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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 3 Jul 1991, p. 1

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1 ;:>::v:lle ::eraey ;;:'amville, Ontario ■ r-Ao m.:i ?i; \man ns 67) FOR New Directors for Bowmanville Lions High Honor for Rotary Members.... Lacrosse Title for Bowmanville Kids.. Section 2 Ipreston] We Move It! 623-4433 Bowmanville TIME PASSES - We've just been searching for items to fill this column column quickly, this being a short week on account of the holiday. Naturally, we turned to last week's Statesman and found two items: longtime friend Jake Allin and wife Louise are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on July 6 in Cobourg. Doesn t seem possible, they're just kids. And our longtime Nestleton correspondent correspondent Mabel Cawker and husband Sam are marking their 60th this Sunday and she's still doing a column every week. Ain't that sum thin! THERE'S MORE - They aren't the only folks we've encountered lately in our travels. This afternoon afternoon we tried to cross the street to pick up some stuff and saw a familiar young lady about to get into her car. It was none other than Grace Smith from Long Sault. She was our correspondent from that area for many years and told us that after 46 years of. receiving the paper for nothing, she'd just been in to buy a subscription. subscription. Her conscience got her, she said. GOOD VIBES - You just have to feel good about this country after all the warm and friendly get- togethers that took place right across the land over the weekend, weekend, and especially on Monday. Even much maligned Prime Minister Minister Brian Mulroney looked relaxed relaxed and. youthful as he did some politicking among the huge crowd on Parliament Hill. Now, if we can just build on that we should be able to come up with an agreement that should last for another 124 years. Canada is much too superb a country to allow allow it to be destroyed by narrow, bigoted stupidity. Maybe we should thank those Quebec separatists separatists who have forced us to wake up and realize how lucky we are. Now, it's their turn. NEW LOOK - There's an advertisement advertisement in the classified section giving information about a Reform Reform Party meeting taking place this evening at the Port Darlington Darlington Marina Hotel. It starts at 7:30 and probably will continue until all those attending have run out of questions and those in charge have run out of answers. So far, their progress across the land has been truly amazing. The other three parties must be worried. worried. PLAY BALL - All ball players, male or female, should check the Cowan Pontiac-Buick advertisement advertisement on page 14. It gives all the details of a unique competition that is being held this Saturday and should be most appealing to those who like to test their skills. Successful participants will also reap benefits that will make it all worthwhile. Give a look and judge for yourself. Cowan's is, of course, located on King Street East in Bowmanville. MORE PULL - This Friday and Saturday, Blackstock Fairgrounds Fairgrounds will be roaring with the exhaust noises from beloved big tractors and trucks. It's the annual annual Tractor-Truck Pull, sponsored sponsored by Cartwright Agricultural Society. Sort of the warm up to put people in the mood for the fall fair that comes up in August. It's great fun to watch these machines machines and their enthusiastic drivers trying to outhnul that pesky weighted sled. Sometimes they win, too. MORE BEEF - An announcement announcement has just come in that the popular annüal Beef Barbecue to raise funds for Orono Arena improvements improvements will be held this year at Orono's beautiful park as usual. usual. But. you'll have to wait a while, because it's not taking place until Wed., August 14th from 5 to 7 p.m. Mi Confidential Report Lists Different Pay Categories for Town's Senior Employees \Z 3R-*: i' ÜLÜ xney . ...... $47,846 and no more than $93,478 per year, according to a report received by The Statesman from the municipality's municipality's Chief Administrative Officer this week. Although the specific rates of pay for individual, staff members have not yet been made public, the municipality has released a copy of the salary grid Town of Newcas- nagers earn? 1 not less than which decides how much management staff will earn. The numbers take into account the 4.5 per cent salary hike awarded by Newcastle Council last week and are based on a 35-hour week. All positions meet the new pay equity requirements. requirements. "Confidential" The two-page salary schedule, which is stamped "confidential," reveals reveals that salaries allocated to man agement staff are based on 19 levels. However, each level of pay does not represent a single salary. Instead, it represents a broad pay range amounting amounting to approximately $20,000 in the case of some of the more senior posts. For example, the municipality's highest pay scale is listed as level 19. Currently, the position of Chief Administrative Administrative Officer is the only municipal municipal job ranked in this category. The town's salary report indicates that this position pays between $70,446 and $93,478 annually. The actual pay earned by a