t' h 34 if j, After more than five months of bargaining, Durham Regional Police have accepted a new two- year contract that will raise of- ficer's salaries almost 10 per cent by next January. The force's 408 officers voted last Thursday to approve the contract which will raise salaries four ner cent retroactive to Jan. 1,.1987. This brings the salary of a first class constable (who make up 65 per cent of the force) to $38,428 and that of a staff sargeant to $46,114. Under the agreement, salaries will rise again on July 1 by 1.49 per cent, a second four per cent effec- tive January 1, 1988, and an ad- ditional 1.25 per cent the following July1. By the end of the contract, a first class constable will have an annual stipend of $41,068; a staff sergeant $49,692. Chairman of the police com- mission, Whitby Mayor Bob Atter- sley, told The Free Press he felt the contract was fair to both sides in the negotiátions. "I am extremely pleased we were able to settle the matter without going to arbitration," said Attersley, "The wage settlement falIs within the guidelines of other municipalities; it's not out of step." Likewise, president of the Durham Regional Police Association, Dale Allan, indicated his satisfaction with the signed agreement. "We believe it keeps us com- parable with other regional police forces," he said. Problems at rec facilities Community groups have changed locks on doors to offices on public recreation facilities and in one case at Luther Vipond Arena used fire system pipes in the storage area for hanging hundreds of sweaters. The problem is becoming so bad, that parks and recreation staff have asked Town council to let them refuse groups needing future space until the department comes up with a policy to handle to problem. "We are not opposed to providing a good storage service but we have to address this problem," said Larry Morrow, parks and recreation director, at Monday night's operations committee meeting. The department currently has three locations where they offer no- charge community space. They are: three team offices and storage space at Iroquois Park; storage space at the Centennial Building and one team office and storage space at Luther Vipond Arena. In areas the department could in- spect because the locks had not been changed, items such as toys, fridges, old chesterfields and chairs, scrap wood, a stove and sweaters were found. At Luther Vipond Arena, besides the clothes hanging on fire pipes, the department found highly com- bustible materials stored in the north part of the arena where there is no fire sprinkler system. "The topic of storage space and club offices in our facilities. is fur- ther compounded when user groups of our facilities insist on turning dressing rooms and other rooms in- to private club rooms and per- sonalized storage areas," states the SEE PAGE 27 Block parents FROM PAGE 1 recess, the next meeting won't be until September. Meetings are always held the third Thursday of the month, upstairs at the Durham Regional Police station on Rossland Rd., Whitby. But anyone can cal Bray now at 655-3334 to help the program stay alive in the Whitby area. Allan said the contract also covered improvements in the area of vacation pay, shifts and rank dif- ferential. Henryprincipal Prins FROM PAGE 8 For students going on to university or college, they should have a "proper background. "You can do all that through an academic program but at the same time active and ex- tensive extra-curricular ac- tivities are inportant." Prins believes whether it is sports, music or dramatic ar- ts, each activity teaches a student the value of cooperation and teamwork. 'You don't learn to becQme a team member in a math class." It may be for this reason that Henry is going to see a few changes at the school in the 1987-88 academic year. - Henry will have a hockey team entered in next year's Lake Ontario Secondary School Association (LOSSA) League. "If there is something available to students at other schools it should be available here." Changes will also be made in classroom time. Six Gr. 13 classes are going to start at 7:45 a.m. next school term. This year, 12 classes were held during lunch hours, while morning classes would start at 8:55 a.m. The lunch hour classes have been cancelled. Prins says the Gr. 13 studen- ts had the opportunity to opt out of the morning classes and take the same subject during the day. "Only six or eight students did so while some came in and said the morning classes are a good idea." By eliminating those lunch hour classes, Prins says that time is now free for those students to participate in the school's intramural program. By having Gr. 13 and 12 students participate in lunch hour activities, Prins hopes their example will influence students in the smaller grades. The students will also see a difference outside the school, with the addition of three por- tables. Prins says the morning classes could have been eliminated had the school got four portables, but they only got three. "We didn't have a choice in getting the portables," says Prins. "There is - a financing problem and the cheapest way to accomrnmodate the students is with portables." Portables at schools have become a familiar sight to Durham students. Prins says every school from Pickering to Whitby wil have the square classrooms by next year. "Some place in there though there is a need for another high school," says Prins. Enrolment at Henry this year was 1,220 students. That is expected to increase to 1,300 when the school year starts up in the fall. With so many students, a discipline problem is expec- ted. But Prins says that is not the case if parents are in- volved. "We don't have a problem with students if there is parent support. Problems arise when we don't get 100 per cent parent support." One of the changes students saw this year, was with their prom. There was originally scheduled to be a bar available. But Prins cancelled it. "I don't believe a high school prom or any other high school activity is the place for a bar.' Some students were disap- pointed and didn't go to the prom (held last Friday at the Holiday Inn) says Prins. But all the tickets were sold and other students were allowed to go because their parents knew there would be no bar. And how does the new prin- cipal want the students to view him? "I hope they see me as fair and interested in their progress. I hope they under- stand I implement programs of benefit to the students and I want to encourage them to get involved. And how does the principal view his new students? "I expect them to do their best and set high standards. And I expect them to live up to those standards." As for Prins, he has been a high school principal now for 18 years. "I wouldn't have been a principal this long if I didn't enjoy it. I can see myself here for another six or seven years." I- -- m----m- - - - - - CUT&SAVE - .SPLIT ENDI I.. ... .. -.. ..- -- --- --- -- --- --- -- a INTRODUCES For the whole month of June you canSAVE ,$5.00 off full leg also SAVE $2.00 OFF evebrows Call for an appointment at 666-4615 Hours: * Tues. - Wed. 9-5:30 Thurs. - Fri. 9 - 7:00 * Sat. 8:30 - 3:00 102 BYRON ST. S., WHITBY I I I I I I M M g I m m--- -- - --I M 113 DUNDAS ST. W.,WHITBY, ONT. 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