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Michael Becker

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HYDROGEN energy pio-
neer Dr. Geoffrey Ballard
was honoured Dec. 8 in
Sweden for his interna-
tional contribution to the

environment.

The West Vancouver sesidené is the
first-ever recipient of the city of
Goreborg’s international environment

rine.

Ballard was awarded tor his work in
developing fuel cells. :

Ballard received a cheque for the
equivalent of $104,000 US at 2 ceremv-
ny held at the Goteborg Concert Hall.
EU | Environment | Conunissioner
Margot WallstrGm presented — the
cheque.

The fuel cell visionary said that he
wall donate the money to help get street
youths “wack on track.” Most of it will
be given to. Covenant House in
Vancouver. Said Ballard on Tuesday, “It
does great work. A lot of young people
end up here because of the warmer ci-
mate. Covenant House gives them a cri-

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Marcie Good
News Reporter mgood@nsnews.com

THE Collingwood school .
-board of governors has taken
the first step towards the dis-

miissal of headmaster Graham

Baldwin.

The headmaster is being sued by a school
‘secretary,
According to a Dec. 13 letcer sent ta school
parents, a series Of three meetings was held last
week. More than owo-thirds of the board's 17

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orations on page 16 in today’s Living Room section.

Final vote on future of Collingwood head Dec. 27

members supported a Dec. 12 motion to fire
Baldwin. In order to complete his termination,
a second vote, set for Dec. 27, needs to pass by
the same majority.

In October, Kyoko Miyazaki launched a
lawsuit in the Supreme Court of B.C. alleging
that Baldwin made inappropriate remarks and
touched her in a degrading way while they
were on a business trip in New Zealand last
March.

Ata meeting on Dee. 9, Bafdwin and
Miyazaki: addressed the board and answered
questions. The following day, an investigator

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from a law firm hired by the board to handle
policies regarding harassment appeared at
another meeting.

Members also looked at Baldwin's employ-
ment record and performance appraisals and
an investigator's report in the current com-
plaint. The motion which was supported by a
majority of board members stated “the head-
master has engaged in misconduct which, in
the board's opinion, constitutes breaches of
his contract of employment ...”

Meanwhile, three parents who tried to stop
the board front taking steps ty dismiss Baldwin

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Steven DeJaray, Brian Kerzner and Robert
Nowack filed 2 statement of claim fast week,-
questioning the legitimacy of the board's
action, They claimed that the board had no
right to take disciplinary action against
Baldwin.

On Dec. 12, B.C. Supreme Court Madam
Justice Sinclair Prowse dismissed the applica-
tion for an injunction against the board, and
ordered that DeJaray, Kerzner and Nowack
pay the costs of the application.

The judge confirmed that the board has the

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