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and we translated that anger into words calling it a stunt degrading to their prof ession and to themselves that opinion has not changed whether by force or by choice this hard line policy was carried through we do not know nor will we ever know but of one thing were certain such action must surely have pricked the conscience of the dedicated staff member those individuals who through the years have given unstintingly of their time in the service of others but like it or not they were caught caught in the grip of a prolonged labor management struggle in which nobody wins and so also to a lesser extent is this newspaper caught v sure we could have simply sat back closed our eyes and pretended nothing unusual was happening at stouffville high it would have saved us the aggravation of angry phone calls and critical letters but luce teachers we also serve the community even need proper balance another fastfood outlet has made ap plication to establish a business here the pre selected site is on the north side of main street west of patrick motors so who needs it certainly not stouffville were being fast food served to death with each business obviously struggling to make ends meet and now another comes along to make things tougher still we dont question the firm itself the chain is good one of the best but theres not sufficient consumer traffic here except on saturdays to support any more if this one lives another will die the town we feel should strive for some kind of balance too many of one thing fcbad and one more fastfood outlet is one too k tiy no more initiations high school initiations are dying the sooner theyre dead the better this goes for stouffville as well as others in york region where the ritual is still practised the welcoming tltes accomplish nothing particularly at sdss where many of the students are in their second year the purpose as we understand it is to embarrass the newcomer what it does is degrade the school while the custom has been modified over the past several decades the ideas all wrong instead of putting the new kids down something most dont need a committee should be appointed to lift them up make them feel at home who needs the aggravation of being set apart made fun of and laughed at in an environment thats already totally strange and often foreboding n we feel stouffville high should place itself above this sort of thing maybe even come up with something new forcing a student to make a fool of himself isnt our idea of how to greet a guest x- ivv stream improvement in stouffville to cost 700000 wt is ceatfawmg oa the 7mn stress reckauellsatua project in 8btrlae f the program b fete shared hy the metro sad regkai coo serration authority and dulverton developments lid the contract is ex- pected to be completed by middecember jimthomas a larger segment of it than they and we feel obligated to speak out when in our opinion an injustice is being done tuesday sept 4 was such a day while those closer to the labor scene than we claim that legally the strike had to proceed until a teacher vote was taken we maintain that modification of the rules could have been carried out here particularly when an affirmative vote thursday was almost a certainty however as the teachers correctly state there are two sides to this distressing story the beard is by no means blameless we say theres something wrong when employees within a system must go eighteen months without a contract we say theres something wrong when a two month vacation period goes by without a settlement then at the 11th hour an aggreement is reached we say theres something wrong when a board can spend funds on a professional negotiator yet scimp on necessities within the classroom we say theres something wrong when both sides play games at the expense of the students we say the time has come to bury the hatchet and get on with the business at hand fsttrttefllle district j secondary school t btrvtteelei tie tribune crf t v roaming around r- empty room f till of memories by jim thomps its in the quiet moments that our nicest thoughts come to us this brief but meaningful message hangs above the desk where im writing this column im in susans room a part of our house and a part of our life thats terribly empty n for now nineteen shes left the nest enrolled in the first of a threeyear bachelor of music degree course at sir wilfred laurier university waterloo the decision was her own certainly not mine for two reasons first i didnt want her to go to leave home because this is where shes always been she was never one to travel far afield second i was and still am afraid for the future her future that teaching positions will be no more plentiful in 1983 than now it all seems so risky but susan has always been one to accept challenges i guess thats why shes ac complished more in nineteen years than i have in fifty but dad sheonce said following an afterdinner discussion howll i ever know if i can do it if i never try it how does a father argue that kind of logic originally it was medicine she was sure she wanted to be a doctor however all those extra years in school seemed a bit much so she turned her thoughts towards a medical secretary course at seneca i was elated so much so i took her to the finch campus so shed see the college for herself she was impressed and so i guess- were they impressed enough to okay her application without question but it was plain to see her heart wasnt in it it was university or bust so i said no more eight of us travelled to waterloo a week ago sunday only seven of us returned the longest two hour trip in my lifetime- and the week and a half since has been an eternity not a letter not even a card stupid postal service we know shes hesitant to call because well think shes homesick and were afraid to call because shell think were worried we hope shes not because were not just con cerned trusting everythings all right as much as we try to hide our true feelings susans absence is a break in our lives thats difficult to mend because memories of her accomplishments the good times are everywhere all around us her room for example the seven bike-a- thon buttons she earned from 1971 to 1977 her pierre trudeau