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jt board tells teachers k s sf vol 92 no 40 whitchurch stouffville january 31 1980 25 cents 20 pages york region in what must be regarded as a milestone in trusteeteacher diplomacy the york county board of education has recommended that in future all salary negotiations be taken over by the province with the board assuming responsibility only for working conditions the proposal approved by a vote of 133 with two abstentions came about after a committee was set up to review bill 100 participating members in cluded board director sam chapman chairperson dorothy zajac of king harry bowes whitchurchstouffville and john myers of markham the sixpage report highlighted a board of education meeting monday night speaking in support of the recommendations john myers called them sound and long overdue donald cameron of vaughan suggested the move should reduce the kind of strike action experienced in the past its a good start towards straightening out one of the worst pieces of legislation in history said craig cribar of newmarket the lone dissenting voice was that of separate school trustee michael neill he said the takeover of salary negotiations by the province had not worked elsewhere he cited quebec as an example where provincial level discussions had broken down and teachers are currently out on strike in urging some kind of action the committee made it plain mat because of problems related mainly to teacher salaries the public education system is falling into disrepute the report in pointing to the many improvements that had been enacted in recent years noted that people on the outside have concluded that teacher federations have adopted a new priority which puts teacher welfare first and the needs of the pupils second a law bui 100 that allows damage to the teacher- pupil relationship which inevitably results from a work- torule strike is a law that requires change the recom mendation said hydro chairman cool to expansion prime minister joe clark and editorinchief jim thomas chat during the exclusive portion of an interview mr clark accorded the stouffville tribune on thursday pm m- h 4iisfriir stevens livw 4ual5a jttatfc uj yx for finance efficiency exclusive to the stouffville tribune by jim thomas immaculate neat trim v cleancut friendly pleasant sincere honest thirteen editors representing thirteen inland newspapers will be drawing their own conclusions this week following a press conference thursday with charles joseph clark the prime minister of canada i saw him in the light of the descriptives above a gentleman much like the neighbor next door or the businessman down the street but there was one thing more a dominant characteristic that caught my j attention an ability to address himself to every subject in- eluding topics far removed from the usual field of weekly jour nalistic endeavors however he seemed all the more relaxed when speaking on matters closer to home like yorkpeels pc standard- bearer sinclair stevens the prime minister praised sine for the efficiency with which he had carried out his duties as president of the treasurery board he said he felt the local member was more than a little surprised when given that post but he wenfat it like a terrier he pointed out that mr stevens diplomatic skills had proven very important to the govern ment v touching briefly on the problems of mixing politics with family life mr clark admitted its difficult- biting criticism directed against me i can take he said but its sometimes tough on my wife and my parents then redirecting his thoughts back to the political arena he said minority governments are tough on everybodylike living on the edge of a precipice questioned on the high cost of energy particularly oil the prime minister said theres no simple solution we cant run away from it he stated he agreed however that canada shouldnt necessarily have to pay the world price perhaps 85 per cent he said he described canadians as the worlds leading energy- wasters we have a very significant reserve he said but eventually well run out we must find other sources he noted that when president carter of the united states introduced his energy conservation program he was accorded a standing ovation but when i did it the govern ment was defeated with reference to the moscow olympics mr clark expressed a desire to have the games go on but not in russia if its not possible to switch the competitions to another site he would recommend a boycott he said focussing in on the election itself the prime minister said that as far as hes concerned the real campaign had just begun he admitted that to be successful the party must do well in ontario and i feel we will stouffville leave well enough alone that in a nutshell is what chairman ken laushway of the stouffville hydro commission is saying on the subject of expansion he feels that with only 2000 customers in the former village and 3000 in rural whitchurch the cost of expanding the facility to take in the entire town is prohibifaveat this time chairman laushway doesnt deny the fact that whitchurch rates under on tario hydro are higher than in stouffville he points out however that many obviously appreciate the benefits of living in the countryorntheyiwouldnt have chosen it for their place of residence he says hes personally had no formal requests from whitchurch people asking for a change m systems mr laushawy claims no move can be made until ontario hydro comes up with an estimate as to what facilities are worth two years ago the value was more than two million dollars its likely more now he said stouffville hydro customers he feels might not object too strongly to a rate hike of four or five per cent but not fifteen to twenty per cent the system in the former village operated by an ap pointed commission is working well the former mayor says mainly because of staff ef ficiency and partly because of an operation thats completely debt free a new 