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In éase anyone in Thornhill bothered to read Mr. McMonagle’s Taxi drivers will be meeting within the next two weeks to decide whether this reduction will be only on fares within the town proper or on out of town trips as well. For him to then im- mediately phone the second trustee from Thornhill. tell him I wasn‘t running again and invite him to criticize me appears to me to go beyond the bound of decency. Richmond Hill’s two taxi companies. Regional and Avenue. will be giving the reduction. Joan Kennedy, co- owner of Regional Taxi in Richmond Hill, has ap- proached Town Council and supported a bylaw allowing Richmond Hill taxi companies to give senior citizens in town a 15 per cent reduction The bylaw has been passed, and the seniors will now pay 15 percent less than the standard taxi fare, which is 70 cents to start and 10 cents for each seventh of a mile after that. I asked him to regard my answer as con- fidential, saying that I did not wish to discuss my plans publicly until the end of the summer. Bylaw allows seniors to get 75% taxi fare reductions Because I don‘t like lying even to reporters, I answered him truthfully when he asked if I were running again for the York County Board of Education. The whole issue of strapping came to light recently through an in- cident in which a young learning disabled child I am dismayed that your newspaper with a tradition of 100 years of responsible journalism should find it necessary to permit a reporter to act as unethically as Mr. Steven Pearlstein did. comments, I sho'uld like to assure the taxpayers that I am not. nor have I ever been anyone‘s ”mouthpiece‘X As a trustee I feel it's my duty to listen to anvone concerned about While progressive boards throughout the province have rescinded this barbaric practice York Region has not only condoned it but has dug it out, dusted it off and imbued it with new vigour and dignity. As a resident of York Region, I was profoundly disappointed when I read that the York Region Board of Education had voted to retain the strap. It’s time to call you: Welcome Wagon hashes. Eh: Zl'ibtral Letters RICHMOND HILL 44am! “NVâ€"mlflmr 8846361 OAK RIDGES 7734050 THORNHILL 889-0701 @[meWg'qqu Trustee peeved MQLUEWSPQ per _+ Exceptional children shouldn’t be strapped, this reader states Mrs. Kennedy will be helping the senior citizens of Richmond Hill, Rich- vale and Oak Ridges in another way. This will be a big boost to the seniors in the communities. especially to those living on a fixed income. This money is to be used as a prize for a euchre or a craft project, and it must be won by a senior citizen. Beginning August 1, she will give $10 from Regional Taxi every month to the senior citizen's clubs in these three communitiesi As far as ' Mr. McMonagle‘s criticism of me visiting schools is concerned, I leave it up to the parents and other taxpayers of Thornhill as to whether they want a trustee who knows what is going on or whether they prefer their trustees obtain all their “in- formation in a boardroom some sixteen miles away. For good or bad, any motion I have presented or supported has been one that I believed in. As a trustee I feel it's my duty to listen to anyone concerned about education â€" be they administrators. teachers, parents, students or other taxpayers â€" to consider carefully all their ideas and concerns and then decide for myself what I feel I can support. The helping child had had two previous war- nings about such out- rageous behaviour. the owner of the project had not. The learning disabled child was strapped. the other Child was not. and [his is symptomatic. There is no need to "beat" normal children because they will learn in spite of our system and child was helping a friend carry a cumbersome project into a school before the bell rang which would permit such in- trusion into this sacred enclave; Also, on a personal level. how can anyone ever again have conâ€" fidence that the hospital will treat other lives with care and respect when it apparently shows so little concern or respect for the smallest and most defenceless of human life. Wilma Klein Richmond Hill ED. NOTE: While The Liberal has carried stories about abortions at York Central Hospital. at no time did it ever say “a large number" were being performed there. Information regarding the numbers of abortions at York Central has not been made public. The roses, peonies and mock orange helped make the 100th an- niversary of The Liberal an even more enjoyable celebration. Just a note of thanks to Ann Piirto of Oak Ridges, who provided the flowers for our birthday table last week. Flowers adorned our table It is difficult to believe that an institution whose purpose I had naively thought was to protect and preserve human life, has now generated into an institution that deliberately destroys human life. I was deeply concerned to read in a June edition of The Liberal that our local York Central Hospital is now engaged in performing a large; number of abortions annually. They are much more prone to punishable misdemeanors. theref- ore. they will become the scapegoats. the severed She ’s upset by hospital abon‘ions It's the borderline kids who will be the victims of the strap â€" the retarded. the gifted. the learning d i s a b l e d . t h e behaviourally and emotionally disturbed. They are the children who are persecuted. abused and neglected by our school system. will not be frustrated or discouraged or angry or despondent. They will have no need to act out. Marilyn McDonald Doreen Quirk 11 St. Andres Court Thornhill THE LIBERAL GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES 5 yearsâ€"Annual Interest For information call But there is a vast difference between a child being punished by parents who normally show him love and af- fection and the callous, calculated strapping by a I‘m not suggesting that parents should never resort to physical punish- ment as long as it is dealt in an atmosphere of love and discipline and what is considered to be in the best interests of the safety of the child and others“ If the school is exâ€" periencing adverse behaviour that is en- dangering the safety of the child or other children they should report it to the parents and allow the parents to deal with it. To contemplate strapping a child without first informing his parents, as one Trustee suggested, is unthinkable. If the child’s behaviour has deteriorated to the point where he merits this severe a disciplinary measure, the parents should have long since been involved. Certainly not what a “judicious parent" would do