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f ©rono MleeMp Cimrs Second ('lass Mail Registration Number 000368 Published Every Wednesday at the office of Publication Main Street, Orono Kdv V. Forrester, Editor ■■■ "The most popular game in town " Bill Carman, local trustee on the Board of Education for Northumberland Newcastle, at a recent meeting said the most popular game in town was government bashing. At the time the trustees were discussing a proposal to join with municipal councillors and councils in objecting to the restriction restriction in provincial funding for both the educational and municipal systems. Really it is nothing new to register the blame somewhere else when the budget gets tight and local trustees and councillors are faced with sizeable tax increases. Carman is right on when he says "I for one am not having a great deal of difficulty with the way the ministry is funding education," "It is one way to keep education costs down if the boards of education can't do it themselves". Carman is likely right when he also said the plan, which was approved by a majority, would have little effect with the province. The cement steps at Queen's Park must almost be worn thin with all the traffic from politicians of all stripes of late seeking more funding. They do have a responsibility to keep within a reasonable budget at home andone can easily question most of the budgets coming down the pipe to the taxpayer's pocket of late. All too often it is a minority that pressures for added costs for.one or another service adding to the strain on financial financial resources. As well, and likely as significant, the desire to open new sources of service and empire building; provides another avenue for tax increase. , Leave the pressure on local representtives to trim the budget at the local level and there is plenty to trim irregardless of those bare-bone annual statements. In the end we pay the piper whether it comes from the province or from the local level tax grab. There is more control control at home however. What happened to those good old days? Council must be wondering what happened to those good old days when a few loads of gravel fixed most problems. problems. It was a time when road repairs was the big ticket item for the local municipal council. Not anymore. Take a few pages out of the agenda of the Newcastle council over the past couple of weeks and the scope of topics reaches almost every faction of life in any community. Leaving, aside the environment, issues range from more concern for single mother trying to relieve themselves of Mother's Allowance to enter the work force, the protection of historic and architecturally significant buildings in Bowman- ville, a time capsule and cairn in recognition of the s tart-up of the Darlington Generating Station, gravel pit restoration with garden themes, and yes the environment. < Yes it is a mixed bag but it has all been generated from concern in the general public who have taken their time to express express their views or desires which may pr may not catch the , fancy of council. An optimistic view An optimistic Monte Kwinter, Ontario Minister of Industry, Industry, Free Trade and Technology, arrived in eastern Ontario Ontario recently with a positive-and optimistic view of indutrial development both in the eastenTcentres and all across Ontario. Ontario. He did give a plug for Free Trade and its positive effect as far as such development was concerned. This view is somewhat different than one gets from a lot of liberals. Kwinter should have a few notions of just what is transpiring and one would hope that the free trade bit does have a 'positive side and that Canadians can prosper and survive survive in trade with the U.S. But it surely is not all positive as the Burlington Carpet employees have found out with their plant closing and production production being taken to Georgia and Alabama where production production costs including the labour element is much less. The salmon packing industry in British Columbia is but another industry in throws of great adjustments to meet the competition from the same party to the south. It all results in the cost of production. With or without free trade this element of change was likely to happen sooner or later. It is a matter of dollars and cents for the end product and global trade doorsteps. Kwinter spoke of the entrepreneurship of industries p opping up throughout the province arid it is here that opportunity exists. Ingenuity could be our saviour. is on our many new Letter to the Editor: To the Mayor, and all Members of Council, Town of Newcastle I have just read in the local newspaper of yod 1 " decision to award yourself each a pay increase of 27%. I am not Quite sure if you understand how repugnant this is to the average ratepayer. The average ratepayer in this area is awfully lucky to have received an increase to their income that matched the rate of inflation. When I came to live in this area in 1982 I came with the ultimate dream of retiring near my daughter and her famly. Now as I face retirement retirement and a limited income 1 am contemplating if I can in fact remain remain in the area due to the huge tax burden you have imposed upon me this year. I guess that I am not alone when thinking of selling my property property to buy in an area like Havelock , or Coboconk in order to survive using using some of the difference in property property costs