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Professional Development Days TEA HERS A recommendation to include 10 professional development days for teaching staff during the upcoming school year at both the elementary and secondary school level was tabled after a number of trustees objected at the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education meeting last Thursday night. The recommendation of the board's ad hoc committee raised heated debate after it was introduced towards the end of the meeting. Campbellford trustee Cyril Johnson told the board that raising the number of PD days was an issue that drew a great amount of opposition from parents in the area he represents. By reducing the number of PD days last year, the board decreased the number of complaints he received. Colborne trustee George Blyth, also opposed to the recommendation, said it was a mistake to include any more days in next year's calendar than granted for the 1976-77 school term. This year, elementary school teachers are allotted eight PD days, and WANT MORE secondary school instructors already have ten days under the previous board's resolution. Superintendent of Planning Dave Patterson, told the board that the teachers asked for an increase in the number of PD days, a total of twelve for next year. The administration, however, approved of the increase to ten days for elementary school teachers as a fair minimum, he added. Mrs. S. D. Parker, the board representative from Port Hope, said that some parents question the need of having two PD days in September. Both days are included in the first month of the school year because input from the teachers is needed in several core subjects, Mr. Patterson explained. Urging the board to leave the number of PD days as they have been this year, Mr. Johnson proposed an amendment to keep them the same. A final decision is expected by the board's next meeting on April 28th in order to meet the May 1st deadline for setting the calendai for the next school term. -.e rer Copy issue 16 Minor Injuries Sustained in Motorcycle-Car Mishap Pilot Killed A 54 year-old Blackstock area man was killed Sunday afternoon in the crash of a glidet airplane. Dead is erner Desu Balint of RR. 2, Blackstock. Police say he was gliding near the Kawartha Soaring Club north of Omemee when the wings of the glider separated fromn the fuselage. The plan went down in dense bush.. Mr. Balint was the only occupant of the plane. Hampton Public School students will probably have a better under- standing of their community and its residents as a result of education week activities at their school. The special program running this week in the Northumberland and New- castle jurisdiction is a slight change from the usual school schedule. The Hampton school has asked people from various professions to come and describe their jobs or interests. Committee Recommendation For Jr. C Hockey Finals to their students. One activity which the afternoon kindergarten class found fascinating was Mrs. Penny Ann Davidson's interest in sheep- raising. Above, Troy Treleaven and Jacky Turkocio are seen taking a closer look at two of the most recent additions to Mrs. Davidson's flock. The two lambs shown to the kindergarten class were born on Easter Monday. Two young Bowmanville men on a motorcycle escaped when she failed to see the motorcycle, going South at from an accident with minor cuts and bruises after collding approximately 50 m.p.h. on Middle Rd., and pulled out in with a car at the intersection of Middle Road and Con. 6 on front of it, OPP reported. Firemen from the Bowmanville Monday afternoon. The driver of the motorevele. 19-year-old station were also called to the scene when the motorcycle James Sarginson of 4 Durham St. and his passenger, Daniel caught fire. A total of $2000 in damages to both vehicles was Cox, 19 of Parkway Cres. were taken to Memorial Hospital estimated. Both drivers have been charged with minor and released shortly after the accident. The driver of the car, traffic violations, an OPP spokesman said. Candy Lynn Atkinson of Oshawa, was headed west on Con. 6 IT'S Night's Budget Highlights tax, and movie tickets $3 and under also exempt. * 3400 new construction jobs and 25,000 summer youth jobs promised. aSales taxes on energy saving materials such as insulation dropped. e Succession duties and gift tax limits are eased. Land speculation tax amended to generate more capital and jobs.' e Sokers pay 5 more on cigarettes. Pipe tobacco and cigars tax doubles., a Car licence plates in Southern Ontario go to $30 for 4 cylinder, $45 for 6 cylinder, and $60 for 8 cylinder. New 8 cylinder 400 inch engines pay $80. * As of June lst, 5c tax on cans of carbonated soft drinks. e Restaurant meals under $6 exempt from sales Honor Retiring Director at Annual Shorthorn Banquet The Durham County Shorthorn Club honored of his service to the club. From left to right above retiring director Russell Osborne at their annual are George Carson, Mr. and Mrs. Osborne and banquet in Blackstock last Wednesday evening. President Bill Slater. There were nearly 200 Mr. Osborne, a charter member and past- people attending the banquet held in the president of the club was presented with a Blackstock Recrea tion Centre. painting as a token of the members' appreciation Spring forward, Fall back is upon us once again. This sure-fire method of calculat- ing which way the clocks are turned twice a year is applied this Sunday morning at 2 a.m. If you are still up and about at that time, your dock should be adjusted to 3 a.ni. Without a. resolution from Newcastle council, Bowman- ville's Junior C hockey team faced the possibility of playing the sixth game of the all Ontario championship in run- ning shoes. But apparently this is not going to happen. The Junior C's will be given ice for th sixth game of their series