PAGE 10, WtDNESDAY$ MARCH 17, 1982 , WHITBY'FREE PRESS Cm tterejeetsextra Witby sa Durham iLegional Council's management commnittee bas decided flot to request an addi- tional member for the towns of Ajax and Whit- by and the City of Oshaw a. However, this deci- sion is expected to be A handy new book by Sidney Led- son, auth 'or ci the bsst-selling >book, 'Teach Vour Chiid to Read ln 60 Days'. Heres a book no stenographer should be wthout; vrtually a tunlveralty course ln grammer- but preaented in a liveIy way no University can match. PRINTING & OFFICE SUPPLY 218 Harwood Ave. S., Ajax 638.1968 FRENCH, IMMERSION PROGRAMMES The Durham Board of Education of fers French Immersion Programmes ln a number of sohools throughout the Region. This programme starts ln Kindergarten where the half-day programme Is conducted ln French. The chlldren speak to the teacher In Engiish, and the teacher responds in French. Graduaily the chiidren make the transi- tion from Engiish to Fren c h. The elementary sohool programme is con- ducted entireiy ln French from Kindergarten to Grade 3. English instruction begins, at present, ln Grade 4 for 90 minutes _per day. ln successive grades, It Is proposed that about haif the subjects wlii be taught ln Engiish and haif In French. Transportation to and from the Frenc h Immer- sion sohools is the responsibility of the parents, except where the farnily lives on a regular bus route to an Immersion sohool. The French Immersion programmes wiii be of- fered at the foliowing public schoois for the 1982- 83 schooi- 1year: ' R.A. Hutchison P.S., Whitby'. ......... 668-8601 R.H. Cornish P.S., Port Perry-----985-2591 Sir John A. MacDonald P.S., Pickering . 839-1<159 Southwood Park P.S., Ajax............ 683-5230 Uxbridge P.S., Uxbridge.............. 85-3071 Westmount P.S., Oshawa-----------...725-1422 Registration forms and Information on meet- ings are availabie at these schoois. For more Information on the Immersion Pro- grammes, please telephone the Board's Modemn Languages Department,- 576-4600, Ext. 295. THEDURHAM ~ BOARD 0F EDUCATION hotly debated at region- ai councii's meeting today. Two weeks ago, On- tario Minister of Muni- cipal .Affairs and, Hous- ing Claude Bennett told Durham that, he would look favorably, on a' req >uest from the, reglon to, increase the member-, ship from Ajax and whitby. Currently -Ajax bas tworepresentatives on regional council - Mayor Bill McLean'and Councillor Jim Witty. Whitby, bas tbree'dele- gates -,:Mayor Bob At- tersley and councillors, Tom Edwards and Gerry Emm. DurhamRegional Council is currently composed 0of 31 mem- bers, including the chairinan. At last week's corn- mittee meeting, Oshawa Mayor Alan Pilkey said be would not favor the increase forAjax and Whitby unless bis muni- cipality'also got-an ex- tra voice. Oshawa currently bas an. il member regional delegation, including Pllkey. Pilkey said that Oshawa only bas 37 per cent of the seats on regional council while it bas 42 per cent of tbe popu4lation. In fact, Pilkey won an amendment to a.motion made by WbiitbyMayor Bob Attersley to iniclude a reqùest for an addi- tional Oshawa member as well as additional members for Whitby and Ajax. Supporting the extra seats were Pilk-ey, Brock Township Mayor Allan -McPhail and Oshawa Councillor Margaret Sbaw. However, comîmittee chairman Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard, Attersley and Regional Chairman Gary Herrema opposed the, motion.' "Every time.we get a bit of growth we 're going to be adding more people," Herrema said. "We're going to end up with a 60-person.coun- Attersley told the OSHAWA FLEA MARKET OSHAWA FLEA MARKET OSH.1 lu> O il- i w oe u.. 4 4 z <n O t oe 4 4 w -J IL 4 VEN DO RS UNDER- ON-E ROOF OSHAWA BAZAAR. &FLEA MARKET 727 Wilson Rd. S. Oshawa 2 blocks soiuth of Bloor Open Suniday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30.p.m. Corne On Down I IBRING THIS COUPON WITH YOU FORA FREE GIFT. committee'be "had a lot 0f difficulty" in addlng more seats to council. He pointed out that the region is attempting to cut'costs and that tbree new councillors wouùld 'cost 'between $70,000,and $8600 in, Salies and benefits. "I'tbink we'd be bet-, ter off witb a reduc- tion, " Attersley said, -According to- a 'st udy carried out by Bennett's *ministry, both Ajax and Wbitby are under- represente, as is Osbawa. Giving Ajax an addi- tional memiber would bring it into line with the principle 0f,"represent- ation by population." Howev er, the study added that even with an additional delegate Whitby would stili be under-represented et the regional level. "The -addition .0f one seat to Whitbyý's'present three would bring it dloser- to 'rep-by-pop', but stili under- represented,"1 the study said.- The. report'also said tbat the, rural munici- palities (Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge) are al substantially over- represented. "Based on tbe repre- sentation by- population principle, both' Whitby and Ajax are elîgible for an 'extra -seat' on regional council," the Munroe.to ea»rn ý".$68,858...., Board's s enlior staff rec eivesil% raise The director and 'the superintendent of busi- ness of tbe Durham Board of Education have received pay in- creases of 10.94 per cent retroactive to Septem- ber 1, 1981. Trustees gave tbe ap- provals for the salary hikes at tbe board's' meeting last week. Director -of Education Ken Munroe will now earn $68,858 a year and Superintendent of Busi- ness Ross Backus will bave a salary of $59,914 annually. According. to Trustee Pat Mattson (Picker- ing), chairma'n 0f tbe board's finance commi- ttee, said Ithat these are the samne percentage in- creases given to other supervisory personnel. He also told, the board that at, Munroe's request, .,a,'formai evaluation. procedure willbe establisbed for him in tbe same manner as other staff members. .Mattson said that the personnel' and *ad- ministrative committee will establisb the proce- Longueuil, ,twnrning t be held June. 18-20 Preparations for the annual twinning visit witlh Longueuil, Quebec are nowfully underway according to West Ward Coundllor Joe Bugelli.' Bugelli, chairman of the 1982 twinning com- mitee, said tbat, the an- nual event wilI be beld on the weekend of June 18 to 20. This year, the Whitbyý delegation will travel to Longueuil. Last year, tbis town hosted tbeir delegation. Bugelli told Wbitby Town Council atà its meeting last week that a pu~blic meeting will be held in the near future to announce tbe plans for* the weekend.' The three-day affair is traditionally packed with sigbtseeinig, twinn- ing ceremonies, -as wel as a reception and dan- --e. Those participating in the event usually travel together and book into the same botel. Partici- pants must pay the en- tire cost of travel and accommodation and while neither munici- pality fundýs the project, they do organize.it. $15,388 fwinner One Whitby resident is a few thousand dollars richer thanks to tbe Ontario Lottery Corporatfion. Robert Collins, 40, of R.R. 1,»Ashburn, won $15,388.60 in the Marcb 6 Lottario Draw. This represents second prize. Collins is married -witb two cbildren and hopes to pay off part of bis mortgage with his winnings. Congratulations. ]Resiet Saveonhe Iow you can cut the cost. of phone cails to Toronto wiffi Bell Canada's Optional'Callinïg Plan. Here's how it works. 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