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tn j v v v v 1 mercedes repair specialist saturday june 13 1998 ll4no24 weekender 40 pages 50 gstincl amekoliiihi f piibuitionseiying jvliifcliiirdimaiiffville since 1s town and country realty ltd 6400888 est- is win iles em sports p 18 braee ft sues mb adtnttot pjm 5 poised for strike vote jennifer brown staff writer cheque mate bill payne first vicepresident of thie stouffville branch of the royal canadian legion stands among the team members of the stouffville squirt girls rep team payne oh behalf of the legion presented the team with a 500 sponsorship cheque vuj i t- v photo ty cheryl johnson ip goal at halfway mark kate gilderdale correspondent latcham gallery cis already halfway towards meet ing its membership goal of 250 representative sharon maude told the tribune a new exhibition opened in the former gallery space at the library june 9 as the result of a rental agreement which enables the latcham galleiy asso ciation to hold a total of five shows up until the end of the year photography by- robert mcnair runs until july 5 and features the work of the stouffville- bprn photbgraphic artist a graduate of stouffville district secondary school mcnair who has lived in the kitchener area since 1997has participated in a number of solo and group exhibitions arid has taught a photography for artists course in the fine arts department at the university of waterloo residents are invited to meet the artist catareceptiphat the library june 28 from 1 to 3 pm please see page 3 york region public high school teachers will vote next friday on- whether to give their union a strike mandate toback up their demands for improved working conditions and as talks broke off on wednesday the threat of a strike remained a distinct possibility with no new talks scheduled however a walkout could not begin until june 26 long after the studentsihave left for the summer the board and its 1800 sec ondary teachers were in the same position last june when theteach- ers technically walked off the job after classes had ended but the dispute was resolved just prior to the first day of school last septeni ber delaying the smdents return ta class by a day union leader lynn johnston said he has plans to visit york region high schools starting mpndayjto- inform members about the issues three days after a conciiiahrioffit cer was appointed to help find a- solution if we get a strong hiandate hopefully the board will sit up and pay attention and say lets work something butiirir a reasonable fashion johnstptf said thursday even though talks have broken off the board has proceeded with its staffing l plans i iipryriexvyear using measures that violate the current collective agreefnent which expires aug 31 board vicechairperson karen barker said the unions decision to walk away from talks doesnt stop the need to schedule classes for next fall we put pur proposal on the table and the union didnt propose an alternate solution said barker but we have to staff for the fall barkerv also pointed- out that the province now dictates bow classes are staffed the ministry allocation is less than our teachers currently make there is a 5 per cent differential she said its a simple case of mathematics this is thenewreali- ty this is provincial direction its not locally driven and fundamen tal to that is there p are no legal means to raise funds locally the new education funding for mula has not provided the public board with enough money toipay its secondary and elementary teachers who are trie highest paid in ontario the discrepancy has created a 14 million budget shorty fall whichthe board hopes to recover during this round of riegp- tiations but just because thebpard must cope with a new funding structure doesnt mean teachers are about to roll oyer johnston said the board wants to have the please see page 3 mcarthur ford your local ford dealer since 1971 york regions used car headquarters jmg tfehave over 50 recohditui telvehicles in stock ready t mcarthur ford kennedy rd just south of hwy 7 4741350 ford i