to live on. As you have increased the tax burden to the point of revolt and now increased your own personal remuneration by 27% doesn't it bother you just a little bit that people people who you were elected to serve are hurting? It seems to me that municipal politicians are always putting a price on their talents and time for serving people. By doing this they all seem to justify the pay increases they vote themselves. I was always of the opinion that time spent in service to the community, should be given gladly, without any second thoughts of what one was to get for it. If that isn't the case then why run for any office at all. If money is the ultimate goal say so when seeking election and all the electorate will at least know where you stand. I think all of you have a responsibility responsibility to practise restraint so why not turn over a new leaf and show us that you care. What an example you are setting for all the municipal employee's in the Town of Newcastle, Newcastle, could you really blame them if they seek increases of 27% at contract contract time? Decent pay for good politicians is not a waste of money. It is an investment in the well-being of the municipality. The increase of 27% appears to me to be a group of misguided people helping themselves generously at the public trough. Yours truly, Gordon Mills Adams Brands equipment donated to Durham College Adams Brands, Scarborough, Ontario, has donated three machines for use in Durham College's College's Industrial Maintenance Mechanic Program. The items included a GD Candy Wrapping machine, a Dust Control Equipment machine and a Box Pony Label machine which will be used for instructional purposes. The donation was arranged by W. Hager of Adams Brands, and the equipment has been in use for several months. Gord McRae, Durham's Chairman Chairman of Apprenticeship, expressed appreciation for the donation, which has assisted -in the College's training programs. General Motors donates robots for Durham College Training General Motors of Canada, has donated two Devilbiss Hydraulic Robots to Durham College to assist in training in the Industrial Maintenance Mechanic, -Pre- Apprenticeship and Apprenticeship programs. The arrangement was made by Claudio Girolami, General Superintendent of Manufacturing Engineering of General Motors' Oshawa Truck Plant. Letter to the Editor: Dear Roy: The G.T,A. (Greater Toronto Area) has been forced upon you because Regional Councillors over the last ten years were,incapable of making a decision to locate a Landfill Landfill Site in Durham Region. In 1987-88 I attended in Regional Council Chambers the garbage problem problem "debates". Some wanted to go with Metro. Some wanted to stay with Durham Region. Some wanted a full environmental hearing. Other councillors wanted nb environmental environmental hearings. Some, were after a rebate on tipping fees from Metro and didn't care where the Landfill was located as long as it wasn't in their back yard. So after many months of no decision making, the provincial government took over the garbage problem of Metro Toronto and the five Regional areas including Durham Region- and killed killed two birds at the same time. 1) They would supply a Landfill Site in Whitevale without a full environment environment assessment hearing. 2) Hon. R. Nixon in his spring' budget imposed new and harsh taxes on the taxpayers in greater Toronto area you? Without Legislation. We now have a new level of government (without representation and a budget of 2, 4 million for 1989-90 to control the five Regions and pay the greater Toronto area staff, who are: G. Church, Deputy Minister, salary $84,000 - $139,300; E. Fleming, Chairman . G.T. A. $77,025 -$115,525; S. Davis, Vice Chairman G.T.A. $55,774 - $83,675; Kidd, Executive Co-ordinator Finance (on loan government); Pautier, Cabinet Liaison and Research (on loan government); Kidman, Engineer (on loan government); > Minnes, Planning Analyst (on loan government); government); Sharma, Financial Analyst (on loan government); Coley, Senior Secretary (on loan government); government); Thomas, Administrative Assistant (on loan government); Pinto, Secretary salary $23,662 -$26,235; Collier, Receptionist salary $22,055 - $24,324. Durham East M.P.P. Sam Cureatz recognizes with concern the impact of G.T.A. upon the taxpayers taxpayers in the Town of Newcastle and hopes to be successful with a bill for exemption. He can't fight alone. Call your Regional Councillors Councillors - all of them - and let them know how you feel about being part Gary Polonsky, Durham's president, president, said "This is again reflective of the major commitment General Motors and the Canadian Auto Workers Union are making to apprenticeship apprenticeship training at Durham College." The robots are used in training programs in the "J" wing at the Oshawa Main Campus. of the greater Toronto area and its proposed ndw taxes. We are governed and taxed to death. Can the Town of Newcastle stand on its own two feet? We don't need G.T.A. or Durham Region. Look again at your 1989 Tax Bill. Kenneth R. Smith ' ' ' '• ( ' St. Saviour's Anglican Church MIL" STREET ORONt , ONTARIO SUNDAY SERVICE and CHURCH SERVICE 9:30 a.m. ORONO G A TES OF PRAISE BIBLE MINISTRY 5414 Main Street Orono, Ontario Inter-Faith Full Gospel SERVICE 11:00 A.M. Rev. Lyle L. West Office 983-9341 Personal Ministry Rev. Margaret F. 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