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{I | : = 3 3 } i FR Vol. 125 No. 09 ' PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1991 Copy 65¢ (61¢ plus 4¢ G.S.T.) 40 Pages Durham's secondary school teachers won't be pounding the pavement next Monday. Strike action planned to com- mence Jan. 28th has been averted. The Durham Board of Educa- tion and the 1,400 high school 'teachers in District 17 of the Ontario Secondary School Teacher's Federation reached a tentative agreement after 32 hours of mediation at the Oshawa Holiday Inn. The mediation began Thurs- day and ran through until Fri- dayat 6 p.m. eventy-one per cent of the teachers had supported strike action if a settlement was not reached. Board spokesman Mary Wy- lie refused to release any de- "tails of thedeal: - MoE "1 think everyone is pleased the two sides were able to reach an agreement without strike action," she commented. A 42-year old Haydon resi- dent has been fined $8,000 after pleading guilty to one charge of possession of deer out of season. Roger F. Moffatt entered the plea of guilty in Bowman- ville Provincial Court January 15. As well as the $8,000 fine, Judge Opal Rosamond has pro- hibited Moffatt from hunting for two years. She also ordered his 1979 GMC half-ton permanently seized along with buicharing tools such as knives, saws, an meat-cutting blocks. Maximum fine for one of- fense under the Game and Fish Actis $25,000. Moffatt had originally been charged with nine offenses un- der the Game and Fish Act of hunting, possession and trans- porting deer out of season. Evidence given in court last week indicated that on Septem- ber 19, 1990, the Ministry of Natural Resources Office in Lindsay received an anony- mous phone tip that two deer 'were hanging in the garage at a residence in Haydon, a small hamlet about 16 miles south- east of Port Perry. Conservation Officers Mitch Phinney and Wray McQuay investigated the tip and put a house in the hamlet | Teachers agree | totentative pact District 17, OSSTF president Shirley Smith echoed Ms. Wy- lie's statement and added that the bargaining team will rec- ommend to its members ap- proval of the deal. Although a date for the ratifi- cation meeting has not been set, Ms. Smith said the District will probably meet Friday or Monday. She believes that the Board will meet Monday. Because the deal has not been ratified, Ms. Smith was unable to give the Port Perry Star any specifics on what the teachers requested or what the Board offered. Ms. Smith did say it was a two-year deal. Under the previous contract teachers earned between $27,202 and $56,275. "= They had been without a con- ~¥ tract since Aug. 31, 1990. A strike would have affected 19,166 students in the region's 18 high schools. "Hefty fine for hunting violatio under surveillance that night. At about 2:00 AM, they ob- served a vehicle leaving the driveway, and a deer was seen in the back of the truck. The officers pursued the ve- hicle for several miles before it left the road and crashed. The driver fled on foot. The truck was seized along with one deer carcass (dressed) 28 packages of freshly cut and wrapped venison, one deer hide and several pieces of bone. After obtaining a search warrant that morning, the offi- cers discovered the parts of three deer in the garage, one of them a fawn. Also in the garage was a bucket of blood, hooks hanging from the ceiling and blocks for cutting meat. Wrapped meat was discov- ered in a freezer in the home. Along with the charge un- der the Game and Fish Act, Moffatt pleaded guilty last week to a charge of careless driving and was fined an addi- tional $300. This was his first convic- tion under the Game and Fish Act. A spokesman for the MNR said the Ministry is satisfied with the amount of the fine, and that it will have a deterrent ef- fect on others. n ( Horse and rider hea ded fo War Museum 'Tyler Briley, a Scarborough firefigher who lives in Port Perry, looks over the bronze statue he created that has been purchased by the National War Museum In Ottawa. The statue, which stands about 18 inches high, is of a World War 1 cavalry officer and horse. see story on page two for details) MP Stevenson defends use of force against Iraq Durham M.P. Ross Steven- son says continued economic sanctions against Iraq would not have been effective in get- ting Saddam Hussein to with- draw from Kuwait. Speaking in the House of Commons last Thursday as members debated a Govern- ment motion to re-affirm Cana- da's support for United Nations resolutions, Mr. Stevenson said Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein "has rejected or ignored all the reasoned. appeals from world leaders pleading with him to avoid armed confrontation." And he went on to say that the un-provoked attacks by Iraq on Israel are "a clear indication that peace and negotiations are not on his (Saddam's) agenda." The motion in front of the Commons supported the United Nations resolution which cleared the way for force to oust Iraq from Kuwait after January 15. While praising Canada's historic role as an international peacekeeper, and her role in two world wars this century, Mr. Stevenson said there are times when it is necessay to join other nations in resisting ag- gression. "I believe a smililar neces- sity now faces us (Canada) to- day," he told the Commons. He said suggestions that Canada is in "lock-step" with the United States on foreign policy matters ignore the fact that 28 nations are part of the UN force in the Persian Gulf. And he defended the Amer- ican actions in the current cri- gis. "The United States is not the villain, let us be clear about it. Nor is it the author of the cur- Turn to page 10 - Real Estate Plans for training cenire met warmly Plans to open a training centre in the Township for heavy equipment operators were greeted warmly Monday afternoon by Scugog council. Representatives of the Op- erating Engineers Training In- stitute of Ontario told council they have selected a 194 acre site on the north side of Conces- sion 12, about 1 km east of Lake Ridge Road (formerly called Durham 23) Bob Martindale, a consul- tant for the Institute, said the site is a former gravel pit. He said the training centre would have a permanent staff of ten teachers, and would offer short courses (five days to 30 days) for some 800 students each year. The Institute teaches heavy equipment (earthmo- vers, back-hoes, graders, cranes Turn to page 10 - Real Estate SS ha RR a H