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Total Market Coverage of Clarington from the Publishers of The Canadian Statesman A .lames Publishing ( nmnuinit) Newspaper Saturday, September 27, IVV7 143rd Year Garry Bolen Sales Représentative (905)436-0990 24 Hour Pager "Integrity without compromise' Tor: (905) 428-8274 Fax: (905) 436-6045 sulton group-status realty inc. AN INDEPENDENT MEMBER BROKER 266 King SI. W„ Oshawa, Ont. L1 J 2J9 Circulation: 20,rob Police Ink New Deal Agreement Gives First Raise in Five Years by Lorraine Manfredo Staff Writer Police in Durham Region have settled for an new contract which will give them their first pay raise since 1992. Police association members voted 88% in. favor of an 11 th-hour deal presented late on Wednesday which allows for a 8.7% salary increase over three and a half years. "The new salary structure will bring us in line with other police services across the province, such as in Peel and York," notes Durham Regional Police Association Président Brian Curtis. . The old contract expired December 31, 1995. Under the terms of the new deal, which is effective Jan. 1, 1996, to June 30, 1999, a First Class Constable's salary would rise to $56,122 by the end of the contract. Association President Curtis says despite a very difficult difficult set of negotiations, "we were able to avoid arbitration." arbitration." He adds the new contract will be a morale-booster for officers whose salaries have been frozen for five years. The Durham Region Police,Service employs just over 700 uniformed and civilian workers. by Lorraine Manfredo Staff Writer Durham East MPP John O'Toole is backing an education education bill that has teachers up in arms, saying the province needs to focus on the classroom and the student. student. The Education Quality Improvement Bill was introduced introduced in Queen's Park Monday by Minister John Snobelen and drew immediate fire from teachers' groups who claim the legislation would result in up to 10,000 lost teaching jobs. Besides a possible lengthening of the school term, the bill also calls for controls on, class size and increasing the number of hours the teacher spends in the classroom. • "The big issue is the time spent in class and ! the amount of preparation time;" says O'Toole. "I think we have more preparation time in Ontario than any other provincè." And if we are going to compare compare ourselves with other provinces and other countries it's fair to compare all aspects of the teaching profession, he says. O'Toole is prepared to see public dialogue bring Continued on page 3 Jim Coombes was happy to lend a head to Craig Douglas, who climbed aboard a unicycle as part of his juggling and magic act at the Bowmanville Lions Club's annual Family Night on September 22. Besides popping wheelies on his one-wheeled bike, the Toronto area entertainer thrilled the audience audience by juggling bowling balls and knives. Youth Injured When Motorcycle Collides wilh Truck A 16-year-old motorcycle rider is in Sunnybrook Hospital after a head-on collision with a pickup truck north of Orono on Tuesday. Clinton Hawkshaw, of Kendal, was westbound on the 6th Concession shortly before 4:00 p.ni. when his motorbike struck an eastbound pickup just east of Gamsby Road. Hawkshaw was taken by emergency .crews to Memorial Hospital in Bowmanville and later transferred to Sunnybrook Medical Centre in Toronto where he was reported to be in fair condition on Wednesday, suffering multiple injuries. The driver of the pickup, a 32-year-old Newtonville man, escaped injury. The truck sustained substantial damage and the motorcycle was completely destroyed. Tlie Durham Regional Police Traffic Unit is investigating. Durham MP Sees Child Poverty and Health Care Among Major Issues Facing 36th Parliament by Lorraine Manfredo j Staff Wriler Alex Shepherd is all set to make history. As the Durham Riding MP takes his seat beside other Liberal politicians in Canada's 36th parliament this week he will be part of the government that takes this country into a brand new millennium. On the way there, Shepherd expects child poverty and health care to be among the key issues on the federal agenda. "The government is likely to respond to public concern over child poverty," poverty," Shepherd told The Independent the day before Parliament opened. The solution may be found in the taxation system, he ventures, by "somehow ' breathing more economic prosperity into working poor families." These are families earning less than $25,000 per year. The country cannot afford to turn a blind eye to the issue of hungry Canadian children or these victims will become a burden burden on society later, the MP warns. Certainly, the government government will have to grapple Youth Centre Opens Soon Committee Needs Teen Members with . spiralling health costs, Shepherd predicts. "We also want to make sure the delivery, system is more efficient, so that here in Durham residents have ready access whenever they need it. " , Another area that deserves attention, especially especially as more trade barriers barriers come down, is how to ensure that multi-national trade will benefit Canada. Many trans-national corporations are of sufficient sufficient size and wealth to be run like governments themselves, he says. As such- powerful entities thrive, he wants to make sure these corporate giants are not only paying their fair share of taxes here, but that they are not siphoning jobs off to low-wage countries countries and that Canada, will share in technology transfers. transfers. In reference to several young businesses in the Durham area, Shepherd said he hopes ways can be found to support them as they try to compete. "We need to find ways to encourage their growth, so the government is not being a hindrance, but more of a partner." He points out that the embassy system now in place could serve as one route to help Canadian companies penetrate penetrate foreign markets. He also anticipates the government will be moving moving forward on national unity concerns. In his previous term, Shepherd, a chartered accountant, served on the Finance, Industry and Public Accounts Committees. He has a keen interest in science and technology and proven strengths are in the area of industry and finance. A 1987 Pontiac station wagon set on fire at panaHiim Pacific railway tracks near Bowmanvmc, ly morning, Sept. 24, stopped rail traffic for; : D/vnlAMnl Dnlîna 1Ü TNÎ « n Ï iiîkst ■ by Laura J. Richards • Staff Writer. -The Clarington Youth Centre located in the former Fire Hall and Court Building on Church Street, Bowmanville, will have its grand opening on Friday night, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. However, the six local youths who make up the Clarington Youth Centre Council, are looking for more volunteers to help them run the centre. They hope the committee's ranks will swell to 15 before the centre opens. Michelle Harkin and Lcisha Ribeiro, both Grade 12 students at St. Stephen's Secondary School, co-chair the Clarington Youth Centre Committee. They, want to spread the word about the centre and how local youths, not just students, can become involved. "This is our third meeting, and we have given ourselves ourselves positions to give structure to the committee," said Harkin, Geoff Vaughan, a Grade 9 student at Bowmanville High School (BHS), is the Treasurer, He noted, with this meeting, the committee is really "just getting off the ground". On Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 23 at 4:30 three of the six youth council members were crowded around a table at the new location of the John Howard Society along with Terri Gray of the Clarington Project, and Dianna Eastwood of the John Howard Society, Ron Collis and Barb Oke, members of the adult advisory committee to Continued on page 2 <|&|p|> liiUit/zlMblni. 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