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‘ n 3 Publi h ublic teachers, * board i | y * Fe | oo(®% oards at an 1impasse J «> ‘| | d m figures or determine their impact | l e a\if..; #:e «) By Shelby Parker on the classroom. | r‘\‘ y é\ i ’L A f g, sparker@northumberlandtoday.com One of the union‘s items was | $ > / t o .. ‘g"â€""â€" I || _ Even with an extended deadline â€" that students only be taught by | N iyy the province‘s public school boards _ ETFO members. S H [2 ‘fl fsay and the English elementary That would not be possible in ’ ® ":f â€" s ' & teachers union could not reach a _ smaller schools where principals es l : se framework agreement Friday. occasionally have to teach a class, | hy % &A ‘Q The Elementary Teachers‘ Mr. Johnston said. is â€" â€" e Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and Another item was that the | At s the Ontario Public School Boards‘ _ Charles E. Pascal report on a new 1 :€ J H Association (OPSBA) kindergartin m(_)df] 5ie in â€" im 7 h <â€"â€"" . Ae had asked talks be | not be taken into 1 F4 _,‘- d [b _ e extended five days, to Prgwnce offers account in the new e ©| * Dec. 5, to try to reach a _ 2. 70 INCFeaSe _ agreement. | * Youd . fourâ€"year agreement. annually with Although _ Mr. | 4 Rick Johnson, past t t Johnson said the | Be es president and now no contrac union‘s demands had |enae d it | spokesperson of the little to do with pay aa en Pa "| OPSBA, called the outcome increases, they would have cost in rraa e i + "disheartening." $260 million more than the funding Mn C riawes! P d "We tried everything we could," . available from the government. |ela ratrerarra * he said yesterday, adding "This would have thrown every Lt â€" ces !?{ negotiations began in February, _ other board into a deficit," he said. l r‘@ e o 1 U the union walked away in May Ontario Education Minister l oastarcee ts e then returned in lateâ€"November. Kathleen Wynne stepped in when keorgres > oh. . es C "Then, on Friday afternoon, â€" Friday‘s deadline came and went is ty o Mc t they dropped a whole bunch on without an agreement, stating c p ecooie c stuff on the table," Mr. Johnson funding is available to cover 2% 1 wegies + exianer ces us n on said of the ETFO, adding heâ€" salary increases for each of the I ; h us o o e e en t E believes this was "irresponsible" . next two years for the elementary i o af P23 2 Te e because it gave the association no _ teachers. â€" | Horo contrisureD | ¢ j t 4 t 1 | Join the Gordon family for the annual Lantern Walk at 7 p.m. this es Sevie ts fhs"s Steifoenchere nosk 4 | Saturday at the Warkworth Town Hall Centre for the Arts. Carol in the ”,m | village and return to the hall for hot cider and oldâ€"fashioned cookies. The ll d d | Vietorian era decorations will transport you to a quieter time. Every year, Gl lgans Case a loul l |e | the concert features local talent â€" songsters, musicians and storytellers. 3 | é |_ All are welcome to this free celebration of the festive season. Donations 7 | for the Warkworth Food Bank are especially appreciated. For further agaln tO Jalle | i information, call Linda Zeisner at 705â€"924â€"1424 or eâ€"mail edunsel pennis Lowry, both cases | Relsne@sympaticoce. By Joyce Cassin will come back before the courts | mmmmmmmmesmmmmsmmmmemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmemmsenoesmmmmmerommmmmemsonenmmemmnmenmmmmems | . [CABEINT CNONNUMDSTIANCIOCIAY.COT the same day. | C a )e 11 f e Justice Robert Graydon says the o The h'40-Y%al‘-01d.n Cramlla‘\.he I June 24 matter of Timothy Gillis ownship ouncilior, im | rit1cs Call for OptiOns _ | [d t t â€" Cifin d snd mestrearccld | s should have already been resolved. f(?'tlkll?r, C‘Slbome P‘;iblicag Titifi After a request for a remand, he Migan or., were charged w1 ; | tO S readl% Of Sll.].dge agreed to put the matter over until assault with a weapon on the | (%£ & y ABsti pEC.A\u| SE Jan. 7, 2009 after neither accused _ evening of June 24, 4 § lorve mprcs on hatee ic oT tis considerine making | DOX their counsel attended the Northumberland OPP said they | By Bob Owen fhve i es Ne ‘ Ontario Court of Justice in Were called to a large fight | lowen@xplornet.com e process of spreading simPler; | Brighton Dec. 3. involving baseball bats on King \ _ Critics made the case for _ "WS: Reilly warned. Because the | _ Counsellor Brad Halls spoke on . Street West in downtown Colborne |rociing hnedorat aneopmatioe o | Brounco and Runcanthtits50¢ | perialof Kon Bembard: founce) | and subsequientl lald charges | sewage sludge and its alternatives | solution to being rid of their | mawey peporover aitnouen ho 010 men sustained favial injuries | at a Dec. 2 public meeting in sludge, the checks and balances mafler betpat oven. Allhoush hS hen struck on the side of th | Colborne. terinl place, she maintained. did not have approval to’speak on ]‘:’ ‘311 struck on the side 0 e Much of the sludgeâ€"spreading o ramane :[‘ownship e dunel behalf of Mr. Gilligan Jr.‘s defence NC2a¢ | teday comes as a result of an voted Oct. 21 to hold a public |: | international agreement made meeting to discuss sludge | with the United States in 1996 spreading but at its Nov. 18 | governing water quality in the meeting withdrew from Great Lakes, said Maureen Reilly, participation, agrecing only to director of Sludge Watch. Since aitow the Cramahe residents to | then, secondary processes used DY _ yse the township meeting room for 4 | large municipalities send cléeaner | a qiscussion, | water to the lakes and twice as Cramahe Township resident ; | much sludge elsewhere. Some yis Rahn was concerned when ; | sludge is incinerated, $0Me â€" fiye million litres of liquid sludge ‘ landfilled and the rest spread 0N â€" way applied on farmland in five . | formland. _ __ Th days near her home. The retired |_ Downloading of provincial microbiologist acknowledged the | responsibilities to municipalities material is being tested on a ‘I by the Harris Tories in the late limited basis but is upset about ; 1990s left the disposal of sludge @8 â€" fumanâ€"adapted pathogens found | a selfâ€"regulatory business, MS. in sludge. There are 17 types of | Reilly said. Even so, major WaSt?â€" bacteria, 18 viruses, six protozoal | spreader Terratec has incurred 43 paragites, 12 parasitic WOFMS, SiX | guideline infractions. MVa pathogenic fungi and the same } Provincial blqso]ld guldelme_s number of pathogenic yeasts found * | state sludge can t be spread until jp sludge, she said, most are not | it is proven it would do no damag®, included in testing done before 3 | but Ms. Reilly claims the science _ studge is hauled to farms. was never done. Ms. Rahn wants sustainable Representatives from Terratet . alternative testing for pathogens, % and the prov‘mc‘lal government preâ€" and postâ€"application testing of fi \ declined the invitation to attend . weljs and wetlands, and heavy \_() the Dec. 2 meeting. 9 metal content monitoring of soil. Ontario‘s current Liberal See Sludge, page 3