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Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), September 13, 1979, p. 1

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trrr teachers docked york region the ontario secondary school teachers federation is taking the york county board of education to court the action confirmed tuesday by board chairman don cousens and lin jones an osstf- provincial coun cillor will result in a hearing sometime in november at that time the federation will claim that teachers were victims of an illegal lockout at high schools across york county sept- 5 and 6 staff members were docked two days pay during the period torule lib surprise stouffville work-to- rule procedures practiced by teachers at stouffville high on opening day came as no sur prise to trustee harry bowes he said he was well aware the edict couldnt be lifted without a vote he suggested however that staff could have modified measures enough to allow a nearnormal operation but nothing was relaxed he said the board member said he had not visited the school sept 4 but rather talked to students not only in stouffville but at markham and newmarket he said ken stanley a supervisory officer from aurora checked conditions at sdss and reported back it wasnt a mess here because the principal was discreet and allowed the work- torule plan to proceed he said he admitted however that he had voted for closure as things stand now monetary issues will be placed before a board of arbitration comprising a federation representative a board representative and a chairman findings of this board are binding the trustee stated 9 don cousens board is boss york region i never felt more saddened com- mented don cousens- chairman of the york county board of education in discussing the closure edict effecting all high schools across the region last week in a television interview prior to the teachertrustee vote thursday he said the board could not t allow itself to be dictated to byits employees wplllatf 1nunrtipriilpj5 t well lay down the rules said v- mr cousens criticized bill 100 approved by the province that gives teachers the right to strike he called it faulty legislation we must go down to queens park rap on our representatives desk and demand it be changed he stated as for the closing of the schools he said hehad never felt more emotionally strung out- and never felt more right vie for fair queen markham oneof fif teen girls will be selectedmiss markham fair saturday night the pageant that reaches a grand finale around 11 pm- will be preceded by interviews and judging thursday casting a discemipg eye over the entries will be patricia fuller of patricias bridal salon markham phylis mcmaster assistant agriculture representative region of york and ab bud bonner town of markham councillor commentary will be provided by joanna meharg of markham v j partricipants at press time are cheryl morrison- stouff ville sherry burnie stouffville rr 2 taryna hughes thor- nhill jenny chester stouff ville rr 3 carrie purcell rr 1 agincourt debra hawkins rr 1 gormley diane stuart markham gayle milroyrr 1 markham kim maclean milliken dawn thorpe markham wendy southgate markham connie murison rr 1 markham maria murphy union ville marilyn ilott markham and susan field markham the winner saturday will succeed cathy case queen of 78 she will represent the fair throughout the fourday show then go on to next years com- petition at the cne saturdays dance starts at 830 pm and continues through til 1 am tickets at 10 a couple are available by calling 6401576 instant actors townsfolk filmstars stouffville every saturday norm faulkner and frank wilbur are seen by thousands at the stouffville sales barn next spring they could be viewed by millions when the cbcs for the record series presents the story a fine determined man release is expected in march norm his 14 year old son philip and frame are part of a scene typical of an ordinary day on thejob since the filming was done on a tuesday rather than a saturday the crowd all paid spectators were brought in by bus even the pigs were rented whiles two professional actors shared the spotlight for camera -crews- townsfolk like walter atkinson ab brown dan barkey and don jackson were very much a part of the action norms role that of an auctioneer was to what else but sell the pigs later the cameras focused on the lunch counter inside i didnt and it that much different norm told the tribune the director and assistant directors were ex tremely friendly folk- he said one scene he recalled had to be shot six times but the people involved were all pros he said he knew two weeks in advance that film crews would be coming the part in volving the sales barn took about three hours band practise v stouffville stouff- villes town band that excelled at a concert in latcham hall last june will be reorganized a practise has been called for monday evenings at 730 pm in the high school david howard will return as leader new and former members are invited the closure as a board spokesman described it came the night after the federation invoked its worktorule edict prescribed back in june while its effectiveness varied from school to school at stouffville class schedules ran about 45 minutes behind time due to diffi culty in getting timetables and books into the hands of some 800 students was the teacher slowdown necessary yes said lin jones of- the sdss staff otherwise if the teacher vote at a mass meeting thursday had been negative the whole process would need to have been started again he admitted that a group of teachers had asked that the worktorule practice be modified but- the recom mendation was never carried through while the vote thursday approved the agreement 620 to 222 the outcome might have been different if the district executive had formulated a negative motion which almost happened he said mr jones said last weeks problems could have been averted if the board had agreed toa federation request that sept 4 be declared a professional activity day the teacher vote could- have been taken then hie said rather than thursday as for problems at stouff ville high on opening day lin jones described the situation as slower than normal but not chaotic ordinarily he said each home room teacher ac companies his students and assists with