badge from 1967 the thirty ribbons won through nearly a decade of markham fairs and her proudest possession thek j beamish silver cup tops in the eighteen and under class in 78 her beginners junior and intermediate red cross swimming certificates trophies for public speaking from music festivals for skateathons and softball championships her high school letter prized picturesreceiving allround cord from guides her diploma from grade 8 her certificate from grade 12 and her last farewell to grade 13 a caricature completed by leda lewis at the anglican church bazaar in 74 and above a full color photo of the antone indian family a group she loved so much but above even these a few framed lines taken from matthew 6 verse 33 but seek ye first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you thats been susans motto and because of it all things have been added unto us sugar and spice good to get back to work bybillsmileye ft t i j j j 1 man its good to get back to work after a long hot wet- cold dry summer a good many teachers with a long summer holiday do something exciting in teresting or at least constructive some go on exotic trips to faraway places and return to bore you with their experiences for the next ten months others go to the stratford festival or take a course in potting pottery or go on a long boat trip in their own boat or have an affairor make fifty gallons of peach wine or grow a beard still others build a patio or tear down a barn or take a summer course to improve their qualifications or prepare their courses for the fall term or something equally dull every year its the same thing with me i make great plans for the summer around the middle of june write a book go to the yukon or newfoundland revisit boyhood haunts have an affair grow a beard and long hah catch a hundred bass shoot a par round in golf and this summer as so often i ac complished absolutely zilch i barely got my weekly column written i travelled no more than 120 miles from home i revisited nothing except the town library the only affair ive had was with a big cedar chair in my back yard im clean shaven and shorthaired i caught one nine- inch bass i did shoot a par in golf on one hole ill have to admit what my wife suggested every second day all summer youre a lazy bum well were not all perfect i did get quite afew meals peanut butter sandwich and banana for breakfast freshmade sand wiches from the oasis for lunch chicken pies fish and chips turkey dinner salsbury steak and gravy all of them frozen- for din- ner sometimes when my menus began to repeat themselves id send out for chinese food one night carried away by some wild primitive instinct i actually cooked up fresh potatoes green beans and a chunk of 298 sirloin but made the mistake of making steak gravy it came out looking like the inner side of a diaper and nobody could eat the steak one other memorable meal was a stew i made the usual stuff onions carrots meat a couple of spuds it tasted a little flat so i hit the spice cupboard and chucked in a few shots of everything but mustard then squirted in about half a bottle of wor cestershire sauce that steak had body and je ne sais quoi that my old lady tried to figure out for days aside from the cooking there wasnt much to do for various and sundry reasons too miscellaneous to list we werent able to do any of the things wed planned maybe thats why we would up with a phone bill nudging the 200 mark per month a sick brother the colonel in hospital in montreal flown out from james bay after a collapse the breakdown of a deal to rent a camper and go visiting x worrying and trying to help as my daughter prepared to head for the other side of james bay to teach indian kids music five years ago that girl could hardly write a cheque now here she was arranging all the editors mail two sides are playing games dear sir n the labor management strife that once again has made itself felt across york county indicates just how- far two sides will go to justify their existence and inflate their own egos j i fed the board of education and the federation are using both the teachers andtbe students to make political points since neither seems to be- showing any willingness to give in its a game where nobody wins maxworkman rr 3 stouffville details of a major move with two small boys travel tickets baggage shipment getting a piano crated trying to dispose of a car that wont start and coping with a hun- dred other problems jolly good for her and getting through yet another wed- ding this time a niece from edmonton with my old lady running in circles over gift clothes and all the other garbage connected with weddings wanted to see kim and grandboys off for the north did you ever try to get a hotel room in toronto during the cnei travel agent called twelve hotels and the only thing she could come up with was a deluxe double whatever that is at 7600 a night a little rich for the blood what a onenight stand we v could hack but we wanted it for four what would you do i wont tell ty so all in all the summer was a big fat atc bore not any help was me with a fat arthritic i foot when my wifewas fit and she with some kind of horrible sore back when my foot was fit it didnt help that the lawnmower went on the blink and i flatly refused to take it back to the robber who charged me 5500 to get it going the last time let the dam grass grow that way the neighbours wont be able to see that i havent painted the fallingdown back porch f oh it wasnt a total lossi had a serious chat with my contractor neighbour about building a back deck to the house to replace the tumbled heap of stones onto which the tm french windows presently permit access we may get it done next year neighbours tooi h busy v i called a guy twice to come and do some brickwork hed be there for surt havent- r- seen him yet water tank in cellar began to i leak 200 for a new one t c- sat by the hour looking at cedar summer jl furniture stripped to a greywhite by fivev years of weather and studied just- how vl would look when sanded and stained andpw varaisned its too latency to get it done this i ya 1 t t i read three hundred books watched three hundred thirdrun movie almost blind from reading piles bad from beer v y 7 maiamlgladtobebacktowork