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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, December 16, 1981, 7 Ministry of the Attorney Genera! ©Ontario Roy MtiMurtry, Attorney General William Davis, Premier Historic Wesleyville Church on Lawrence Christmas card Following a tradition of the past several years, the ■ 1981' Christmas card of the Hqn. Allan LawrençgCM.P., portrays another orjpfe unique unique historic ctiurchés in , Durham-Northumberland constituency. The drawing on this year's Christmas card is of the Wesleyville United Church., It is another in a series done for Mr. Lawrence by the very well-known local artist Kathryn McHolm, of Port Hope. The fine, strongly-built church at Wesley (later to become Wesleyville) was con- ' strutted in 1860 of Port Hope brick. Its congregation was founded by the Methodist circuit riders, those intrepid "saddle bag preachers" who travelled the bush trails of Upper Canada to bring the , gospel to pioneer settlements such as those along the Lakeshore Road. The last service was held at Wesleyville United Church in 1,969, and the building's future is now uncertain. Board ■ Elementary Teachers sign pact Both the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education and the 580' Elementary Teachers under the Board's jurisdiction have signed a new two-year pact which will give the teachers a 23 percent wage increase over the period of the contract. The board ratified the agreement agreement last week at their regular' meeting in a vote of seven to four. Four board members refrained from voting on the agreement. The teachers, members of the Ontario Public School Men Teathers Federation and the Ontario Public School Women Teachers Federation had accepted the contract earlier in the week. ■ The new contract ' which runs to August 31st, 1983 gives teachers a 12 percent in- Life with Emphysema In the morning, sometimes Fred has enough energy to splash a little water on his face. Sometimes, he doesn't. Fred's troubles start as soon as he is awake. "When he gets up and sits on the side of the bed, you'd swear he was breathing his last breath," says his wife Irene. "He can't even take the 20 short steps from his bed to the,bathroom without stopping to gasp jfor breath. Once he gets there, brushing his teeth is a major obstacle which • drains Sis, energy." Fred has severe emphysema. emphysema. He worries about money. "Emphysema is art expensive disease," tie says. •He and Irene live on a pension pension and will soqn have to sell their home because they can't pay the taxes. Fred started smoking when he was 18. For decades, he was a chain smoker. He's had em : physema for 15 years. "I ignored ignored all the symptoms. 1 kept pushing myself. I ignored ignored those first feelings of breathlessness and kept right on smoking," tie says: He knows now, tod* late, that Health council under fire The Durham Region District Health Council, a body appointed and funded by the province to advise the Ontario Ministry of Health on health needs in Durham Region has come under fire for a week-end meeting held at Pinestone Inn in the Haliburton area at taxpayers , expense. Thirteen members of the Council were in, attendance from Friday evening to Sunday Sunday with one of the recommendations recommendations coming from the meeting being the adoption of a policy continuing an annual annual retreat meeting. It has been reported that the week-end meeting recommended recommended the Health Council develop appropriate guidelines for in-camera meetings and as well that council discuss internal relationships relationships and develop appropriate appropriate policies. Ann Cowman, a member of the council, - said she did not attend the meeting as she felt uncomfortable spending taxpayers' monies for such a week-end meeting. "I just do not subscribe to it", she said. crease the first year and a further further 11 percent in the second year of the contract. The increase in the first year pushes the minimum, salary to $14,450 and the maximum to, $36,324. At the end of the contract as of August 31, 1981 the minimum salary was $12,902 with a maxjmim salary of $32,432. Teachers continue to pay their own OH1P premiums while the Board continues to pay one hundred percent of teachers' extended health care, dental coverage, life insurance insurance and long • term disability plans. THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE Newcastle Fitness Centre Christmas Swim Schedule 1981 There will be no pleasure swim times available at the Fitness Centre on the ' following days: December 17th, 24th, 25th, 26th, 31st; and January 1st. On December 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th the Regular Pleasure Swim Schedule will apply except Early Bird Swims will be cancelled. There will also be additional "Public Swim Times" available on December 28th, 29th and 30th from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. See you there! Thomas A. Fanning, Ft.D.M.R., •Director of Community Services, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario, L1C3A6. Date of First Publication, December 16, 1981'. smoking is the major cause of emphysema. Emphysema is a lung disease that usually develops gradually, not suddenly, suddenly, The walls of the air sacs . in the lungs are destroyed. Stale air gets trapped trapped in the lungs, which become overinflated. People who have emphysema, like Fred, feel as if they are drowning in a sea of air. Your contribution to the 1981 Christmas Seal Campaign (now underway in the Durham Region) can help people like Fred. Christmas Seal dollars fund research into into improved detection and treatment methods for all lung disease. At a local level, they provide Durham Region Lung Association with the funds to operate free Lung Function Testing programs, Better Breathing Classes,, distribute Cold Weather Pro,- tection Masks and give financial financial help where needed. In most cases emphysema could have -been prevented. Watch for its eary symptoms- shortness of breath, chronic cough and tiredness.) Stop smoking. And help Durham Region Lung Association fight all the lung cripplers by answering your Christmas Seal letter. It's a matter of life and breath. Town wants information from AECB and Eldorado Council on Monday passed a resolution calling, for the Atomic Energy Control Board and Eldorado Nuclear Ltd. to immediately inform the Town of Newcastle as to the nature and extent ,of current current dumping at: the Port Granby site and to advise the Town of any contemplated ^change in the operating, procedures procedures at the waste disposal facility, both now and.in the future. The resolution come through the Town Administrator Administrator following ft request request from John Veldhuis at the General Purpose committee committee meeting last week. Smith commenting on a . further recommendation from Veldhuis that the Town seek and injunction against Eldorado said this would, at this time, be premature. Smith also recommended against setting up a liaison committee at this time as also ■ premature but did say that council could consider in the future such a committee and that he would recommend that such committee also include include not only members of council and concerned public but» also representatives from Eldorado and the Energy Board. •