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kids too rowdy dances cancelled stouffville weekly dances held friday evenings at summitview school have been cancelled the decision announced this week by chief organizer darlene brown followed a hastilycalled executive meeting sunday many problems i- mrs brown said the chaperones were experiencing more and more problems the last straw she said was when someone for no apparent reason entered a change room and tore a boys jacket com pletely in half really sad that finished it things were getting too rowdy we bad to clamp down its really sad mrs brown said that in recent weeks some of the young people had shown a total disregard for personal or school property it washke someone unlocked the main gate at the zoo she stated mean business what bothers her most she said is the fact so many good kids will be penalized decause of the actions of a few but we have to show them we mean business the cancellations are till further notice pup saved stouffville on saturday a motorist hit a german shepherd pup near 18th avenue and the 10th con cession of mark ham he stop- ped took a look then drove on leaving it to die in the ditch but not two local residents karen mcewan and her neigh bor lorraine gagnon rr 1 stouffville they took the dog to the stouffville veterinary clinic for treatment then to ryans animal control centre on the stouffvillegormley road mrs mcewan feels the owner may be looking for the pup not knowing it was injured the number at ryans canine control is 887sni2 wkt an inland community newspaper vol 92 no 53 whitchurch stouffville april 30 1980 25 cents 24 pages aftermath o f rally ps teachers stage mass protest march york region bran dishing umbrellas and carrying letters in brown paper bags more than 800 elementary teachers marched in protest on the board of educations ad- ministrative offices monday following a mass rally at aurora high school their message a speedy conclusion to negotiations with a fair and reasonable set tlement the teachers have been without a collective t agreement since sept 1 1979 negotiations on the 197980 agreement began in february 79 fourteen months ago joan johnston of stouffville a staff member at devins drive public school aurora told the tribune that in her eight years of teachmgin york county its the first time shes witnessed such a thing she like the others has been without a contract since last september however the teachers are jupset over more than salaries class sizes and split grades are of equal concern joan explained that she has a grade 12 class with 30 children whos going to suffer m the long run she asked a spokesperson for the york county elementary teachers federation pointed to the fact additional programs including french had been made com pulsory within the elementary system theres no objection to session 9 stouffville if queens park agrees to legislate sudburys high school teachers back to work the majority of staff at sdss and perhaps elsewhere in ontario will engage in a halfday study session lin jones a member of the federations provincial executive said the issue had been placed before teachers here and the majority voiced support all butfour or five attended he stated mr jones said that when the government steps in it automatically takes the pressure off the board so trustees sit back and donothing its not unusual he said for boards to string teachers along for twenty- months and sometimes longer without an agreement when this hap pens the process isnt working lin jones admitted the study session could be regarded as a breach of contract and result in a halfdays loss of pay teachers he said must look beyond this and consider the matter in broader terms this what so many teachers find irritating she said is the boards determination not to provide adequate additional staff larger classes for regular pupils a heavier workload and the unwillingness of trustees to listen to reasonable proposals and take appropriate action on the question of salaries the teachers are not looking for confrontation the spokesperson said but neither are they prepared to mutely acquiesce in a settlementthat clearly rates 4 ttiemas second class elementary teachers she noted have been traditionally lowkey restrained and reasonable many now feel this policy is getting them nowhere they are highly qualified competent and committed to their pupils to quality education and to their professional duty their objective is to obtain a speedy fair and reasonable settlement through negotiations with their own trustees the official concluded orchard park choir- no 1 stouffville the 104- voice orchard park choir has brought additional honor to the school and whitchurch- stouffville the boys and girls directed by staff teacher ron robbins and assisted by barbara wideman and doreen brown placed 1st monday in the 20th annual music festival sponsored by the newmarket lions club they scored an 88 per cent councillor in hospital markham ward 4 councillor arthur bud bonner gladiator road is in scar borough general hospital after suffering a heart attack