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Council by MaureenCorkery The spirit of geperosity shone through at Regional council last Wednesday with councillors giving themselves a iee big Christmas present - a four per cent pay increase. Councillors voted by a 17 to 10 margin (three were absent) for the $500 raise which wjIl bring their salaries up. to $12,980 a year. Chairman Walter Beath will get a further $1,000 a year. He will now make $35,500. Hikes Salaries Oshawa councillor Ed Kolodzie was outspoken in his opposition to the raise. He urged colleagues to cut down on personal expenses such as cigarettes and beer if they want more money. He pointed out the increase represents an extra $10 a week and said surely councillors could make this up by dropping that extra case of beer or bottle of liquor or cutting down by a carton of cigarettes or, he said, perhaps "you should take a course in personal money management." Citing the length of past council and committee meetings, Kolodzie accused some councillors of spend- ing less than five hours a week on regional business. This statement prompted angry objections from some councillors. Newcastle Ann Cowman said it took her five hours just to read the council agenda alone. Pickering councillor Gerry Fisher replied that the time spent at meetings represents only a small? portion of the time he spends on Turn to Page Two Courtice Land Approved 1 A Touching Pre-Christmas Scene This has to be one of the most appealing pre-Christmas pictures we have published. It was taken at Strathaven Nursing Home on Saturday afternoon where this pony-tailed|youngster was one of the group of Seventh Day Adven- tists bringing joy to the elderly patients. We don't feel it needs any further ex- planation, it speaks for itself. Walls Damaged At Town Arena Newcastle's community services committee learned llast Monday night that the exterior block walls in some areas of the ¡Bowmanville Arena are deteriorating. An inspection of the arena earlier this month by consulting engineers Totten, Sims and Hubicki, revealed that some concrete blocks and mor- tar joints particularly along the south block wall are damaged. It appears this is caused by water from the main arena roof running down and being blown onto the block walls. The water is absorbed into the concrete blocks and mortar joints and the freeze-thaw action resuits in the deterioration of the walls. To alleviate the problem, the engineers recommen d eavestroughs be installed along the north and south sides of the main arena roof and the water from the roof be direc- ted away from the building. They also suggested any loose and deteriorated mortar between the concrete blocks be cleaned out and the joints between t he blocks be repointed. Repair work, they added, should be done before progressive deterioration of the concrete blocks and mortar joints resu ts in a failure of the block walls. 1 for Industry Durham Regional council last Wednesday approved the redesigna- tion of 60 acres of land along Highway No. 2 between Bowman- ville and Courtice from major open space to industrial. The parcel of land, Part of Lot 24, Broken-Front and Concession 1, was designated "industrial" in the former Township of Darlington Official Plan. Mayor Garnet Rick- ard explained that in drafting the Durham Official Plan this area went unnoticed for some reason when boundaries of the industrial areas were being drawn. Newcastle coun- cil, he said, felt the 60 acres should be re-designated to what it originally had been. The lands immediately to the west of the site, he explained are designated industrial in both the Durham Regional Official Plan as well as the former Township of Darlington Official Plan. The Dar- lington Generating station site is located to the south across Highway 401. "It is only fair and proper this re-designation should take place." Councillor Ann Cowman objected to the re-designation. She said the Durham Official Plan states there should be a certain amount of open space to separate urban areas and by approving this re-designation 'we would be closing in further on that open space which separates Bowmanville and Courtice." She said urban sprawl is being encour- aged along Highway No. 2 and "we would be setting a precedent for strip development along the high- way.l ., Mayor Rickard said a publie meeting was held to discuss the re-designation. Two people were seriously concerned about the re- designation but their concerns were somewhat alleviated when they were told we would just be putting the boundary where it was before, he said. Bits And Pieces TO THE RESCUE - Goodyear Reclaim plant staff in Bowmanville worked all weekend recently preparing 35 tons of 'cracked' rubber destined for the desert of Algeria. The rubber will be used to plug a leak in a natural gas well there. The rubber will be mixed with drilling mud and pumped into a casing, assuming it will clog the surrounding rock and stop the gas from escaping. The Bowmanville reclaim plant was the only source of supply in North America. The Wingfoot Clan has a picture of the men who worked long hours here on the project, including Dave Bates, Jan Evers, Peter Barrett, Harry Cooke, Don Blake, Earl Nixon, Brad Black and Larry Abbott. Hopefully, the news will soon come back that it worked. PICTURES GALORE - As a result of the many Christmas concerts and other events connected with the festive season and covered by The Statesman's photographers, a vast surplus of pictures has developed, so some probably will be held over until next week's edition at the earliest. CLOSED FRIDAY - The Statesman office will be closed this Friday. The staff worked on Boxing Day to