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Tenatie deal'in Cilde'sAiýdsrk ByMarkReesr Negotatdrs, reeched a, tenta- tive deal early Tuesday mornig in the strike by 85 unionizedl Durham Childrre's Aid Society workers.' Durham CAS executive direc- tor Mort Merder says the settie- ment was reached with the hélp of provincial- mediator Làinda Rtingwo «somewhere between 1:30'and 2 ocloclk in the morn- K'e breakthrough came after a marathon 29-hour- neotiatn session' that ended early Sunday evening, and further taiks Moni- .day afternoon and eveninEg a Union members are holdn ratification vote 'this afternoon (WednesdàY).ý Merder says ho, «feels quito sure» -the settiement will ho rati- fied since it has the «support and recommiendation of Canadien Union, of Public Employees (CUPE) servicing rep ýJohn Cherry and the bargannguit negotiatingcommittee. «Hopefully 'the staff will ho returning -te work Thursday mormung Terms of the, settiement can't ho released until after the vote, but. Merder says "under the economic situation that weýre fecing, it's a good deal." The workers walked out Aug. 4 after a failed mediation attempt. Woirking conditions, worload and wages were among the issues. The board,< saying t fed budget cuts, had offered a 15- month contract with nowage. increase. The union had esked for a, two per cent wage hike this year and three per cent iii 1993. 1Marder sa s hes "elated» about the sett?' et.HIe saLys23" mangeent and excluded staff were eoing the work normally done by< 110 people during the «Any one day you cen handie. But daLy after day, yVou're flot only - dealing wit that .d work,' youre dealing with'te accumulation of work fromn the prýevious day.» uilerry was reluctant *to comment on the deal until' the niembership, votes on it. The Great Canoe Race THE DURHAM Regtonal Polie camoe team, shown arriving at the Whitby Yacht CeaýlLub, are pr drng for 'The Great Canoe Race' to' be held Aug. . -EIght teams willI. race from Youngstown, N.Y. to Balmy, Beach'in. Toronto.. The 'teams are' hopingto ralse $20,000 for the Down.Syndrome-Society.~ Phto byMrResrWhltbyF eePre 'ood' of students expected in hib the addition of 100 spaces te the 300-space parking lot is expected te, employ 175 workers for one year. <By Mark Reesor Chandra Hunter was among 250 students Who met in Ottawa lest week te t ad solve some of Canada's problems. Hunter, a grade 13 student at Hemry StreetHxgh Schol, joined students from al over the coun- try at the second annuel Student Conmmission. Participants listened te speak- ers and penels and discussed four major tepice -- the concerna of western Cana.da, Atlentic Canada, natives concerne and- racism. Once operating, there will bo 100 onomg Jobs, m;ostly facultyp increesmg to 125 "in thé short te' middle term." groupe of 10- or 15 people and beg nbrainstorming., ÇWe tried te get as many recommendations' as possible; in- stead of tafding about the -'Pro- blems, we ta~ about the solu- tions - what the overmet could do end also what we could Hunter says everybod/s inut was Welçomhed: «eny, ilaa, .no matter how esmafi or stpd it sounda, juat sày it baueyou nover kiow." Th Ie recommendations that came, out of the. eroups ,we Polonsky'says Cenada's future «will-hinge on high-tech ie-" w ~ ib¶(» and that'lwat t consensus' recommendations if overybodye greod, or as-in divi,- duairecommiendations. «V4 wantied eveéry body to havýe their say. -' we weren't going toe leave anybody's r ncmmeêndaîtio out; we just noted that it didn't have the 'general consensus.». This yeÃŽ!r's200 or se consensus recoÃ".mmefidations. -- there weren't many individual recom- mendations bcus everybody pretty inuch agreed this year" - i.. ~*, ~~ .~..,. ,,.~....*, ...*~ ~ hI4 a..a. am*&*44 q auh.et.4i q,' -Studen ts offeà.,qlmr -ideas to i r, mk eour c ountry better