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Blue Circle Workers Enter Third Week of Round-the-Clock Pickets Striking Blue Circle cement workers say they arc facing a possible injunction to limit the number of pick- ctcrs on the line. About 90 members of CAW Local 222 have been off the job since Feb 6th, seeking a better benefits package for current and retiring workers. Blue Circle officials say the Bowmanvillc employees have the highest wage rates of any cement workers in the province. Contract talks have been stalled since February Blue Circle Dispute From page 1 week that the proposals the company had made were competitive compared to three settlements negotiated in the cement industry in Ontario in recent months. At The Statesman's Tuesday deadline, no further details from Blue Circle Cement were available. The last strike at the cement plant, formerly known as St. Marys, was in 1989 and lasted 62 days. 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DUCA RASP 3 Fixed terms of 6 months to 5 years 3 Toronto 35™ Index Linked Deposits RRSP Top-Up Loans as low as 6.50% ^ Funds guaranteed to $60,000 per plan ^ Instant tax receipts RRSP Quick Loan at Prime (currently 6.50%* 1 year fixed) •rates subject to change without notice Oshavva and Bowmanvillc Branches Manager Paul Muller 15 Charles Street 136 King St. East Phone: (905) 623-6343 Phone: (905) 728-4658 E-mail: (luciunfo@ducn.com Internet: www.duca.com Freedom to Read? From page 1 "It surprised me," said Library Director Cynthia Mearns in response to the news of the council decision. She said, since many of the councillors arc new to their positions, they may not realize the library's policy governing governing collections. The library would not purchase purchase any materials that might contravene laws related to hate literature or. pornography, . she ! said. In addition, the library's collection policy policy seeks to obtain materials materials which "satisfy the needs of the community as a whole," The library would not purchase any materials that would contravene laws related to hate literature or pornography She said the display of banned books is only intended to show that Canada is fortunate to have access to a wide variety of reading material. material. Members of the public arc welcome to visit the library during Freedom to Read Week and see for themselves the 15 to 20 volumes on display. They arc also welcome to talk to. library staff about the selection. "They're not the kind of books people would readily identify as something something they thought would be censored," said Mearns. The books which had previously been banned in some communities will include titles such as Lord of the Flies, The Diviners and To Kill a Mockingbird. In most cases, each book is displayed displayed with a statement explaining why it was considered controversial enough to be challenged or banned outright. Library Board Chair Rick. Morrison, *i»i his letter to Council, requested the passage of a declaration stating, in part, that the Municipality of Clarington "recognizes, reaffirms and defends the right of the citizens of the community individual individual to decide what he or she will or will not read." The resolution went on to ask that the Council proclaim Clarington a "Freedom to Read Zone" in which the freedom to read is inviolable. Councillor Charlie Trim observed after Monday night's meeting that "democracy is not built on total freedom. There has to be some structure there." Freedom to Read Week is an annual event sponsored by the Canadian book and magazine industry. The councillors expressed regret that with Freedom to Read Week already under way, there was no time to contact the library and receive clarification. Hospital Overloaded From page 1 done so once in the the past few months and very rarely in the year before. However, since MHB has no control over the redirect redirect policy at other hospitals, it can wind up with a crowded emergency department and longer wait times. Before wait times extend longer than 90 minutes, administrators call in extra doctors, cancel elective surgery, fill up same day surgery beds, and even invoke their disaster plan if necessary. Only as a last resort will they steer ambulances on to the next hospital down the road, which is in Port Hope. And it is certainly considered unacceptable to send a cardiac patient on to another hospital, Tink adds. She remains optimistic that the current pressures arc just a short-term crisis and looks forward to a report due out in March from a provincial task force looking into the emergency room problems. The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvillc, February 25, 1998 Page 3 Tax Rates Unknown The future tax rales for residents of Durham Region arc still anybody's guess. "In my opinion, any comment comment or guess at what the tax rate will be is misleading and premature," observed Regional Councillor John Mutton on Monday night. He was responding to the latest assessment notices received by Clarington residents. residents. Residents who have reviewed their assessment are anxious to know what their 1998 tax bills might be. But, at the moment, that's almost impossible to forecast. forecast. The regional councillor did predict, however, that the taxes controlled by the Durham Region will increase "significantly." One of the reasons for the uncertainty is the fact that the Province of Ontario is in the process of re-writing the rules governing how local services are funded. Councillor Mutton said after Monday's Clarington Council meeting that Durham Region will be taking taking over costs in areas such as social housing, GO Transit, and certain health, welfare and daycare services. While the Province of Ontario is taking over the levying of education taxes, there's still no word yet on what the commercial and industrial eduction levies might be. So far, only the residential education tax levy has been announced. One of the more alarming trends associated with the fiscal changes is the future of payments in lieu of taxes provided by agencies such as Ontario Hydro for its Darlington Nuclear plant. Councillor Mutton said Clarington could lose up to $1.6 million worth of payments payments in lieu of taxes. He said the deadline for approving the Durham Region budget is May 31st. 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