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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 2 May 1979, p. 1

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Caretakers Vote Today on New Contract With Board School Board and An end to the eight-week-old strike by caretakers with the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education appears to be in sight. The 160 members of CUPE Local 1206 were scheduled to vote yesterday and today on an agreement reached between the union and the school board following 12 hours of negotiations with a provincial mediator Monday. The negotiations took place in Toronto. Andy Thompson, chairman of the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education, said yesterday that as a result of the most recent discussions a memorandum of agreement had been approved. The détails of the custodians' maintenance workers' and cafeteria workers' new contract are being placed before the CUPE Local for ratification. No details on a new contract for the school caretakers were available at press time. However, the results of the voting on the proposed contract should be known late today. A settlement in the strike would be welcome news to many persons connected with the education system Custodians here including students. truste In other developments in the poor a' strike last week, high school among students informed members of the T school board that they have suffered The academically as a result of the st lengthy dispute. disput At the regular meeting of the "Acad school board in Cobourg Thursday has af evening, a spokesman for the eight studen high schools under the jurisdiction of He s the Northumberland and Newcastle closing Board of Education called for a difficul rapid settlement to the strike. regular Greg Bourne, a grade 13 student at additio Cobourg East Collegiate, told school more c Reach es last week that "There's a tmosphere and a lack of spirit the students." student spokesman said ts were not taking sides in the e but explained: emically speaking, this strike fected the whole purpose of ts attending the school." aid that with the schools earlier, students have more ty obtaining extra help after r classroom hours and in n, the students are finding it difficult to use the libraries outside of school hours. The driver education program is not functioning due to the strike, Mr. Bourne said. He added that school bands and school teams are also suffering due to the strike. "The health conditions at the schools are beginning to deteriorate," he added and he said that dust is building up and washrooms are not as clean as they ought to be. Students representing Bowmanville, Clarke and Courtice High Schools backed the presentation to the school board last week and submitted their own brief to school trustees. In it, they called for the board and the caretakers to commence "face-to-face negotiations with an arbitrator if necessary to bring the strike to a rapid conclusion." A contingent of about 20 students picketed the Cobourg school board offices, carrying signs that urged the school board and the maintenance workers to negotiate and make compromises in order to solve the strike. Pine Ridge Future Uncertain By Donna Fairey Pine Ridge Training School is ending a 55 year history as a juvenile correctional institution and its doors will close permanently on October 31st, 1979. The recent official announcement of its closure brought to an end months of speculation and rumor surrounding its future. The big question now is what is to happen to the school and the property on which it is located. Economie Loss In an interview with the Statesman Monday morning, Sam Reject Changing Hours for Bowmanville Parking Meters A plan to change parking meter necessary function for the hours in downtown Bowmanville regulation of parking within the was rejected by the town's finance downtown area. It is "the most and administration committee basic, straight forward and efficient Monday. means of regulating parking whiie The Board of Management for the provîding the most appropiate Bowmanville Central Business means of equal enforcement to aIl. Improvement Area recommended "This enforcement . for the that the hours money must be fed benefit of our downtown merchants into the meters be changed to 9 a.m. with Friday nights and al day to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday with Saturday as the peak periods of Saturdays and Sundays excepted. concern for the regulation of At present, the parking by-law parking." establishes parking meter hours at 9 The parking enforcement a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and program has just started to operate Saturdays and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on more effîciently, expiained Fridays. Simpson, and is being accepted by In a report to the committee, by- the public more readily than past law enforcement officer, Larry experiences of "one day there is Simpson, said parking meters enforcement, the next day there provide a very important and isn't a policy. " One of the Lucky Ones on Saturday Dennis Stoakes of Scarborough proudly holds up two of the fish he caught in the stream below Vanstone's Mill on Saturday while an envious youngster looks on. Mr. Stoakes was only one of dozens of anglers from the Goodyear dam to Wilmot Creek who spent hours trying to lure trout onto their hooks. Most had little success. Cureatz, M.P.P. stated, "I'm not at al happy about losing a major institution." It will be an economic loss to the community when these people move, he explained. Now that a firm decision has been made to close the training school, Mr. Cureatz said his number one concern is for the employees of the school. Pine Ridge presently employs 92 persons. Every attempt will be made to relocate the 66 classified civil servants in work related jobs, however, the horizon doesn't look quite so bright for the 26 unclassified employees, he said. They are not protected by any stipulation in their contract which guarantees alternative employment. Mr. Cureatz promised to do all he could to help them. Study Expected Before the school can go on the open market, a provincial government in-house study, which takes approximately three months will have to be made to determine if any other government agency wishes to use the facility, he stated. Providing no other government agency expresses an interest in it, it will apparently be "up for grabs." Mr. Cureatz denied knowledge of any truth in a rumor the Federal government had designs on the school as a federal penitentiary. He did, however, state that Participation House had expressed an interest in the facility some time ago and had submitted a basic preliminary proposal to the Ontario government. No government approval has been forthcoming on the original Participation House proposal of a separate facility to the Turn to Page 2 Ontario' s Champions A victorious Red Eagle Junior 'C' hockey team Kinucks 7 to 3 to take the All Ontario final series four crowded