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The Hamilton Despite having both public and Catholic Wentworth District school boards, some public boards are actual ly thinking about starting Christian alternative School Board is schools of their own. thinking about starting Are things getting out of whack or what? its own Christian These are the same school boards that out school. That's a lawed the Lord's Prayer as being too exclu siv e , th a t d id n 't go fo r an y P le d g e o f disaster waiting Allegiance. Too indoctrinating and then there to happen. w as that G od m ention. C a n 't have it in a checkerboard society. Now this? The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board is looking at the legality of operating a Christian school after meeting with parents in the spring. If such a school is built, the parents say that 650 students will attend. Big deal. And what does this proposal say about the Catholic school system? Isn't the very foundation of its charter to teach Christian values? But then even Christians have their own prejudice. Christians are equal, it's just that some are more equal than others as in Protestant Christian. That's the way it's always been with reli gion and always will be. No two groups can agree on what should or shouldn't be taught. That means you have a plethora of Christian schools each with a specific agenda. That's why they were built. That's why supporters send their children to these schools. For any publicly funded school board to become embroiled in religious schooling is folly of the worst kind. Once such a school opens, it's only a matter of time before more groups would seek their own schools and it would never stop. It's ridiculous. Letters to the Editor The Oakville Beaver welcomes your comments. All letters must be typed, signed and include the writer's address and phone number. Send to: Letters to the Editor, The Oakville Beaver 467 Speers Rd., Oakville, Ont. L6K 3S4 Re: "The Old Granary" by Angela Blackburn, Oakville Beaver, Wed., June 6, 2001 Old granary a touchstone to town' s past might be of interest. W hen look ing for a suitable place for my new business, I realized that the Granary would be an ideal loca tion and Ted Stone agreed to lease part of it to me. The Granary had been empty for a long time and the creek level part of the building had a thick layer of silt deposited from years o f flooding. Before Letter of the Week m oving there, I had L aw rence Trucking haul many loads away and we had a lot of cleaning to do Reading the above article, it first. occurred to me that the following G radually, we o ccupied the whole of the building and I had a Well, it's soccer season in Oakville once again. My g ra n d sta n d p o sitio n fro m my morning walks through Glen Allen Park provide ample ' Robert Thun, a Town of Oakville planner, made The cyclists will win because there will be lots of office w indow at the top floor, evidence of this. when the Colbome Street bridge a comment which was quoted in the press about bal beautiful bike lanes for them. L ik ely , the sam e p a re n ts w ho ig n o re the "N o anced planning meaning nobody will get their way: The town will win because Oakville will become was demolished in 1967. During Parking" signs on the streets adjacent to the park are also "developers won't get their way, transportation peo an example for other cities. High-tech companies the years ju st before, plans had the ones who discard their "take out" coffee cups and ple won't get their way and Oakvillegreen won't get will fight to move to Oakville and lots of visitors b een p ro p o se d to m ove the fast-food wrappers around the edges of the two playing Granary to a location on the bank their way. will bring in lots of money. fields.'Their soccer-playing children follow suit by drop I strongly believe that if we have the right vision The Province will win as they will have to spend just north of the bridge. Surveys ping plastic juice boxes, water bottles, orange peels and were made of the building and it in planning the development north of Dundas, we less on health care. other debris wherever. This sort of flies in the face of the can create a win-win strategy for everyone. The m ayor will win because she will become was suggested that by raising the fact that, before each season begins, the Town liberally The residents will win because there will be an even more fam ous, beat M ike Harris in the next four comers, it could be moved on sprinkles the park with trash cans. established Natural Heritage System with trees to election and then protect all the lands in Ontario and a platform when the bridge had Soccer is a great team sport and it can impart many been removed. The plan had been provide fresh and cool air and they will spend time stop further unsustainable development. character-building traits to the young people that play the walking the trails rather than sitting in their cars. Robert Thun will win because he will have to to create a fitting m useum for game. It seems sad, however, that the same players can Oakville housed in the Granary. In The developers will win. Maybe they will sell a travel the world to explain how he managed it. not, through the example and instruction of their parents, few less parcels of land. But the remaining ones will And...if we still get stuck in traffic, at least we the meantime, the proposed site coaches and team managers, be exposed to the responsi has, of course, been slated for the be more valuable as they will be in a more attractive will have something nice to look