but one sick mind's interpretation of “cor- poral punishment". In any barrel of superb. dedicated teachers, there will always be a few rotten apples. Moreover, what of the epileptic child to whom a strap induced seizure might mean irreversible brain damage. They will either acquiesce and succumb to depression and mental illness or they will fight back in ways unac- ceptable to the adult. One additional danger in any policy condoning corporal punishment is that it leaves room for individual interpretation. A few years ago a principal in York Region threw a six year old child to the floor. kicked him and tore the sleeve from his shirt in the name of corporal punishment. Children lack reserves of self esteem to sustain them under humiliating conditions and the sophistication of adults to cope with an attack on their dignity. To superimpose physical abuse on top of this psychological abuse could be the final coup de grace that turns the vulnerable child to mental illness or delinquent behaviour. The psychological damage that is inflicted on exceptional children whose needs are not met in our school system can never be measured but there is ever growing opinion that this may be one of the most damaging forms of child abuse. heads displayed at the city gates to keep the populace in line. ”Oglca' Schooling is society infliCted making a deliberate and children highly organized in- not met tervention into the child’s tem can growth process during a Ired but time when that child is gI‘OWiflg both most malleable and I would further urge these parents to request from the board office (887-5931) 3 list of the Trustees who voted to retain corporal punish- ment and to actively campaign against the re-election of these Trustees. Rosemary Underwood. Reg. N.. B.Sc. Executive Director. ()ntarioA.C.L.D. To protect our children from physical abuse I would urge every parent of every exceptional child to direct a letter to the Director of Education forbidding the use of any form of corporal punish- ment and subsequently to lay an assault charge if their wishes in this respect are ignored. There will be a municipal election this Fall. We have money for just about anything else you'd care to mention. Surely with all these resources at our disposal. if we cannot meet the needs of these children â€" if we therefore frustrate. embarrass, humiliate, or in a hundred other ways provoke these children to act out â€" surely the last thing we should do is to beat them. most vulnerable We have empty classrooms begging f0r small self-contained classes to meet the needs of the 20 per cent or more of our children who had the misfortune, through no fault of their own, to be born something other than our concept of “normal". The knowledge is available now to allow us to meet the needs of exceptional children. We have a large surplus of teachers. many of whom are trained in special education. school official who to the child is only a symbol of societal authority. Surely in a civilized society. if we are going to require by law that a child sit in school from ages six to 16, we have a responsibility to ensure that this is a positive kind of intervention. THE TOWN OF RICHMOND HILL HAS AMENDED THE BY LAW, ENABLING US TO GIVE A 15% REDUCTION TO ALL PERSONS HOLDING AN OLD AGE SECURITY IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA. WE WILL BE VERY PLEASED TO BE OF SERVICE TO YOU, NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. PLEASE PRESENT YOUR CARD TO OUR DRIVERS. REGIONAL TAXI 77 LIMITED ' Wflfiég YOUR LOCAL BROKERAGE 8846666 889-2121 8849191 881-1717 Regional tam '7 7 llmtteo NOTICE TO OUR SENIOR CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF RICHMOND HILL 10,225 YONGE STREET, RICHMOND HILL Debbie Bakonyi. chairman of the comâ€" mittee in charge of the Advance tickets will cost 75 cents but if you wait until the nineteenth it will cost $1. The Richmond Hill Leos, a newly formed group of teenagers associated with the Lions Club, have planned a car wash as their first fund raising venture. From 11a.m. to 3 pm. the Leos will be out in full force at Ilias Fina Ser- vice‘ Yonge Street one block south of Major Mackenzie Drive. Councillor Stan Daurio suggeSted Monday that council take a serious look at what can be done 'about parking before it For those who like to plan ahead, advance tickets are now available for a car wash on August 19. Parking'is a problem on one of Thornhill's newest streets. Tamarack Drive reSIdents ca n't get two cars on Hango Ver their driveways without blocking the sidewalk. All the cars sitting over the sidewalk were ticketed one morning this month. New Thornhi/l street has prob/em Leos plan car tickets now 0‘ with llgt Zl‘ihmzl ads Debbie said the money will go to some com- munity service -and they are open for suggestions. The Leos have not decided as yet where the proceeds from the car wash will go. car wash. said the group hoped they wuld get a lot of advance sales so they would have an idea how many people they needed to wash cars. approves more lots with reduced frontages or total area, so that they don't look like parking lots. He was commenting on a letter received by council from Kenneth Kepler. 165 Tamarack 'an car wash, now on sale " Efiair “ Alain; iifllnwem Dminctive Flowers, Plants and Giftware for all occasions. Custom designs YOURS TRULY JAMES WEBB JOAN KENNEDY at 884â€"6512, Ron at 884- 5354 or Ken. Jack or Jim at 884-3090. Drive. requesting “no parking' signs on one side of the street. The street is too narrow to allow twoâ€" way traffic when cars are parked opposite each other, Mr. Kepler said. “The problem is com- Tickets can be pur- chased from any member of the Leos or call Debbie FASTâ€" EASY INSTALLATION THE LIBERAL. Wednesday, July 19. 1978 â€" A-s WHY SUFFER EXCESS HEAT ANOTHER DAY? SAVE l'lllNEY & TECAN ENTERPRISES CONIROL: heat. glare & fading CLARHV: uillnotdistorl View SAVE: on summer & «inlet utility bills all WINDOW FILM PRIVACY: one way mirroreflect with most film COlORS: choose ham any of our 5 reflective or 4 non- rellective films Residents were angered when cars parked over the sidewalk were ticketed recently in the early hours of the morning. The cars parked there create a hazard at the corner. Because of the way the lawns and hydrants are arranged. there are no parking spaces except beside a corner lot. There is room for only one car in the driveway of most houses on the street. A second visitor, or any visitor in the case of two car families. would have to park across the sidewalk. pounded in early evenings and in winter." (416) 889-1648 Box 37 Thornhill, Ontario L3T 3N1