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Regional chairman elected by c'ouncil The election of Durham's next regional chairman in 19)77, will most likely take place in the regional council chambers with 30 newly-el- ected counillors casting their v'otes openly. Th is was the approach favý,ored by about two-thirds of tie regional council Wednes- day, folowing an hour-long discussion on the merits of a region-wide election of chair- mnan, or having the council- lors chose the chairman at the, coundll's first meeting of 1977, and evýery two years after that. The person elected chair- miani does flot have to be one of the 30 counillors. Under the Durham Act, it could be "any other person."1 The debate on the electoral ADULT COUt4SELLING SERVICE If you want to do something about your eýducation..you probably ca n sec your Adit Counsellor- EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING 7 to9Ip.ni. at the 110 WNAN VILLE 1IIGII SCIJOOL GUIDANCE OFFIC E Thle serv ice is fre- confidenial - and no appointmnent isncesr Chatterton E lectrie ORONO, ONTARIO Phone 983-5546 or 983-5940 Industrial procedure, initiated by Coun. Mike Breaugh (Oshawa) came during council's perusal of a proposed procedural_ bylaw. Although the section of the bylaw council was studying at the time dealt with the technicalities of electing the chairman "in-house"l the members agreed with Coun. Breaugh that'now was the most opportune time to dis- cuss the matter, rather than af ter the bylaw was approved. in support of having the region's electorate select the chairman, Coun. Breaugh mnaintained this manner was "the pure democratic form." Predicting that a' "group system" (somewhat like a political party structure) to, fielding a slate of candidates is "not quite as far-fetched as you might think," Counl. Breaugh said the people should have a clear choice for the chairman's position. iThere are, however, some inequities, he saîd, such as the difficulties of campaigning throughout the 1,000-sq. mile region. PEOPLE'S VOTE But, he concluded, since regional chairmen have ac- cess to provincial meetings anid they have a "ýmajor influence" on the council's direction,ý the people of the region should choose the chairman. Coun. Garnet Rickard Newcastle, who was. present- ing the bylaw to council, suggested the election debate be held off for six months, as council support of Coun. Breaugh's suggestion "would require a change in the (Durham) Act." Coun. Ken Lyall (Newcastle was' wary of a region-wide r-ampaign for election of regional chairman. "Where's the money gonna came from for the campaigns, he asked. BEWARE BAGMAN In answering bis own quest- ion, Coun. Lyal' l predicted the "policies of a bagman", from which follows, "political fa- vors." Both Couns. Gerry Emm (Whitby) and Alan Dewar (Oshawa) supported the el- ection of chairman by the counceillors system), with the latter 'implying that mnore "control" could be exerted by council over the personi chosen.' A chairman with a strong mandate from the electorate could "create an agency which can act in exclusion to. .. council", Coun. Dewar thought. "For the record," said ENJOY THE BEST Macs, Golden Deliclous Bosc Pears Ice Cream F RDSFRUITMARKET HIGHWAY 115 SOUTH 0F ORONO KNENDAL, NEWS A woman I know took a look at her shadow on "ground hog day" and pxedicted six weeks of dieting.' Perfect weather is with us now but the March lion may arrive on Friday. The World's Day of Prayer is Friday March 1, 1974. Kendal will have the service in the church with Mrs. Douglas Redpath past president of'the Oshawa Preshyterial as the guest speaker. Men and women are invited. Shiloh and Newtonî- ville will be represented. Mr. Maurice Bradley took the service on Sunday. The Kendal troop of guides and Brownies marched to the church on Sunday. The brow- nies were led, by Mrs. G. MacDionald and Mrs. G. Langstaff. The banners were carried by Karen Wilkin and Brenda Curtis. The parade was in honour of Baden Powell's birthday. Mr. Bradley told themn the story of a blind girl with a seeing eye dog. The seeing eye dog pushed her out of the Coun. Dewar, "that theory could be dangerous." A council-elected chairman would provide a much more controlled situation," he add- ed. Coun. Keith Ross (Oshawa) then introduced a successful amendment to the section of the bylaw requiring the chair- man's election be "by a rol caîl vote of aIl councillors present." Coun. Des Newman (Whit- by) opposed both th e amend- ment and Coun. Dewar's position. WANTS SECRECY H1e didn't like the amend,- ment because it would de- prive the regional counillors