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Orono Weekly Times, 30 Oct 1985, p. 11

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Ž.iisk for increased- Police patrols, The Town of Newcastle on Monday night have asked Regional Police for increased police patrol in the Town of Newcastle following the recipt of aý letter from the Bowmanvile Business Centre group. In a letter to council the Business Centre organization note undue hardship caused by a group of youths who fre- quent the area of Kng and Temperance streets. T he letter notes the presence of bicycles, litter, broken bottles, loitering and general bad language which. places an economic straîn on businesses in the area and which also crates a bad iru- r.reý-*cr on visitors to the town and the public in general. the letter saîi the police had been contacted and they have suggested that what is needed is a stronger by-law to remnove this nuisance. Darlington 's big crane does ils job Although the world's the lift of the first of 16 steam largest crawler crane has generators from the ground already been used on con- to the top of the unit 2 reac- struction of the Darliagton tor building. That's a load of Generatiag Station, last Fri- 365 tonnes (or the weight of day it did the job for which it 58 elephants) Iifted 56 metres was designed. up and 48 metres into the Days of preparation by special roorn where it is in- skilled workers culminated ini stalled. Debate fuli-circle on hiring Council members on Mon- day evening in debate over hiring of a new treasurer, due to the resignation of Kathryn Campbell, went fuit circle before coming back toï an original motion to proceed under existing policy.. Councs. Hamre and Hobbs, had moved a recommenda- tion from the Chief Ad- ministrative, Officer which followed council approved policy when Counce. Cowmani questioned the specifics of the qualifications. She presented an amendment that qualifications for applîcants be either a CA, RIA or CGA. At this point Counc. Hub- bard said she objected to the Administrator calling upon the Town auditor to assist' with the reviewing of the ap- plications and suggested that a committee of council han- dle the interviews of a short lis t of five applicants selected by the Administrator. Counc., Hubbard said she had been on counicil now for five years and that council had let go of the reignis. David Johnson, chief ad- ministrator, saîd it was not uncommon to caîl in the auditors when reviewing ap- plications for treasurer. Counce. Cowman said she had to agree with Counce. Mainstream Canada Here's Iookîng at you, Boss ByV Tony Carlson Let's talk about The Boss. Not as ini Bruce Springsteen, but as in "Boss, what work needs to be done today?" In particular, let's talk about the three-quarters of a million women in small and medium-sized businesses across the country who qualify for that title. Not ail of these women have keys to the executive wash- room, of course, for such things aren't often fixtures in the nation's smaller companties. But the numbers, and other related statistics gleaned by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business from extensive surveys, lead to one simple conclusion: large num- bers of wvomen are taking lead- ership roles in independent business. In more than 20,200 persontal interviews with business owner/ managers in the first six months of this year, CFIB found that 42.6 per cent of the women employed in the sector hold management or supervisory positions. That compares with Statis- tics Canada data for the entire country which show that 28 per cent of employed women hold such jobs. In terms of the actual num- ber of women employed by small business, the survey revealed 50,697 jobs held by women, of which 21,612 quaI- (continued page 2,3) Orono) Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 30, 1985-11 Unjjiteocd MWay close procedure to half-way mark At the completion of trie thîrd week of the six week Whitby, Oshawa, Newcastle United Way Campaiga, $935,338 was reported at the weekly campaign commnittee meeting. "We're half way there and on target at 49% of the 1985 objective of $1,915,000," says Armen Arkelian, Camnpiign chair- manl. E.D.S. (Electronic Data Systemn), Whitby have com- pleted their first campaign. $45 ,O has been pledged from 620 employees through payroll deductions, bake sales and an apple day. Delta Faucet, Bowmanville have reported $4, 110 passiag their goal and continuing to canvass the balance of the employees. General Motors' Fabrication Plant hourly aad salaried personnel have com- RE-ELECT' BOB WILLSHER PUBLIC SCHOOL TRUSTEE NORTHUMBERLAND AND NEWCASTI BOARD 0F EDUCATION THE CANDIDATE *41 years aid, married ta Lynda, has two children, Stephen 18 and Christopher, 15, bath attending local schools. *Empiayed by General Motors of Canada for 21 years. Currently a Regionai Personel represen- tative. *Resident of the Town of Newcas- tle for 14 years. pteted 95% ofo their goal generating $137,344 în dona- tions. Hubbard and that counicil should be part of thec selec- tion process. Councs.' Cowman and Hubbard presented an amendment which would have allowed council ta mnake the final decision from a short list selected by the Ad- ministrator. The amnendment was. voted down. Counc. Taylor said council had put in place job descrip- tions which placed respon- sibility for seni or staff hiring in the hands of the Ad- ministrator. "Now alI of a suddea you want to change the rules'", he said, "and 1 cannot support such a rnove'". The original recommenda- tion passed council in that the chief adinistrative offic'er will make the choice and with the assistance of the town's auditors. The advertisement calling for applicants wilI in- clude the addition of CA, RIA or CGA to the list of qualifications. BOB BELIEVES: *Ediucation, is a fundamyental right which should be available ta ail without barriers. One system witli fuit utîlization of humari and physical resaurces. 1 *The current funding system must be changed ta lessen the burden af the praperty owner. *Ward 111 deserves a strong voice onthe Board and Bob's record has shown that he can speak for the people and be heard. FOR DEPENDABLE, EXPERIENCED REPRESENTATION ON NOVEMBER 12, 1985 RE-ELECT BOB WILLSHER TRUSTEE WARD 3 LAST ON THÉ~ BALLOT - FIRST WITH YOU IN MIND "Let FRANK Speak For Y ou, ELECT STAPLETONX LOCAL COUNCIL- WARD 3 NOVEMBER 12TH ,GEORGE VAN DYK Town of Newcastle Hydro Commissioner

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