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i & jf TR FO RR Bh, fy hots (hee! re Bog Ho GTR PE CN Sg AE TERI Ye 2 0 3 La La ' £ Wer YET Vol. 113 No. 16. Wednesday, February 28, 1979 Township workers accept new contract Scugog Township's outside workers last week unani- mously endorsed a new. two year contract which will give them a 6.75 percent increase the first year and seven per cent hike in the second. ~The 12 employees, part of the CUPE local, ratified the pact in a vote held last Wednesday. Scugog Town- ship council gave its ap- proval to the contract on February-12. In addition to the wage increases, the employees will receive four catch-up increments over the next two years of the contract. These include two 25-cent per hour increases and two at 15 cents per hour. ~ Seugog councillor Reg Rose, who chaired the council's negotiating com- mittee, said this week that he is pleased at the way the bargaining went, and the fact that both sides agreed to a two-year contract. Councillor Rose said the Township bargaining committee recognized the , need to bring the employee's wage rates more in line with the rates paid by Durham Region for the same kind of work. ~ Although the gap between Durham and Scugog em- ployees has been narrowed somewhat as a result of the four hourly increments, by July, 1980, a truck driver in Scugog will still earn about 50 cents an hour less than one 32 Pages with the Region. And a grader operator will be earning just about $1 per hour less than an operator doing the same job for Durham Region. - (Turn to page 3) now to make it right. Debt re-paid Every so often something happens that restores our faith in'human nature, and last week was no exception for Ken Dowson of Red and White. While opening the mail Wednesday morning, he came across a letter from North Carolina, U.S.A. and inside the envelope was-a hand printed message along with $10 cash and a cheque for $40. US funds. The message read: "A long time ago I found myself penniless in Port Perry. I got-a job but had no money for the first few weeks that I worked. I stole some food. I certainly do not think it was this much but it's time "I'd just as soon not reveal who I am because you can imagine the anguish this has caused me. By paying you this I have taken a great weight off my shoulders. I am sorry and I pray that should I ever find myself in such circumstances again, I can find a more honorable way to help myself." Mr. Dowson told the Star that just recently there was a program on television dealing with just this type of incident, and he doesn't know if this is what prompted the return of the money or not, but he said that it certainly does restore some faith in people. . Watching the solar eclipse, the safe way. This group of students in Mr. Charles White's science class at R.H. Cornish School viewed the eclipse Monday at noon via television which captured the total eclipse over Manitoba. Residents of Scugog who might have been hoping to see the 75 per cent eclipse which The Last Eclipse SERN "i « ey i Ll oo rT nS - vt 5 Heart Quee & ZOE : . n'79 Katie Schmidt was crowned Heart Queen for 1979 at the annual Cartwright High School Heart Fund dance held Saturday night at the Recreation Centre in Blackstock. Last year's Queen Trish Sleep made the presentation. The campaign this year for the Heart Fund by the students at C.H.S. raised over $1,000. Durham Council jump into 'kitchen debate' Durham Region council last week jumped into the 'great kitchen debate' and voted to endorse a resultion from Uxbridge Township occurred in this area were out of luck as thick clouds blanketed the region, blocking the sun out completely. All students at the school were kept in classrooms to watch the eclipse as a safety precaution, in any event. The next eclipse in North America is a long way off, the year 2044 to be exact. which asks that community centres, church groups and charitable organizations be exempted from certain regulations under the Health Act. The move by Durham council came in the midst of -- a controversy that is threat- ening the very foundations of rural life in the Region, as the Durham Health Unit has asked that church and charitable groups comply with Health Regulations when they cater food for a community or social func- tion. That request was made by Health officer Dr. J.E. Watt in a letter to several community organizations in Uxbridge and Brock Town- ships three weeks ago, and the repercussions have reached the office of Health Minister Dennis Timbrell who subsequently urged that regulations in the Health Act be enforced with discretion. While Durham council did agree to endorse the resul- tion from Uxbridge Town- ship, a couple of Regional councillors expressed some reservations. "I can't support this request", said Newcastle councillor Ann Cowman. "We are saying that we go along with the health regu- lations until they are applied in our own kitchens." Oshawa Mayor Jim Potticary suggested that the problem is in the legislation itself. "What about food at a carnival sponsored by a charitable organization? Would these kinds of food outlets be exempt as well," he asked? The Uxbridge council resolution passed February 8 charges that the Regional Health Unit is "making extreme efforts to enforce (Turn to page 3) Ten year term on rape charge A 41-year old former resi- dent of Port Perry was sentenced last week to ten years in prison for the rape of a 19-year old Toronto woman in October, 1977. James Otto McInnis was sentenced to the prison term by Count Court Judge Pat J. LeSage in Whitby. The accused man had been found guilty of the charge by an eight-man and four- woman jury three weeks ago. At that time the jury was told that the woman had accepted a ride from Whitby to Toronto with McInnis and a married couple. She was taken to north Oshawa where the couple got out of the car and the assault took place. TE ~~.