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Vol.116 No. 12 Wednesday, February 17, 1982 When you're six years old, taking off a pair of cross-country skis is not an easy chore, but Lori Buscher of Seagrave was persistant and even managed a big-smile for the Star photographer. Lori was just one of a large number of Seagrave residents Board of Education, teachers reach new one year contract agreement After a long period of nego- tiations, the Durham Board of Education and the more than 1000 high school tea- chers have reached agree- ment on a new contract, The one year agreemént, which runs out at the end of August this year, will give Durham high school tea- chers average increases in salaries and benefits of 10.89 per cent. The top salary for a tea- cher with maximum exper- ience and qualifications is now $37,200, an increase of 11.3 per cent. The contract calls for in- creases in salaries for secon- dary-school principals of 10.94 per cent to a maximum annual salary of $50,000. In addition, the contract gives 'Learning How To Ski $1 tai Se tate OE SW eg a a " - who enjoyed the Winter Fun Day held in the village last Sunday afternoon. In addition to skiing, there was hayrides, snow soccer and snowmobile rides as well as plenty of hot chocolate and barbecued hot dogs. More photos on page 8. principals a lump sum cash payment this year of $818. Trustees - with the Board agreed to the contract Feb- ruary 8 and the teachers ratified the agreement Feb- ruary 10. Negotiators for the teachers recommended that the new contract be accepted. In a statement released last week, Board trustee and ' chairman of the finance committee Pat Mattson estimates the new contract will cost the Board $3.4 " million this year. And the contract calls for additional staff to be employed at a cost of $500,000. High school teachers in the Region had been» working without a contract since September 1 of last year. ire takes our lives Fire officials believe a flammable liquid poured on a wood stove to kindle the flames triggered an explo- sion and fire which claimed the lives of four people early Sunday morning at a Scugog Township farm on Highway 47, about three miles west of Highway 12. Autopsies were performed Monday at the Cottage Hos- pital in Uxbridge, and by late Monday police were not releasing the names of the victims until positive identi- fication could be made from dental records. The four missing and believed dead in the fire are Mike A. Robinson, 19, his brother John, 21, Roy Craw- ford, 17, all of Uxbridge, and 43 year old John Pollard who lived in the apartment above the garage where the fire broke out. Mr. Pollard looked after the farm for the owners, who apparently live in Germany. Police say that three people managed to escape from the burning building. David Millar, 17, of Uxbridge was treated and released from hospital. Mr. Pollard's son Jim, 21, of Port Perry, and Brad Hockley, 20, of Uxbridge, are both in hos- pital with burns and serious cuts received when they jumped through second storey windows. David Millar apparently got out through a ground floor door. They ran to a neighbouring farm and called the Uxbridge Fire department. The call was turned in about 2:30 Sunday morning, and Uxbridge chief Norm James said by the time fire- firefighters arrived on the scene, the wood frame building was almost (Turnto page 3) Will attempt to keep Region tax bite under 12% Durham Region council will start to get down to the brass tacks of the 1982 budget today (Feb. 17) in an effort to keep the Regional tax bite at less than 12 per cent. 'The council's finance ° committee will introduce a recommendation calling for an average 4.4 per cent in- crease in Regional depart- ment directly under the control of the Durham council, and a 13.1 per cent hike in those outside the council (police, children's aid and the Health unit). The recommendation calls for three per cent increases this year for fou regional departments - Works, plan- ning, finance and manage- ment, and an eight per cent hike in social services. In a report to council, Dur- ham's chief administrative officer Don Evans says the target of a 12 per cent impact on ratepayers can "probably" be met without serious cutback in current programs. The report notes that fin- ancing from the provincial government is down 3.3 per cent from last year, and the overall assessment increase in Durham will be a low 3.5 per cent. If Regional council accepts the recommended target guidelines for the budget (and it is expected that it will) there will be some (Turnto page 2) Scugog finally to get coat-of-arms Scugog Township is finally going lo gel an official coat of arms -- thanks to the Scouts of Cartwright who took on the project held to mark their 75th anniversary. On February 8, council gave ils approval to a design which features an eagle to recognize the native Indians of this area; stalks of corn for agriculture; and a muskie and a steam-ship which of course, refer to Lake Scugog. In presenting the design to the council members on be- half of the Scouts, Charlie Sharpe of Caesarea noted that the coat of arms will also include a horse and lion supporting the shield. The project will not cost the Township any money, other than about $60 for a dye which will then be used to make lapel pins for sale at about $2 each. Mr. Sharpe said the actual drawing was finished by John Priebe, a grade 12 student at Cartwright High School in Blackstock. A full size coat of arms done in water colours will be presented to the Township by the Cartwright Scouts this summer. The idea of a coat of arms for Scugog has been kicked around for the past several years and at one point last year, council heard a presen- tation from a professional designer. However, nothing came of that because of the cost. This coat of arms adopted by the Township will not be offic- ially registered with the College of Heralds in Eng- land because the fee for this is thought to be about $5000. EN PR) ee _ Pott ug; _ 0 5 Sd a a TI i Fran