at. bilities that constitute good citizenship. environment. Hank Rodenburg Centennial complex and the idea Tom Kingry was cancelled. My company had made plans for building the plant and offices on a lot purchased at On Mon. June 25, O akville area. rush hour traffic on municipal and 2070 Speers Road and we moved Junior Achievement of Halton has had another successful Tow n C ou n cil w ill vote on an -to e n su re th a t th e re is an regional roads and with a high there in July 1968. year. We delivered three programs: Business Basics, The Much of the above is included Official Plan am endm ent which effective transportation system in pollution index. It has the smallest Economics of Staying in School, and the Company Program will clear the way for the develop place to handle the increase in p e rc e n ta g e o f fo re st c o v e r in "My Story About PSH (Pottery and reached over 2,100 students in Halton. Students from 9 Supply House) 1958 to 1988." ment o f 7,600 acres of forest and population. (13.5% ) o f any com m unity in Jorgen Poschmann -18 years-of-age benefited from our programs. farmland north of Dundas Street. -to ensure that, in order to pro Halton. Furthermore, charges to O ur organization is driven by its volunteers and we Feds disappoint We believe that before C ouncil tect the environment and to avoid developers do not cover all the would like to thank each and everyone of them. In Oakville, approves this OPA, it should be costs, incom ing em ployers and costs of the required infrastructure `Tis a taint and a disgrace that we had the following dedicated individuals facilitate our amended: residential are told that the town so all taxpayers will be contribut Ottawa can find millions of dol programs: Lou Almeida, Sherif Alaily, Emile Bakker, Jeff -to protect 1,250 acres of envi- will not allow the building o f a ing either in taxes or reduced ser lars to pad the already generous Banks, Ravinder Basanti, Pierre Boutine, Michael Breen, ronmentally-significant areas and bridge across Sixteen Mile Creek vices. pensions of its M P's, yet can only Ronald Brown, C arm in C autillo, C aroline Cole, Robin to link them to form a natural cor in the Burnhamthorpe Road area S u rely C o u n c il m em b ers find a paltry $250,000 to fund the Cooke, Coleen Dailey, Darlene Mohns, Carolyn Decary, ridor, a Natural Heritage System, as Hwy. 407 will provide the nec should have the will to build safe Juno Beach M em orial. M ay we Lena Demarco, Gary Donald, John Donatelli, Ron Elliott, which was recom m ended in the essary access. guards into this OPA so that pre remind those in charge of the fed Elizabeth Gallant, Beth Goodhew, Lisa Hill, Phyllis Inwood, LGL study adopted by Council in -To student further, the effect sent residents can be proud of our eral purse strings that if it was not Tony Mandarino, Niels Jensen, Bob Jobe, Gail Jones, Kelly 1999. T h is w o u ld s till leav e o f u rb a n d e v e lo p m e n t on the re sp o n sib le d e v e lo p m e n t and for those gallant Canadians, dead Keeler, Cecilia Kung, John Langevin, Pauline Lee, Kariapproximately 80% of the area for Trafalgar M oraine, which forms future generations will applaud and living, who fought for their Ann Matthew, Lynn M cA llister, Donna M ichetti, Erika urban development. th e h e a d w a te rs o f six m a jo r their foresight. fu tu re s on Ju n o B each , th ere O 'Hare, Mel Parisi, Ruth Remington, Ian Richardson, Bill -to require, prior to any devel creeks. We urge concerned residents to w o u ld p o ssib ly have b een no Rowe, Colleen Shephard, Dean Schillington, David Spears, opment in the employment or res -to establish an Environmental attend the June 25 Council meet future for them -- let alone a pen Sue Spence, Paul Speziali, Pierre Trudelle, Jeff Visheau, idential areas, the ap p lican t to Monitoring Program and to estab ing. sion o f any kind -- no doubt a Beth Wallace and Tracey Wilder. prepare a detailed O pen Space lish and adm inister a volunteer Barbara Dubrule pension far greater than those of Thank you to everyone who supported our programs and Master Plan to describe the imple environment committee, reporting C. June Saxton the veterans themselves. Lest we we look forward to your continued support. mentation and maintenance of the directly to Council, to oversee it. Patricia O'Neil forget. Sharon Kelly N atural H eritage System in the Oakville already is cursed with Programs Manager Yvonne F. Locke Good citizenship becoming lost virtue No reason why a win-win strategy can't be adopted Safeguards needed to protect green space Volunteers make JA successful Pud SAM M Y, I REALIZE ITSTHE SlYLE TH ESE D AYS FOR . WPS TO W EAR THEIR > UfitoTCs KMH LOW . ^ Junior Achievement of Halton by Steve Nease Green space lobbying needed The tide of demand for limits on any further paving and building on what little is left of our green space and woodlots is rising. Voluble public pressu re to p ro tect the O ak R idges Moraine jolted many a town council, the Ontario govern ment itself and its stooge, the OMB (Ontario M unicipal Board) into protective action. Would that Oakville's own p lanning dep artm en t should be in stru c te d by (Town) Council to jettison their complacent, pro-developer mindset, and adopt an agenda in turn with current environmental expectations. O akville Council w ill m eet on June 25 and w ill be addressing this matter. All of us who are concerned with the preservation of our green space and woodlots, should attend and speak up. ~ / ^ B u T i t justcoesmY WORK WITH BK1HING SUITS/ £ £ i£ m g . Alfred Dobell