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as ---- iN "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" 10 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, April 13, 1993 SCOTT ANDERSON / PORT PERRY STAR Bill Sandiford, a Grade 12 student at Port Perry High School, took five awards at the Durham Reglonal Science Fair recently. He will now go onto the Canada-wide event in Quebec later this. spring. See story. ¢ Financial and Business Planning Corpo rations ® Farms ¢ Small Business Income Tax ¢ Planning and Preparation "NOW PROCESSING TAX RETURNS" 8 am - 6 pm Monday to Friday « 8 am - 3 pm Saturday Kelly, Zuly, Greenway, Bruce BARRISTERS and SOLICITERS Motor Vehicle - Criminal Personal Injury - Wills Real Estate - Family Law Corporate & Commercial EVENINGS & WEEKENDS BY APPOINTMENT 114 King St. E., Oshawa 723-2278 PRICE DAVALOW $2.99 for batteries Monday to Friday 9am to Spm If you have a Hearing Problem or a Hearing Aid, call today for an appointment or for a consultation. CITY HEARING AID CENTRE Terry Faiers, BC-HIS Gayle Faiers, B.Sc., BC-HIS HEARING INSTRUMENT SPECIALISTS 462 Paxton Street, Port Perry, Ontario L9L 1L9 (opposite Port Perry Community Hospital) Registered, Ministry of Health, A.D.P. 0 OO 0 Oo 000 Local student to compete in Canadian Science Fair By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star For most of his life Bill Sandi- ford has been around computers and electronic components and now it's starting topayoff. Bill, a. Grade 1 student at Port Perry High School, walked away with five awards, includ- ing the grand prize for the best project at the Durham Board of Education's Science Fair re- cently. These included a gold medal in which he tied with another participant for senior engineer- Ing science, the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Award, AEG Sorting Systems Inc. Award and the Canada Wide Science Fair Award. In winning the Canada Wide Science Fair Award, Bill is also eligible to compete in the na- tional science fair competition in Riviere du Loup, Quebec lat- er this spring. : r What netted the 17-year-old computer whiz the awards was a project called RAVE 1 (Rebel Audio Video Electronic). Itis an advanced electronic component linked with a computer to pro- duce a light show in syncroniza- tion with music. Bill designed the component along with Steve McEachern when he was working with local discjockey company Rebel DJs. The project, designed to han- dle lights up to 5,000 watts, has been used at various teen danc- es in Port Perry recently. Bill says a larger component GOLDEN GATE Professional including Audiometric Testing Impedance Audiometry Real Ear Measurement Electronic Hearing Aid Analysis Prescription & Fitting of Hearing Aids All Make Repairs & Service Counselling & Medical Referrals Financial Assistance is available to all Residents of Ontario is being designed for the Cana- da Wide demonstration. Taking five awards home from the show was a little bit of a surprise for Bill who was aim- ing for two. "When we first entered we thought we'd do alright," he ex- plained. "I didn't expect to get five." He also came away with the one award that he had hoped to receive -- the chance to go to the national competition. A friend of his was involved in the na- tionals in Grade 9 and he had get his sights on reaching them ever since. The project which got him to the finals is the result of hours of work and planning. Bill esti- mates it took 120 hours to write the computer software program and countless more hours of as- sembly time. In total he esti- Durham Board of Ed., Scugog Twp. oppose mates it took 18 months to com- plete. | "I didn't want to spend 50 hours of planning and find out it didn't work," hesaid. © But it appears that the pro- ject not only worked, but it was also one of the best at the show. This earned him the right to to the nationals. 5 Although it seems that Bill is interested in computers and electronics, he doesn't know where his life will take him. "He plans to go back to PPHS next year to complete his OAC before heading off to university, most likely in the computer field. But where, he doesn't kriow. : As for right now he says he still has alot to learn. "Technology is coming out a lot faster than we can keep up with at the moment." implementation of By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star Scugog Council has thrown its support behind Durham Board of Education's fight over junior kindergarten. Council passed a resolution on Monday, outlining its opposi- tion to the implementation of junior kindergarten. It is basing its opposition solely on financial reasons. The resolution, introduced by Ward 3 councillor Ken Gads- _ den, urged the Minster of Edu- cation to abandon the Junior Kindergarten initiatives. The provincial government is planning to implement junior kindergarten in the schools for the 1994-95 school year. But many argue that it will be too costly to introduce. Bobbie Drew, a school board trustee for Scugog, told council the implementation of the pro- gram will mean an additional 3,400 students in the school sys- tem. Mrs. Drew also argued that with the province's planned cut back of the transfer payments to the schools, less money will be available toimplement new pro- grams. In light of no new money available, Mrs. Drew says it is not the time to introduce junior Junior Kindergarten kindergarten. Recent studies indicate that the start-up cost for junior kin- dergarten would be $24.6 mil- lion, with the cost to the board estimated at $12.5 million. Joyce Kelly, also a school board trustee, expressed con- cern that the money will not be available to fund needed pro- grams if junior kindergarten is implemented. "Grant money will be watered down," she said. Mrs. Kelly said they could not predict the total cost that the municipalities would be forced to make up when these pay- ments are lost. Although pressed on a num- ber of occasions, the trustees avoided answering any ques- tions directly concerning the need for junior kindergarten, choosing instead to focus on the costs. "We're not debating the fact on need, we're debating the cost," Mrs. Drew said. This is the same tact the coun- cil members took. The resolu- tion opposing junior kindergart- en stated concern over the lack of facilities available, the fact that funds would have to be di- verted from other programs and the declining grant structure. Developer offers council help in fighting for more local sewage allocation The developers of a large housing development in the northend of Port Perry have of- fered council help in receiving more sewage units. Marvin Geist, a representa- tive for Rattleglen Develop- ments, pledged his client's sup- port to council in obtaining additional units from the Re- gion of Durham. Council learned recently that an additional 260 sewage units were available for use. Many more could be available follow- ing the completion of a further study of the water treatment plant. The recent announcement prompted developers, includin Rattleglen to seek these covete units. "We're prepared to work with you to see if we can find more sewage," Mr. Geist promised. "There's no reason why people should be cutout." Rattleglen is proposing a 406- unit development on the 96 acres of land at Regional Road 8 and Old Simcoe Road. pa A a - " oy - al aie buat tha ot oom, sain i a S----) Sir ra