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mmammm drive on for sdss track by bruce stapley correspondent an initiative by stouffville district secondary school stu dent council president julian franklin to build a running track on school property seems to be picking up steam the student representative will meet with the finance committee of the york region board of education monday to see what the board is willing to do to make the track a reality and he says support for the track is building he has received more than 300 letters of support from students in his appeal previous meetings held bet ween sdss principal peter bright and the school board of ficials have led to indications from mr bright that the board would be willing to offer the site just east of the recreation complex but would likely pay just for an initial engineering study after that wed be on our own said mr bright it would then become a com munity project mayor fran sainsbury says that once board approval has been obtained it is up to sup porters of the plan to make a presentation before council ive always been behind the track concept says mayor sainsbury the mayor suggested that money from the towns park trust could be earmarked for the track as well as other funds that could be obtained through grants but mayor sainsbury cau tioned that there may be no funding in the school board coffers for such a project the board has tried to cater to every whim and desire in the world she said ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson who sits on stouff- villes parks and recreation advisory board said once the need is established it will be up to local groups service clubs and businessmen to see the project through its been talked about now it has to be organized he said 3 ewellers 3 5 main st w stouffvfle 6404646 i mm i i i vol 102 no 19 serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area cquntrye rtyme irealtyltd country property specialist 605090 johnwhttau a metroland community newspaper wednesday may 10 1989 stpages 50 cents se board contract talks go to mediation by julie caspersen staff reporter a mediator has been appointed to help with contract negotiations between the york region roman catholic separate school board and its 1900 teachers norman bernstein has acted in the same capacity during three of the last four sets of negotiations but teachers are concerned that no trustees have yet been in volved in the process the teachers feel that success in mediation will hinge upon the direct involvement of trustees in the process said marshall jar- vis president of the york unit of the ontario english catholic teachers association charge laid in murder probe a stouffville man has been charged by metro toronto police with accessory charges stemm ing from a joint murder in vestigation with york regional police in king township police were sifting a wooded area at jane st and aurora rd for clues over the weekend and forwarded evidence found mon day for forensic testing says york regional police sgt norn miles the identity of the victim hasnt been confirmed and the in vestigation continues says sgt miles charged with being an ac cessory after the fact is robert calvin cadwell 38 of rr2 stouff- ville he is being held in custody appointment steve houston has been named editor of the stouffville tribune houston who previously served as copy editor at the tribunes sister newspaper the markham economist and sun succeeds jim thomas a graduate of the journalism program at centennial col- fege steve joined the jeconomist and sun staff as a reporter in 1985 and was nam ed copy editor last september although were sorry to lose jim thomas we feel steve houston will do a terrific job in stouffville said don bernard editorinchief of the two newspapers see houstons introductory column on page 4 l mr jarvis said direct trustee involvement would be beneficial to preserving the integrity of the school system currently the teachers are represented by four teachers two male and two female on the board side there are two administration represen tatives and a lawyer the teachers whose threeyear contract expires aug 31 are ask ing for salaries competitive to their public counterparts in creased preparation time and a lower pupilteacher ratio the teachers believe that in the past two contract negotiations former chariman celeste pellic- cione played a key role in aver ting strike action board chairman joseph virgilio said the board is letting professionals deal with the negotiations if i thought it was crucial for myself or other trustees to be there id be there mr virgilio said in an interview yesterday trustees are in constant com- munication with board negotiators and this indirect in volvement does not reflect disinterest he said mr virgilio explained that the negotiation process is com plicated the previous negotia tions lasted one year with meetings carrying on into the small hours of the morning he said mrs pelliccione did not get involved until near the end of the process in 1987 the only thing were not doing is were not sitting across the table from them on a daytoday basis mr virgilio said mr jarvis said mediation will probably occur before the end of may but if a settlement is not reached the board and teachers will move on to factfinding where both parties present their position in written form to a representative and a fullscale hearing is held the board is looking into hiring a special employee relations of ficer to deal with employee groups framers strike has no effect neither of stouffvilles two ongoing housing construction projects nor a prominent local contracting company have suf fered setbacks from a strike of unionized framers in the housing industry the strike which threatens to shut down the construction of 10000 homes in the greater toronto area is in its third week kevin miller foreman at the greystone homes site on hwy 47 in stouffvilles west end says his companys homes have been framed for more than a month similarly an official with fair- park said his firms 