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Region Comfortable with Lord's Prayer The Pickering 36 PAGES ✦ Pressrun 50,900 ✦ Metroland Durham Region Media Group ✦ FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2007 ✦ Optional delivery $6 / Newsstand $1 Interactive students Read-a-Thon has students thinking about MS Page 15 Page 20 Region comfortable with Lord’s Prayer Committee wants taining the practice of reciting the national prayer, prior to the official entrance of the chairperson, who guments for keeping the Lord’s Lord’s Prayer at the start of Region- opening of council meetings. will ask those wanting to partici- Prayer. prayer said before al Council meetings, the planning By doing this, Mr. Anderson pate in the Lord’s Prayer to join Many of the residents that spoke official start committee unanimously approved said, council won’t be violating the him in reciting it. At the end of the drew on Canada’s history as an a new policy, which now has to Charter of Rights, as claimed by prayer the meeting will be called argument for continuing the prac- of meeting go to full council for ap- the Ottawa-based group to order. tice. For more proval. The more than 50 on this story Secular Ontario. “Today there is a potential for “Not saying the Lord’s Prayer is people who packed into “If we can meet the law this committee to change Dur- like not singing ‘O Canada’ before By Erin Hatfield a boardroom at Regional by doing this, and we can ham’s history, but I am not going a hockey game,” Robert Holland [email protected] headquarters on Jan. 18, be inclusive by doing this, to change the history of this coun- said. “The Lord’s Prayer has been hugged and shook hands then I think that is the try,” Mr. Anderson added. protocol since confederation.” DURHAM — There’s power in over their victory after a motion way we should go about it,” Ajax For three hours prior to the Others spoke of how praying prayer, regional committee mem- passed recommending council Mayor Steve Parish said. vote residents made impassioned provides municipal guidance in bers have decided. recite the Lord’s Prayer, and pos- If the recommendation is ap- speeches, drawing on scripture, With a little policy “tweaking” sibly an additional, non-denomi- proved, council will recognize the personal experience and legal ar- ✦ See Council, Page 2 the Lord’s Prayer may remain the practice at Durham Regional council meetings. “I think it is clear there is an opportunity to continue the pro- cess and yet make those who feel STRRRRRRRRRETCHING FOR THE BALL uncomfortable comfortable,” Re- gional chairman Roger Anderson said. 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Town Hall meetings with Oshawa Trustee Fred Jones also wanted to constituents to hear their for changes to education centre see changes made to provide trustees with more views about important issues of space in the education centre. the day. You are invited to these. By Crystal Crimi Director of Education Patricia Manson said [email protected] trustees never expressed interest in getting the additional space before. Upcoming Town Hall Meetings DURHAM — The Catholic school board has “We will certainly look at the suggestions you’ve Friday, January 26, 2007 Friday, February 23, 2007 big expansion plans for its education centre in made for that,” said Ms. Manson. Time: 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Time: 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Place: Place: Oshawa. Phase one costs include: $90,000 for relocating Room 1, McLean Admiral’s Room, Ajax During the board’s Jan. 15 meeting, trustees the education centre’s print room to the facilities Community Centre, Ajax Community Centre Topic: Any federal concerns Topic: Any federal concerns approved proceeding with architectural draw- service building; almost $700,000 for student ser- ings for the more than $1 million phase one of its vices changes, including $250,000 for mechanical Catholic education centre accommodation plans, and $125,000 for electrical; $132,000 for parking, www.markholland.ca initially discussed and approved in-principle dur- and $131,000 for soft costs, such as $110,000 for 92 Church Street South, Suite 106, Ajax, ON L1S 6B4 ing a November in-camera meeting. The plans engineer and architectural fees. The total cost of Tel: (905) 426-6808 — Fax: (905) 426-9564 weren’t discussed in open session before receiv- the first stage is estimated at $1.048 million, plus E-mail: [email protected] ing in-principle support. GST. Ryan Putnam, the Durham Catholic District School Board’s comptroller of finance, said the plan was approved in open session Nov. 27 as part of the board’s 2006/07 revised budget estimates, even though it was not highlighted or discussed then. Mr. Putnam said it was discussed in-camera prior to the meeting because it was still just a con- cept. FIND YOUR WINTER STYLE The plan was approved with direction to come back as a facility’s report in January for discussion, and did on Jan. 15. .com According to a report on the Catholic education centre’s master plan, presented Jan. 15 by Saccoc- cio Weppler Architects, phase one would bring region the current 56 student services staff housed in a portion of Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic Sec- ondary School to the education centre, located on Rossland Road West in Oshawa. durham “The object of the accommodation plan is to consolidate staff on one site,” said Paul Weppler of Saccoccio Weppler Architects, while presenting the facilities report.
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