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st province fails in bid to end teacher strike mikeadler staff reporter the ontario government must deal seriously with teachers con cerns now that its injunction gam bit has failed local teachers union leaders say an ontario court judge refused yesterday to hand the province a court injunction a legal weapon the government could use to force teachers to work the court bid was meant to end the continuing provincewide walkout by teachers by the most devious means said dean bod kin local president for the ontario public school teachers federa tion its another example of a government out of control he said yesterday i hope it puts them in their place added steve bull a stouf- fville teacher who heads a union political action committee were hoping the government will now settle it at the table mr justice james macphersons ruling appears to leave the govern ment with two options seeking a labour relations board ruling or passing backtowork legislation if a settlement over bill 160 cannot be reached another local federation leader was more muted in her apprecia tion saying her members were hoping for news on when they could return to class people were anxiously awaiting the decision on an injunction and now we wait some more said pam gillan representing women teachers in public schools we still dont have answers but gillan said area teachers are determined to stay out until bill 1 60 is changed this is not some thing that was entered into lightly at all she said catholic teachers meanwhile are putting their efforts into a local legal strike the unions also praised the pub lic boards decision to close schools to staff this week calling it overdue they were less welcoming of an amendment to the bill proposed by education minister dave john son last week which would remove principals and viceprinci pals from teachers unions thats a bullying tactic by the govern ment said bodkin a principal himself the ministry also indicated it would not give teachers the com pensation for child care during the strike it had promised all parents of children under 13 town looks just cant decide patti montgomery and daughter krista 10 check out the teddy bears at the sixth annual cranberries and popcorn craft sale held at latcham hall last saturday photo by sjoerd witteveen at security kate gilderdale correspondent a pilot project to provide after hours security in whitchurchstouffville has been well received by residents said john crawley director of parks facili ties and recreation the measures have been put in place by the municipality on a trial basis we have contracted with a private security firm for a fourweek trial services include a foot patrol and mobile patrol for the facilities and municipal buildings that are being monitored including the stouffville cemetery latcham hall memorial park the civic offices the library the recreation complex and the ministry of transportation public works building the program was initiated in response to recent problems at the recreation complex said crawley if this program were to continue it would cost less than 1000 a month the response from people using the complex has been supportive mayor wayne emmerson said a deci sion on having a permanent program would be made once the trial period had been completed and the programs effec tiveness had been assessed commission town wrangle over land ownership of a parcel of land valued at 120000 is in question town officials insist it owns a 65foot by 125foot parcel of land at 5988 main st while whitchurch- stouffville hydro commission claims it owns the land which is now leased by wilson lee motor sales peter dobrich member of the local hydro commis sion told whitchurchstouffville council that since the utility pays the property taxes it suggests owner ship ive never heard of anyone paying taxes on some thing they dont own said dobrich governments attack on education not taken lightly at local protests b from page ib lower forms of government leaving none but his own thisattack on edu cation is a further step in this govern ments plan to control everything regardless of public opposi tion ment has boxed the teachers in i want the teachers to know that now we sup port them before attending the rally on hwy 48 stouffville district secondary school seeing parents and chil dren arrive at orchard park was uplifting for firstyear teacher tuisem won this is not how i thought id start my career but if im going to be a teacher for about 30 years i have to take issue she said orchard park teacher bill mcmahon said its encour aging to see such public support they organized it by themselves he said parent jeanettc emslie said she did nt back the teachers in the beginning of the illegal strike but the govcrn- s d s s teacher san dra bush enjoyed a donut and muffin on the street in front of sdss compliments of one of the students about 100 students arrived at the school at 7 am friday some brought donuts and coffee said bush sdss teacher carol stamatious is not impressed with harris suggestion there should not be a winner and a loser sdss principal rod leonard that the teachers are simply following a union call im insulted that he thinks im not an independent thinker said stama tious as for people who think the teachers are setting a poor example for the stu dents stamatious said this is the damned best lesson i ever taught i am teaching that this is a democratic right she said sdss principal rod leonard picket ed at his school and at munros office students and teachers should be in the classroom and not on the picket line the ministry and the union must continue to talk until an agreement that is acceptable to both parties can be reached there should not be a winner and a loser said leonard munro was not in her office con stituency director brian mcllor said the mpp was away on an urgent family matter johnson carrol state top concerns industry in ward 2 will mean employment for area resi dents said candidate helene johnson thursday night at a debate in the ward during the past five years johnson who pitched her elec tion campaign to residents said shes schooled in municipal government and pointed out that in that time she has attend ed about 80 per cent of local council meetings johnson is the president of the local business development association meanwhile opponent mark carroll a resident of the ward said environmental issues pending development the need for street lighting lack of greenspace and youth pro grams and facilities in the ward top his concerns and promises to work in those areas if elected nov 10 carroll also said rising hydro costs are on the top of his list of con cerns carroll said his campaign centers on protecting the quali ty of life in the ward i want to keep the rural integrity said carroll editors note this part of an article from the weekend was inadvertently left out the tribune apologizes for the omission houston bill houston ford mercury 1 1 769 highway 48 stouffville c t o o u 3 bloomington 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