PAGE 2, WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1987 Greens oppose nuke power The issue of nuclear power is of utmost importance to Green party candidate for Durham Centre, Harold Tausch. "The Green Party is opposed to nuclear power because of the toxic wastes involved and potential ac- cidents such as Chernobyl," says Tausch, noting that Whitby is situated between two nuclear power plants, Darlington and Pickering., "That is an issue a lot of people have been talking about," said the Myrtle resident. Another important issue to Tausch is education. He says the Green party wants the whole. per- son to be educated, flot just the in- tellect. Tausch says educaltion today is expensive because of the money needed to buy conputers and technology. More technology creates more alienation,"1 he says. Tausch also says affordable housing and protecting farmnland is important. HAROLD TAUSCH GAIL COCKBURN holds a candie during a candlelight vigil held at the Pickering nuclear power plant by Durham Nuclear Awareness last week. Guard vacancies are filled The Town of Whitby bas filled ail school children crossing at Ander- but one of the vacancies for aduit son St. and Manning Rd., the only sehool crossing guards. location for which a fuil-time guard Town administrator Bill Wallace hasn't been hired. says an interim guard wil assist Versatile plan ist located in the I Pringe Creek area is currently accepting new students. o1 Clas sical *Ragtime L~tfll' *Broadway *Movie Themes Beginners of ail ages are o Popular tunes welcome along with more o Improvisation advanced students. For f uriher information, ple ase cal 668-0519 r NOTICE TOi WHITBY RESIDENTS FI THE TOWN 0F WHITBY REQUESTS YOUR COOPERATION: The Town of Whitby is undertaking a study to deter- mine the feasibility of rehabiitating the Whitby Cen- tennial Building for a variety of arts and culture related activities. It'is most important that we know the views of residents regarding arts and culture in Whitby and this proWet 'n particular. If -your household received a random sample questionnaire in connection with this study, we en- courage you to complete and return your question- naire by September 17, 1987 in the postage-paid return envelope provided. Thank you for your cooperation - - - - - - - - - - Returningy o fficer denies cdaim Election returning officer for Durham Centre,, Jane Burch, denies a dlaim made last week-bY one party that 300 names a daY were found absent from the voting list. Burch says "A lot of people" missed enumeration but. "in no way" does the figure approach 300 a day. She also says those at- tributed in last week's Free Press article deny making the statemen- ts. Burch notes- l tcmagn managers for Durham Centre par- ties have told her that enumeration bas been carried ini the best manner possible considering it is a summer election, a difficult time in which to collect names. Teachers' strike averted FROM PAGE 1 teachers fromn Oshawa to Pickering and north to Uxbridge and Brock Townships voted 95 per cent in favor of strike action. The threat of a strike was made hast week. Their primary concern was one of too many students and too few teachers. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) ranked Durham 76th out of 79 school boards in Ontario in staffing levels. They indicated just to meet the 1985-86 provincial average student-teacher ratio, the board would have to hire 41 new teachers. But recently the Durham Board of Education announced it had hired 298 new teachers, including 103 secondary school teachers. Although welcome news to the high school teachers in Durham union representative Bey Tindail said those teachers were hired accor- ding to the board's current pupih/teacher ratio and didn't meet the ratio standards being proposed by the teachers themselves. 'At meetings in June, the board proposed to hire 21 new teachers over three years, while the teachers countered with a plan to hire 45 over two years. Board spokesman Mary Wylie said, "I think everyone here is ex- tremely pleased (with the tentative agreement) and that goes for teachers as well.After all, it would have been the students who would have suffered." Electio n night l ocations On election night, Thursday, $4900)() meLiving Room e iig Room Hall I IPlus 2 Bediro-omsI I Deep Steam Extraction ~723-5060-- MMMMMMM On September lOth Vote SARAH KELLY NEW DEMOCRAT DURHAM CENTRE 668-1122 "To Fight for What's Right" DFMOCAMS Authorized by Durham Centre New Denorats/Sarah Kely Camnpaign a