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know how school boards run, and I know how schools are administered.” Gervais lists his four primary goals as a potential CDSBEO trustee as “to preserve, proclaim, promote, and protect Catholic education.” By that, Gervais means to do all he can to maintain a working and strong Catholic education system both within Eastern On- tario and the province at large, for those pa- rents and students who want an alternative to the public and/or private school systems. A Catholic school system includes instruc- tion in the doctrine, tenets, and moral and ethical issues that are part and parcel of the Roman Catholic faith. “If a Catholic school is no di"erent from a public school,” he said, “then what’s the point of it? But if a Catholic school is a Ca- tholic school, then faith is also part of the curriculum. If I can make a di"erence, I will try to.” Gervais emphasized that he has no objec- tions or problems with the past work of Sue Wilson, the incumbent CDSBEO trustee. He
“What I’ve been doing so far until now,”he said, “has been word-of-mouth since I !led my nomination papers.” He noted that the Catholic school sys- tem in Canada has a long history of o#- cial acceptance and support dating back to Confederation when it was enshrined in the British North America Act and its place in Canadian society was recon!rmed more than a century later in the Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Catholic school system, he added, is not just for students from Catholic families either. “There are parents who are not Catholics, who want their children taught in a Catholic school,” he said, noting that the “value-ad- ded curriculum” is part of the reason. In the hypertext world of the 21 st Century, when children and adults have immediate access through the Internet and email to information, both good and bad, Gervais is con!dent that the Catholic Church and the Catholic school system can compete. “Family is the key,” he said.
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CHENEY | There will be some competi- tion for at least one school board trustee seat in this year’s civic election. Deacon Rick Gervais has decided to toss his collar into the election ring for the Pres- cott-Russell trustee seat around the table of the Catholic District School Board of Eas- tern Ontario (CDSBEO). For Gervais, a retired teacher with more than three decades of credentials with Catholic and public scho- ols and also in the Canadian Armed Forces, it’s his !rst venture outside of the classroom and into a school district boardroom. He sees it as a logical next step in his duties as a church deacon. “A deacon is meant to be outside in so- ciety,” Gervais said during an interview in his Cheney home over the Labour Day wee- kend. “My ministry is to Catholic schools, because of my background as a teacher. I
contacted her during the time when he was considering whether or not to run, to let her know his !nal decision. With the start of the o#cial campaign period, Gervais is working on developing both a website as part of his candidate pro- motion and also nailing down his campaign strategy and platform.
More counties community funds L’ORIGNAL | The mayors of Presott and Russell municipalities will have more money avai- lable next year to help support their local community and cultural projects. The counties council approved a resolution to double the current “discretionary fund” allowed each sit- ting mayor in the annual budget. The current allowance is $5000 for each mayor to distri- bute as they choose to local projects and programs by the end of November of each year. That amount will become $10,000 starting with the 2015 counties budget.
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