around Coach Paul Robinson Friday night games straight. More photos and stories on pages after throwing him in the showers in the traditional seven, eight and nine. Photo by Rick James manner. The Red Eagles defeated the Kincardine By Don Wilcox The Bowmanville Red Eagles did it! They brought the first All-Ontario Junior C Championship to Bowmanville.' The Red Eagles, who over the years have known the agony of defeat, lost out to Dresden in 1970-71 in the final round of the series going the full seven games, with the Eagles outshooting Dresden in the final game. One goal decided the outcome of that contest for the team which was headed by Ray Preston, Financial Cost By Maureen Corkery According to information presented to Newcastle's committee of the whole Monday night, a proposed indoor swimming pool in Bowmanville would operate at a Buck Janack and Carl Devitt. Then in 1976-77 and 1977-78 the Eagles suffered double losses to Essex in the final Junior C round. Essex had a powerhouse both years. Next came the 1978-79 edition of the Port Darlington Marina and Hotel Red Eagles and from the first tryouts last September one could sense that it was all there, the challenge being to put the parts together, making the team a disciplined powerhouse on the ice. This challenge was met by Coach Paul Robinson who took over the team in mid-season from Bob Spooner. Robinson's commitment was to bring the Junior C crown to Bowmanville. He approached his assignment with ail the dedication and hours that go with it, gaining respect and control of his team. The other half of the on-ice product was Buck Janack. Buck must have an inner sense of pride in a task well done. Anyone who has managed a team knows that it is a tough job, possibly more so with a championship calibre team. Study Warns of Annual Deficit deficit of $40,000 in its first year. Mayor Garnet Rickard urged the committee to decide if it considers an indoor pool "one of our priorities." "If it is, then we can go ahead and determine the best way to Bits And Pieces IS THE END NEAR? - If striking members of CUPE 1206 ratify the meihorandum of agreement reached late Monday night in Toronto, readers can disregard some of the letters to the editor in this edition because the custodians could be back to work by Thursday in area schools. We would predict that neither side will want to get involved in another similar event for some time because it's been costly and at times nasty. NO CHANGE - The Courtice Secondary School's presentation of 'Joseph' starts tonight at the Dar- lington Sports Centre and will remain there for sub- séquent performances. Originally, it was to have been presented at Bowmanville High School until the strike forced the change. NICE WORK KEN - When former town Councillor Ken Lyall and his wife left this area for Prince Edward Island we could see trouble coming for Premier Alex Campbell and his Liberal government. Recently it happened. Conservative Angus McLean and his Tory supporters won the election. The report didn't mention Ken's part in the upset but we'd be surprised if he wasn't in it ... and having a ball. IN FOR REPAIRS - Sorry to hear that friendly funeral director Carson Elliott is in Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital for repairs and hope he'll be back on the job in the near future. RE-OPENING MAY 24 - Stedmans Store that has been operating in temporary quarters at the Veltri Complex since their disastrous fire last year, closed out their store this week pending re-opening of their renovated King Street West premises on Thursday, May 24th. Unfortunately, the restoration work did not proceed quite as rapidly as planned, so they are storing their merchandise in the meantime. FILL THE BLOOD BANK - Red Cross personnel and volunteers will be happy to see any donors today at the Lions Centre on Beech Avenue during their May Blood Donor Clinic. Hours are from 1 p.m. to 8:30. Please don't miss it, you'll feel better and could save someone's life at no real cost to you, other than a few minutes time. GREAT SALESMEN - You have to hand it to the members of the D & R Sports Minor Atoms, their relatives and friends who raised $4206 for Crippled Children by selling Timmy Tyke tickets. They were the second highest sellers, losing to a Toronto team by $400. As a reward, they got to play hockey in Maple Leaf Gardens and received awards. They also express appreciation to all those who co- operated with them. SI IPPED UP - There was so much going on around this office last week, with the editor recuperating at home, that somehow we neglected to advise readers about Daylight Saving. If you haven't changed your dlocks by now, you've probably been early for a few things such as work. Our apologies. We have trouble remembering the changing dates and the town doesn't help by placing a notice to remind everyone. UNDER THE WEATHER - Another town coun- cillor has been laid low by sickness. Councillor Ann Cowman who also writes a column for the Inde- pendent now and then, phoned from her sick bed on Monday to advise that she's suffering from the flu or pneumonia or both. Fortunately, her husband is a medical doctor so she may be able to get an appointment for some help. What makes matters even rougher is that they'll be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary shortly. A speedy recovery to you, Councillor. finance it," he said. The committee was meeting to discuss a report on proposed operating costs of the pool and squash courts prepared by Community Services director, Bud Fanning, and his deputy-director Joe Caruana. Members of the SPLASH committee were also present. Since the Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Education made it clear it will not share in the cost of operating the pool and recreational complex, the town has been somewhat reluctant to commit itself to footing the entire bill. It asked Mr. Fanning to come up with some cost estimates before it makes a decision one way or the other. A three-year operating budget was formulated by Mr. Caruana from information supplied by the Ajax Recreation Department concerning the operation of its pool and from the manager of the Uxbridge pool. . The proposed budget is "an educated guess"; stressed Mr. Fanning. However, he added, on April 10, Klaas DeGroot, town treasurer; Bjorn Neilson, a consultant with the Department of Culture and Recreation; Mr. Caruana and myself reviewed the proposed budget and "all agreed it is an educated guesstimate but reasonable, given the information on hand." Deficit: $41,000 The total expenditure to operate the pool and squash courts in the first year is estimated at $118,600. Revenue was determined at $77,560 with a resulting deficit of roughly $41,040. During the second year, costs would measure $129,427, revenue $82,989, leaving a overal deficit of $46,438. In the third year Caruana calculated the cost of operating the complex at $142,594, Turn to Page 2 Tentative Accord $40,00o Run P A

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