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- e - e - - e - - - - e - * , e. e ~ - - e County Co-op's Santa Sale Reminiscing with Glady Brown At the age of 82, Glady Brown, a self taught musician, is coming out with her first CD; a compilation of her old favourites, titled Reminiscing with Glady Brown. Recording her music was not Glady's idea, but rather the brainchild of Doug Lycett. Glady who was born in Lindsay, and now lives in Peterborough, lived most of her life in Orono. While here she has sung and played the piano on many, many occasions. Most of the recording, which was a culmination of efforts by a group of fiends, was done on September 10, 1998 at the home of Doug Lycett and Henry Lorrain on Pollard Rd. in Orono. Eric Dreslinski of Apogee recorded 16 songs that day. Two more songs were recorded later, one of them written by Glady her- self titled 'Could you get along without me'. Henry Lorrain had to step in and see the project through to it's completion after Doug died just days after the initial recording session. The CD will be launched at a party on Sunday at the Orono Town hall from 2 -4:30. "It's important," stated Henry, "to preserve her music and her wonderful enthusiasm for everyone." Councillors refuse pay increases The deals were hot and so were the dogs at the Co-op Santa Sale last Saturday. In addition to the free hot dogs, cookies, coffee and juice offered at the store, Santa delighted many a young child during his two hour stop over. Steve Pleasance (R) was delighted to receive this well done hot dog prepared by Co-op Board Director John Berry. Happenings... SENIORS' CHRISTMAS TEA You're invited to a Seniors' Christmas Tea (Seniors, Grandparents, Grandfriends), Tuesday, December 15, Orono Public School (gymnasium), 1:30 p.m. REMINISCING AT THE TOWN HALL Sunday, December 13th is the launch of Glady Browns's CD at the Orono Town Hall from 2 p.m to 4:30 p.m. Refreshments available and ail proceeds go to charity. ATTENTION LOCAL AUTHORS! As part of Clarington's 25th Anniversary, the Clarington Public Library would like to celebrate by hav- ing an evening program with local authors. There's a lot of talent in Clarington, and we'd like you to be recognized! If you're a published author who formerly or currently resides in Clarington, please let us know! Contact: Catherine Presant, Marketing and Partnerships Librarian, 623-7322. CLARINGTON OLDER ADULT CENTRE Drop into the Clarington Beech Centre or phone 697-2856 for information re: bus trips, dinner theater and ongoing daily programs. Seniors, the Centre is YOUR activity facility. Your participation, sugges- tions and some fresh ideas for programs would be most welcome. CHRISTMAS FOOD AND TOY DRIVE As a special Christmas giving effort, the Duca Community Credit Union, 136 King St. East, Bowmanville, is urging citizens to join them to think about sharing during this special season. Non per- ishable food items and toys may be dropped off at their branch and ail items will be kept in the com- munity and distributed by our local Salvation Army. Your contributions would be greatly appreciated. Ward four councillor Charlie Trim stated Monday, "I will not accept this, or any pay increases during this term of office and wish the Treasurer to inform the payroll department accordingly." "I feel the increase in wages and retroac- tive pay is not mine to keep, nor mine to give away," said Trim. "It belongs to the tax- payers of Clarington." Trim was referring to pay increases councillors voted for themselves in the 'in camera' portion of the November 23, 1998 council meeting. At that meeting councillors voted in a split decision, to increase their salaries from $15,889 to $18,000 for this year, retroac- tive to January 1, 1998. The figures were based on a consul- tants report, which was three years in the making, and rec- ommended the increase, to be in line with other municipali- ties of the same size as Clarington. Councillors Mutton and Schell also asked that their pay be frozen at the 1997 level. Mayor Hamre seemed somewhat disconcerted with the request. "Three of you are very fortunate, you have other jobs," said the mayor, "I don't have 1/2 a day to give to anoth- er job." Trim, Mutton and Schell are the three councillors who have jobs outside of their elected office. Councillors voted unanimously to increase the Mayors salary by $10,000. These decisions are never easy to deal with said Hamre, but "the longer you leave it the worse it gets." The consultants report recommending the increases was not ready before the previous council finished their mandate. Some council- lors have stated publicly that the previous council should have decided on wages for the new terni of office. The only thing I regret, said Hamre was that we made the decision 'in camera'. "I was told that legally it can't be held in public," said Hamre. The report also dealt with the salaries of non union municipal staff, which made it a confiden- tial document. After the meeting Mayor Hamre stated she was unpre- pared for the decision by the three councillors, and would be making a statement next week. During the meeting Hamre commented that this type of thing has occurred in the past, but then councillors did not make their decision public. Remember to have a designa ted driver. Orono Town Hall Mau Volume 62, Number 48 RTONOic6de WEEKLY TIMES Wednesday, December 9, 1998