The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

- -frsuffi.a»'->yK/:. 6fëV : :\. •r :^> |$Sf conroeMg agamst 20 others fora $1,000 prize this weekend at the Lions Club provincial public flpaking contest held in Markham/ - ɧfel.8-year-old Alan Lee moves ahead to the all-Ontario round of I judgmg May 2-4, after be,ng cho- sen top senior division speaker (age 17-21) at the April 5th Lions Club | District A3 championships in « Kingston. Lee won $ 100 at the district level and gets to keep the big tro- I phy for a year. The trophy will be his tenth for public speaking, not to mention the "tons of certificates" he's earned since he was tall enough to see over | Public speaking is a regular part of school life for students today, but it was only in Grade Five that Lee started taking it seriously. As a veteran of the limelight, he offers a few tips to those who still dread the idea of facing any audi- I "Don't show your fear or ner- I vousness. If you do, they're not lis- I tening to you. Instead, the crowd is I feeling sorry for you." I To fend off the shakes, he sug- 1 gests using hand gestures. And, if I the shivers spread through your body and start your knees knocking, knocking, simply "take a small step to get , the muscles moving," he suggests. I A James Publishing Community Newspaper Can We Talk? Saturday, May 3, 1997 143rd Year Circulation: 20,550 ; v ^ _ : Êm mgr " : A 1 llltlUillll ptUl Vt UlC Oil. Lifcv avuiwa sermonizing and statistics. This, he feels, gave him an èdge against the five finalists at the district level., I "Nothing puts an audience to | sleep faster than a list of percent- | ages and numbers," he warns. Leeeeeeeeeeeeeee™***"*"""""""*** 1 -- Instead Lee opts for a conversa- TALKÏNG HIS WAY TO THE TOP -- Alan Lee hopes to take top tional, s [° r y t ® ,1 '"S honors in a Lions Club public speaking contest this weekend. The 18- , working humor into topics many _ ol(j student f rom Bowman ville High School earned this trophy at might consider impossible to elab ^ Djstrict A3 fmals held April 5th in Kingston. He is sponsored Continued on page Z Bowmanville Lions and Lioness Club. Public High School Teachers Get Belated 3 Per Cent Pay Hike High School teachers with the Northumberland-Clarington Public School board are to get a three per cent salary hike. The hike comes almost five years after it was negotiated for the 1992-93 school year. At that time, the increase was frozen, with the implementation of the social contract brought in by the NDP government. The increase was approved by trustees at the board meeting held on Thursday night, April 24, in Cobourg. It will affect 480 members of the District 49 Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation. The cost of the salary increase will be covered, not through an increase in the board's budget, but through a change to the pupil-teacher ratio which will move from the current 15.2 to one to 15.4 to one. The ratio is calculated calculated by dividing the total number of teachers plus high school administration, librarians, and various other teachers in support roles into student enrollment. enrollment. John Reid, superintendent of human resources for the board, says: "Measures have been put into place to reduce the impact of the change in the pupil-teacher ratio on actual class sizes." For example, there will be reductions in spending on high school administration administration and in areas Reid describes as "non-classroom based." "The centrepiece of the agreement is the achievement of over $930,000 in permanent savings for the board," says Reid. He says teachers worked with the board "to address changes in Ministry funding related to the so-called count date. In previous years the Ministry's per pupil grants for high schools were calculated on enrolment numbers at the end of September. Last year, the Education Ministry moved the date to October when "enrolment shows a decline," resulting in a drop in grants for the board. To deal with this, teachers agreed to a reduction in the number of teachers for the nine high schools and five .centres for individual studies. The reduction in teaching staff is "contingent on no lay-offs. It.can be done Continued on page 2 ion Starting Monday, May 5, The Salvation Army across Canada will begin its annual Red Shield Appeal campaign for 1997. Local Corps Officer/Pastor Captain Wilfred Harbin said: "The Clarington area is responsible for raising $21,500 through door-to- door canvassing and letter appeal." Recent government cutbacks have forced many agencies and the Salvation Army Social Services to curtail some of their programs because of lack of funding. However, the Army still maintains eight hospitals, 32 correctional facilities, facilities, addiction and rehabilitation centres, children's villages, and 11 summer camp programs for youth. Captain Harbin added: "The bulk of our source of funding for our social services programs comes from the public. It is a sign of the times that we must rely upon public support more than ever before." If you would like to volunteer to help with the door-to-doôr canvassing canvassing on May 5 or May 12, please call The Salvation Army office at 623- 3761. Independent Flyers Durham Riding New Democrats issue is certainly there. employed with GM for 20 years and have selected Colin Argyle, a 42- He believes the chief issue he held numerous posts in the CAW, year-old Bowmanville resident, as among youths is jobs. "There are including workers compensation their standard-bearer in the June 2nd just no jobs out there," he adds, representative, benefits representa- federal election. Among seniors, the concern is over live, and stewara. He held these Argyle, a lifelong party member, the continuation of health care and posts while employed at the was elected at a nomination meeting Canada Pension benefits. And, Scarborough van plant, which has in Port Perry on Sunday, April 27th. among persons in between these age since been closed. He now works at He was running against Jim groups, he sees unemployment, edu- GM's Oshawa plant. Morrison, of Oshawa, who has cation and federal transfer payments For the past 16 years, he has been agreed to serve as the official agent as some of the major concerns. a resident of Maple in Argyle's campaign. Colin Argyle promises a cam- Grove/Bowmanville. The candidate said he believes paign which will emphasize meeting He's voted New Democrat since his party's chances at the local and the people. "We're going to focus on he was 18 years old and has been federal level are good. "I believe as many door-to-door calls as I can," active as a volunteer in the party, we've got a good chance of being he said. The campaign will also where his duties have included he official opposition," he include phone canvassing, signs and working on local campaigns for can- )bserved. pamphlets. didates such as former Durham East Locally, he doesn't see the Durham's New Democratic Party MPP Gord Mills, mtional unity issue as playing a candidate has been married 21 years This is his first venture as his najor role in the riding, although the and is a father of four. He has been party's candidate. n ^ *A&P (Prices in effect from Sun., May 4 to Sat., May 10/97) Canadian Tire (Prices in effect from Sun., May 4 to Sat., May 10/97) *Home Hardware (Savings available until May 10/97) *Graham's IGA (Prices in effect from Sun., May 4 to Sat., May 10/97) Kingsway Greenhouses nadiosted/Radio Shack (Sale ends May 31/97) *T&C Small Engines ('Indicates partial distribution) For information about inserting flyers in please contact our office at 623-3303.