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Vol. 115 No.8 WII Wednesday, January 21, 1981 32 Pages An initial wage offer for Scugog Township's outside tor who has asked that a provincial conciliator be appointed in the contract dispute between the union and the Township. Scugog Township resi- dents dug deep into their pockets over the weekend and pledged $3110 in the Cerebral Palsy Telethon of the Stars. With ten volunteers manning the phones for almost 24 hours, organizers Betty Mills said the $3110 pledged was 'an absolute delight." The amount is almost double the $1700 raised local- ly last year, and one of the reasons is that more people are aware that the local campaign is taking place, according to Mrs. Mills. ge workers has been labelled "a, +sjoke"-by-the-CUPE negotia-- A smoldering foundation was all that remained of Following a 40 minute meeting last Wednesday with Scugog councillors = Lawrence Malcolm and-John Wolters, CUPE negotiator Russ Whitney angrily denounced the initial Town- ship offer, calling it an "insult to the workers," and Telethon raises $3100 in Scugog One of the most gratifying parts of the phone campaign was the number of young people and senior citizens who made contributions. Seventy-five per cent of the money raised locally will be used in Durham Region for a variety of projects for the disabled, including Participation House. In all, the Telethon raised more than $30,000 in Durham Region. - The Scugog volunteers were on the phone lines at the Central Seven Workshop from 7:00 p.m. Saturday until 6:00 p.m. Sunday. ire destro ys $100,0 oe i, ial a a $100,000 home on Scugog Island following a fire January 13. Firefighters are not certain what caused CUPE rejects council offer saying he 'has never seen anything like it as an opening position or any other posi- tion" Councillors Malcolm and Wolters presented the initial offer which had been agreed to by the full Township council. Mr. Whitney said the wage offer in the first year of a two-year contract amounted to less than a two per cent increase. The union is seeking a one year contract, a reduction in the work week from 42 to 40 hours, and parity with wages paid Durham Region outside workers. } The initial offer by the Township used the 40 hour work week as the starting. point rather than the 42 hour week. Based on the 40 hour week without catch-up, the offer was about six per cent. Mr. Whitney said the net effect of the initial offer would have amounted to a $5 per week increase for class one operators and $4.70 per (Turn to page 3) Re f 3 i a ) RATE pnd i a the blaze, but believe it started in the basement. The Su rr 1 RR FH " 4 [RLSM £7 [as . aes £5 vr Po | ESE A 5 AiO BNI re, Ali i - iainia aos AGT ADA RE Gir ab bdodind Gund sib ot a iaisn wil RJ PY 1 ORS 25-35 oN ire Fay STE BY VER SAV HICH SO RATER) 039.110 1, Bow LL Former wrestling star Whipper Bill Watson plants an affe RN a 5 ctionate kiss on the cheek of 12-year old Mary Sutherland of Oshawa, who is 1981 Tammy for the Port Perry Snowarama snowmobile ride in aid of crippled children. Whipper and Mary helped unveil plans for the 1981 Snowarama in Port Perry which will be held February 1. [See story on page seven for details.] Rees ig Three hopefuls after Uxbridge mayor's chair There will be three candi- dates in the race for the mayor's chair when Ux- bridge Township residents go to the polls on February 9. Nominations closed at 5:00 p.m. Monday and the hope- LT. -- - home is not occupied during the winter months. fuls are Bill Ballinger, 35; Ian Ball, 19; and Bert Shingler in his mid-fifties. Mr. Ballinger, a former Regional councillor for Uxbridge was defeated in a bid for the mayor's chair in 00 Scugog Islan AR § A lack of water and a driveway clogged with snow hampered efforts by Scugog firefighters as they battled a blaze January 12 which eventually destroyed a Scugog Island home valued at over $100,000. The home, located on the 7th Concession almost __ directly across the lake from Port Perry, was owned by John Bolahood of Oshawa. The home was not occupied during the winter months. The alarm was turned in about 1:00 a.m. by a neigh- bour and by the time fire- fighters arrived on the scene flames were shooting through the roof. Although two tankers and a pumper truck were on the scene, they had to make the return trip to Port Perry to pick up water, a distance of about two miles. Charlie "Lown of the Scugog department said later- the narrow driveway hampered efforts getting the trucks in and out, and at one point one of the trucks got stuck in the driveway. the 1976 election, and has been out of active politics since then. He owns a Port Perry restaurant. Mr. Ball has no political experience and is unemploy- (Turn to page 2) home Firefighters also ran into problems when they tried to get water from Lake Scugog. Ice near the shore was so thick that the first two holes cut showed that the ice went right to the mud bottom of the lake. They finally got water from a hole 400 feet from shore. Mr. Lown said the cause of the blaze is not known. but it is believed to have started in the basement of the large brick and wood home. A second fire the same morning at Hanover Hills Farm south of Port destroy- ed a tractor. snow blower and several calves for total damage of about $15,000. Firefighters believe the blaze broke out in the tractor which was plugged into a heater. It was stored in a drive shed with several pieces of expensive farm equipment. The alarm was turned 'in by a farm employee who noticed smoke coming from the building as he was begin- ning morning chores. A Qi < ae ad