WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1984,'PAG E5 LETTRS TO HE EDITOR w e Lauctiontaxes sh-ould Immanuel Christian School was also happy Wo celebrate Education Week. There was cause Wt celebrate. For 23 years we have offered an educational alter- native to parents in the O)ShaWa-Whitby area. It is the desire of these parents and teachers to Integrate Christian thought and the Christian life into the Student councillors c total school experience of their children and students.* We enable parents to be directly involved and participate in ail decisions that relate to their children's schoolig through the lida top notch jo b, -Edwards says. Dear Sir: volvement of outside As -chairman of the organizations such as, clerk's department it the Whitby Historical n'as my responsibillty t() Society, Mr. Bilan Win- act as - council's ter, archivist and. the spokesman ini the recen- Oshawa Little Theatre, ily conducted Students' through the person of Wock Council activity. Mrs. Joan Hill. My [rhe Town of Whitby, grateful thanks to ail of which is unique in the those people for their extent of student, in- assistance, which was rolvement, certainly in shown at the Mock he Province of Ontario Coundil Meeting on May ind probablY 2. There was more in- ;hroughout Canada, was terest than ever by the riost anxious thatwe residents of our com- ake special pains in this« munity in this annual ntario Bicentennial event. This is directly eear. attributable to the I arn confident that media.' hie results of the ten The media has taken veek sessions cisplayed an interest throughout lear evidence of tlhe ef- the weeks of orts of our staff, which preparation and the nder the guidance of final Mock Council Ir. D. G. McKay, Clerk Meeting was covered fthe Town of WhitbY, extensively. It is very nd more particularly reassuring that the rid more directly, un- media, and a. public er the guidance of Mr.' body such as the Council 1. Gazo, our Deputy 0f the Town of Whitby, Ierk. lÇhe, council are can work 50o closely with ery proud of both staff such excellent results. nd the students who Please convey my it on, a tremendous gratitude, on behaif of ispiay. It was the Whitby Council, to gnificant that these ef- ail those fron the media rts bé successful this who were involved in ear because of the in- publicizing this event. ti a] ti te 0 tih c. fo ar air M ve an PU diâ sl foi Your sincerely, T.J. Edwards Regional Councillor Town of Whitby and Chairman Clerk's Department go to sc society that owns and operates the sehool. That's demnocracy at work in education. Unfortunately, paren- ts who desire such a school are asked to foot the bull as well as helping to foot the bull for education they have not chosen for their children. I believe this to be an injustice. It seems that if one is Roman Catholie or Francophone one has additional rights in education in this province. They, at Ieast, have two tax-supported options (the public sehool or their own). o'hool of parents'" The rest of us must pay for one, large, state, public school'system. If we choose not to send our children there, we may dig deepiy into our own pockets. Everyone's educational tax dollar should be .directed to the school that best meets the needs and desires of the parent and child. Most, provinces have already, in some form, adopted this more enlightened pohicy. Yet, we appreciate, with many other paren- ts, the freedom to establish independent, alternative schools and hope that one day soon this costly freedom will become a matter of free choise and justice for ail our citizens. coice YOurstruly, Peter C. VanManen Principal Immanuel Christian v q m q 0 e ** d 4 4- * ile4b-4-it KARL VERMEULEN D.DMS. Wlshes to announce his association with Peter E. Wison D.D.S. Grant Wilison D.D.S. David Legge D.D.S. At 172 KING ST. E. OSHAWA 11 H 1 B7 (Evenling appolntments AvaIIabWe 41 6-728-51 71 THE CORPORATION OFTHE TOWN 0F WHITBY SENIOR CITIZENS' ACTIVITY CENTRE EXECUTIVE -BOARD Members of the Whitby Senior Citizens' Activity Centre who have an interest ln serving on the Senior Ctizens' Activity Centre Executive Board, are invited to make application for appointment to the Board by f Iiing with the Clerk, on or before Friday, May lBth, 1984, a completed application. Application forms are avallable at, the Whitby Senior Citizens' Activlty Centre and at the 'offic0e of the Clerk. Ail applications received by the Clerk wIllI be referred to the Councli for revIew and con-, sideration. THE LAST DATE FOR FILING APPLICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS' ACTIVITY CENTRE EXECIJTIVE BOARD IS FRIDAY, MAY 18TH, 1984. DATED at Whltby, Ontario, this 9th day 0f.May, 1984.Donald G. McKay Clerk Corporation of the Town of Whitby 575 Rossland Road East Whiltby, Ontarlo LIN 2M8 m M irq