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,The Northumberland and S Durham County Secondary Teachers voted .fridiay even- ing to r-atify a contract proposal agreed upon by the teacher's negotiating 'comn- ittee and that of the Board. M:33 teachers wvere in attend- ance at a mneeting in Port Hope on Friday evening when ~- the vote Svas passed with 75 S percent in favour of the proposaI. There are 438 teachers in the systemi. .At the timie ofwiin neither the- Board's -ommyrit- tee or that, of' the teaeris is revealing the- contents of' the contract. It is apparent that Sthe two negotiating9 comm.nit- tees did mneet agreement at a meeting held on Thur-sday evening wvhich went wvell inth Friday morning. The teachers ~. accepted the contiract propos- ~.ai on Friday evening. 1 _As,ý-et the Board has not ratified the contract and it is S expected tbat a speciai meet- ing of the Board will hiave to S be heid this week to either accept or reject the proposai. La ail likely hood the board wvill accept the proposai. The mnain block in reaching S an agreement hias been the, S refusal by the Board to allow class size to be. negotiable. ~~Page in Ontarlo Ï~Legisiature Ron Bamnbrick, 12 year old son of M\,r. and Mrs. Arnold Bambrick of Orono is spiend- ing six weeks as a page at the Ontario Lecislature. Ron is a student at the Orono Public School. The Cbronoiiripn duties at the Legislature andi wiii continue with the six week period into the new year. There are twenty pages working at the Legislature, ail of public sehool age. They are choosen foiiowing application by the students. Applications are made to the Speaker of the House, Air. IReuter. Studies are not negiecteti durîng this stint at the legisiature for the students tuttering is part of the experience. Hon states hie is thorougbiy enjoying the duties. It is the intention of the principal, Mr. Doug Moffat, of the Orono Public Schooi, to have grades seven and eîght visit the legislature during the time that Ron is paging. ýý WCOUNCIL T'1OUES AREA The Newca,ýstle iour-eclthe ro Cociiiil and eqipen. ome en ion has beeniade tht the Vine idgeSchoifor Bo-ys 0MB sets date to resume hearing The Ontario Municipal Board has set the date of December 6th for a hearing te be held in the Township Hall in regards an adjournment of an appeal made by the Towýýnship Planning Board against a decision of the- Clarke Committee of'Adjust- ment. The Comrittee granted a set back for a club house less thian the required! one foot from tîhe Wilmiot Creek Ne2gotiationis are now -un- dlerway between the Planning Orono is an exception This \,\as said by MIr. AI Fleming, who is currently a hockey coach at the Univer- sity 0f Toronto, Mr Fleming along wvith AIr. Bruce Kidd, former- Canadiain record hoider for a long distance rUnning, faced an audience, which was uinfortunately smnail, of Hlome and Schlool memibers and other interested persons at Vou Orono Public School last Tuesday init. Both of these guests agreed that too murLCh tfimie is spent on one sport throughout the whiole year, exclusively hock- ey; but Orono is fortunate in having the ice put in later in the ,year, and having it stayv for 0,11y the -winter season. The gaines played are not quite as Important as it is by Comumercialism, because as MIr. Fleming says "fun is far ng thant te way nin wficJ a goal is won is far more important than the goal itself-but in other areas, they were in opposition. Mr. Flem- ing was partially for organiz- ed sports; wAhereas Mlr. Kidd feit that they are harinful to the future athletic life of a child. His reasons for this were that teblîdren are pressured into doing better than their abiiity, andi heaiso said that it reduces their ability to keep on participating in sports throughout their life after age 16,,because of the psycholog- icai andi physical stress which is piaceti upon them. Mr. Kidd iexpresseti bis opinion that sports are con- trolied by parents too much, andi he ativises parents to stay <Continueti page:;) Teachers ratify teaching contract Mr. E. R. Woodyard of Orono has been informeti by Guy Cousineau of thie Unem- ployment Insurance of Can- ada that the Gover- nor Generai in Councîl lhas appointed him to be chairman of the Boards of Referees for the Ontario Regional Division and particularly for the dis- trict of Osbawa. Mr. Woodyard received his appoîntment in the mail on November 7th. He has since sat at bearings as, an observer prior to taking over such duties. MIr. Woodyard states that the Boards have represent- atives fromi both management and labour wîth the chairman a neutral member. Council agrees, as one, on mobile home project Councîl members last Tuesday evening at their regular meeting ail voted 'Yen' to a motion turning tiown a Mobile Home Project for the south of the Township. The proposaI presented hy Mr. B. Nickiaus hati previ- ausly been sent to the Plann- ing Board where it recom- mendet Ito council that the proposai be rejected. Council as a whoie approved of the decision of the Planning Ro-ard, Counicil pireviouIsiy on spiit deii h as pgiven ettv aprvito Mile Hm prjcsby RicContrcto aPd Howrd ayne whicuh coliseé soMe 200uisi get the final green ight to go ahead. Ml-. K. Van Nest of the law firmn Strike, Strike, and Van- Nest of Bowmanvilie and acting on behalf of the Township in regards of an agreement between Rice Construction and the Town- ship stated that certain drafts shouid