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t weekender saturday october 251997 p3 silence speaks volumes more than 320 students names hung on string outside school from left displaying the long line of names are jason comfort tony damato colin thompson katie scorrar kathryn easter tanis mcknight kathy hunter amanda leger and sue pritzker pmti by lori emmerson meet ml candidates oct 29 voters in musselman lake and ballantrae will be able to put four political candidates on the hot seat on oct 29 beginning at 730 pm the election forum to be held at the ballantrae community centre features mayoralty candi dates incumbent wayne emmerson and mike watson former ward 2 councillors as well ward 2 candidates helene johnson and mark carroll will square off the forum includes speeches from each of the candidates and a question and answer period as well mayoralty contenders and ward candi dates in ward 1 and 3 will take part in a similar forum on nov 4 beginning at 7 pm at the van- dorf community centre this forum will include emmerson squaring off against watson meanwhile it includes can didates steve pliakes and frank martino in ward 1 and peter dobrich and sophie angelis in ward 3 daycare centres region preparing for teacher strike mike adler staff reporter strike flyers were printed and par ents stewed yesterday as an illegal teachers walkout came closer the classrooms will be locked and buses cancelled but day cares should be open in local schools monday if information pickets the first illegal teachers strike the region has seen since 1974 gath er around the buildings all that can stop it now is an unex pected compromise between the ontario government and five provincial teachers unions the optimist always hangs in lynn johnston york region presi dent for public high school teachers said yesterday afternoon but as he spoke he said flyers detailing teachers objections to bill 160 it would give the province control of their class sizes prepara tion time and more were running off the press area school boards offered hot lines with updates on the situation the public boards is at 1-800- 5460709 the separate boards is 4162215051 ext 7500 but asked people to keep radios tuned to the latest news this weekend schools will be kept open but parents are urged to keep their chil dren at home if at all possible said the public boards message yester day the unions have stated childcare facilities in schools should not be affected by a strike there will be no attempt whatsoever to prevent people getting in an out of day cares johnston said york region has a child care sup- education port line at 18887035437 listing all available locations inside school buildings or otherwise if childcare programs must tem porarily move from school build ings ministry of community and social services staff will help identi fy other suitable locations said a spokesperson the ministry is giving licensed child care operators approval to increase capacity where space per mits jane greer added yesterday a spokesperson for the catholic board said day cares in schools should not be affected but said the board will make sure the school is open if there is a problem some large local employers were already responding yesterday to labour minister jim flahertys plea to help employees cope markham stouffville hospital is having discussions with staff and identifying needs based on individ ual situations said a spokesperson yesterday smaller ciass sizes mean more schools parent says from page 1 b ers needs on the other hand attaway does not sup port the government in its plan to decrease classroom size smaller classrooms will just mean more schools will be built said attaway new schools take money its never end ing having children cross picket lines is an experience best avoid ed stressed emmerson we dont want our kids to go through that while the public is holding its breath until monday emmerson doubts an all- out teachers strike will actually take place 1 just dont think its to happen theyll set tle over the weekend said emmerson while regular pro gramming at all high schools including stouffville district secondary school will be suspended the doors to the schools will be open sdss principal rod leonard said the school will stay open well do the best that we can i just hope it isnt a long strike said leonard dont miss our debate 97 special section coming out november 4 were first in distribution weve delivered 40356666 flyers doortodoor so far this year for further information on how we can deliver your flyers call ruth or melissa at 6402100 sparks are flying a welder works on a scam at the mussclmans lake water tower near completion on the ninth line last tuesday plwli by sjoerd witteveen watch for these flyers on saturday october 25 1997 the stouffville loblawssupercentre sears sears today biway the bay super tuesday thebayhardg00ds ap markville sewing centre weston produce revlon canada inc cashway iga- stouffville dominion l0blaws y0nge bernard canadian tire richmond hill soloclod raa only