25000 storage garage is completely paid for and a new 38000 ladder truck is included in the 1980 budget the hydro building on main street east of the tracks is also paid off the chairman described the three outside employees in cluding superintendent gordon brown as excellent men in addition to reading more than 1000 meters every month they provide service 24 hours a day seven days a week the three inside employees are just as good he stated close to 1000 bills are typed up and mailed out each month he explained we couldnt havea finer group of people the chairman concluded query salary of manager stouffville a 44 year old stouffville area man surrendered to police at no 19 division newmarket sunday after a warrant had been issued for his arrest j john david carnie was wanted for questioning in connection with an armed robbery dec 31 at posts sunoco station main street west an estimated 400 was taken from the cash register at the time pulled a knife a 15 year juvenile was charged last week with having a weapon dangerous to the public peace after an argument erupted at a stouffville area residence- it is alleged that the accused pulled a knife on douglas moore stouffville r r 4 and pointed it at the complainant the suspect was arrested a short time later bars removed three 100pound bars removed from the premises of cable tech wire co ltd m stouffville have been recovered their value was estimated at 1800 one of the bars was found in a home at goodwood and two others at a residence in toronto stouffville whit churchstouffville has hired a new town administrator but the decision jan 22 was by no means unanimous councillors bill kamps ward 4 and june button ward 5 considered the em ployees 35000 salary figure too high in the light of the fact a real beauty whitchurch i didnt expect to win i only wanted to sell my car commented terry radford after his beautiful 1960 red corvette placed second in its class at last weekends speed- sport show toronto terrys owned the classy automobile two years it can be bought for 11000 sawwi ralph corner with 23 years experience was earning several thousand dollars less both members argued in favor of an alternate arrangement that they said could save the municipality considerable money councillor kamps suggested the town could be adequately served by the clerk and treasurer now on staff he asked that it be given a fair trial councillor jim sanders ward 6 claimed that if the new administrator does everything thats expected of him hell earn every penny out of i eight applicants interviewed council settled on the clerkadministrator from the town of leamington harold caldwell will take over the new post march 10 dog control irks mayor 7 z5 up for sale stouffville vacant property at the corner of main street east and tenth line north originally to- ac commodate a small plaza is up for sale hthe site that includes 28 acres is listed by dick martin of aelepage ltd for 525000 its zoned commercial a disagreement arose between the owners and the town with regard to establishing a supermarket at this location the municipality argued that another store of this size wouldnt be needed until the 500home dulverton develop ment went ahead to the north prodigal pet porker placed back in pen goodwood miss pinky a 250 pound pet pig missing several days is back in her pen owner onya furey reported her strayed frcm the property jan 21 and felt certain that unless found immediately shed end up between someones sandwich she notified x and the page 1 story was picked up by eddie luther of ckey last thursday john smith and don graham spotted the porker ambling along hwy 47 enquiries followed and the pet was returned safe and sound she was exhausted mrs furey said so exhausted she laid her head in my lap and went sound asleep as an expression of appreciation onya presented bouquets of flowers to all per sons responsible for miss pinkys safe return k quilts for good cause on saturday eleven markham area ladies gathered at the town museum for an oldfashioned quilting- bee including norma mrs scott brown of 16th avenue rr 2 markham the product of their handiwork will be sold at annual heritage festival in september stouffville mention dogs to mayor eldred king and hell bark maybe bite thats how he feels about the town taking charge of canine control hes opposed by creating such a department the municipality is bureaucracy building he told the tribune private operators like kennel inn at aurora are ex perts in that business he ad mitted that response to every call wasnt always immediate but neither will it be with the town in charge particularly snowbirds at fair markham the snowbirds a famed aerobatic team that has performed at the cne and other top shows is coming to markham fair rogers gardham the fairs publicity director confirmed monday that a commitment had indeed been received for thurs oct 2 it should prove a major attraction mr gardham said the snowbirds are con sidered to be one of the top formation flying units in the world thrilling thousands wherever they go when its only one man with one van mayor king feels the new employee whoever he may be will try and do his best but the best- will not be good enough when people demand instant action as long as there are dogs there will be dog problems he said adding that theres no reason to think animal owners will cooperate any better with a municipaloperated service than they did with one operated privately mayor king claims the council should have into comparison costs more closely suggesting that many hidden expenses will come to light once the departments in operation promotions stouffville george wilson rose avenue is the new deputychief of the whitchurch- stouffville fire department he fills the position made vacant by the resignation of fred castle bill brown is a brigade captain and grant turner a lieutenant joe lewis is the departments secretary- treasurer s one volunteer must still be named as a replacement for marvin betz