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Board teachers have mixed feelings on contract by Eric Petals and pebbles arc being aimed by both towards the man in the who settled the long contract between the board of education and high school tench era in That man mediator Martin ruled an award to both sides last week to end the disagreement Secondary School Teachers Federation District is happy with parts of the settlement and unhappy about other aspects The same story found the Halton Board of Education Main points of the rul ng are that the 16j sec teachers receive a seven per cent increase wages in f and second ears of the two- year pact and that the board must continue to pay teachers a retirement Teachers seem to have gained some points with respect to the addition of now teachers however President Ness observed that teachers are losing more jobs than they gained in the hiring of new teachers in the contract In the or so page the board stood its ground concerning working conditions We ve still got some management rights they are not able to dictate the terms of employment completely said salary committee chairman Cam Jackson The top grade teacher with years experience under the new agreement which is retroactive to September will gross in the first year or the agreement and in the second year Astart teacher in the first category would earn the first year and in the second year Ness was disappointed with the per awarded in the second year of the deal The per cent in the latter year gives members a real concern according Ness maintained that six months rom now I lolton teachers will trail teachers in bo ring boards by as much as difference In salary Then said Ness The board a salary committee chairman Jackson a Burlington trustee was on the other hand happy vith the wage settlement in the last year We re pleased with the dollar amount in the second year and the mlnumum increase impact in staffing said Jackson Mediatorarbitrator Teplitsky took the middle of the road co coming the hiring of more teachers He awarded new teachers That s about half as many as OSSTF hoped for and twice what the board wanted to hire OSSTF was disappointed with the amber of n w teachers It hoping for more because the 30 tea will not really match the number of positions disappearing in according to Ness By September the blended teacher ratio is to 1748 177 Staffing on the surface is really over three years rather than two because the negotiations dragged on end the board enrolment will decrease said Ness The settlement means that the matching of and secondary teachers wage grids have been smashed High school teachers are being paid more than their counterparts in the elementary schools and salary committee chairman Jackson expects some pressure in the next round of talks with the elementary teachers Teachers have worked in classrooms since Sept ember without a contract Earlier this spring a strike vote nearly translated itself Into I first teachers strike However teachers later voted to accept as Board of Education the ruling that was to flow from mediationarbitration Would tcachus go for med arbitration again That depends on the circumstances said Ness My initial reaction with respect to salaries is no Board salary committee chairman Jackson would not be pinned down concern ng another use of on We approached on as a means to end a po on An Inland Community Newspaper I d cda d ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY JUNE 18 1980 rive Pat Cc fs Unveil town hall fund raising plan The required from Acton and area for the town hall restoration will be raised through just one year long eAclting project which will begin during Back to Acton Days A meeting to announce the details of the project will be held Wednesday June 25 in theY MCA at 8pm After the meeting with service clubs and local groups and ascertaining their cooperation a loosely formed group has en decided to proceed with a once a week draw beginning in September All details will be outlined at the meeting next week The Business Improvement Area and Chamber of Commerce are among cooperating groups which will be adding their own assistance later as members are kind of project add community spirit and fun to the town and promote the downtown shopping as well Groups which have already agreed to participate in ticket selling will be keeping a share of the profits The structure needs and costs of the restoration as well as revenueproducing uses of the town hall were outlined in a feasibility study written by Patrick Coles and his engineering staff before the project was submitted to the Ontario Heritage Foundation in August 1977 The town hall fund raising committee is headed by Ted Tyler Yvonne ana Alma Swetman with other volunteers It is a spinoff from the original town hall restoration committee headed by George Elliott Velocipedes anyone Eramosa Pioneer Days celebrated with In Rock wood during the weekend A huge parade led participant into the Ball Park Saturday for a busy afternoon of events Decorated bicycles formed a part of the parade Pictured here are Brett Kingsbury who won first place Robert Kevin Ken Nightingale not his real face and Mark Matthews all of Photo by JENNIFER BARR Downtown mall proposal