of "one of the prize posses- sions of a demnocratic society: tht1 a voter retain' his secrecy" in choosing a can- didate.! Coun. Newman said Coun. Dewar's contention that a chairman elected at large might not be the "servant of the counil" as "beîng disres- pectful of the assembly."' There was no question in Coun. Newman's mind that "the people at large hold you accountable at large." While Coun. John Goodwin (Whitby) suggested mnaking an application for a private bill to amiend the Durhamn Act, to provide for elections of regional chairmian at large, Coun. George Ashe (Picker- ing') didn't feel the electorate could know the abilities of all the possible candidates. "You have to look at our democratic systemn and bend the rules a bit," he said. WHY PAY MORE? SAVEUé On Premium Qulity FUELCOIL way of a speeding car but it was struck anid killed. The dog gave its life to save her. Just like Jesus gave his life for us. A special choir sang "The Lord's my Shepherd", isa very pleasing rendition. Mr. Bradley chose as his scripture reading, Joel 1-4 and James 1-18. H1e referred to our habit of judging others and con- demning them. H1e spoke of broken homes that lead to childhood insecurity. Follow- ing the Lord is the way. Next Sunday Mr. Marvin Colvin of Orono, will take the service at the three churches. On Satur- day evening at 8 p.m. ail those interested in forming a cou- ples club are asked to meet in the Sunday School room. The Kendal Women's Insti- tute met at the home of Mrs. E. Couroux on Wednesday afternoon February 20 with ten members present., The beautiful ,'Dresden plate quilt was on display. The quilting is to be done the following week at the home. of Mrs. R. Elliott. The meeting opened with the Ode and Mary Stewart collect. The minutes were read and five dollars was to be donated to the heart fund. Mrs. M. Manders gave as her topic, "The Chaniging Status of Women". The roll call was, "Give an example of discrimination against wo- men." Several example were given. Then Mrs. Manders read an article on the subject. This told of two girls in Vancouver who received much lower pay than a man doing the same work in their department. They reported this and next week received the samne pay as the man but lost their job and were forced to join the unemployed. Lunch was serv- ed by M&~. R. Elliott and our hostess. Next meeting will be at the home of, Mrs. J. Henderson on March 27 in the afternoon. Mr> A. Thompson celebrat- ed his birthday on February 21 with Mr. and Mrs. E.Elliotl and Miss M. McKelvey as învited guests, at the homne of Mr. and Mrs. G. Cathcart. Large crowds were ,ir miust have Demands hy the Dairy Farmers of Canada for an increase in the' farm gate price of industrial milk and cream were backed today by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. The resolution got unanim- ous support of farmer-deleg- ates from across Canada attending the Canadian _Fed- eration of Agriculture's ann-, ual meeting in Saskatoon. Farmers shipping indust- rial milk and cream need a rock bottom net increase of at least $2 per hundredweight, dlaims Brockville, dairyman Keith Matthîe. Matthie sits on the provincial executive of the Ontario Federation of Agri- culture. It's no good having to stomp and yell to get a price increase every time around. When farms costs go up, returns to farmers should automatically follow, says OFA executive ýmember Del- mer Bennett. A Foresters Falls milk producer, Bennett attendance at the ski hill Sat. and Sunday. Robert Henderson broke bis collar bone playîng hockey in Lindsay last week." formula endorsed the meeting's cal for- formula pricing on al industrial milk. Without fornlula pricing, we'Il see a repeat, of last summer. We needed a $1-a- hundredweight increase in April. Before we got the increase it was August, and wedidnt get the full $1 then. That cost> us a lot of producers. Matthie adds, It was too little too la te. THe evidence is the sharp drop in milk production during the last year. The Canadian Federation sent telegrams to the approp- riate federal cabinet minist- ers urging immediate action. THe telegrams also stress the need for an annually updated five-year plan for the dairy industry. This would involve dairy organizations' and the federal government jointly probing the future market for dairy products-. The CFA also seeks consolidating subsidy eleigibility quota and market sharing quota into one quota. The future of industrial mile producers hinges on ýetting ahl of these changes, and getting themn now, notes Bennett.. W. 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