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Page 20, Whitby Free Prees, Wednesday, Apfli 24, 1M9 Club Carib to hold an anniversary celebration. Club (.arib of Oshawa Ine. willl celebrate its 3th anniverary May 2-4 at the Caribbean Cul- tural Centre, 600 Wentworth St. E., Oshawa. The general public i. invited to view displays --highlighting acti- vities over the 30 years -- on Thursday, May.2, 7 to 9 p.m. A dinnor and ance, on ma4 wraps up the celebration. There will be a live band, Shandu, and~ the Hummingbird Dancers of Club Carib will performn. Club Cari> wfll also present its tiret student bursary award at the anniveraary celiebration May 4. The club began as a social club to bring together Caribbean people living ini Durham. It was *norortd in May, 1979, and the Caribbean Cul- tural Centre was opened in June, 1993. ickets for the banquet and dance are $35 each and are available by calling 434-5629. An- appeal to MPP about Broughton school To the oditor Copy of letter to Durham Centre MPP Jim Flaherty. Re: C.E. Broughton school We live in the Gardon Street Estate townhouses and have been caught up in the boundary -chanIges for the new C.E. Bmughton achool. My live-year-old To the. editons Significant research i. available about the subject cf gender and instruction. The Durham Board of Education has already shown a strong commitment for this issue by running a girls-only pilot program in math at Anderson CVI. Unforftuatehy, parents may loe a strong advocate and rosearcher te support, identify and promote equity-based initiatives as budget cuts have identified the. Durham board'. equity officer position as being unnecessaiy in these times of restraint. Equity initiatives sucli as workshops promoting maths and sciences for girls, conferences for all students with strategicaily planned variety in topica and presenters, newsletters to teachers outlining equityrelated issues and an expectation that schools would colaboratively, develop and support equity plans, would ne longer have a driving force. Heather-Jane Rebertson and Maude Barlow ini their book Clasa Warfare indicate that "The most thorough exarination of how teacher time and attention are distributed ha, been undertaken by those concerned with gonder and schooling. Why do girls come te school "ahead" cof boys, but typically leave behind them on every objective measure? The answer turna eut te be time and attention." Ini these times cf economic instability, it makes sound fiscal sense to ensure that both genders have every opportunity te become productive, profitable and contributory members of society. What botter way te ensure future stability- than by researching and e .a.nig the feasibility of a girls- only curriculum, particularly when parents, our partners in education 1 son ha. been granted permission to enrolin Leslie MacFarlane for two yoars whlle construction i. bring done on Garden Street. This bas taken care of our situation temporarily and will need to be deat with again in.two years time. The problem la a lot of other people are ettîl caught up in thia whole moua and the Durham board la not really listening to parents concerna and proposais. My concerna lay in the manner reform, su ggest- that we explore the untapped potential of our resourceful parents.' What more appropriate.time to examine this suggestion than now, since the Conservative government has reversed the hard- won legielation on oquity issues, leaving tho positive initiatives planned by equity officers around the province on shelves to gather dust. The Parents For Girls Curriculum Committee mnakes sense. Preparing a researched report on this issue is timnely and sound. Miaret Sadem-Thompson Whitby in which this ontiro situation ha. been handled - lack of com- munication, lack of undorstandlng and lack of co-operation on behalf of the trustees. (I believe Doug Boss ha. listoned and ha. been very supportive to parents, but hi. banda have been tied by the roat of the board and there i. little that lie can do.) I believo that the concept for a modified school year was a good one, but the development procese was handled very poorly. 1Iknow that you probably do not want to got involved in thi. situation as it ia a municipal matter. But I can't help feeling that the provincial governâment has to ho somewhat accountable for the funds ,allocated Wo the municipality fer tht. new ichool (especially ýwhen I.read in the that there ie talk of closing achooli i the area). Itis taxpayers' dollars paying for this new venture and the taxpayer ia being ignored in this entire situation. W. live in a déemocratie society, not. a dictatorship. I feef thatthe board ia acting as- a 'dictatorship at present-- telling parents' and cblîdren what ie best for them. Please take. somo lime out of your buay achodulo to discus. tht. matter with the board. Have thom genuinely listen to parents' concerne and proposaIs. Right now I feel the. board feels very strongly about any sort of 'backing down" as it might ho viowed as them being weak and possibly viewod that they made some errors in judgment along tho way. Maybe if some parent. are truly listened to, tho communitv as a wholo will be happier. Let's try and got rid of some of the Vieiws To the. ndton. Re: L..etter, 'Scrap sox-ed,' Free Press, April 10. Jann Flury's letter outlines ,a familiar litany of despair. WIlIe