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2-Orono) Weekly rimes, %Ned.iesday, April 17, 1985 It's Petty After fifteen months of negotiations between the Nor- thumerland and Newcastle Board of Education and the Secon- dary School teachers an agreement was reached but unfor- tuantely flot before the Board agreed to pay each of the 450 teachers a $100.00 for signing. Such a demand can but only be termed petty when considering the majority are welI within the $40,000 salary bracket. The teachers had been given over a five percent salary increase with inflation flot near that amount. it required the additional $100.00 for signing, a total cost to the board and taxpayers of $45,000 as a sweetener. Its like giving candy to a kid as a bribe for good bchaviour. The plyment has nothing to do with teaching in the class room, qualifications, experience or added respon- sihilities. It is surely unfitting for the profession of educators. Further, the time element for negotiations o f fifteen months is ridîculous and must be a whoiesate waste ot time as one body endeavours to outwait the other. The seriousness of the negotiating has to be lost within the ftrst couple of-months for the issues are flot that complex and as stated recently by a representative of the teacher's federat ion the issue boied down to wages and benefits. Its a form of blackmail to wait until a few monthls before June graduation to, confront the board with thec ultimatum of a strike whiichi could place the students' year in jeopardy. Perhaps ii would be mnuch better to flot open theý schools in September if a contract hias flot been signed and this would give nine months for niegotiations if started at the first of the year. Both the board and the teachers would be on an even footing rather than the recent events whic h have given a decided edge Io the teachers. Its time ch anges were made. SPRING ART GALLERY TICKETS AVAILABLE Tickets are available for the opening of the Town Hall Spring Art Festival which will be heid on Friday, May 3rd. The opening will be attended by the artists and wine and cheese will be sered. Tickets $10.00 a couple and are available at Mom's Kitchen and Rýeflectionis in Orono. PRO GARDEN OPENS GARDEN CENTRE Pro Garden Landscapinig and Garden Cenitre of Orono, owned and operated by Dirk and Jake Woudstra have leased the former Vanderstoop Gai-den Centre on Highway No. 2 3 miles east of Newcastle. The Orono firmn has the garden ceritre open for business and are prepareing for a grand opening a it- tde later on. Ken dal1 News 1 wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and his, When aIl at once i saw a crowd, A host, of golden daf- fodils; Besîde the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the-breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in neyer- ending line Along the margin of the bay: Ten thousand saw i at a glance Tossing their heads in sprightly dmnce. The waves beside 'them danced; but they Out die the sparkling waves inglee: A poet could flot but be gay tn such a jocund company: 1 gazed - and gazed - but litie thought Whiat wealth the show?ý to mie had brought: For oft, when on my couch 1 lie In vacant or in pensive miood, They flash upon that in- ward eye WVhich is thle bliss of solitud; And then my heart with pleasuriie fis, And dances, with the daf- f'Odil1S. William WVvordsworth On Suinday morniing which was a fine springi day We were pleased to see somne of the long scats fuli again. 1The choi ag Seera the year-s go by". NextSu day our youth wilt bec in Kingston to the youth rally. The follnwinti Sund.-ay the beautiful picture window wtll be dedicated. Il is placed there by the Wannan family' in memory or their parents. Mr-, Lynda King's scrip- ture was Ezekiel 11:14-20 and John 3:1-15 while lier sermon topic was, "Born of' the ~Spirit. Our U.C.W. anniver- sary is May the Fifth. Special speaker - Mrs. Pat Beach of Greenwood, President of the Oshawa Presbyterial United Church Women. The Rev. Arthur Amacher celehrat'ed Holy Communion with us. Two new eiders Mrs. Reita Foster and Mrs. Jean Hoy helped serve the commu- nion;. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Westlake are home again after spending two weeks in the south. They report a fine vacation. Now is the time to buy that hamper of apples fromn the grower and prevent t hose spr - ing colds that are prevalent at this time of year . The Kendal Women's ln- stitute met at the home of Mrs. Barb Cathcart on Wednesd;cay afternoon with finie ladies prescrnt. The presi- dent opened the meeting with the Ode and the Mary Stewart coilect. On- display was the beautifril Dresden Plate quilt which ,Ne finished quilting this week. Our- Pennyi Sale will be hield on May 4th wt a bake sale at 2 p.mn. that afternoon when tickets mnay be placed on the various items. Tickets will be drawn at 8 p.mi. Mrs. Dorothy Turansky bas consented to be our new district director with Mrs. Helen Couroux as alter- nate. Moved by Mrs. Helen Couroux seconded by Mrs. Elinore Foster that ail of- ficers be reinstated. Carried. Boad - Secretaries ratify 2 year contract With its snug harbour and ighthouse on the pier, the fishing village of Port Dover is one of the most pictures- que places in the province. There's none of that fancy window dressing you sometimes run into. No phony commercialism. t's the meal thingi We like to watch the fishing boats coming and go~- ing, walk out along the pier to visit the craft shops and fish stores. We watch the activity around Misiner's big f151, processing plant, see the guils soaring into the sky as Lake Erie's waves break against the shoreline. We always stay at the Erie Beach Motel. Since we return time and again to various country inns and motels as we travel the province, the innkeepers and their staffs get to know us. We even have our -own rooms." At the Erie Beach, owners Harold and Tony Schneider and executive secretary Ruth Bridgewater always book Jenny and myseif into Roomn 3 so we can get a good view of the