the handput of books this time they didnt with respect to distribution of timetables he said six people did what normally forty would do as for work within the classroom he said every period was included although some were shortened plan class shift stouffville y kiudergartenenrolment at orchard park and- sum- i r mitview schools iss larger than anticipated to ac- commodate the additional children an extra class must- be established and because summitview has the space- it will be located there c rf this will mean busing for some orchard park children a decision that may not prove too popular with parents principal- jjd hincks told the tribune however hes hoping sufficient num bers will agree tathe change so that redistribution can be completed quickly and smoothly jisvll u r v r tx- while an attendance figure isestimatedpriorlto the start of the fall termno additional staff can be faired t until the enrolment is known for sure mr hincks ex plained at both schools kindergarten enroleeswere higher than expected he said v ai realize the problem for parents he f stated but ni just have to persuade mem it can be a benefit the new summitview class will be smaller be said v at present there are 59 j enrolled inkindergarten at- j orchard park v 29 in the morning and 30 in thevaf- ternoon summitview is even higher at 61 including 27 in the morning and 34 in the afternoon benefit dance srfefss f rr- stouffviujeajbenefit idarcefortbe wife and family of the late buntlewiswiu be held fridayevening sept- 21 at glendale beach pavilion j musselmanslake v cthe deceased a fine singer and guitarist- was killed aug 27 when the car and trailer he was operating was struck by a v propane gas truck sixty miles outside calgary v admission to thedance is 4 per person payable at the door tapes of bunt and members of the band will also be available the event gets- underway af 9 pm vol 92 no 20 wh1tchurchstouffville september 13 1979 20 cents 20 pages v 1 ollowing shutdown by vygjjgf a nnrdi slowdown h tht tuchers and a twod i the board things returned btouffvult dist secondare school after both sides ratified a to normal friday at mediation agreement in votes taken thursday night t dicksons hill cat mother of ten dicksons hill most mothers shudder at the thought of triplets even itwins but ten thats a lot to contend with even for a cat eleven year old janice moyer of dicksons hill called the tribune satur day to detail the information thought to be a record dusty she said had the kittens in a flowerbed not far from the house and all are alive and well dusty too asked about hand- feeding the brood janice said dusty seemed to be capably handling that chore also when the young are old enough theyll likely give them away she said since dusty had her last litter only three months ago no one l knows for sure what the next three months will bring sets higher policeman drowns vandorf a metro toronto police constable drowned thursday at slaters pool vandorf william john keenan 33 of aurora heights drive aurora was discovered by a female employee and with the help of a customer pulled his body to the surface mouthtomouth resuscitation was performed until an ambulance arrived the victim waspronounced dead on arrival at newmarket hospital the officer was known to be a strong swimmer- there was no lifeguard on duty at the time police said so what happened remains a mystery york region york regions united way has established a 496000 objective for 1979 the goal revealed by chairman barney danson at a press conference thursday is far arid above the most op timistic figure yet authorized last year under the capable managemenfof markham s bob shea 277000 wasraised mr dansonypraised the ground work done previous executive ipersonhel making it easier hesaidto get the campaignv started- in 79 the canvass period will extend from sept 24 tonoyxsv describingilast years goal as ambitiousrhe pointed to the fact that many deserving services within the region had gone unfulfilled either we do it or the government will do it he said claiming the later left much to be desired donations nationally he said amounted to about five dollars per person however in york it was only one dollar the area involved extends from steeles avenue on the south to lake simcoe on the north f ronv schomberg on the west to stouffville on the some of the eighteen agencies that come under the united way banner in york are the association for the mentally retarded operation catchup family life centres family y big sisters credit coun selling red cross and the cnib v it the theme for 79 is say- yes for york the breakfast meeting thursday was hosted by inland publishing c6 limited f r kentucky chicken vf fwy vecsfcf 37 popular and practical fjdhspprtq stouffville town council has approved in principle an application to establish a col sanders ken tucky fried chicken restaurant in stouffville the request was placed before a meeting sept4 by lawyer don hindsoh representing owners of s proposed site west of patrick motors- it the building hesaid wouldr be set back far enough from the road to permit landscaping he noted too that the franchise was known- for itsgenerouscon- v tributions within the com munity s although mayoreldred king argued that- stouffville already had enough eating establishments within its bor s derssome others claimed such a business would be good for the municipality v- a motion that council show support for the plan- was ap proved i being a legman myself id personally like toseemt quipped councillor bill kamps r r v s- alarmfed stouffville pranksters who turn in fire alarms arent amusing to judge fd white in newmarket court last week he slapped one such person with a 100 fine- according to evidence 19 year old ronald noble had been drinking 6iithe night of april 28 whejhejbbsdthe glass in the signatbaxjat thestouffvilv ah the good old days when the only fuel required was a drink of water and a feed of oats that kind of ecocomical transportation proved popular saturday at the 6th annaalfarkham heritage festival the borte faiabby the driver b lei beare of cedar valley and the children are jolle and wendy spindloe and sherri hunt of markham s jim thomas anareastcfitown7crot torney kjjjmutraystar esdmatedtheebense payers aarpuiid0o l

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