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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), April 13, 1994, p. 1

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come in dime more for municipal taxes in 1994 than they town chief administrator merlin dewing and ipkfiab been fcedto gimtadilljetmmiday find the 27000 and to inform council and the f but it wce cheap v public where the additional funds wih come from shemis stffl a matter ofabpnt 27000 that stfll before budget is finalized later this month i needs to be found in order to meet the committed stouffville autowash- 37 winona dr soft cloth automatic and 24 hr coinops changs machine on sit lhe lnbune fthio6nal4 0 28pies 50 cents after 15 years ninth line comes under region after years of trying by stouffville and markham york region has agreed to assume responsibility for the ninth line between hwy 7 and main st in stouf fville the road which is the main access route to markham stouffville hospital is in extremely poor condition south of main st to 16th ave and has been a source of frustration between the two munici palities and the region over who is responsible for its upkeep the region agreed to take over the road at its coun cil meeting thursday after a motion presented by markham regional councillor fred cox and whitchurchstouffville mayor fran sainsbury the vote passed by a 107 margin it had been on the order paper since 1991 on monday sainsbury told the tribune she had asked cox to raise the matter because it would have ensured at least six regional votes with all markham regional councillors backing the motion the ninth line arterial road linkage break should never have happened thats what regionalism is all about stouffville has worked so hard for our share of the hospitals debt and we really need a short safe and accessible road she said this is great wonderful news said cox weve been trying to do this for 15 years regional staff will be looking into what interim work can be done on the road but major improve ments cant be expected until the 1995 budget is set with the york approval the mayor said building the controversial ninth line s sidewalk was a good move because the funds sitting for road improve ments for parkview village means that the region would have taken the funds and used it for the road improvement critics have said that the region would now ask parkview village for a share in the funding for any improvements teacher strike looms at local high school julie caspersen staff reporter this fire razed a barn saturday night fire officials were on hand for hours battling the 200000 pholoftrucestapley blaze more than 25 horses were rescued from the barn when the fire broke out horses saved from barn fire bruce stapley correspondent fire officials are estimating damages in excess of 200000 after fire consumed a horse barn in the bloomington rd and mccowan rd area sat urday night the 60 foot by 80 foot structure which belonged to former canadian olympic rider tom gayford burned to the ground while local firefighters were successful in attempts to save a horse arena attached to the bam gayford along with his family and employees were able to rescue the 25 to 30 horses that were in the barn when the fire broke out around 9 pm twentyfive men from the stouffville and bal- please see page 3 fear of a teacher strike has resurfaced in high school corri dors a few months ago even just a few weeks ago the possibility of a high school teacher strike in york region was the main topic of conversation in class rooms and hallways but when negotiations stalled talk faded and so did students fears the possibility of a strike became more and more remote when no headway was made by the union and the board toward a settlement and the possible strike was no longer part of the daily conversations at school an announcement friday morning that the teachers union and the board had once again deadlocked with no agreement in sight has rumors flying again oac students are deathly afraid said milliken mills high school student council president ben ho midterm marks are due next week these grades are sent to col leges and universities and used in the admissionprocess the two sides embarked on a bargaining session thursday afternoon but by midnight talks had once again broken down union leader lynn johnston said the 1700 high school teachers could be working to rule in two weeks our negoti ating team is meeting this morning to set guidelines a recommendation goes to exec utive for approval early next week johnston said yester day once the executive passes the motion for strike action the board is notified and a fiveday waiting period must lapse before teachers start a workto rule campaign please see page 3 yr star here sunday jeanne cooper who plays katherine chancellor on the young and the restless will be at the stouffville country flea market on sunday at 1130 am where she will answer questions and sign autographs were just down the road i unro o r 5531 main street stouffville l4a 7x5 avutwwv rrsnwawavv m- vvv uj

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