prepare this week's edition rather than bringing them out a day late. Hopefully, all will have recovered from New Year's Eve celebrations to be back on the job bright and early next Tuesday. A Happy New Year to all. These young soldiers were part of a Christmas skit performed by grades one, two and three at the En- niskillen Public School last week. Even a heavy down- pour of freezing rain couldn't keep a crowd of about 375 Will Discuss T Newcastle Council has decided to discuss ways of improving Bowmanville's traffic flow when it meets in the new year. Town council agreed last week to discuss the traffic operations study completed this summer at its first meeting of the new y January15. Council's decisions a recommendatio Manager, Albert Gu tor of Public Works, Mr. Dunham suggeste dealt with as soon asp Teachers Get Another From Separate School I A 12-hour negotiating session at Peterborough's Red Oak Inn last Wednesday night resulted in a new contract offer from the Peter- borough, Victoria, Northumberland and Newcastle Roman Catholic Separate School Board to its teachers. Both the board and the teachers' negotiating committee have agreed not to comment on the offer. It will be presented to the teachers in January by the committee without any recommendation either in favor or against acceptance. The board's 315 full and part-time teachers have been in a position to strike on five days' notice since they rejected the board's final offer December 15 and gave their negotiators a strike mandate. The two issues that remained unresolved were sarlary and a proposed clause tbat would require JAMBOREE - The 1979 Country Jamboree season will open on Sunday, January 7th at 2 p.m. in the township hall in Orono with guest recordingartists Gord Grills, Odey Snider of Port Perry, Lana Malcolm of Bethany and Don Adams and his Blue Grass Company. 'Country Gold' will be the house band and M.C. Sterling Mather has a vast array of new jokes to entertain the customers. Don't miss it! INSULATION - Nearly $7 millions in grants have been awarded to owners of homes built before 1946 who have applied for insulation assistance up to a maximum of $350 for each house. As of December, 43,011 applications have been received. Eventually, all houses built prior to Sept. 1, 1977 will be covered by the C.H.I.P. program. Anyone interested in taking advantage of this project should write to C.H.I.P., P.O. Box 1270, Station 'T', Toronto, M6B 4A4. ON THE TUBE - Local viewers will have an o portunity to see and hear the members of St. Paul s United Church Junior Chancel Choir on Television Sunday afternoon at 4:30 when they will perform on the Holiday Star Telethon over the Global network. No doubt the young vocalists will be quite excited about the big event and we wish them well. Our best wishes also go to the Rev. N.E, Schamerhorn of St. Paul's who is in the process of organizing a bus trip to Florida for the church's senior citizens, in the near future.. consultation with teac fing. The board offe cent salary increase. were asking for eight1 negotiator Michael N would be willing to co that figure. The teachers were that a staffing ratio,t ployment, be include tract. The board's pos staffing is a managen could cost the public teachers had to be con It offered a "letter ofi a non-binding policy the teachers before cu Just a few days ai vote, the teachers ai board and asked that i down with mediator H and resume negotiatio parents and friends away from the performance Wed- nesday evening. The concert included Christmas skits and musical numbers with all grades taking part. raffie Flow year to be held der that improvements can be made in congested areas and that long- stemmed from term planning, relevant to future n by Town development, commence at once." iler and Direc- ce." Jack Dunham. The $7,800 study, funded mainly by ed the study be the Ministry of Transportation and possible "in or- Communications, examines ways to achieve a better level of traffic ser- vice in Bowmanville and its recom- O f fer mendations are to be implemented within a five-year period. The study was commissioned by council in late Board 1977 and was prepared by Totten, Sims, Hubicki and Associates. hers over staf- The traffic study was the subject red a 3½ per of a public meeting in October but The teachers since then the study has not been but their head considered by council. olan said they Some of the study's recommen- me down from dations include a one-way street system to accommodate increased also insisting traffic generated by future to protect em- development, changing Church ad in the con- Street to a through street at Silver sition was that and Division Streets, changing ment right that Silver Street to a one-way street money if the (northbound) from King to Church nsulted over it. Streets, widening approaches to the intent" stating Liberty-King Street and Temper- of consulting ance-King Street intersections and tting staff. installation of lights at the corner of fter the strike King and Scugog Streets. pproached the Mr. Dunham said he believes both parties sit several of these recommendations arry Waisglas merit serious and immediate con- ns. sideration by council. Two- Year-Old Wins Legionnaires Doll Set The young lady holding lucky ticket 148 probably will appreciate the prize she won last Wednesday night more a few years from now. She is Melissa loornweg, 17 Durham St. and Jack Mantle, her grandfather at right bought her a ticket on the six-piece hand-made doll's furniture made by Golden Legionnaires President Harvey 'Slip' Rowe, left. And her ticket was drawn during last week's Legion Bingo. Tin Soldiers Perform at Enniskillen Concert 1% mi