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Parents' decisions must be made knowing that normal supervision, staffing and instruction will not be present during a job action." Talks between the education minister and teacher federation leaders broke off on Tuesday, October 21st. Teachers were to announce this morning if or when a province-wide walkout would occur. Teacher groups may walk out as early as Thursday in a protest against new Splish, Splash Ward One local council candidate, Jane Rowe, was one of several potential councillors who participated in the bobbing for apples booth at the Apple Festival. The apple-bobbing contest was sponsored by the Creating Futures campaign which is raising funds for the Durham University Centre project. All candidates in the municipal election were invited to join the fun. Rowe showed she was a good sport, but she did not beat the best time. A record crowd attended this year's Apple Festival. See story on page two. --- Photo by Laura Richards 1 ï provincial labor legislation and Bill 160, the Education Quality Improvement Act. According to information from the Northumberland and Clarington School Board telephone hotline: "All elementary and secondary schools in the Northumberland/Clarington, Peterborough County and Roman Catholic Separate School boards will remain open." There will be no instruction, instruction, however. Principals, vice principals and other managerial staff will be in the schools, providing limited supervision. Student busing is expected to operate initially within the public schools. However, in the event of a drawn-out protest, the continuation of busing will be decided on a board-by-board basis. Programs for dcvelopmentally challenged challenged students may be restricted. Study areas and libraries are expected to be accessible for independent study during a job action. However, no academic penalties will Continued on page 2 ax j- « ». Business Group Quizzes Candidates by Lorraine Manfredo Staff Writer Candidates vying for public office in the upcoming municipal election responded to concerns of small business business operators at a pre-election forum on Tuesday. The informal breakfast forum hosted by the Clarington Business Group drew out most of the 22 hopefuls running in the November 10 elections, as well a number of school board trustees and hydro commissioners commissioners who have already been acclaimed. Among the concerns raised was a feeling that too many town contracts were going to out-of-town business operators. Mayoralty candidate Cecil Mackescy told the audi- x Continued on page 2 Durham's regional councillors will be voting on a pay increase when they meet today, Wednesday, October 22. The councillors will be considering three recommendations which would,allow: • the base salary for a regional councillor to be increased by $4,800 to $26,640 from $21,840; • a committee chair's remuneration to be increased by $700 to $3,820 from $3,120; and • the salary for the regional chair to be increased by $17,000 to $95,000 from $78,000. A report before Durham's regional council states that the raise would compensate Durham's elected officials for the loss of the tax-free status which previously covered one-third of their salaries. The recommendation to increase the councillors' pay came from the Finance and Administration Committee on October 15th. Also, councillors on the same committee voted to ensure that future increments in remuneration would be "consistent with the overall wage percentage increases which may be provided from time to time to non-union/management staff." The committee also voted to strike a Community Advisory Committee to review the changing duties and responsibilities and "to subsequently recommend appropriate compensation for elected officials." I by Lorraine Manfredo : Staff Writer , Teachers gave Bill : 160 a big fat F during a public forum in ; Bowmanvillc on Thursday night, calling it ; "horrific" legislation that would take $1 billion out ; of an already underfund- i ed education system. About 80 people attended the forum' which was held at Bowmanvillc High i School. It was the first of three public education meetings hosted by teachers across the Northumberland Clarington Public School Board area. Teachers insist the^ real aim of the bill is not education improvemènt, as the government claims, but simply to extract a billion dollars from the system to pay for a promised tax cut. They point out drastic Continued on page 3 ALL CANDIDATES' MEETING -- Everyone is invited to the Newcastle Community Hall on Thursday, October 23, to hear the candidates for the upcoming municipal municipal election. The evening is sponsored by Newcastle BIA, Newcastle Ratepayers' Association and Newcastle and District Chamber of Commerce. Proceedings will get under way at about 7 pan. MOVIE-MAKERS RETURN -- The cast and crew of the CBC drama series "The Wind at My Back" were on location at the Bowmanvillc Museum and the nearby Central Public School on Monday. They haven't been out to Clarington for a while, but you can still catch the new episodes of this popular show (and see some of our local landmarks) every Sunday night at seven p.m. on CBC. SOME FESTIVAL! -- For the first time in recent memory, the DBIA Apple Fcsl enjoyed perfect fall weather conditions. And the results were spectacular. An estimated 15,000 attended the event. If only we could guarantee that kind of weather for all the local outdoor festivities, APPLE PIE WINNERS -- Congratulations to Heather Beaumont, of Courtice, who receives first prize in The Canadian Statesman's annual Apple Pie Baking Contest. She wins $100 in "Statesman Bucks" which can be spent like cash at participating local businesses. Second place (a tie) went to Sandra Okum, of Whitby and Cindy Werry, of Oshawa. They'll each receive $75 in Statesman Bucks. Third place and $50 worth of Statesman Bucks went to Donna Knight, of Bowmanvillc. Other contestants recognized by the judges were: Verna Nelson, of Bowmanvillc (fourth place); Carly Hare, of Tyrone (fifth place); and George Khron, who received an honorable mention. Esther Hill won $100 in BIA Bucks in the random draw sponsored by the BIA and open to all pie contestants. Our thanks to the Clarington firefighters who so ably served as judges and everyone who baked pics or dropped by to buy a pie or a slice. 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