management employee is divided into 20 "steps" within the salary salary level. It is based on factors such as experience, qualifications, and an evaluation evaluation of the employee's performance It is the exact salary figures for individual individual staffers that Newcastle Council Council has not yet received. Administrators Administrators have suggested that, under the Freedom of Information Act, precise salaries constitute confidential personnel personnel information and may not be disclosed disclosed without an employee's consent. At last week's meeting of Newcastle Council, elected officials asked for a legal legal opinion concerning whether they, are entitled to see the salary figures. An answer to that question has, apparently, apparently, not yet been received. The Town of Newcastle employees who are described as department Turn to Page 2 I 1 A1 If | 1 I? (tF / Ei m 1 'll»® 623-3303 Fax 416-623-6161 Wednesday .July 3,1991 Bowmanville, Ontario 22 Pages 137th Year Issue 27 56$ + 4$ G.S.T. = 60$ Bowmanville Man Dies in Taunton Road Collision Tuesday Night Region May Move Offices to Oshawa A Bowmanville resident 1 was killed on Tuesday evening evening during a motor vehicle collision south of Solina. Rocky McElwain, aged 31, was pronounced dead at the scene by coroner Dr. Derry Hubbard. Mr. McElwain s wife, Jacqueline, who was a passenger in the car, is presently presently in critical condition at the Oshawa General Hospital. Hospital. Durham Regional Police said the collision occurred when a vehicle that was eastbound on Taunton Rd. collided collided with a car which was turning west from Rundle Rd. Stanley Hall, 45, of Clayton Cres., Bowmanville, was identified as the driver of the eastbound vehicle. He was treated for minor injuries and released from Oshawa General Hospital. The investigation is continuing. by Laura J. Richards After a lengthy debate, Durham Region Region Council voted last Wednesday, to endorse a plan to put part of its regional regional head offices in downtown Oshawa. The council, in a 27-7 decision, approved approved a development that includes regional regional offices in Oshawa's downtown redevelopment plan. The $33 million centre is to be built on the south-west corner of Mary and Richmond Streets, next to a new city hall, conference centre and hotel and cultural centre. Many of the councillors at Wednesday's Wednesday's meeting objected to the haste with which Newcastle Mayor Marie ■ Hubbard and Oshawa Mayor Allan Mason placed the matter before them. This became more apparent when council members claimed that a thick briefing book pertaining to the motion showed up at their homes only the day before the vote occurred. Many councillors received the document document labelled "City Centre Development Development Regional Administration Building Building - Briefing Book" last Tuesday morning or evening before the Wednesday council meeting. "I found my copy of the brief in my car this morning (Wednesday, June 26)," said Newcastle's Ward Three Regional Regional Councillor, Diane Hamre. Councillors were told by the Oshawa Mayor that people had worked on the brief throughout the weekend so the councillors would have it before Wednesday. In defence of the proposal for the downtown redevelopment concept, Mayor Mason included a letter to councillors in the package delivered to them. "Since my early days on Regional Council, I believe that Oshawa Councillors Councillors on Regional Government have always supported the goals and objectives objectives of all of oilr neighboring municipalities municipalities in their quest for development within their own jurisdictions, and I sincerely hope that a reciprocal ^approach ^approach holds true with yourselves," he wrote. Within the eight main points in the summary, it is pointed out that Hil- stone will be the project developer for the City Centre Development. It is also pointed out that the Region Region Administration Building will be the first component of the overall City Centre Development and "a keystone component." The timing of the project is economically economically pleasing for the region since, under under the lease-to-own option, it will not be obligated to make any payments payments until the building is ready for occupancy. That date is projected for 1993-94. The summary says the city of Oshawa has been looking for a way to develop its downtown core for five years and has found it. The preliminary approval of the plans by the Durham Region will let their consultants, Marshall, Macklin Monaghan proceed with more detailed work on the project. "This motion will allow Hilstone to do a proposal," said Mayor Mason. Summer Jobs Hard to Find by Laura J. Richards Many students looking for summer employment have had to settle for part-time jobs this year, says an official official with the Canada Employment Centre for Students in Bowmanville. "As of Friday, June 28, 60 per cent of the students placed during June went into part-time positions," explained explained Frances Lazzaro, the student placement officer in Bowmanville. "Thirty per cent of the 126 students registered were able to obtain fulltime fulltime summer employment." Ten per cent of these students went New Accord for School Teachers Separate school teachers and their board have ratified a