Whltby Free Press, May 3,1997, page 3 Area Frencli sehool to op.en inSeptembe By MARK REESOR Free Press Staff Writer French first language elernentary students will soon be able to attend school without leaving Durham'. Public school board trustees are providing space in a soon to be announced Oshawa school for the'establishment of a French first language unit, scheduled to open this September. The Durham public board now buses the ele- mentary students to a Scarborough school and the secondary students to a North York high school, although many attend Ecole Secondaire Catholique Charles Garnier in Whitby, the Durham separate board's french' language high school. A plan to open a French school in Ajax last year was put on hold but Robert Fletcher, chair of the public board's French Henry Street High School's rro(luction of Runipelstiltzkin, -lie poptîlar fantasy adventure, eaturing original student niusical compositions, wîll be resented tonight at 7:30 p.m. and closes with a rnatinee Sunday. Tickets are $7 for aduits aîicI $5 for students. Above, Ryan Peters (front) and Maeghan Fenneli in rehearsal. Erc Press PlioL)o hy Mark Reesor For blanket coverage of ALL the homes and/or businesses in Whitby OR to selected areas only, cail the Whitby Free Press - 668-6111. If you did flot get a flyer which is isted for full distribution, give us a cali. Language 1Advisory Committee, promises "it's definitely going to happen this time." The province's decision to include Durham in a huge French language pub- lic school board which will encompass the area from Windsor 'to Peterborough helped move things along, Fletcher says. 'It's twice the size of the country of Belgium and we didn't want our money in Durham going to fund sorne initiatives in Windsor Or London. or Sarnia. Opening a school in September will be a.way to ensure that the assets of this' board stays in Durham for the benefit of Durham students." The new 'niega-board,', one of eleven created under Bull 104, also frees the public board from hav- ing to add three francoph- one sehool trustees. Trustees for the new board, which cornes into effect in January,- will be *Kira Cope-Elliott/ Royal LePage (selected homes) *Theresa Kimmerer/ Royal LePage (selected homes), elected in 'the November' municipal electi'on. Oshawa was chosen over Ajax' as a location for the school because of the interest shown in Announcement, Doug Anderson, publisher of the ýWhl1tby Free Pres 1s, announced today the appointment -of BilIS'wan' as Editor. Swan,.-58, is a professional journalist who has worked for The Toronto Star, Thomson Newspapers Ltd. and retired last year after 25 years at Durham College. At Durham,, he taught Jou.rnalism for 19 years and was the orig inal' editor-in-chief of the Journalism'program -newspaper, The, Chronicle.- That. newspaper has been a consistent award winner and in 1983 was namned bestcollege.and university paper in, Ontario in OCNA competitions. In addition, he was coordinator of the program and later director in charge of the .iournalism, Graphic Design, Interior Design,' Public Relations and Advertising Administration as well as General Arts and Science. A DIFFERENT KIND of COMPA NY. A DIFFERENT KIND of CAR., We'll show you the car, but the selling iS Up to you. 1997 SATURNSLI with Automatjc and Air Gond. $1 7,613. 00 or lease tht $0 down for as low as $268/mtbfi aI MOTORCITY SATURN ISUZU, 1520 DUNDAS STREET EAST, WHTBY, 905-430-2350 <'MSRPfor l-Ç97Saturn SU (SC utb ArCond.) Jnldesfieigbt & Pre-devey Inspecton. Llcence taxe and insu rnoe are edtr. * e } . *.1 There's this littie quirk we have at Saturn - you have to like the car. In fact, you have to love the- car becausewe're flot going to try to sel1 it to you. Don't get' us wrong, we're happy to answer any questions or help SAT(RN .you ln any way we can, but it's' just not our style to talk you into -buying one. Amazingly, that's what seils most of them. w. ~ ~ e ~ p-w~.-u ~ e Sa fie et I 41 S.~fi . Rumpelstilzkin L '~$. ~