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PAGE 14, WEDNFSDAY, OETBER 11, 1978, WHrny FREE PRFSS Sehool teachers'settie con tract One thousand public high school teachers in Durham Region ratified a new con- tract Oct. 2, which will add $1.8 million to the board of education's tax bill. Retroactive to Sept. 1, the one-year agreement increases teachers' Éalaries by 5.5 percent; adding $ý13 to the old base* rate of- $12,970 and $1,476 'to the. former maximum of $26,8jo. Last year the wage increase was 5.8 per cent. Chief negotiator John Gilman said the new con- tract provides àn extra 4.5 Registration is revoked H.A. Diekison Contracting Ltd. of Whitby is one of 44several ibuilders in Ontario. whohas failed'to apply for renewal of its registration under the Ontario New Home Warrantie;s Plan. 1The company's registra- thon has been revoked and It, la no longer allowed to build and sel new homes. How- ever it is stili responsible for the warranties on the new homes it has sold previously. per cent in salaries for the bringing the new rate to principals and vice-prin- $15.25. cipals, bringing the top rate According to Ross Backus, for the first group to $38,8W0 a chief financial officer for .the year., Durham Board of Education, There are also small $25 million wihl be spend this increases in 'responsibility' year on secondary teachers' allowances paid to high salaries, representing 73 per' schoôl department heads cent of the. more than $34 and technical dir ectors. million needed to run the .Night school teachers will region's 17 public high get another 25 cents an hour, schools._ Wvvest Lynde Guides need leaders now West Lynde- may be with- out a Guide troup and two Brownie groups, if leaders cannot be found. According to a note in the West Lynde Commnunity Association's October news- letter, Guide leader Jeanne Dawson was told - that because she had 41 girls and only one assistant, her Guide trouv %vouldbe closed down. The West Lynde Commn- unity Association, is l.oking, !or any women who would be Willing to correbut once a week to asslst i the leader- ship of the area's Guides and Brownies. 'Bath groups require- help and assistants now. Anvone interested in applyiiig may caîl Mrs. DaÎwson at 668-9856 or Mrs. Relph at 668-1567. Good Luck Shop moves mîors of used clothing ta Whitby Psychiatrie .,:!a are reminded that ho:(xpital's Good Luck ,îi ingshop has rnoved to a new location." The ,shop moved recently from aà cottage near the' Durham Centre to Cottage 13 at ,the, west cnd of <the hoptlgrounds. Signs at bath locations give direc- tions to the new site. Arée- residents who are' regular' donors of used - #)tbingfor hùspital patients ay call Volunlteer Services t1 668-5881, extension 323 or ,ý1ireûtion.% to Cottage 13., The Good Luck Clothfng Shop bas been operated by the hospltal's Volunteer. Association for at least 10 years. An officiai opening of the- new location was held fhis week. 1978-79 K1WANIS EXECUTIVE The' Whithy Kiwanis Club officers for 1978-79 werc instalied recc-ntly'ý'by Lieutenant Governor Ili]] Gihhic of Pineridgc Division. Standing, ieft to right, are: Direclor Bill Link, Director Hiram Shamo, Lieutenant -Govei.nor Bill Gihhi, Director Gord Mifflin, Director Joe Baxter, and Dîrector Ian Shaw. Sitting, heit to right, arc: Secretary Gary Waterhouse, Second Vice-President AI Dearborn, President Geoff Alcong, Pirst Victc PIiesident Tom Wilcox, and Past-President Bob Brodie. The Kiwanis. Club meets regularly every Thursday night in the Gohd Room at the Centennial Building. Fret' Press Photo 1,000 took part M sunimer program More than 1,100 Durham Regioit residents took advant.age< of the -free summt'r interpretive programi off ered by the Çentral Lake, Ontario Conservation Authority this summçr at the Heber Down ConseN~ation Ares. Weekday evening and Sunday imorning hikes were offered ;o the public and an evening slide and movie amphitheatre type programn was presented at the Heber Down Area campsite. - Some of the programs, *ofered over the, summer included . physiography, edible wild ferns, local historywater management, forest management and bird hikes. Ontario's -Conservati-on, AuLhorities, I ntroduction to CLOCA, Birds of our Water- shed, Sou Conservation, and Life of the Woods, were some of the topics present-ed ta -campers at the Heber Down Consrervation Ares. ScholarshipWon Jenny T.>. Naderer, 1014 MCulougKl Drive, a former student at Henry Street Hîigh School, bas received -an admission schôlarship frofn Wilfrid Laurier UniversîtvI1v Waterloo. She was one of 108 students who received the Laurier Scholarship for achieving an 80 per cent or better average in six -Year 5 courses!., 214 ODWmd.sSte.L#Whitby H4OU R$ Mon. - Sut. & Evenings By Appointmont OnIy