Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 1998, Winnipeg, Manitoba Faith safety sold parents on school by Nick Martin education reporter Michelle Power believes she rescued her children from the Public school system by enrolling them at St. Aidan s Christian school. Operated by St. Aidan s anglican Church in three Small rooms the River Heights school has Only 17 kids from Junior kindergarten to Grade 6, a Faith based schools popular /a7 1 teachers paid Only a Small honorarium Check out books from Public libraries to supplement the school s Small Supply of materials. But Power like other parents and grandparents could t be happier. To me this school Means Safe. They re not going to be beaten up and they re not going to be bulged. They re not dealing with the aggression of the Public schools she said. What s acceptable in their Home is not acceptable in St. Aidan s parents consider Public schools violent and overcrowded with overworked teachers burdened by problem children to the detriment of other students. I was scared to bring my child up Here before i heard about this school said Cindy Howlett. Parents also worried about Large classes of children whose families Don t share the same values. The student teacher ratio allows for very individual attention said head teacher Jenny Chudley. We work with the children and Pray at different times of the Day. We re free As teachers to share our Faith with the parents pay $1,600 per child half that for kindergarten and Junior kindergarten students. The Church supplements the school s costs though it will be eligible for provincial funding next fall. Chudley said the school follows the Basic provincial curriculum and does discuss evolution. We re talking about scientific principles that god has put into the world she said. We talk about evolution because it is a theory. We talk about creation because it is a comrades still missed veterans pay respects to soldiers in Brookside by Linda Rosborough staff reporter even when Stan Millar recounts fond memories of his Navy years like those racy funny plays sailors would stage on ship he gets choked up. I can t talk too Long about the War 77-year-old Millar said yesterday at the fourth annual veterans memorial ceremony at Brookside cemetery moments after sharing an amusing Story. I get an awful Lump in my Throat. I lost an awful lot of friends. I was four years at Millar was paying his respects yesterday afternoon at a Wreath laying ceremony sponsored by the joint veterans association. More than 10,000 veterans and military personnel Are buried in the military Field of honour the largest military Section of any municipal cemetery in Canada. Renovations i Don t think there s a More important Day in my life than when we re remembering the armed services today and in the past said Millar who served As a chief Petty officer with the British Navy and As a chaplain. I just Hope they won t renovations on 4,700 Graves began in the Early ;