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2 Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 8th, 1975 NOBODY IS LISTENING It is quite apparent that no one has been listening to former finance minister John Turner or to Prime Minster Pierre Trudeau. Both have been asking restraint in profits and wage settlements in an effort to stop the state of inflation in this country. Only through this means can Canada return to an even keel with a quality of life for everyone. - Elementary teachers last week settled for a 27.66 percent increase in their salaries and benefits and this in a twelve month contract. With a fourteen percent increase in 1974 the two year period shows an increase in remuneration amounting to forty-five percent. How many other employees can boast of the same accomplishments over such a short period. The secondary teachers have already turned down a 26 percent increase and no doubt they will want to keep well ahead of their elementary school counterparts. Teachers are not existing on the poverty line but their demands will soon place others at this point as this country marches ahead with the rich getting richer and the poor poorer. Unfortunately the Board of Education is locked in to a system of teacher increases which appear to have no end according to demands intimated for next year. The Board does not have the bargaining power which teachers have gained over the past few years. Settlements through abritation such as in Ottawa and Windsor have been tremendously in favour of the teachers. The Board must realize that this is no tool in their hand and lacking support from their own electorate they are practically helpless. It may well be as Mr. Carman has said, "the only answer is to pass this to the Province and bring teachers under the Civil Service Act. Not only is me Board locked-in regarding salaries but the same condition exists with the teacher's or principal's ability in their profession. The Board is unable to move on cases of incompetence or inability. The Board must wait it out for retirement or transfer of the individual. High salary increases are one thing but high salary increases for those lacking the ability or desire to do the job is another. The only answer to the whole affair is for the general public to complain to board members and their provincial members at Queen's Park. RIDING ON RICE'S COAT TAIL It is quite apparent that the Murray Payne Mobile Home proposal south of Newtonville is riding on the coat tail of the Rice proposal and council of the Town of Newcastle is going right along for the ride. Monday night council gave the Payne proposal the same status as that for Rice and now makes it possible that this community may well have 2000 mobile homes within its boundary in the years to come. It become amazing when Councillor Entwisle who only a week ago stated at a meeting at the Pines School that he was opposed to the mobile home concept. First because the house owner did not own the land on which the mobile would be situtated and secondly because the services were not vested with the municipality. This is certainly enough reason, on his part, to be opposed to all mobile home developments. This was not the case on Monday when he vigorously supported the move to give the Payne proposal the same status as the Rice development. Mayor Rickard who has also expounded the use of agricultural land in the Rice proposal said nothing while council gave their approval to take agricultural land out of production. i; Community Impact Study | Consultant Required I ! Ontario Hydro is constructing an oil-fired gen- !| ]; erating station at Crysler Point (Wesleyville) on the ;j !; shore of Lake Ontario, approxiamately 5 miles west ;; i! of Port Hope. Approvals are being sought to - ' construct a nuclear generating station at Raby j! y Head (Darlington G.S.) about 8 miles east of ;j ; Oshawa. !; j! In order to ensure that the implications for the ! | !; surrounding areas are fully assessed, Ontario ;; !: Hydro proposes to engage a consultant who will ! j study and report on the potential effects these new ! ; projects may have on the neighbouring municipal- ; f ties. !; J The study will likely extend over the period 1; ! November 1975 to May 1976 with periodic reports on <! !| progress at monthly intervals. Consideration will be s j! given to the effect on employment, population, ;! housing, economic and financial conditions, and on ]; ;L all aspects of municipal and provincial government J; 1 services. !l Indication of interest in undertaking this work j! ! is solicited from consultants who can demonstrate / j; their competence in such activity and submit j! j; evidenceof earlier successful performance. I; Replies should reach this address not later than : ! : Friday, October 17th, 1975. ;; T.S. Johnson I; Ontario Hydro O Route and Site Selection Division H 8 F 7 ; 700 University Avenue ; Toronto, ; M5G 1X6 It is idiotic to argue that if one proposal is approved that all such similar proposals must be approved. If this was the case and if the Rice proposal is approved it would then hold that any similar proposal would also be approved resulting in the whole countryside being then littered with mobile homes. Councillor Cowman appeared on the right track when she was ready to call a halt on Monday night by saying the proposal was premature, which it is, but she was cut to size as reason went out the window. It is time our local politicians stopped playing games with planning which well appears a muddled mess in its organization in the Town of Newcastle. The Planning Advisory Committee continually being by-passed by council rendering the committee of little functional use to the municipality. The electorate deserve better than what they are getting in regards such matters as this last episode by council. Letter to the Editor The community of the former Village of Newcastle lost a valuable asset last week when the lawn on the east side of the Newcastle Community Hall at the Four Corners was ripped up to be converted into a parking lot. The blame for the loss lies in the hands of the Newcastle Town Council and members of the Newcastle Community Hall Board. The conversion was actually allowed when Town Council took action that saw Mayor Garnet Rickard formulate a motion that Council passed, with my objection, to allow the green to be destroyed in favour of the parking lot. This action was taken at a special meeting when 1, Councillor Kenneth E. Lyall, objected to the ruination of the green space. First notice that I or any other member of the Town Council had of the construction of the parking lot was when I saw the construction gang and paving equipment at work on the lawn Tuesday morning. Brenton Rickard, a member member of the Community Hall Board, was at the site and I asked him to halt work till a special meeting of Council could be convened to discuss the matter-as it was a very grave affair. He refused to take my suggested action so, as a member of the Town Council I ordered him to stop work. The background of this very unpleasant and unwise episode episode was an exchange of letters between the Newcastle Community Hall Board and the Newcastle Town Council this past summer over the question "who is responsible for the Newcastle Community Hall grounds?" This question was raised by the Hall Board. It was answered by the Newcastle Town Council under under resolution CS 224-75 which stated "That the Newcastle Community Hall Board be advised that they will be responsible for the care of the grounds at the Newcastle Community Hall." "Responsible for the care of the grounds" is the key phrase and under this very tenuous terminology the Newcastle Newcastle Community Hall Board took it upon themselves to rip up the east lawn to convert the lawn into a parking lot at a cost to the public purse of over $5,000. Following my order to Brenton Rickard to halt the project, I contacted Mayor Garnet Rickard and requested requested a special meeting to discuss the problem and the meeting was held later that day. The meeting was held and despite my appeal to save the lawn as there would be parking space across the street when the Town fire hall was moved to its new location, John De With Real Estate Limited Realtor ; ! Bowmanville 623-3950 and ij 623-3111 For Prompt, Efficient ;i Service ! ( when buying or selling : ! Contact: ! j Joe Barnoski ij 786-2202 ! ! Ross Davidson 277-2321 i 1 i Ha Ilowe'en^B® Dance'Vv^p^ Newcastle Town Hall Sat., Oct. 18th ADMISSION $6.00 per couple Music by B&H Sound Lunch Supplied Sponsored by the Great Pine Ridge Kinsmen Club a motion by Mayor Rickard to allow the parking lot on the east lawn passed. Work on the parking lot recommenced at the conclusion of the special meeting and the parking lot was completed in the next couple of days. Such a waste of tax dollars- sucH shortsightedness on the part of Town administrators. On one hand we have the Town of Newcastle spending thousands of tax dollars to plan the future life style for our community and on the other hand we have Town administrators frittering av, ay a very valuable piece of green space in the centre of the community in favour of a few parking spaces. Shame. 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