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Page 14, Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, August 4. 1993 I Trstees await soc ial contract -details I By Mike Kowalski Durham Region school board trustees are waiting te bear bow a last-minute provincial social contract agreements will impact locally. Both the Durham Board of Education and Durham separate school board have scheduled meetings te discuss last week- end's eleventh-hour settlement between the provincial govern- ment and Ontario's 180,000-tea- chers. A tentative agreement with five teachers unions came sbertly before the midnight doadline specified in the government's social contract legisiatien.' «Ail I know is there's a sectoral agreement covring academie and non-acadomic (employees),» e ublic board chair Louise arr said Monday. Farr, a Pickering trustee, was scheduled te attend a briefing in Toronte on Tuesday for school board heads from across the pro- vince. A tentative board meeting bas been set for next Monday, Parr said. aimagine well be discussing th ocal plan througbout the week,ý» she said. Theé Durham Board of Educa- tien must corne up with $14.4 million in*l payroll'savings as part of its soci contract obligations. Last week the board approved anareemont with its non-un'o ernployes, wbich includes super- vlsoy0ffceradminirtrs l ia l er c skstff . eoal provides for ne wage or benefit mncreases until 1996 and employees will b. required te take up te, 12 days of blave without pay in each of the next three years. 1Employees. covered by the agreemnent will have access te the tob security fund established by pi rovince which provides for ad itional unemployment benefits should layoffs become necossary. Emploees earning less than $30,000 per year are exempt from the plan. Agreements negotiated locally or by sector must be ratified by ff bot&h a secteral and local agreement are in place, the employer's reductioni target is reduced by 20 per cent; This would lower the Durham public board's target te $11.6 million from $14.4 million., The'Durbamn separate sehool board must chop more than $5 million from its budget Trustees and teacher represen- tatives were te have met Tues- day te dfscuss the central agree- ment and its implications fer the board. Chair Tom Oldman was hopeful a local settlemnent could be reached woll before the Aug. 10 deadline. «We have, for the mest part, an excellent working relationship with our 2,000 employees,» said Qîdman. Statue stolen The statue. portion of a foun- tain was stolen from a residen- tial propertyon Grath Crescent (Manning-Garard area) sge- time during the early morning hours of Saturday, July'24. The feuntain s te p portion, estimated te weigh a ut 76 te 100 Iba., was removed from the backyard. The fountains'sbase was not taken. Guides meet'challene'Of lvn1n amn By Kathryn McBurney Eight Whitby and Brooklin girl guides recently attended the Canadian International Girl Guide camp at Guelph Lake Con- servation Area. Girl Guides aged 12 and over from around t he world came tegether for the 10-day camping excursion -- in aIl, 3,200 guides and leaders, including 500 inter- national guests. Local leader Kathy Fitzgerald, a nurse, provided health services at camp. Guides went through screen- ing filled eut applications n hac references checked before being approved te, participate in the camp. The tri p was set up o ie girls a c hallen ge of livingg-ii hiarony, both locally and glo- bally.» Forty-seven countries such as Ai-gentina, Belgium, Jamaica, Induction service for new minester The induction service for Rev. Sheina Smith, new minister at Burns Preshyterian Church will- be held on Thursday, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m. Rev. Smith, a former mission- arwas a minister in Lachine, Que. for il years before taking over the ministry at Burns on Auewelome area residents te, visit hier at hier office in the church Tuesday te, Friday from 10 te il a.m. wben she bas the coffee pot going. SARAH MINK of Brooklin (centre) hosted fellow guides June Lu (left) and Helen Chen f rom ,China after a 10-day international girl guide camp held recentty in Guelph. Lu and hen were two of six Chinese guides and one leader who visited Whitby and Brooklin families ater the camp. Photo by Mark Reesor, Whitby Free Press Ireland, Tanzania and China, participated and stayed witb guiding families across Canada tbfre the camp began. A Chinese contingent of one leader and six girls stayed with Whitby and Brooklin fa.milies. Thirteen-year-old Karelyn Batty from Whitby participated in the international camp and was host te a Chinese Guide, Emily Cheng, 247 visiting Canada or the irst time. «Vie get more respect bore and it is quieter," said Chengý about bier Canadian ex perience. "People are very friendly, the ai r is more fresb and life