an entertaining read, clever in ts us» of invective and deinogatory language, it ia lackIng in substanc and solutions whlch are consistent wlth Canadian beliefis and principles. Fluzy suggoste that the solution is as simple as telling students, "mess around 'and you take your chances." Thi. comment la only open to- two interpretations; 1) either Flury holieves that al students, after receiving thi. instruction, will choose not to "mess around"; or 2) she holieves that,,those who' choose to "mess around" deserve, in essence, to die (flot, to mention those countless numbera who may have intimate contact with the group who choose to "Mess around"). Both interpretations are equally offensive, not only inconsistent wlth Canadian values and basic huinanitarian principles, but 1, controversy'surrounding the new C.E. Broughton achool. Flona Kent Whitby lacking lacking in reality and common sense. Statistica prove that students will take chances, regardles. of conse*en s Curntly, apprxmately 50 per cent of hîgh chool sade= sare 1eual atve. Are we prepared, as a soclety, to establish a death penalty for those who. "mess around?" Flury appears to, endorme this draconian approach ,I do not. Furtheror, deaite, Flury's squggston that the Durham Board of 'Education abandon 1imily hf. education, it le a mandatory Program requlred bY the Mlnl.try of Education and Training. Moreover,- the board bas bee n mandated by the munstry to produce a teacher resource package which focuses on the prevention of A1DS and S'1'Ds. In the Durham board, we have yet to meet tht. mandate., Flury bas suggested that I have a "special interesf": mea culpa. As a trustee for a public board of education , I am privileged to have had a spocial interest beatowed upon me. It à. te see te the welfare of ail students. BII Fafrburn Trustee, Township oftBrook OBITAIs KATHAINM acMJLLAN A resident cf Whitby for 15 years, Katharine Alice MacMillan died in Whitby on April 10, 1996. She was 75. A daughter of the late George Gordon Evans and Maud Besaline Butler, she was born in Manitoba on Jan. 2, 1921. lirs. MacMillan was a member of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 112, Whitby. I 1957 she was marriod in Manitoba tW Donald K. MacMillan, who died before her. Ho was a Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Officer. Mrs. MacMillan la .urv'ived by son James . Anderson (and hi. wife Mona),, grandchildren James Robert, Jennifer Leigh and Myles W. Anderson, and great- grandchldren Meighen and Morgan. One son, Alfred Anderson, died before her. Mrs. Macilan was at the W.C. Town Funeral Chapel, Whitby. KAHLENCHOWEN Kathleen Ina Chowen of Whitby died at Ajax-Pîcken*ng Hospital on April 5, 1996. She was 68. 8h. was boni on May 2, 1927 i Midland Ont, daughter cf Walter and Lna Nichole. She was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary cf Whitby Legion Branch 112. Seis survived by son Wayne (and hie wife Betty) cf Whitby daughtor Louis. (and husband Ian White) of Oshawa, grandchil- dren Scott, Candace, Brittany Theresa and Christopher broth- ors Harold,, Ken -and Ïà', and eteter Bar)>. 5h. was predeceased by her brother Sam. The. funeral service was held from the W.C. Town Funeral Chapel in Whitby on April 8, ]Rev. Jeannette Millar conduct- mg.ENUNETHJACKSON Kenneth James Jackson cf Whitby died of cmlications relatÏd oe chronie Iymphatic leukemia, on April 8 1996 at St. Michael'ý Hospital, k'ornto. Ho was 63. * Ho was boni on May 26, 1932 in Middlesborough,Ensgland, son of James and ýhoît (mail) Jackson. <Ho was married to Jean Farrer on Fe)>. 26, 1959 in Redcar, England. A Whitby resident for 17 yeare, h. worked in project engineering at Courtice Steel. Ho i. survived by hua wife, sons Christopher, Phillip -and Michael, hie mother, and sîster Doreen. Ho was predeceased by hie father. The funeral was held at W.C. Town Funeral Chapel in Whitb on April 12, Rev. Kenneth 9. Keen conducting. Interment at Mount Lawn CpSnietery. BOY SPENCE An accountant with Canadian National Ralway for 43 years, Bey Wellesley Spence died at Whitby General Hospital on Aprnl 15, 1996. Ho was 90., A son-of, the late 'Rev. Canon Chaude A.G. Spence and Hannah1 Harries, ho was born in London,' England, on'Oct. 21, 1905. Before conung to Whitby he had lived in Toronto and Apsley, Ont Mr. Spence was a past member ofthe Royal Canadian Legion and of many choira. eHé had a great love of nature, bird,, and'animalei. On July' -24,9 1937 .ho was mnarried in Toronto to the former- Nora Rowona Pritchard. Mr. Spence. je survived by son Chriatopher C.R.Spence (and hi. wife 1ori) of Pickering; daughter Linda Elinore RanIn of Whithy and grandehildren Darren Lloyd Ranin and KRevin Robert Ranin,. Brother- Rex Sponce., sisters Doris Shewen, Margorie Kilborn, Phyfis Hestar and CicilyLean, and many niecos and, neph ews died bofore hlm. Mr. Spence waa at the W.C. Town Funeral Chapel, Whitby. Rev Murrary McCou- conductod the funeral service ýat St. George the Martyr Anglican Church, Apaley, Ont, followed* by interment in St.. George'. CemeteryApsley. 6 Generations of Service, Quality & Trust *Family Monuments *Granite or Bronze Markers *Cemetery Lettering *Sandblasting Stafford Mnuents 318 Dundas St. E. Whitby 668-3552 After Hours 668-4460 or'721.9882 Home appoinLments gladly arranged More researcli into Pis-lycurrculu la LETTERSU EDUCATION