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APB” ”11031," THE INDEPENDENT - - ' ' - I vai ___ _---.--" _-e-_-FF-__-__-__"'--'-'" 7,”, _ - --_-_F_F-_e-F-___-__- 7‘, --___- ,, - J J PAGES . THE BEAT GOES ON School re ricve "-., arr' ,. "iss 'i, ", _1'g" - "'sv, Fi' 'i"iy'9'iiLt8ltr2..'.Ts,t'S5'r'y __ _ - .e k I " T lv: 'd. .. View, _ Mrk _ ' a tl M g) V 1 _ 7 . ' f Jg 7‘11,- 11 Bi' t it . ' Castleton gets a new school, village breathes easy or]? , _ l I: Bit' sg, I g - tll ig , Er9kR,i- _ w} 'tTel tTM v ' “.3 , ’ a: J l; y LC. by Ray Yurkowski 240 at South Cramahe and here as well as young famie Al ll . MN, Tr Ti, , ($1 l B8 Rt i'iii “it i" “E THEINDJEPENDENT 220 at Colborne, students lies moving in." "ll J aw, W s:_ " m » . _ t rt; 'T s Goon NEWS ABOUT south of Highway 401 will Mr. Coombs sees the f“? It I , " , - ' ‘i __ . the school situation," attend Colborne Public Castlcton school project as I Eq " . ‘l\ g said Cramahe Mayor Marc School. being number three onthe Sl . " (‘3 - it” n. ie: Coombs. "You end up strengthen- list of board priorities for t , . - " " ' ' Ir Td _ After Kawartha Pine ing both schools," he said. schools deemed 'prohibi- 'rvisr" _ j ' iS r; i, " ", ll: 1-.» Ridge DistrictSchooi Board "We would do fantastic tive to repair" with Apsley I; " sh i l; i ' 'lt i h' {was 1: V "1‘0 trustees on March 29 re- in attracting young t'ami- Public School alreadystart- - (y - i i 'w V ‘ - in " c! , Rs" " l "E”? viewed a 10-year capital lies into that area with a ed. ' f L I; 1“: . " rd /")p, Tr 'e. T-li,'), needs assessment for sub- new school with, finally, a "Brighton is number , "l , , , " I in}?! ‘7 ItrE V 'A; ll 7;: mission to the Ministry of full-sized gym, which is two and a school in Port F 2f j, - q - . EE IE ' V a; :3?) _ Education, they decided what you want to offset the Hope is number three. ., 'é, , C \ A,» i l ' kia "", w I.,3""_"5, Castleton and South people whoareretiring into We're sort of at the top of '(rhr, 'iiiiiai'ieihis? I Q77! ' N Et Fi', _ f,),' '///d1al,llfg,1,asbjig 21:23:31]; the/cr,,,,,,,, a mix a nice ”1189061315: 1:15) £1131 S a good culliome Public School's Red'Hnl Jazz Band P.es up tor a fund-raising concert at the Kegler i a replacement school would balance of people retiring p . centre on Sunday April 22 at 2 p.m. Pt hand still left, $10,00010wards the $35,000 casts be built bv 2011. _ of travelling in Vancouver to enter MusicFest Canada s 35m annual competition. Two months earlier the V _ I C'-",'::" school board had an- _ _ T _ A V nounced it was closing two of the township's three ele- at mentary schools. Cramahe T council immediately __ passed a resolution in re- I .1 - a) i m J, a a G â€" sponse: "The closure of I 'g' ',1ii H ' g g g g m . l DEATH NOTICES these schools would have a U 2 u 8 a J Td T, E t, ' devastating long-term " CID le, C; 31: 'a g g 3 g = E T - I"-"'-""--") _ W" - - 7 3 ( fect on the economic well U E E ji tj 8.5 $305 . "cl F, ii; l CautpbelL0asid Hogg V CI being of our community," 3 t' 0 a g“. F 'rf.-] 'ilg' a a; - 1ile(umphellrord)lemoriilloypiiaionTlwsduy,Mjrdc"r, l "s they said. "Young families I E E E E o rr?, Q a' '2 a, SE1 llilIT‘, out lh' tours: lliiiiil Cumphcil of ititftl Wlrkviurtk iiiid r "N, wouldn't move into Castle- is n. “J: 3 fi? E g = EE U l fon‘iiuiij.oirumour.soirolliicidicRobotliampiwli:iodliicliiio ' _ . . 