last week his condition has im proved to the extent hes now out of intensive care councillor bonner is an employee of north york hydro hes been active in many areas of community affairs the students from grades 5 6 and 7 practiced several weeks in advance of the com petition t dedication that resulted in high praise from the adjudicator accompanist for the choir was judy sutherland were very proud of them principal john hincks told the tribune an engraved plaque denoting the accomplishment will be placed in the hallway of the school drug useabuse stouffville use of drugs among adolescents will be the subject of a public meeting thursday tonight at stouffville dist school from the audience with councillor bill kamps the meetings chairman mervyri witherow prin- secondary cipal of sdss told the tribune that the decision to speakers will include a bring the drug issue out into the representative of york county p followed discussions with board of education the ad- parents of summitview diction research foundation the royal canadian mounted police and the council on drug abuse questions will be welcomed of summitview or chard park and ballantrae students most of whom will be attending stouffila high in september time of the meeting is 730 pm thetribune index youth page 3 editorial page 4 personals page 10 churches page 11 sports page 14 business page 15 classified pages 2123 students literary entry wins provincial honors dancers ai whittaker and margo nagy were members of this years music mania cast that played to standing room only audiences three nights last week it was the shows twentieth anniversary just over and already theres talk of plans for next year for more pictures see pages 13 and 16 j jim thomas musi mania 80 standing ovations accorded all shows rae mcfadden of the stouffville legion presents plaques to jim ku right and ganesh persaad recognizing the excellence of their entries in a recent literary contest jm also won at the provincial level joann thompson by jim thomas stouffville see you next year four r oftrepeated words as music mania members broke ranks sunday morning and headed for home satisfied jubilant might best describe the atmosphere that prevailed up and down the halls in the dressing rooms and on stage following saturdays show it was the same thursday and again on friday standing ovations all three nights each one earned for director daphne goldman it was a dream come true for nine years ive been waiting in the wings hoping someone would ask when someone did i jumped at the chance she said she praised the participants for cooperating so completely mentioning specifically elva newmarch the producer lome boadway music suzanne wallis script kay marshall costumes bowes makeup bruce burton sets bob lewis stage lovanna sanders publicity jim nevins band joyce miles pianist pirkko eagar dancers and others in equally important roles new people bring new ideas she said seniors bring experienceiioved the show i loved everyone in it i hope no one quits lome boadway described by the director as the shows music man said he con sidered it an honor to be a part of the chorus then he echoed daphnes claim that new faces keep music mania going the strength of this years 20th anniversary show was in the music the choice of songs was excellent and all were excellently done the freedom number was elec trifying in its intensity highlighting the vocal talents of barbara sibbick ann bell and mike follett and the dancers magnificent prompting com plimentary whistles from all comers of the auditorium as for the skits two were particularly comical the briarbush hospital scene with don petrie john foulds and frank mellon and mania at the nursing home with mary harris don huxtable and lome boadway the nostalgia touch for those whose memories go back that far was provided by ted topping wilf morley lome boadway don huxtable r and jim rehill in the segment minstrel roots they recaptured the humor of the early 60s when minstrel mania was the theme the choirs rendition of halleluja brought the program to a fitting conclusion it was producer elva newmarch who in a few words really said it all i hope youll have a tremendous 2lst year survey reveals teen unrest stouffville the stouffville family life centre is interested in sponsoring a program of organized activities for teenagers in town to look into the feasibility p jm- plementing this plan jacqui morrison a staff teacher at sdss has gathered together t a committee of students fromv- grades 8 through 12 this group completed a survey among all young people at stouffville high of the 550 who responded 95 percent indicated a need for planned activities for teens here mentioned specifically were movies rollerskating dances and sports forty per cent wanted greater use made of school facilities sixty per cent favored some other location such as latcham hall or the arena j now that a definite need has been determined the committee plans foapproach council in an attempt to gain support from the community if such is indicated the firatactiyity will be arranged for the month of june i