against Essex even if it means keeping the Bowmanville Arena open another week. The cot of keeping ice in Bowmnanville until May 8 could be somewhere between $700 and $1500. Close May ist, Arena Manager Roy Neads told the town's community services committee Monday night that under normal policy the rink would close May 1 and the ice would be removed. But with the Bowmanxille on your doors, said arena game. before it becomes officiaI. BITS Marina Eagles in the Ontario finals, a hockey game has been scheduled for May 8 in Bowmanville. And the town's parks and recreation depart- ment came to the committee to seek advice. No Choice Committed members felt that they didn't have much choice but to keep the arena open if the sixth game is needed. -I know what would happen if you saidgo to Oshawa," said community services chair- man, Alf Gray. "I think someone would get shot." 'You can't kick your home- town team out," he added. 'I don't think you have any alternative," said Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard. I think you'd have an awful lot of angry people pounding manager, Roy Neads. Mr. Neads estimated that the cost of keeping the rink operating another week could be as high as $1500. This would include electricity to run. the compressors and the cost of keeping staff at the arena 24 hours a day. 1Cost $700? Councillor Gray suggested that costs be eut as much as possible .He said that since arena staff would normally be doing maintenance at the Bowmanville arena during the day, the extra cost of operat- ing the arena would be about $700. This would include the electricity bill of about $500 plus the cost of keeping staff on duty at night. The arena is paid a fee of $135 for the Junior C hockey Of course there is a way that budgets, hockey fans and players could be satisfied. "They could end this in five games," said Mr. Neads. In other words, if either the Eagles or the Essex team win the next three games straight, the series will be over and there will be no need for a sixth or seventh game.d f that case, the aiena could be closed May 1. At present, the series be- tween Bowmanville and Essex is tied at one game apiece. The community services committee voted unanimously to keep the Bowmanville arena open May 8 if necessary in order to accommodate the sixth game of the Junior C finals. The committee's decision must be approved by council and NO CANDIDATES - Budget or no, there is still a good possibility that Premier Bill Davis will go the the country in June to obtain a clear majority. All he needs at the moment is for the opposition to give him a good excuse to pull the plug. In this area, both the Liberals and PCs could be caught flat-footed if that happens. Neither party has a candidate to date and no promnent names have been rumored as interested. So, hard-working Doug Moffatt might slip in again for the NDP quite easily if something sn't done soon. HORNER JUMPS FROM TORIES - As we go to press, a radio bulletin just announced that Tory M.P. Jack Horner from Crowfoot, Alberta, has decided to join the Liberal party. Obviously the man has done a great deal of soul-searching, and some shrewd nego- tiating with the Liberals. No doubt Joe Clark's 48 hour ultimatum got the man's dander up too! Whatever the real reasons are, the loss is something the Tories could do without. IN THE NEWS - Two of the Editor's Oshawa friënds came through with interesting items this week. Murray Johnston who operates a quality clothing store sent along a note and a couple of prayers and proverbs on parchment while announcing the store's 60th year in business at the same location. One appears on the editorial page. Then, on Tuesday, came the announcement that lawyer-sportsman Terry Kelly, a good friend in time of stress, ad been named to the five-man executive board of the National Advisory Committee on Fitness and Amateur Sport. Congratulations to you both. THE COBOURG STAR - reports a way to identify Grits and Tories. The Grit wants to talk about Jack Horner. The Tory tries to swing the conversation around to Margaret Trudeau. POOR RATINGS - We'd almost guarantee that the provincial government's budget last night had very few viewers in comparison with former budget speeches, Fortunately, or unfortunately, it came on about the same time as the Maple Leafs began play- ing the Philadelphia Flyers in the fifth game of thefr playoff series. Even the CBC put it in second spot with details not being broadcast until between the second and third period of the game. OUR APOLOGIES - Julian Stoch, proprietor of Stoch's Shell Service Station in Hampton; has had people dropping in all week to enquire about the two black eyes he was reported to possess. Last week's provincial court news carried an item in which a chap with a similar sounding name and operating a garage in the same area, picked up the shiners in a discussion over repairs on the donor's car. Unfortunately, Mr. Stoch's name was published. Any inconvemence is regretted. GOOD TAN - The Editor and his wife arrived home last Thursday night from that holiday in Florida, all tanned, but not too rested because they drove for about 15 hours the last day rather than stop over another night. Next time, if there is one, they'll fly to wherever they're going and sit there in the sun for r week or so. That driving is tiring. Nice to get away though and nicer to be back home. And didn't those in charge of putting out the paper really improve its appearance? $900 TO GO -Rotary's Easter Seal campaign has reached the $5,600 mark, just $900 from their objective of $6,500. If you haven't sent in your Pink envelope, please give them a donation to go over the top. donation to go over the top. New Subjects for Students to Study 30 Pages LaRt 1 i BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO. APRIL 20. lq77 209)1 PprPm lr- . - le Pl-.EC,,el'ES,