new two-year contract for Sept. 1, 1991 to Aug. 31, 1993. The Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland Northumberland and Newcastle Separate School Board teachers will receive a 5.6 per cent adjustment to their 1990- 91 contract. In the 1991-92 academic year, contracts will be adjusted by four per cent. Salary ranges for teachers in the separate school board will be from $24,939 to $61,535. The Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association represented the 600 teachers during the contract nego- into temporary farm jobs, she said. Students, Ms Lazzaro said, are taking taking two part-time jobs instead of one full-time position, simply because there is a lack of well-paying full-time jobs this year. "Students are finding they can get a full-time type wage out of two part- time jobs," she added. This trend is more evident this year with the recessionary cutbacks in the manufacturing area, Ms Lazzaro told The Canadian Statesman on Tuesday. There have been cutbacks in Oshawa at GM and at LASCO Steel in Whitby. These cutbacks make it tight for both employers wanting to hire students students and students wanting summer jobs, she said. Many students find the part-time situation discouraging, but many employers employers are willing to work around the schedules, said Ms Lazzaro. Some of the summer part-time jobs that students are taking are: cooks, waitress and waiter positions, sales representatives, restaurant deliveries, and yard workers. . The types of full-time jobs students are taking are: curator assistants, light assembly manufacturing jobs, park workers and personal care workers. workers. Many of these positions have been made available through government grants. Students wishing to register at the Canada Employment Centre for Stu dents can find the office at 36 King St. East. The office is open each business day from 8:30 until 4:30 in the afternoon for students to register and to receive employment counselling. If students find no one in the office at the time of their visits, Ms Lazzaro would like them to know that they shouldn't become discouraged, since she is "probably out talking with potential potential employers." Students wanting information Turn to Page 2 They're beginning to line-up at the starting gate for the 1991 municipal elections. A new name has been added to the field in the running for a regional council seat. Rolf Balentin has put his name up for Ward Three. (The ward includes former Clarke Township, Newcastle Village and Orono). So far there are two contesting for the position of Mayor: former regional councillor Ann Cowman and the incumbent, incumbent, Mayor Marie Hubbard. Ken Smith, Mary Novak and Mary Jo Boyes will be battling for the post of local councillor in Ward One (former Darlington Township) while Arnot Wotten and Lariy Hannah begin swinging into their campaigns to represent represent the ward on the regional level. Ken Bromley and John Vanginhov- en will be fighting for the local council Ward Two spots while Kirk Kemp and Ken Hooper are looking at the Regional Regional seat for Ward Two (Bowmanville). So far, no one has indicated their intention intention to run for the position of Ward Three local councillor. No school board or public utility commission candidates have, as yet, indicated their intentions to seek election election on November 12. The growing season this summer should be a good one, said John Finlay Finlay agricultural representative for Durham East, despite recent high temperatures and lack of rainfall. May 10 to June 20 was a superior growing period, said Finlay and many crops were ready two weeks ahead of normal. Strawberries, for example, were ripe for picking two weeks earlier than last year and wheat started to turn two to three weeks early. But last week's drought was stressful stressful nonetheless, especially on light soils and hay crops which have come up short, said Mr. Finlay. Soya beans and white beans have had trouble germinating this season as well, he added. Not only were the crops been stunted stunted by the intense heat and lack of rainfall, but the drought was costly for growers. Tobacco growers, among others, others, were forced to irrigate early. The recent drought had a particularly particularly harsh effect on the hay market. "Two or three weeks ago, nobody wanted wanted it. It was in such abundance. Now, people are scrambling to buy it because because the crops may come up short. They arc desperate," said Mr, Finlay. Mr. Finlay remains optimistic about the rest of tno summer crops. "All the summer crops should be fine as long as there is adequate moisture, We should have a good season." ' : 1 , ; How Many Town Workers Would It Take to Change a Lightbulb? Ah, isn't it refreshing to see your tax dollars hard at work? This picture was taken by an amateur photographer photographer last week after he noticed more than 10 town employees employees pouring 40' of cement sidewalk on Beech Avenue. Avenue. Last time we poured that much cement it took two people to dig it out, form it, fill it with gravel, pour and float the cement, and then finish it. All in less than a day. But then again, we weren't working for the town. Thank goodness they aren't changing lightbulbs.

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