WIIITI3Y URLFPRIISS. WLI)NESIAY. SII'TLMBER 10,. 1980~, PAGE 5 Brown looks at issues iii broad terms By MICHAEL KNELL Free Press Staff Although the Durham Board of Education election is still some eight or nine weeks away, Ian Brown, of Lupin Drive, Whitby, has announced that he will seek one of the two seats presen- tly held by trustees Da vid Sims and Jim Speers. Brown, a resident oî the town for the Iast two-and-a- haif years, is a psychoeducational con- sultant with the Scar- borough Board of Education. Married with two Edwards seeks seat onre gion After being defeated in 1978, Tom Edwards will seek a regional council seat in the November 10 municipal election. Edwards, a national representative for the Canadian Union of Public Employees lost the election by 80 votes in 1978 when Bob Attersley and Gerry Emm won the town's two regional seats. He now hopes that his ex- perience with unions will help straighten out labour problems in the town. Edwards was first elected to council in 1964, af ter four years as a school board member. He was reeve from 1968 until the region was formed in 1974. He represented the centre ward from 1974 until 1978 EDWARDS when he lost. Edwards, 54, serves as the town's committee of ad- justment chairman and as Durham Regional Health Council's acfing chairman. children, Brown is a mem- ber of the Parent Advisory Committee of the Whitby Senior Public School and was a member of the Durham Board's discussion panel on criminal and anti- social behavior. In an interview last week, Brown said t.hat he looks at the issues in broad terms and does flot really intend to focus in on onie in particular. "Very broadly speeking," he did say, however, "it will be the cost of education. " Another issue close to his campaign is that of special education, not only for han- dicapped but- for gifted children as well. "Durham doesn't provide it (special education) to the same extent as other boar- ds, " Brown says. Co-operative education is an area that the Durham board should be in- vestigating Brown says ad- ding that the education systemn must become more oriented towards the working place and provide a Eu on the job training for those who will eventually enter the work force. On the issue of education spending, Brown says that he would like to see a "reformulation of the way that the province kicks in its share. " The first-time candidate also dlaims that the burden of paying for éducation lias shifted tÔ the taxpayer from the province whose respon- sibility it is under the provisions of the British North America Act. "They (the province) are giving less and less money to the board each year," Brown says. The Queen's University graduate does not seem to be concerned about being em- ployed by one school board and being a trustee on another board. "There is not conflict of interest, " he says. "I see it as an asset," he added. "I have some knowledge of the needs of the people that are in the system". "The system should be set up to meet the needs of kids. " Brown believes that the board is set up, idealistically, to meet the needs of the chîld, but that this is olten not so in prac- tical reality. "It is not doing as adequately a job as iL could," he says. "It could corne a lot dloser than i t is. " Tough new laws will deter trespassing. top ecyD -p-- For nearly 150 years Ontario has had a law making it an offence to enter property where entry is prohibited. But now new legisiation - The Trespass to Property Act - has toughened up the law to protect your rights. Trespassers can now be fined up to $1,000. In addition, they can be ordered to pay for damages they have caused. An important part of the legisiation designates premises where entry is prohibited without notice. These include your gardens, orchards, vineyards, land under cultivation, woodlots and fenced land. 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