lighthouse. Our regular waitress Làverne neyer asks us what we want at the restaurant. In Dover, we always get a "perch dinner!' l's become traditional. Sometimes we go ta Fred Knechtel's or Mikes Place for "perch and chips." We've done quite a few stories around Port Dover. Stan Morris, editor of the Port Dover News, gives us good leads. Sa do some of the people we meet on the main street or out on the pier. We've made a number of friends in the village aver the years. One of themn is Elsie Murphy, a crusty newspaper columnist who has lived in Daver ail her life- Elsie lis a newshawk of the old school. In 30 seconds, she'1l drawl out five good leads within a twenty mile radius. When we f irst met her, she mentioned that lvey's Greenhouses mnight make a good yar. 1 couldn't visualize it as particularly interesting wvhen we had things ike the Lighthause Theatre Festival, teeming with iiteresting people. Or the Fishermen's The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Educa- tion have ratifted a two year contract with their 130 secretarial, computer. and The coutract, eariier rat if1ied by the union Pro- vides a five percent average salary increase mnade of four percent on salary and one percent due to reclassifica- tion. Increases for the second year have yet to be negotiated. Under the previous agree- ment most secretaries were paid $13.489 for the first year and $16,882 for four years experience. This bias been raised to $14,029 and $17.557. The agreement also pro- vides empioyees with an im- provemnent in dental benefits. The contract runs until August 3lst, 1986. Weekends. That's when ail the Lake Erie fishermen come over to Dover and have tug pulls, and f inally blow their stàckst. I let the greenhouse îdea simmer for about four years, and every once in awhile Elsie would remnind me about it. Finally, I went out to Ivey's just to get Elsie off my back. I expected to see a few pleasant gardeners clip- ing roses in a couple of hothouses. I should have known better. 1 was astoundedi There were roses everywhere. As far as you could see! I discovered that lvey's inc. growls four million roses a year! They employ about two hun. dred people and have seven acres of greenhouses jammed close together. The company has beenY operating for qver 76 vears, and the great-grandsons of the founder a re now in the business. 1 didn't waste any tinle'getting the story done. And since then, 1 have aîways paid veryclose attention to what Elsie Murphy has to say. When we were in Dover recently, Elsie mentioned that the Marine Museumn might be an linteresting stary. We'll do it next time. Count on it! At the District Aninual on Mlay 13lth we are to tell what weC are doing for our youth in this International Youth Year 1985. Moved by Mrs. Helen Couroux seconded by Mrs. Barb Cathcart that the W. give $50.00 toward the hiring of a van to carry our Senior Sunday School Class to Kingston to attend a United Church Youth Rally at Queen's University on the weekend of April I9th. Car- ried. Our presîdent is to pick up ten books prepared by the Provindence-Shaw Institute. Mrs. L. Cathcart made four files. One for each convenor into which wie may file items we happen to read during the year then when our meeting comes we may choose from these clippings our topic. Then Mrs. L. Cathcart showed us how a poinsetta plant should have ail its stems cut off haîf way up the stalks now and watered very spar- ingly for the next three weeks tilI the new growth take place, later it is planted in your garden. In September it is broughit in and put i a roomy that is dar-k each night. Then she told us the story of the Cirystal Palace that was erected in London in the year 1851 to serve the crowds that attended the First Interna- tional Exposition in London and after mnany years of ser- vice it had to be takeni down in 1941 as the towers made a perfect target for the German planes bombhing London. It was flot destroyed but taken down panre by pane. The cost of, the mnaterial for the Dresden Plate quilt was $53.59 which the treasurer Mrs. B. Cathcart paid. Penny collection $1.65. Next month the Convenors of Agriculture and Canadian Industries Mrs. L. Stapleton and Mrs. J. Dykeman wil put on the program at the homne of Mrs. Dykemnan. The mieeting- closed with Oh Canada! A delicious lunch was provided by M1rs. J. Dykemnan and Mrs. L. Stapleton. On neighbourly news one Sunlday mor1ning we heard of a lady, of ninety-seven who hias written a book with the help- of her family. She was botrn Lutcy Grifftth. She says "This book is to acquaint mny grandchildren with Alfonse Perry." She can trace hier famiiy back to the Roman Empire. She has four sons and thIree sons-in-law living and imany grandchildre holding positions of r minenice. She had fine of a family and 92 descendants. Her fat her was an Irishman of' Welch descent who emigrated to Australia and by camel train took part in the gold rush. She married a man named Perry and he became a cavalry soldier in the First World War. After the war they began a new life in Mon- treal. Her story is the story of Canada. Her book is entitled "The Seeds" by Lucy Grif- fith Perry. Every one should write their life story down. 1 may not have travelled to the gold fields of Australia but my parents took me to the wheat fields of Saskatchewan. Where did you grow up? St. Sa vîour: Angican Church MILL STREET ORONO, ONTARIO REV. ALLAN HALDËNBY Rector 987-4745 ST. SAVIOUR'S CHURCH April 21, 1985 9:45 a,m. Morning Prayer Church School ORON'O UNITED ê ORONOP PASTORAL CHARGE SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1985 Orono United Church Morning Worship 11: 15 a.m. Church School 11:15 a.m. Installation of recently eiected members of Stewards, Trustees, Manse Commnittee, M. & S. Ministry of Personnel, etc. BIBLE STUDY Wednesday 8 p.m. At the Manse SPRING SALAD SUPPER Tuesday, April 23rd 6:00 p.m. Aduits $6, Children,12 and under $3, Presehoolers - le KIRBY UNITED CHURCH Morning Worship 9:45 a.m. Church Sehool 9:45 a.m. Ii MAM st