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buy any tuna chicken or egg sandwich ana a soup and receive a free small coffee pr pop 435 plus tax dainty donuts deli 1 8 ringwood drive stouffville i ig money m concepts rrsps call 6424540 wbmmm i v x x ij v xp3gr 3ss3sj3gg5s isf xfpicy- 3pk r jeducatioii teachers reject boards final offer bymikeadler staff reporter elementary teachers voted down a school board final offer on thursday a day before their twin federations began new talks with york regions public 1 board but after a day of meetings with a new provincial media tor the teachers say they left disappointed it looks like the boards forc ing us to take a strike vote said joan heeler president of women teachers declared yes terday unlike their high school col leagues in december elemen tary teachers did not couple their final offer vote with a strike vote and none has been scheduled the federations started two scheduled days of talks with the board friday at a thornhill hotel mediator kevin burkett however adjourned the session that afternoon instead of extending it into saturday the unions said 91 per cent of teachers who cast ballots in the schools last week rejected the twoyear offer teachers cast 2608 votes against the deal and 249 to accept it- heeler said this year the board pushed half of teachers 200 minutes of weekly preparation time out side the school day it was offering heelers union and the smaller mens federation a 1- percent raise this year and 20 more minutes of prep time dur ing school next fall the unions had asked teach ers to reject the offer arguing that 120 minutes between the bells isnt enough because the board didnt have to hire teachers to cover for half the prep time fulltime specialists like librarians and guidance counsellors are some times unavailable because they are being forced to teach classes parttime heeler said we need them to help the children she argued adding class sizes in elementary schools have also increased the federations are grieving the unorthodox shift of prep time through a provincial agency and heeler said both sides may finish arguments to an arbitration board at a feb 24 hearing a month would be quick to get the ruling she conceded it could well take three or four months the secondary school teach ers federation has agreed to meet the board on feb 19 to 21 secondary teachers presi dent lynn johnston said his federation was encouraged by the boards willingness to demand less in savings from elementary unions the board previously maintained it need ed 11 million but acknowl edged in its offer it no longer expects it will lose all of its remaining provincial grant money this year budget will be delivered march 18 whitchurchstoufrville taxpay ers will get a green budget in honor of st patricks day fol lowing two days of planned deliberation local council is scheduled to deliver the 1997 if7i a stouffville with canada court friday i i m attenborough a gun collector and dealer was arrested six weeks ago after the canadian military was called in to remove weapons including live hand grenades and bazookas from his property on bethesda sideroad news of the arrest shocked residents living in the rural iinmilfhhmhnfifl v fetch buddy roger running plays with his dog buddy in the parking lot at memorial park on saturday running is the new owneroperator of oneills funeral home photosjoerd witteveen municipal budget on march 18 local mayor wayne emmerson continues to insist that it will be a good news budget taxes will not go up nor will the quality of services go down emmerson stated last year a 122 million bud get meant the average home owner in whitchurchstouffville paid 521 for the local portion of the threeway municipal regional and school boards tax bill the only major challenge facing local council this year is how to deal with the fact that less money is expected to come from the province in the way of transfer payments said emmerson well have to put money away in reserve until we know what the province does he said emmerson continues to express an interest in having a new town hall as part of the new library expansion also on the mayors wish list is an indoor swimming pool and more road improvements id like us to give extra attention to local streets and roads he said bingo here a 600seat bingo hall will open in stouffville in the spring rob shannon manager of the stouffville country mar ket confirmed friday that the province has approved a gam- ing licence paving the way for a maximum of eight bingos a week shannon said the company will start with four and hope fully work its way up prizes are expected to be as much as 5000 the bingo will be located at the market on 10th line auto jl mnnomn tire centre hours monday friday 800 am 800 pm saturday 800 am 500 pm sunday closed service manager bruce mackenzie 6405050 retail ennnomn tire store hours monday friday 830 am 900 pm saturday 830 am 600 pm sunday 1030 am- 400 prn store manager robert van bemmel 5945 main street stouffville 6405800 sfe