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Difficuit ti mes facin sehoolboards By Mike Kowaleid >The chairpersons of both Dur- ham Regi*on school systems fear for the future of education follow- ing last wéees spending controle announcement by the Ontario government. Durhamn separato ichool chair Tom Qîdman is recommending that trustees meet soon to deter- mine «how to handle> the -crisis situation " now facing the, b6ard'. Durham Board *of Education chair Louise Farr, w arns that program c uti -are ,almoot menvitable" in'the public aschool «Icannot a't ,this- time malce' lic eduction»' said TFa «W'elocnat budget, cuti, e'l through- the system' s» he added.' Both were reacting-to Ontario1 Treasurer Floyd'Laughren's deci- ..comingto, downtown ByEizabeth Hooper There will be about 100'entries in the',2 9th à annual Santa Claus parade. on' Ch'amber'.of Commerce/Jayoees, the parade' will start. on Giffard St. at 10 a.m. and end at Kathleen Rowe public éhool at znoon. .There are nl conf-rmed march- ing bands including-. chool bande, army cadet bande, pipe banda and- clown banda, as well as three majorette chorus here will:be competitions for- best float, beit ban&, best'com- munity entry and best maLjorette chorus, with awards for winners. -The, orie thing eVeryone should pray for is god weater," saye Jirm Bradfeldp arade com- nuttéee chair for the Jayceei. No matter what the weather brings, Bradfield would like te assure -everyone that,«Santa is cotafirmed. "'He will, definüitely be in Wbitby for the parade on Dec. &»' sion te limit transfer payments to, a twio per cent increase in 1993-94. Ontario school boards, hosî-, tals and municipalities will share $320 million mn funding from Queen's Park next year. But what has local officiais concerned is- that, Laughren will take, the increase back thelfol- iowin year, forcing even more The drastic'measures -are needed, s3aid Laughren, .te help reduce Ontario's deficit whichi. now $9.9 billion and ris!ng.* ButFarr. said there are "long stringsa-attached» 1te. even, nezxt year's increase. .(Laughren teld the Legislature that funding agencies',would not only lose the -two par cent for SEE PAGE >30 AUTHOR JOHN GREEN reads to a pblic ,schéol. ýOrganzer ýýmaîdene Tomp- delighted audience from his ,book 'There's kins 'was> thnilled by the large tumnout 0f a Dragon in' my, Closét' at a* 'Fa mily parents _and kids. Reading Night' Iast weeèk at E.A. Faierman - oo yMkRe« Nh rl rf l' MS*Psympathizes withprotestors f B»y Mike Kowailk.i' ",prtest by develoýpenl handicaàpped people and ýservice anýcy workers againit "provin- cilfundini cutbackshas, drawn a 1 symathetic response firm a Durham Centre MIPP Drum- mond Whtz,,says the 4,000 polé who demùonstrated 'at uen's3 Park last week hadl <lEgiimate concerna for their eu fac4, White 'salutes the pro- testeru for their action. saying he also has "problemen with planste*ý cut funding to Ontarios Asscia tions for Coinmunity, Living (for-- merly «associations. for, the men-, taliy retarded). 1J« commend- the« folks who showed up yesterday .(Thurs- )'sadWhite. <Teeaeth, moit vuinerable people ithe. community...these are people' who need' chaniges explamned to, them as carefully as posslle' he adde" Last week's demonstraion w'as against both announced cutbacks and plnsby om iy: and; Boyd for further cuti aimed at rdcnthe provincial deficit. Already ini 1992> ýagencies such7, as' the -Ajai-Pîckering -and Wbitby Associiation» for ýCom-- mumity Living have had. te con- tend with cuti te both its operat-' ing budget and sheltered work- q§e r(tm cme afler manyý SER PAGE 16 1 ý 1