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2-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, October 17th, 1979 ■ Orono Weekly Times THE FACT FINDER Announcement was made last week that the Province has appointed a fact finder to report the positions of the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education and as well the positions of the Elementary Teachers and the Secondary teachers in their negotiations of their annual contracts. The purpose of the fact finder, which under certain circumstances become mandatory according to provincial legislation, is to report the position of all parties as to the negotiations. , Surely it could be considered that the Board of Education and the teachers are aware of their positions and their demands through the negotiations. If it is not the case some changes certainly should be made. The fact finder's report when it is made public will certainly outline the position of all parties and give the public the opportunity to consider the offers and counter offers. In this there may be some purpose. It does seem however rather early in the game to bring in a fact finder in the secondary negotiations in this area as only a few months ago was the last contract approved and to this point only a few meetings of negotiations have been held between the Board and the teachers towards their new contract. One can only imagine there is a wholesale waste of time in negotiations when in fact very little change has been made in the past from year to year. HOW POWERFUL IS POWERFUL? Last week General Motors of Canada Ltd. agreed to transfer health coverage for its employees from Blue Cross to Green Shield and Metropolitan Life. It was a demand in the • negotiations of,a new contract by the United Auto Workers. The Union is endeavouring to gain a first contract for 450 workers at Blue Cross along with Union security, wage and benefit demands. No settlement has been reached with Blue Cross and as a result the United Auto Workers Union made their demand of change to General Motors. This certainly brings up the question of 'How powerful is powerful?" It would seem that the power of the Union is such that it not only touches those they are directly negotiating for but also those in other fields of commerce and business. This power is far too great and we would content injuries to the free enterprise system. Over the past few years it has been reported both from the federal and provincial governments and from business itself that it is the small business throughout the country that is the main stay of the economy and one through these past few years that has been showing some growth. The power of Unions to reach this segment of business through negotiations in big business can only have a detrimental effect to the Canadian enterprise of small business. Stephenson when Minister of Labour for Ontario made some gestures a year or so ago as to the increasing power of Unions but since that initial gestures nothing has ever been said. ' The initiative of small business must prosper and must be left out of the clutches of .the big Unions. THE CREEPING THREAT OF POLLUTION With the announcement this week over the extent of acid rain pollution to our water system, fisheries and even produce production a clear picture is psovided on the creeping threat of pollution to not only this province, but to the continent of North America. > it was only last year that acid rain becdme known publicly as a factor of pollution in this province and with the most recent report it would appeàr that the initial report only scratched the surface. This however is nothing new for we poured phosphate into the Great Lakes for years before coming up with the decision that it was the death of the Lqkes we were, creating. % One may well question what other effects we are placing on the environment through our possible short-sightedness. 1 There is no way around the problem other than paying .for the cost of cutting pollution either through destruction or through efficient techniques to reduce and eliminate the problem. Deferment of regulations in some quarters only expounds the problem and it must be faced sooner rather than later. Happenings . . . ANNUAL HOUSE TOUR The sixth annual Great Pine Ridge Kinettes House Tour was held on Saturday last with approximately one hundred and fifty taking part in the tour. Tea was served at the Anglican Church during the tour hours of 10:00 a.m. to. 4:00 p.m. TWO PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES NAMED FOR LAWRENCE Gary Gurbin, M.P. for Bruce-Grey has bee» named parliamentary-secretary to assist Allan Lawrence in .consumers affairs. Chris Speyer, M.P. for Cambridge, has been named parliamentary secretary for the solicitor- general's department. ■ 1 Kenda I News As I write this it is the twenty-fifth anniversary of Hurricane Hazel, October 15th, 1954 when eighty-one people lost their lives in the Toronto area. It was the most irratic hurricane of the century.. century.. The continual heavy downpour of rain caused dams to give way, up the Humber River. Then trees fell across the regular course of the river causing it to overflow its banks and take a short cut instead of following' its usual curves. One such short cut was down Raymore Drive when it took the bowses with it and swept theth away. One fire truck went to cross a bridge and all were swept away add lost their lives. We Kendal folk did not get so much rain. On Thursday afternoon, October 14, 1954 my brother and I picked twelve barrels of spy apples. He had left them that long to get well coloured. All the rest of the apples lay battered and bruised on the ground after the hurricane. On October 15th we Kendal ladies worked hard preparing a banquet for the Junior baseball team of Kendal who had won the Eastern Ontario Championship. Championship. The banquet was ready to serve when the lights went out. So Mr. Art Low brought his gas lantern, and