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mm mm mmmmmmmmm the tribune has a ig bold new look we are now bigger to serve you better our new broadsheet paper gives you more to read in a larger format its the same tribune just more of it we hope you enjoy stouffville auto wash 37 vms soft cloth automatic and 24 hr coinops chang machine on site ine iribune vol107 no 5 a metroland community neivspaper wednesday february 11995 12 pages 50t w csd andy and sue munro examine the site where their 200pound six foot mahogany chair the couple used to direct customers to their store was taken over the weekend photosteve somervtlle enormous chair stolen bymikeruta staff reporter sheraton antiques owner andy munro has lost his seat rather it was taken from him the large mahogany chair he has used to this is the chair that was stolen direct customers to his store was stolen over the weekend for the unidentified thieves it was quite a job the chair is six feet tall four feet wide and weighs at least 200 pounds they struggled with it said munro you should see their tracks in the snow he has managed to keep a sense of humor about the theft because it was so improba ble the thieves had quite a time freeing the chair from where it was anchored to the ground munro said they then moved the chair to a dark spot behind some trees to await the pickup vehicle he thinks the theft took place on saturday night adding that two men hanging around dainty donuts about midnight aroused some sus picion the men used the telephone behind the counter to call for a ride so munro believes they were caught on the security camera he said police have been called and will investigate the theft each time we talk to somebody we get more little bits of information said munro i cant believe even though it hap pened late at night that no one saw any thing the chair had been in front of the store for roughly four months when an outoftown customer was looking to get to the store munro would end his directions by saying look for the chair he did this on sunday but then received calls from the same customers who were unable to find the marker munro ordered the chair from indonesia and paid 700 for it he has no idea why anyone would want such an unwieldy piece of furniture old old for new old education teachers settle by lucy policelli correspondent york region elementary school teachers are one step closer to a signed collective agreement the teachers negotiating team has recom mended acceptance of a tentative contract with the york region board of education the teachers have been working without a deal since sept 1 1993 on saturday the board and the elemen tary teachers union announced a tentative agreement had been reached but a date for ratification has yet to be set it has been a long and difficult negotiat ing process said mary bruce communica tion officer for the federation of women teachers association of ontario a lot has happened its been difficult for us to arrive at a deal bruce said bargain ing lasted until 6 am saturday to reach the tentative deal a fact finders report released early in the early stages of negotiations said major obstacles would be the boards need to save 107 million along with provincial social contract obligations the social contract had frozen salaries until march 31 1996 the fact finders report also noted that salaries for the boards 2500 elementary school teachers are the highest in the province and can be expected to maintain their leadership position for another three years the salary grid was raised 11 per cent over the 199193 period through an earlier con tract bruce said she said that with negotiations in the middle stages there is reluctance to discuss contract issues in the media a meeting of teachers is expected some time next week to review the tentative agreement said bruce smoke detector saves lives by joan ransberry staff reporter a smoke detector is being cited as a life saver in a weekend house fire in ring- wood deputy fire chief murray emmerson said when the local fire department arrivedat the fire scene at midnight friday at hwy 48 and stouffville road an adult and two children had already escaped the blaze the occupants had gone to bed the smoke detector alerted them it could have been a different story it could have been a tragedy said the deputy chief although cost of damages has yet to be estimated damage was extensive said emmerson while the cause of the midnight fire is yet to be determined fire officials are suspecting the cause is linked to a wood stove and the chimney said emmer son in keeping with the ontario building code all new homes are equipped with smoke detectors in regards to older houses its up to the owners to make sure detectors are in place in this case the home owner made the effort to make sure a smoke detector was in place it enabled this family to escape we cannot stress enough how vital detectors are he said a smoke detector can be purchased at any hardware store tor 10 the deputy chief pointed out bandit given 17 years the tilley bandit has hung up his hat for a long time more accurately it was hung up for him mississauga resident john laramie earned the moniker because he wore a tilley hat as part of his disguise during the commission of armed rob beries across southcentral power rangers brian carter and steve king of stouffville hydro take out a blown use at the main st transformer station on monday the fuse caused a threehour blackout in town sending children home from school and forcing the closure of businesses pholosjoerd witteveen ontario last year including heists in uxbridge and stouf fville on tuesday in ontario court in st catharines laramie was sentenced to 17 years in prison he pleaded guilty in november to 17 counts of robbery and firearms charges laramie 48 was caught in october by niagara region police after a botched robbery and subsequent shootout with police in st catharines a welleducated family man and once a successful busi nessman laramies life changed dramatically after he was fired from his job he became a bank robber and a prolific one at that once hold ing up seven banks in a month laramies ninemonth spree netted him 60000 program for youth expected ward 5 councillor judy scala said at tuesdays coun cil meeting that a press con ference announcing a youth program will be held on feb 6 at the recreation centre we are going to be putting together a program for our youth she said i think youll all be pleasantly sur prised the tentative time for the press conference is 1130 am scala would not go into detail about the announce ment but did say that details of the first big ven ture in the program would also be spelled out t we would be happy to consider slhfiiirnuurc hi partexchange i a shfratos suite w a n t i qu e s refinished beyond compare mastexcard visa tel 9056404564