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ti st once upon a time photolori emmerson mayor fran sainsbury reads to children at the library book sale on saturday the reading was fol lowed by some casual conversation ranging from politics to snakes to raccoons in attendance were children andrea sauter dara neale lacey juk christopher dodds and melissa forkun board cuts slice into pay raises julie caspersen staff reporter school board employees who made pay concessions will still get raises an information release applauded the nonunion employ s ee groups who agreed to a pay compromise during budget delib erations of the york region roman catholic separate school board these employees included secretarial and clerical staff pro- fessional and support staff mid- die management and managers jf groups and senior administra- tion these people stood up and f stated that they were prepared to voluntarily make- personal sacri- v fices to help with the situation 4 board chair nora sullivan said f the employees agreed to a two per cent salary rollback to take effect in september the pay concessions indicated by the board are not pay cuts and in fact the employee groups will still receive a pay raise the board will save 78000 through salary compromises from september through december the separate board passed a surprisingly low educational tax increase of 4 per cent surprising in the face of its 165 million accumulated deficit and its commitment to the province to reduce this shortfall unionized employees were also asked to make salary concessions but refused and sullivan expressed sincere disappoint ment in this rejection by the teachers groups the teachers and the board signed a two-year- contract last summer giving teachers 372 per cent pay hike in the first year and a further 428 teens charged in rumble here from page 1 mish april 8 where a large number of youths converged on the downtown core police were called in com plete with the canine unit and emergency response officers the youths were cleared from the park only to recon vene on main st near the stoufiville clock tower police said this crowd was dispersed without incident although several baseball bats per cent increase in the second year nonunion employees of the york region board of education who received a five per cent pay hike last january agree to a salary freeze in 1993 these 221 employees include the director of education teachers in the public board were also asked to take a rollback but like their catholic counterparts refused the deal they settled their twoyear con tract last year receiving a five per cent increase last september one per cent in february 1992 and a further five per cent in september 1992 public trustees also agreed last november to freeze their honorarium but voted to include an optional bener fits plan to their salary agree ment the benefit plan forwarded by whitchurchstouffville trustee harry bowes would cover medi cal and dental bills to the tune of 1100 per trustee it allows trustees to have the same benefit package as other employees bowes said adding only six of the 20 trustees are eligible for the coverage so far none of the trustees have optioned into the plan that would increase their salaries by 75 per cent stouffville roads receive 20000 worth of repairs whitchurchstouffville will be receiving 20000from the province for road work this summer as part of a supplementary funding project that will create 1051 jobs provincewide this year the work is to improve the intersection of the ninth line and vivian road and the 20000 is part of a 39 million supplementary funding for the provinces road work this supplementary funding is directed to specific road projects needed to preserve our infrastructure so necessary to keep people and goods moving efficiently in ontario announced transporta tion minister gilles pouliot last week the funds complement the 735 million in base transfer allocations of municipal roads in 1992 the funds are made available to small municipalities which need road work but cannot accommodate under their base transfer allo cations the funds are also used to cover the cost of major equip ment purchases needed in the smaller municipalities york chorus sings to a gold the york region childrens chorus which includes three local students brought home a gold standard award from this years musicfest canada musicfest is a competitive- educational music festival which took place in halifax may 13 to 17 sixtyseven york region board of education students aged 10 to 15 are members of the chorus which qualified for the national music festival after winning a gold standard at the ontario vocal festival in oshawa last march the invitation to participate in musicfest was a first for the group which was established by the board in 1984 and has since doubled in size with par ticipants representing a total of 35 york region schools vmdfothetrbwqrarae by chorus members and their families who held bake and candy sales and pizza lunches generous support was also received by schools service clubs and businesses in the regibn nearly 8000 students from across canada took part in the festival local participants were brooke maddock of stouf fville and sarah and vanessa senecal of cedar valley the chorus was directed by cathy cassel arid accompanied by ruth ann carswell correction in last weeks tribune the date for the outdoor concert featuring blue rodeo was incorrect the date is actually june 6 r 5feregret iheerroiv fox hunt has area woman outra bruce stapley correspondent a local incidence of the traditional english fox hunt has a wwtchurchstouffville resident seeing red but according to the ontario ministry of natural resources the practice is perfectly legal despite the disdain in which it is held by animal rights activists connie boyden informed the tribune she recently saw a gen uine fox hunt taking place on the property adjoining her hillside rd rural residence between the ninth line and durham 30 north of the bloomington sideroad the hunt consisted of a group of redclad hunters complete with horses and at least 20 hounds said boyden they were dressed in the proper hunting attire and they had the horn to call the hounds the people were going back and forth along the berm on the property next to ours looking for fox holes it was only when boyden read arthur blacks april 25 week ender column denouncing the traditional english hunting prac- tice in which the hounds attack and kill red foxes that she informed the tribune of her sighting i know there are foxes in the area said boyden who lives on an eight and a half acre property they have come around the house before and our dogs would scare them away see page 6 phololom emmerson double celebration reuben and kathleen may of goodwood celebrated 50 years of marriage this weekend at their home in goodwood son and daughterinlaw ron and jean may at rear also celebrated a milestone the couple marked their silver anniversary the same weekend m kids earn extra money become a 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