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Durham Board of Ed's classroom assistants ratify agreement The Durham Board of Education and its classroom assistants have ratified an 1985-87 collective agreement which wiil be effective until Aug. 31, 1987. The new contract applies te a total of 175 empleyees - in the board's elemeh- tary scheols. The increased cost of salaries and benefits for the board is $61,777 for the first year and $66,426 for the second year. For the period of Sept.' te Dec., 1985, classroomn assistants' salaries will increase from $726 te Lynde Ho use CON'D FROM PG.l St. te a free site at Cullen Gardens and Miniature. Village on Taunton Rd. sparked debate within the seciety and amengst ether local groups in- terested in the conser- vation of historic buildings. Members ef 'the executive of the society say more people wil visit the house at Cullen Gardens, there wll be a greater epportunity to collect revenue for the maintenance of the house, and the cost of the present site if it were for sale, would be prohibitive. 'Those opposed to the move, notably members of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, say to move the 1812 house from its original. site would be te lose müuch of its historical significance, and the cost would be prohibitive. They say it would be cheaper te purchase the present site. Marcel Brunelle, council designate to the society, puts the total cost of relocation of Whitby's museum at $70,000. However, Margaret Boyce, in a report prepared for the con- servancy, estimates the cost at $188,000. Both of these figures would be offset by $20,000 fromn Len Cullen for the move. Deb Fiip, secretary of the society, said she had sent notices of the meeting te ail members along with a' dossier of information including early correspondence with Loblaws and Wit- tington, their real estate representative; the proposai fer remeval te Cullen Gardens; the Ar- chitectural Conservan- cy's presentatien to the administrative commit- tee; and the ad- ministrator's report. Fiip said, the total memnbership, about 130, hasn't fluctuated, because while they have picked up a few new members they have lost some who had failed to renew. Ruby Robertson, memnbership chairman, confirms this. Members must be paid up on or before Nov. 19 in order to vote, Filip said. The meeting of the Whitby . Historicàl Society *ill be held Nov. 26 at 8p.m. in Fairview Lodge. $7.51 an hour; January te April, 1986 to $7.76 per hour; May te Aug., 1986 te $791 per hour; Sept. te Dec., 1986 te $8.21 per heur; Jan. te April, 1987 tom $8.46 per hour and May te Aug., 1987 te $8.56 per hour. Changes te employee -.benefits provide for an increase in the Dental Association fee te 1984, effective Dec. 1, 1985 and to 1985 effective Sept. 1, 1986. The board has also extended sick leave benefits to part- time employees. Im- provements to vacations have aIse been included in the new contract. The collective agreement has now been changed to include part-time classroom assistants. Teachers get new contract The Durham Board of Education and its elementary school teachers have ratified a 1985-86 -. collective agreement which will be effective until Aug. 31, 1986. -The new contract applies te a total of 1,585 employees in the Board's Elementary Schools. The increased cost of salaries and benefits for the board is $3,899,400. For the period Sept. te Dec., 1985, teachers will receive an increase of 4.3 percent with a maximum of 45,981 for the most; experienced and highest qualified. Fer the balance of the year iLe. Jan. te June, 1986, there will be an in- crease of 4.59 percent with the maximum in- creasing te $46,109. Principals will receive a similar in- crease to a maximum of $54,408 for the larger. schools and $51,641 for the smaller. Respon- sibility allowances for vice-principals and con- sultants were also in- creased by the same percentages. Changes te employee benefits provide for an increase in the Ontario Dental Association fee schedule- to 1985 effec- tive June 1, 1986, and for the addition of vision care coverage. The new agreement was achieved through seven meetings of the parties extending over a peried of two months, the earliest.. date for a settiement with the elementary teachers during the past eight years. Binding arbitration CON'D FROM PG.l tract demands won't be known until after its an- nual meeting Nov. 25, Allan said that he ex- pects many of this year's requests to be re- introduced. "The court- time provision will be there in next year's con- tract talks and probabiy some pensien demands similar te what we were asking for this year," he sai. the arbitrator declined most of the association's requests, he expressed partial sympathy with several of them, effering the association seme hope of consessiens in future rounds of bargaining with the commission. Perhaps the biggest quesio n in many peple' minds is whether this year's acrimonious negotia- tions wili make it that much harder to reach a settlement next year. While Allan acknowiedged that there had been much bitterness, he said the only way to overcome it was to negotiate a new settiement. Attersley, like Allan, is anxious te begin next year's contract talks as soon as possible. If he's re-elected to the com- mission, he said he'li push for early January negotiations, meeting every day if necessary. 'II want to get right into it at the start, " he said. While Attersley deciined to speculate on the moed of next year's talks, he said he was prepared "to face any battie. They're al tough." WIIITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEIR '-0, 1985. PAGE 3 I Substance abuse program helps alcoholies CON'D FROM PG.l compassion for fellow suffers and whose own personal success in conquering alcoholism acts as a powerful in- spiration. "I had about 20 or 3o years of "on-the-job" training", said Malloy wryly. "I know where these guys are coming from." The 57-year-old reformed alcohelic reached rock bettom before he finally mnanaged tepull himself out of his suicidai spiral. Before sobering up, he saw many W his "drinking pals dead, had .suffered i numerous bones broken, in bar room brawls, got cirrhosis of the liver and completely burned eut his stomach. When he was finally hospitalized to dry out, his stomach was SO raw, food had to be taken intravenously. He had lest his family, his job and everything else that mattered to him. The same was true of Doug Cameron, a fellow counseller who walked into Malloy's addiction centre seven and a haîf years age and has neyer taken a drink since. "If it wasn't for this program at GM, I'd probably be dead today, " Cameron readily admits. Both men say they have had to learn to live ail over again. "It's not just learning how to stop drinking, it's learning how to be happy and how to fili the emptin ess that we used to fuI with liquor." Malloy's com- passionate blue eyes and intense, alive way of speaking reveal at a glance his success in living. His warm, geod humer belies the ugliness of the bar room scenes he describes and the inner batties he has fought. "If ten percent of the people in the worid were going insane or had some other killing disease, we'd be deing everything we couid de to find a- cure, but with alcohol, the preblem keeps roiling aiong," he says shaking his head. cor n end sd» our large 100% NYLON CUT REG. 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While many of the people who go for such treatment, go involun- tarily - in order to keep their job at GM - even with such forcedi treat- ment, the success rate is high. "The threat of losing one's job helps shake up a lot of problem drinkers," he explains. Joining Alcoholîcs/ Anonymous, a self-he!p group for alcoholics is stressed as an essential follow-up' 'te any treat- ment. "The.- support system of AA"is*like a' chain. People who don't go to AA meetings, generally don't stay sober." For reformed drinkers like Malloy and Cameron, helping others is aise a powerful re-inforcement of their own sobriety. "There are no two people on this earth who would like a drink more than Ed and me, but we know if we had one, we'd be dead," explains Cameron. "We wouldn't be able to stop." GM's substance a buse counsellors can be reached round the dlock, seven days a week. 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