seems very relaxed.» She adds she would udef-initely» like te cerne back te Canada. Guides were kept busy at the camp, as each day different acti- vities were presented and Guides chose a few te try. Activities încluded borseback riding, hiking, obstacle courses, yogfa, palmistry and crafts. "It was great I learned bow te rap and belly <lance,» said Batty wbo wisbed the camp had lasted Ion ger. "My favourite part was the international campfire wbere everyone danced and we learned songs from the different coun- tries." Although Batty wasn't, she says many of the guides were bomesick. Tours and visitation heurs were set up daily at the camp and many mothers visited. Overwbelmed at the view of bundreda of tents and a dri- veway lined with the flags of the 43 countries participating, parents alI igreed "It wasn't a typ ical camp.' Wben mothers couldn't be there te, take a teur and visit their daugbters, there was always a long fine of guides at the camp, waiting te use the phone. Each day Guides published an on-site paper called the 'The Heron Herald' containing articles on each day's activities and peems. Guides aIse went on many trips te, such places as Wild Viater Kingdem, Canada's Won- derland, Niagara Falls and the CN Tower. Many of the guides made new friends from aI I over the world and said they planned te write te them. The Guides from China depar- ted on July 23 aftcr spending one Iast day witb their Whitby and Brooklin hosts. Youth art camp offerea"d by Optiemists The Optiniist Club of Brooklin will hold a youth art camp in Brooklin Aug. 30 te, Sept. 2. The program includes thre diy of in-dass instruction and a field trip te, the Metro Toronto Zoo. Throc artists from Durhamn Regi*on will instruct students in a wide variety of mediums including pottery, crafts and printmaking. Irene Harris bas worked with numerous youth organizations including Brownies and Cuba, doing a wide variety of crafts using aIl sorts of mediums. Barb Kimbaîl works with Drying materials for potpourri By Brooklin Master Gardeners There are two basic niethods for drying plant mùaterials for pope enutemelest Some plants ln hmevst hang-drying, tied in bunches, hung over a string in an airy location. Herbs, such as lavender, dry well by this metbod, as do roses, larkspur, lady's mantle, etc. Large bloemns, such as calendula, should be carefully buncbed, after remeving most of the beaves te, hasten drying and prevent mildew. Stagger the heads se that thc are net touching. Roses sbld have the thorns removed before bunching. Plant matenial should b. picked on a dry, sunny day, around noon. Pick only buds or newly-opened blooms, a few at a time, te, prevent wilting. Discard any damaged bloomns. Tie in bunches using stnips cut from old nylon tights. As the stems dry and shink, the nylon will contract and hold the bunch finmly. Hang the bunches over string in an airy place. The faster tbey dry, the more colour tbey will retain. Why dry, the flowers can ho stored, labelled and put in paper bags or boxes until needed. Some materials, such as rose petals, can only be died flat. Gather on a fine day wben they are quite dr-y, picing only petals fromn newly-opened blooms. Spread in layers, ne more than twe petals deep, on a frame with scrocning (an old window frame works well) te allow froc air circulation. Turn petals every day; they should be dry in about a week. Flowers such as daffodils, Quocn Anne's lace and primroses sbould be laid flat, net touching. Experiment witb any flower heads -- some hold thoir colour well, others dec en in colour. Dry sme brries, such as monanash, crabapple and rose hips; aIse try some beaves of scented geraniums, herbe, etc. These add interest te potpourri, as do thin stripa of citrus peel, air-dried. Potpourri can be a mixture of colours or can accent a room with different hues of one colour - pink/mauve, ycllew/orango or, blue/purple. Save a few large blooms, such as cosmos, roses or daisies, along with rose beaves, te decorate the surface of a dish of potpourni. For answers te gardening questions, write te, Brooklin Master1 Gardeners, Box 695, Uxbridge, Ont. L9P INi. pottery and bas taught with the Durham Board of Education visual arts camp as well as the Optimist Club art camp. Richard Toms is a hotographer and painter who has workced with the Newcastle visual arts camp., Registration for the art camp is $60 per student aged 7 te 13. (Second child in a family is $30.) The foc includes ail materials, lunch each day and the field trip te the zoo. To register, call JefT Schwarzenhauer or Keith Wick at 655-4434 or pick up at form &com Videe Image, 76 Baldwin St. in Brooklin. Photocopies, Fax Service, Custom Labels & Decals, Wedding Invitations, Business Cards, Complete Sign Production BROOKUN BUU.ETIN 76 Baldwin Street, Brooklln Fax 655-3715 Cali 655-4434