23unit townhouse development oh millard st were well past the framebuilding stage dick sandiford coowner of a and s construction in stouffville said his company which uses nonunion employees wont have any projects affected in the stouf fville area theyre here photoandre wolbert grade 6 students from dickson hill public school welcomed a group of exchange students from strasbourg france on sunday after months of preparation and fundralslng here dickson hill student aaron small left strolls along the hall with newfound friend nalml alleki in the background are aarons father allen and his sister adele turn to page a3fpr more photos of the arrival abuse stats shocking by alan shackleton correspondent sexual abuse of children and wife assault occurs in every canadian community and stouf fville is no exception how to deal effectively with the problem was the purpose of a special meeting monday night at markhams neighbourhood sup port centre representatives from a number of york- regions social service agencies the police and local residents attended kim harpur chairperson of the york region committee on abuse and assault said the pur pose of mondays meeting was to get area residents involved in the prevention and reporting of wife and child abuse this is the beginning of creating awareness in the com munity she said of the meeting its important for the communi ty to be involved in this because ultimately they are responsible for it statistics on the subject are shocking in canada one out of four girls and one out of 10 boys under age 18 are the victims of some form of sexual abuse eighty per cent of the time the offender is known to the child and in half of those cases the abuse is being committed by either the natural father or step father sexual abuse can be anything from flashing and fondl ing to intercourse the numbers on wife abuse are equally disturbing and statistics say one in 10 canadian women are beaten just as shocking is that it takes an average of 35 beatings before women will seek help from the authorities said brenda greenberg program manager for the markham stouf fville family life centres youth in transition project there are no specific statistics on how big the problem is in stouffville but the number of reported cases of sexual abuse in york region has increased dramatically in the last eight years in 1980 there were 16 cases of child sexual abuse reported to the regions childrens aid society cas but that number jumped to 244 reported cases in 1988 barb zapf coordinator of child abuse resources for the branch said the increase was a result of the regions rapidly growing population and better public education i think population growth has something to do with it she said better public awareness also has a lot to do with it we know this because were getting referrals from areas we never us ed to before it used to be mostly from the schools but now theyre coming from the community at large however geting a community to even recognize a problem ex ists let alone reporting it can be a difficult task discussion at monday nights meeting indicated there may be many who dont believe such things could happen in a well educated and healthy community such as stouffville by far there are more cases that arent reported than are she said we know there is a lot more of it happening than were told about ms harper said child abuse and wife assault occur at every educational and economic level often it is the more affluent communities that try to hide the problems by ignoring them said ms greenberg single parents and poorer families are more likely to be discovered she explained its the wealthy families that cover up more easily the opposite side of that coin is see help page a2 brawl damages set at 600 stouffville town of ficials are confident they will receive full compensation for damages at the rec centre following a teen brawl in march stouffville recreation director marlane mckeewetherall said monday that 5600 in damages will be charged to the teen responsi ble for renting the room earlier police damage estimates totall ing 3000 were high she added the damage estimates came days after a resolution by town council that recommended the town treasurer do what was necessary including a court battle to recover the damage costs there has been in our contact with them no reluctance on their part to pay for damages said ms mckeewetherall the issue arose in march when several teenagers arrived unin vited at a function organized by other teens a fight subsequently broke out resulting in damage to the centre consequently new rental policies for the rec centre are being drafted says mayor fran sainsbury the one person i feel sorry for is the young man who went up and got the permit the mayor said in an interview the mayor said new regula tions will likely include the presence of a town employee or hired duty police officer for such functions a larger deposit for hall rentals may also be considered and york regional police will be notified of coming events at the hall the mayor added happy trails in stouffville stouffville residents could soon have a network of nature trails to share with local wildlife town council is planning to review a proposal that would see the development of several trails surrounding the stouff ville reservoir lands if given the goahead by officials it is slated for review by council members at a meeting on may 23 if approved the trails would provide a spot both for local residents and displaced wildlife and plants says whitchurch- stouffville mayor fran sainsbury wed try to make it into a people place to enjoy using mayor sainsbury said in an interview and along with the develop ment of walking trails a metropolitan toronto and region conservation authority mtrca study report calls for a forest management plan and the development of recrea tional sport fisheries despite that mayor sainsbury offered an optimistic view of the bid were trying to beautify it so all can benefit she said it has a lot to offer but it does need some tender loving care