candies were secured to light the tables. The wind was so strong it tore steel off all our neighbours barns. Any empty barns were blown down. The McKelvey barn and Mr. Tom •Stevens' barns were empty and completely flattened. We had two colts in the woods but they were wise enough to come home before the trees started falling. Trees a yard across at the base were just blown down and the roots stood up ten feet high. Trees with trunks a foot in diameter snapped off like a match perhaps ten feet above the ground. Then on Saturday, October 16th, 1954 was Harper Car- scadden's sale. It was a fine day, people were there from far and near even though fallen trees had to be removed removed from roadways and the telephones were out. We, United Church Women served lunch at the sale. Mr. Minne Wybenga had just come over from Holland and I met him there. On Sunday a large number attended the Shiloh Anniversary Anniversary to hear Rev. David Spivey's message and to enjoy the beautiful music of the Welcome Choir, Our Kendal Anniversary is this Sunday, October 21st at 2:30 p.m. with a Lindsay High School teacher, Rev. George Bradbury, B.A., B.D., as guest speaker. The male choir of the charge will provide special music. We hope to see you there. Mrs. Mabel Smith of North Hollywood, California is visiting visiting with Mr. Arthur Thompson Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. G. Cathcart. Mrs. Joyce Boudreau has returned home after surgery in Peterborough Hospital. Sympathy is extended to Mrs. Reg Elliott on the sudden passing away oî her cousin, Mrs. Anna Thompson of Millbrook. ■ Up and down the Book Stacks ADULT Paper Juggernaut: Big Government Government gone M a d by Walter Stewart (the truth behind Pickering airport and other fiascos) Fasting a Way to Well-being by Judith Dobrzynski Divorced Kids by Warner Troyer (a compassionate look at their needs) . Ed Schreyer a Social Democrat Democrat in Power by Paul Beaulieu The Spring of the Tiger by Victoria Holt (a new novel for Holt fans) Triple by Ken Follett (a great new spy story) Kiki by John Gill (ah unusual novel of revenge) The - Pretty Ones by Dorothy Eden JUNIOR Children of Lapland by Bodil • Hagbrink Wonders of Sea ' Horses by , Ann Brown Pilots of World War 1 by M. Wallace ' Starring Peter and Leigh by Susan> Pfeffer (novel of a young àctress and her desire for n normal life) BYAMS PLUMBING-HEATING Salfes and Service 24 HOUR BURNER SERVICE GULF FINANCING Low Interest Rates Phone: Tyrone 2*3-2650 St, Saviours ANGLICAN CHURCH Orono, Ontario Regular Sunday Worship Service -10:00 a.m. Rev. Allan Haldenby B.A. L.Th. UNITED CHURCH Orono Pastoral Charge j Minister (Rev. B.E. Long B.Th, Organist and Choir Director David Gray Sunday, October 21,1979 ORONO UNITED CHURCH Sunday Church School 10 a.m. Anniversary Service 11:15 Guest Speaker Rev. Paul Erb Guest Soloist Arlene Ayre Mainstream Canada Good News for Canadians By W. Roger Worth The recent oil strikes off the Newfoundland coast are good news for all Canadians, for two reasons. First, it creates a nice feel- 4 ing to see a long-time friend and associate succeeding and becoming wealthy, particularly when for so long the financially- troubled province contended with the highest living costs in the country and unemployment which sometimes surpassed 20%. Secondly, depending on the extent of oil and. natural gas developments, the province may be able to provide the Roger Worth is Director, Public Affairs, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, energy needed to allow Canada self sufficiency in what is a crucial crucial commodity. Without energy, energy, Canadians would, in that ' oft repeated phrase, "freeze in the dark." What's really important, though, is the impact of Newfoundland's Newfoundland's good luck - together together with hard bargaining on the part of the government - on the rest of the nation, and the Atlantic provinces in particular. particular. Up to now, it has been oil and natural-gas producihg provinces Alberta and Saskatchewan Saskatchewan that, thankfully, have subsidized the rest of the country country to the tune of $15 billion during the last few years. < If Newfoundland becomes a "have" province on the basis of oil, together with the boom- ( ing fishery, the nature of Canada Canada will change substantially. ' Instead of being forced to seek support from fellow Canadians, Canadians, Newfoundlanders will be able to pay their fair share of federal government subsidized subsidized programs such as pensions pensions and unemployment insurance, insurance, and Ottawa's equalization equalization grants system for the province will be reversed. On a more personal level, the thousands of hard-working hard-working Newfoundlanders enriching enriching life in other parts of Canada Canada because they couldn't find employment at home, may again become "dowh homers" as the economy expands. expands. Which is good news indeed. Further, the spinoffs from Newfoundland's success will be felt throughout Atlantic Canada as the nearby source of energy is developed. At the present time, Canada's Eastern Eastern provinces import virtually all of their oil and have the highest unemployment rates in the coifntry. The energy finds will also create a new sense of confidence confidence in the Atlantic region, providing an added impetus for the resourcefulness of people people in the four'prqvinces. And so-called "Newfie" jpkes will become as dead as the proverbial do-do bird. It's been a long time coming. 'EASY 'READING AND PICTURE BOOKS One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian ("a Caldecott medal winner) La Corona and the Tin Frog by Russell Hoban Count the Cats by Erika Weihs ' Madeleine Hadley. MISSION FESTIVAL , Saturday, October 27th Displays of Every Country , Involved. . Sunday, October 28th; 11:15a.m. Guest Speaker Mrs. Keith Jamieson KIRBY UNITED CHURCH Sunday Church School 9:45 Morning W orship 9:45 DiaM-Thought 983-9151