3 g. c: H H _ p, i. i: TI E H I would ilmohcsi, DL'ill lili\l\:lllll oi liorulhi' (Mum. Lorin-4 i V J ton if their children = = Q B E ' ' TT a) 8 =0 o O . i limiter of Sue and her husband Tim Miller of htllllillllt’l"l , (would) have to be based for 5 iid?, 8 "a T,' _ E i . Cfd E 9 Q 'p-c" i'I'tdurum-iibyhisiliiiigliicrliziroiiiic(.iii‘iplirll,Sluiiriiiissrtllh Nd up to one hour to another c', ii T', a a) g . a 5' g :3 p, c, $ his grandchildren, limit] lunl Ym.r Wlrr, The f;aiily receive) ' h' community. The resulting g L: E tr 'if'5 a u "i E, TI (j it if: V . "rylhrNhr'vrrr,hPn,yr'/vl ilome,-()t."!urvhy1rtet,Warlirrorih , loss of tax base would puta Eb c; OJ .5 fl E f, ,2 = l? ED 2 g I; a l - on millionth}. irri-l . "tp ll oiling-h 3“")? Stnigg “115 on I heavy burden on the exist. U a o. g E a; 'f?, f. E 8 'ii E t: io, F , 1")1',tivil1risl,dy, oil" I l I u (Irwin. vc)),",':'),),-")' 11.r) i ing residents in the form of y g 15 a 8 Td kd , Tice > g ipuo c'u' \H|\ _ I. 5' Hull” ioiiiliniis Tilt-ite- lthiilfiJi'l ()lt‘lL‘IHlil t . .. c; = L. :1 = a S "’ n E :>. E U N Ims. oi in (mind l.th (1)rnmurjry (“nu \titss (“mu N highertaxes CID G H fi! 8 u g .2 g E g E g 2: to on suirhl1ceupprctw'11llr) he f:rrnils, t The resolution went on H .2 ' Du: = = l) - H c: E = O I e'" topointouttheclosureplan ",'cifi"lc'il'i'Fi" EH gEH (285, ' ttSSS-s-sms-sept-msc-cp-'-'-:) " "would seem to contradict Q l r the provincial govern- _ . , , - a I _ q _ t _l ment's Ontario Rural Plan' 5 E R E a) rg E“ 7; '5 son, g E u- ' - ' _ which states that 'the role .3 = E U 'E L, "ii Fr E E .U 3 : ALAS of the school in a rural CID is; E as m QE 3 E a g 2 E : FUNERAL HOME. community is even larger A--' = 2 fl' a: Ia')' ch a iii' 'ii', g Te', ' g I ' I I i than providing essential ed- I , E 1:05.; F, H g cy E E 'g"?,-),' 5 'l, n l ucation.The heart of the l E SE cu E t,S, 't fi 3 E 2 m '5 Brighton (615) 475 2121 "l7 , community is often the CU 5.3 I: Ci s. w 5 on“: :r:'t'7-', g no - local school,” E g f, a 2 E a .': ir? 2 a 2 'ii, Warkworth (705) 924-2512 9, The resolution was for- E "rt .2 S?' = 'E m '0 t = t', c D WWW. _ warded to Northumberland = Ji', 15.5.: -e li, g 5:0 g 5 Elsie: 8 walasfuneralhome.com [Q school trustees Gord H a g E 3 42 M Jil s'ffi' E E Q "a' b', I " Gilchrist and Cyndi Dick- . - if, a E“ g E E0 =2 V; E e E. a a E fa' son, Minister of Education 8 F, g H g T-, ir,?, F, a g i) g o no P, Kathleen Wynne, Northum» g F, t' T, ii,', y TI 3 5 'a-js-e, ’ So' if f-i, berland MPP Lou Rinaldi, a 7;, E E H El a s g 3 g "ii, m ii'; 'd, ! Northumberland niunici- E fi, t 8.2 é Fgiiri'i 5 .,; E ,5 Eng q palities and KPRDSB. "TCD g 'si::).-), 't E g; a i a if; 'E "d It seems somebody lisr I tened. CID (0/); gag " - T" Mr. Coombs said the new no é t j-: a E (i Ti school will be located in D = E a; is , Castleton. L st ED ct U a: E jj/ji' .9 _ "The school board told Cd (2 A 6 Q g (d y, Tso. 3 me Castleton is the nicest tis' g E .li' E E o g E ( _ / property they have in their = too tsg Tu Q Fe E i C, = a 1 whole school board," he a PE Tct 're, R ' 3 3,113 m 3 I 2 said. "The added benefitis . go 8 Cy "S, q. © ',yi, g E a ll it's on a county road, it's CS g V" E \l E a E g t a ll very easy to get to and the CID pct i,.. 'tp St tf g Q t a: E u u Castleton Sports Clubfield U CL, eiii-R in a“: s E s ii l isrightthere. CID Q gr Tcl a) c?, Egg: gs T, K "They have soccer fields 33 O a = a T, g E E ll and ball diamonds that are cu. 'd {3,0 g B , E ' E s,uii, 5 C W, available to them at no = E;, E M '5 JI! ig' E E ii I. charge along with a can- g i Si E 5 g 93 it; 8"d E u toenand washrooinsifthey F-- g “t? .5.t, U 2 g}; a E (a. t want to hold a big event. It's tt agreat situation." -» FA .1 - m m . ,. - e Mr. Coombs said the T school will be built to ac- commodate 300 students. With the current enroll- C y nient of 120 at Castleton,