be ready for counicil within the next two weeks. t was suggested andi approved by council that a special meeting be heid to consider thIe final d1raft o a speciaï homnes Jin-the onhp.L-a ponecut bhy Mr.Vanest thtteewas alsoote consdertios uch as rzn eare Alv1r. ce Kidd and 3othi Messrs Counceil of the Township ot Clarke autborized their soli- citor to proceed w-ith the charges laid against Mr. J. Sutherland concerning the use of his land fo)r other than that for whichl it was zoned. t \was reported that his hiad been before the courts with AMr. Sutherland pleading guilty but aslting time to dlean up the property. -iWJalso adIvised -te Buîiiding. Inspector to corre- spond with Mr. Mlicklash in regards a building on his property wvhich appeared in convention of Township By- law 1351 and asking his comments in this matter. The property is east of the Oshawa Ski Club. enihiig ana r Kia spoRe on Mr. G.len Clarke actea as orts at the recent meeting chairman for the discussion, he Home and School CLub, portion of the meeting. (MIONO WEEKL, TIMEFS, NOVEMBER 28tb, 1973. Wa nts rep-orts approved f irst Councillor G. Heykoop ask- edi for clarificat ion of a report that was sujbrittedl to the Steering Commnittee for the new- Municipality of New- castle in which it was report- ed that the Treasurer, Road Superintendent and the Clerk in Clarke Township were on -sl ies of $11,500 Deput-Reeve Kirk Eiitwisle stated that this salary is *not reported and he felt it was a serlous matter. The salaries, it was stated at the meeting were $11,00 and not the reported $11,500. As a result of the debate council passed a motion that ahI such reports are to be first tabled with council before being fo)rwarded to either the nlewA area council or the regional counili out of debt Th~e Tow4,n,ýip çouci îon Tuesday of last woeek bailed the Clarke Townýiship Game Commission out of debt with a contribution of some $754.00. It was reported ati the meeting that due to the increase of the cost of feed to feed and raise. pheasants prior to their relea- se in the Township the Ganie Commission was in debt by- over $750.00. In the past the sale of Township permits had raised enough money to offset the cost of raising pheasants from chicks tLo adult age before being released. This year the cost of feed bas risen to such an extent that it was imposs- ible to break even on the operation. The Board Hearings con- cerning the CPR landfiii proposai la Hope Township were completed iast week in Port Hope witb expectation that a decision or recom- mnendation wiii be handedi down eariy la the near year. The decision by the Board wiii be directed to the Ministry of the Environment and gener- aiiy these decision or recom- mnendations are made public stated Chairman D. S. Cover- Iy. The proposeti land ilfu site wouid accept garbage by rail from Toronto with the site being iocated south of 401 Highway i the Wesleyvilfe area. Over 35 witnesses appeared before the Board which comn- menced their hearing on November 8 and continueti November l5th. Most feel that the hearing was a much better effort that the original hear- ing eariier this summer. t is notable that Texaco Canada and Scott's Restaur- ant did not appear at thi1s bearing. Both wüjee at the first hearing cand Tex.acý otook this, hrng.e Miitry he deiedt ol scn C.P. Rai's strongest wit- ness was Ian McKerracher, director of refuse disposai for Metro Toronto. The other CP Continlued page 3) happenings DECINES $23ý,000 Al VEAR JOB - The Durham Regional Couincil accepted an applicant for the position of personnel office and then set the salary at $23,000. H-e declined the position whlen toid of the salary. 7900 TO BE LAID OFF DECEMIBER 17 - GM in Oshawa hav e stated they' will lay-off some 7000 workers on December 17 due to a decision by the parent company to curtail production. The lay-off will last for five days. Il does flot affect the truck line. WANTT'lO PRESERVE NA-ME 0F DURHAM -Reside'nts of the Town of Durham have started a campaign aimed at preserving the identity of their town's name. They are opposed to the Durham region name. Officiais from the Town state thiey are having regional mail and even supplies for the Durhamn region arriving in their municipality. A PESKYHE AC - Some youngsters in the Village were beýnt on causing trouble last Frda ith sashing light bulbs on the rond and doors along Park Street as wl as painting with spray,ý bombs. Also theyv were possessed with newly formcwd cernient in sidewalk repairs and kept workrnen busy weIinto the night leveiing out theney poured concrete. At oneý point aý small tree was plantred ini t1e iiewlJy formaed INAG 5A ANUARY 3rd -b oni ftenwTw HighScholqonthteven,ý,inrgof J anuay rd.Te new Cncli expcctsthat mnt appintment wili e madebtistie Landfill' hearing- ends in Hope Receives objections to re-zoning Council on Tuesday evening received two complaints over their proposai to zone some seven acres south of 40! highw'ay as industrial land, The land is owned by the Township and is a piece directly south of Newtonville and lies between) the two rail lines. Thie lTownsh.ip is endeav- ouring to h-ave this rezoned frorn agricuAlture 'to induLstrial with the hope of selIlinig it for- indus trial purposes. Objections noted that tihis was localized spiot planning andas sueh d'as not desirable. iBoard and the Carke Fishing ,andÀ Conservation Club in regards the hearinýg. it starteq Q nmeina