back on the drawing board Ron Trenton an Acton veterinarian mines the remain of a large black bear killed by a Tanner after 11 attacked sheep herds on the First line of Erin Township below Five Black bear killed nearby by Murray In an extremely rare incident Tor this part of southern Ontario a big male black bear was shot and later killed in woods just northcast of after it attacked sheep last week The mature bear killed a Iamb at one form and was In the midst of another sheep herd last day morning when it was spotted and wounded Keith who said he has never killed an animal larger than a groundhog tracked the bear and finished him off In a wooded swampy area off the First Line of Erin Township just south of Five The bear was first spotted when It attacked a sheep herd and killed a lamb on the farm of Sell Acton Mr Seii contacted livestock valuator Calvin Keiths father to report the incident The livestock valuator told this newspaper he thought it was all a joke he never heard of bears being in this area but around 10 a m last Wed morning discovered it was no myth when he and son spotted It in their sheep herd across the rosd from their home Several other residents also reported seeing the bear Keith said the bear was obviously used to seeing humans and made no effort to leave when discovered Keith got bis calibre rifle with a scope end pointed at the bear which then moved off The animal obviously knew what a rifle waa and knew it could be hurt or killed by It A neighbor Gordon Johnston Acton joined Continued on page 3 Work underway on a third set of plans for a pro posed commercial development at the cast end of downtown Acton on the site of the old Force Electric plant and behind the existing A B Foodland super market Doug of Properties of said In an interview this week his associate in the pro ject Nell McLaughlin a real estate agent is work with the firm engineers and architects to come up with a third site plan for the proposed com mercial development Police warnin Check invoices before paying Police have Issued a warning to Acton and area businessmen to examine all invoices sent to them carefully Detective Sergeant Ron Regional Police said merchants here should be watching for what appears to be an invoice and not pay It since It is really a solicitation He says the solicitation is for an advertisement in a classified telephone directory He said the name of the firm sending out these in voices can be revealed at this stage of the invest igation because it appear the firm is break the law The firm does advise on the invoice that it is a solicitation however Southgate noted this fact Is revealed in the fine print right after the portion in French which nobody reads unless they arc French speaking Southgate said these solicitations are being sent to merchants throughout and one Acton chant who received one brought it to the attention of police He said he suspects most others nave ether paid it or have simply ignored the invoice realizing it is really a solicitation police would like to hear from all mer chants who have received these solicitations in eluding those who have unwittingly paid it so all information can be turned over to the OPP roc investigating team Two weeks ago in an article in the Free Press McLaughlin complained about H lis staff shooting down a previous plan and said a revised proposal had run into trouble and the project vns dead far the time being whohasalsodcaltw thtownplannersand staff on this proposal d McLaughlin mis under stood a report Rosart gave him regards to municipal reaction to a plan for a semienclosed mall containing a large supermarket small theatre and shops McLaughlin claimed In an interview the town staff shot the plan down at development com saying it wasn appropriate for downtown Acton This was denied by town planner Mario ditti and now who was previously unavall able for comment confirms Vendilti version said when he brought their first Plan to staff it was received less favorably than I He said staff pointed out p with re to parking traffic flow and sewers These were problems They then came up with a second plan consisting of a smaller supermarket and a row of stores at the rear but that one has gone down the drain Lum Brothers who lease the ex sting supermarket and then sublease it to the present operators has balked at the rent in a new expanded store They have IB months remaining on their present lease and a five year option and so can block the devel plans despite the fact they have an option to buy the property The- town favors any development we will initiate said clarifying how the municipal has received the proposals The planners have been doing a good job helping us The third plan will be something in between the two said Nothing will be brought to the town until the developers can firm up credit rated tenants or a covenant a company which will sign to stay for the life of the mortgage lso the third plan will not feature a new supermarket or an exp anded A B build said He ex the new plan will contain the existing super market inside- Would be batlooniita ran Into tricky winds last week Russell able Co lift off with some young ten from Honey Pot Nursery A few children however braved tie and In the gondola photo