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Mr. Pilkey was nominated by Oshawa councillor John McLaughlin and John Aker, while councillor Gary Herrema and Reg Rose from Uxbridge and Scugog SANTA CLAUS is coming by HELICOPTER s tothe PORT PERRY PLAZA HWY. 7A - PORT PERRY - ONTARIO SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16th AT 10:00 A.M. Santa will be at the Port Perry Plaza from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 16th, 10 talk to the children and pass out candies. Everyone is welcome to attend. PORT PERRY PLAZA CHRISTMAS HOURS: Mondays to Fridays - 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Until Friday, December 22, 1978. Saturdays to 6 p.m. nominated Mr. Beath. : CRITICAL Dressed in a blue three- piece pin-stripe suit with red, white and blue tie, Mr. Pilkey, 33, delivered a hard- hitting and at times critical nomination speech. He said it was time for new leadership in Durham, made mention of the lack of unity and communications, the 'unfortunate state of affairs in "the industrial develop- ment department," and the uncertain direction of where Durham is going. At one point in his speech he referred to the "caretaker type of government in Durham with a wait and see attitude which will not serve ve 000 0000000000000 000000000000000000000000IDDDDDDDDLLLLLLDDDLLLLLLLDLLDDLD oes osssssessssessslsssssssssssssslsssssssssssss hb A AAAS AAA AAA AMAA AA AAA AAA AA AAA AA AAA AA AA AAA AAA AAA a AAA adda aaa aaa aa aaa aa aaa 00 000 0 a aa aan ad a adda ddd YY YY YVVVVIVVVVVVIVVIVVVVVVIVVVVVVVVVVVVVVIVY 20 DODD DODD DLL 0000000000000 0000 DD DDD DODO DLL LLDlsss MAA AA AAA A AAA L lll ll ld lll us well in the next couple of years." In his nominations speech, Mr. Beath mentioned his knowledge of all areas of Durham, his "open door policy" of government, and the fact that he visited all- candidates meetings in the eight municipalities in an effort to learn first-hand what may be troubling tax- payers in Durham. On a more specific nature, Mr. Beath said that meetings are planned for next month with the Oshawa Harbour Commission to work out some long-term strategy for the future of the harbour. He said council should establish salary ranges for Regional staff members on an individual basis which would allow for reward of initiative and individual merit. He also said the recently established policy should continue whereby the region- al chairman reports directly to council on matters dealing with industrial development in Durham. Minutes after being sworn into office by Judge Joseph Kelly, Mr. Beath told council that he would continue with Reg Rose loses social services chairmanship Scugog -councillor Reg Rose was defeated in his bid to retain the chairmanship of the Durham council social services committee. Councillor Rose, who has been chairman for the past two years, lost out to Oshawa councillor John DeHart in voting at the inaugural meeting of Durham council December 6. The margin was 16 votes to 14. Councillor DeHart has been vice-chair- man of the committee for the past two year terms. After the meeting, council- lor Rose said he was "dis- appointed" at the outcome. Shortly after he was de- feated by councillor DeHart for the chairman's job. of social serviees, councillor Rose was nominated to sit as a regular member of the' committee, but he declined to let his name stand. He was eventually elected to sit as a member of the Planning committee. Scugog's new mayor Jerry Taylor was elected last week to sit on the Region's finance committee, which will be chaired by incumbent John Aker from Oshawa. Council- lor Aker had no opposition in his bid for a second term as finance chairman. Pickering mayor John Anderson was also returned unopposed as chairman of the planning committee, while newly elected Ux- bridge mayor Gary Herrema was acclaimed as chairman of the public works com- mittee. Incumbent chairman Allen Dewar of Oshawa easily fought off a challenge from Brock mayor Allan McPhail to retain the top job on the Durham management committee. Durham's two council representatives on the Police commission will be Allen Dewar and Clarke Mason, mayor of Ajax. Dewar, who is completing a term on the police commissions, polled 11 votes on the first ballot, and on the second ballot, Mason easily beat council- "lors Reg Rose and Bill Clarke to earn the second position. ViVi DeHart's victory over Rose for the chairmanship of social services may have been partly a result of the bad feelings created earlier in the meeting when Walter Beath broke a tie vote to retain the top post of Dur- ham Regional chairman against challenger Allan Pilkey from Oshawa. Councillor Rose is a sup- porter of Mr. Beath and one of his nominators at the meeting last week. (see accompanying story) and in his bid to sit for another term as chairman of social ser- vices, Rose received virtual- ly no support from the 11 Oshawa members. That voting pattern was evident at times during the election of councillors to the various standing commit- tees, as Pilkey supporters at times voted against those who had supported Mr. Beath. the same dedication he has shown in the past five years. BITTER TASTE It was obvious, however that the proceedings created® bitterness among regional councillors. At no time during the meeting did councillor Pilkey offer his congratulations to Mr. Beath and during the ensuing votes for positions on the various standing committees of council, Pilkey supporters voted- against councillors who had supported Beath. Just how serious this bitterness is and how it may affect the business of council in the next couple of years remains to be seen. Scugog councillor Reg Rose, who supported Mr. Beath, told the Star after the meeting that he has "some apprehen- sions" about the upcomingw sessions of council. THE VOTING The following indicates how each of the 30 members of - Regional council voted December 6 in the election of the Durham chairman. For Walter Beath: Ander- son (Pickering), Clarke (Newcastle), Emm (Whitby, Fisher (Pickering), shore (Whitby), Herrema (Uxbridge), Howden (Osh- awa), Kolodizie (Oshawa), Mason (Ajax), Matheson (Pickering), McKnight (Uxbridge), Mclean (Ajax), Rickard (Newcastle), Rose (Scugog), Taylor (Scugog). 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