit to Port Perry High School after I was elected and they provided provided me a tour of the facility facility pointing out the lack of library and other education space. This is good news for most areas in my riding. I am attending a new school dedication on Monday, June 15th, for St. Elizabeth's Elementary • School in Bowmanvillc. I have been arguing for years that Durham is a growth area and we need new facilities. At this point, there are five new schools or upgrades in my riding and I expect more in the future. There are always problems even with new schools. I have had a number of calls from parents parents about new school boundaries or the organization organization of schools. The impact on students, family and staff is certainly real and communication communication will help those involved understand the tough choices. When all things are considered, I believe that our new education education funding model and three years stable funding will allow for a more orderly orderly method for school accommodation decisions to be made. I commend the Durham District School Board for their courage and foresight in planning their HEY KIDS! Win a ticket to the Garden Bros. Circus! Oshawa Civic Auditorium Friday, August 14th (2 Draw es a picture of your favourite circus animal and submit it by our contest! MaOlnori entries to our office, include your name, telephone number and aeoonthobimfc of your picture. OPTOMETRIST DR. K. A. 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Jim Wilson, the Minister of Energy Science and Technology introduced legislation legislation to move the electrical electrical generating and distribution distribution system into a competitive competitive market place. Some reasons why this was necessary: necessary: • Ontario's electricity rates are the 3rd highest in Canada. • Ontario Hydro's debt has grown to exceed $30 billion. • Ontario Hydro has had a 90 year monopoly on generation generation and transmission. • the annual electricity bill in Ontario is over $10 billion, for 973,000 retail customers and 108 direct industrial customers • our power sources are: 48% nuclear energy, 25% of our power source is hydraulic, 17% fossil and only 10% purchased on contract from small independent independent producers. The proposed legislation would reorganize Ontario Hydro into two commercial corporations: a) the Ontario Electricity Generation Corp. b) the Ontario Electric Services Corp. and set up a new non-profit crown corp. the Independent Market Operator, which would ensure safe, reliable, affordable affordable electricity supplies in the $10 billion market. There are strong provisions in the legislation to ensure environmental standards, as well as safety standards, are not compromised. We have witnessed the response to the introduction of competition competition into the telephone market market place, prices have fallen. In other jurisdictions, competition competition in the electrical generation has resulted in price reductions. There have been numerous studies and consultations on this process, the Hon. Donald Macdonald's commission, as well as the all-party Select Committee on Ontario Nuclear Affairs. As a member of the Select Committee of Ontario Nuclear Affairs, I can tell you that this is a complex change and if you wish more information, please contact my office at (905) 697-1501 or 1-800-661- 2433. This past week, we introduced the modernizing of the Ontario elections. In 1996, we reduced the number number of MPP's from 130 to 103, the same number and rising boundaries as the Federal MP's. We have introduced changes that were agreed to by an all party Commission on elections elections finance. Ontario MPP's will have the same spending restrictions as the Federal MP's ($.96 per voter). The real savings will be in having a permanent voters' list and other administrative administrative changes that will see annual savings and election election period savings of close to $20 million. I believe that election spending should be controlled so that average people have a chance to become involved in our provincial political process. -v. ; v ■* • V . . . r. ,1 a çi fi»jfW WW a pd ; « , •- • <• v-v ; p^giEPLEX ODEON cinemagu.de Clarington Piacf Cinfmas Hcvy 2 & 57 BOWMANVILLE (90S) 69/ohob CINESAVE TUESDAYS ONLY 25 ✓presented in ALL SHOWS ■I 1 DIGITAL SOUND SH0WTINIES FOR THE WEEK OF FRIDAY, JUNE 1910 THURSDAY JUNE 25 "One Parly Yuu Dun'l Want Tu Miss! ! i b- L : e -/V ■'V >: ■ Dr Ross Tilley Students Donate l $2,000 to Burn Unit \ Students at Dr. Ross Tilley P.S. collected $2,000 in pledges after holding a walk-; a-thon and dancc-a-thon. The fundraiser was part of the physical education pro-; gram and the proceeds will go to support the Dr. Ross Tilley burn unit at; Sunnybrook Hospital (scheduled to be moved from Wellesley Hospital). 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