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mercedes behz repair specialist 172buligckdriylunr3j saturday october 25 1997 vol 13 no 43 weekender 44 pages 500 gstincl a mfoland publw financm tmwtt lureiteuoiotiljivui jsm 3 yr 5yr rates aibject to change gics rrsfs mutual funds life ksurance annuities rfflfs tax preparation mortgages 96mainsln markham 4712311 absolutely terri joan ransberry staff reporter the towns on standby if a provincewide teachers strike becomes a reality monday morning stouffville parents will join others across ontario in the scramble to find alternate care for their children if however the teachers strike carries on beyond a few days the town will step in to help with child care said whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emmerson the town can help said emmerson if its needed well put something in place were doing everything we can whitchurchstouffvilles com munity halls could be opened and childcare staff could be put in place said emmerson weve got halls we could open latcham hall and the stouffville recreation centre it could be done said emmerson while yorks boards of education announced they would keep buses running and schools open emmer son urges parents to keep the chil dren home i wouldnt send the kids to school said emmerson glen campbell principal of dickson hill public school is appealing to the parents of his 250 students he wants them to try to make other arrangements for the students who attend that school our main concern is the safety of the children stressed camp bell with five children in the school system including two at glad park public school glenda attaway of parent ringwood is reading newspapers and listening to hourly newscasts this weekend this is absolutely terrible said attaway my kids are from six to 13 years theyre all in school said attaway results of a survey released yes terday showed 56 per cent of the public does not support strike action by their teachers attaway is in the majority the public will not support this said attaway why should our chil dren suffer because of the teach- b please see page 3h fraud squad called to investigate case at stouffville coop ajfrdth tongue in cheek the concentration is all in the tongue for jason devany as he makes his way across the monkey bars at the summitvicw public school playground phllu hy l0ri emmerson officials at the stouffville coop have reported a 30000 fraud york regional police said sgt john sheldon confirmed investigators from the departments fraud squad hope to make an arrest soon but added the process cant be rushed det greg olson the investigator on the edward street case pointed out the leg work in a fraud case is timeconsuming it takes quite a while he said while this is the only fraud case under inves tigation in stouffville at this time incidents of fraud are are on rise everywhere said olson yes this is the only case in stouffville just now but fraud is up overall its a universal problem he said fraud is up overall det greg olson some crime watchers link the rise in fraud to the struggling econ omy it could be the economy theres a lot of downsizing going on i dont know but were getting fraud in particular were seeing an upsurge in welfare fraud and and in atms automatic teller machines said olson york regional police have 1 0 detectives working on the fraud squad we certainly can use an increase in manpower said olson officials of the local coopera tive which serves the agricultural community told police records show that fraud took place between july 96 and december of 96 joan ransberry d gale and ivan harris of stouffvijie j h jj 1 pubjifl in january compliments of chfi radio gale received a telephone call early yesterday friday morning informing her of years will join her for the sevenday trip valued at 2500 inside your tribune kibbllits p 4 stapley p 9 crossword p 17 8 classified p 22 1 newsline s 6402100 i ml