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172 bullock drive unit 31 markham 4718660 stouffviue weekender 3j zc77 oct rr6rsuutuuhmie tve inburance annumes rrfs votnsfuvnohmmcca ifisff 4712311 7l vol 11 no 19 cmrf 15 0cix education saturday may 13 wt teachers ratify deal by mike ruta staff reporter after fiveandahalf long years the york region board of education and its elemen- j tary teachers have ratified a pay equity plan the agreement reached last tuesday is retroactive to january 1990 and repre sents an 112 million settle ment for teachers who do not have their bachelors degrees the york board was the last of the 77 public elementary boards in the province to set tle three hundred and forty- five teachers are affected were very pleased said lorraine stewart executive assistant with the federation of women teachers associa tions of ontario its been a very open sore for quite some time and the cause for a lot of bad feelings in the past im hoping we can put all this behind us she said the affected teach ers will see an increase in biirglars surprised 1 return home sunday brought a pre- mature end to an early morning burglary police believe the burglars were scared off by the unexpected arrival the 43yearbld resiiv dent arrived home i the around 1230 am terr entering house she heard noises in the basement and vfooiisteps outside police reports said according to authori ties thieves entered the house after a storm window was slid open and an inner window broken p approximately 500 damage was caused during the breakin a remote control model car worth about 420 was taken eiv their annual salary ranging from 350016000 with the majority being in the lower range its going to make a major difference in the pensions of these people said stewart many are quite close to pen sionable age the york board of educa tion was similarly relieved that the book was closed the board is very very pleased said board chair bill crothers its now an issue thats behind us he said the deal represents an increase of 19 million in the boards 400 million pay roll crothers said the board had a fair amount of money in our reserves put aside in anticipation of the agree ment and for other purposes roughly 7 million will come from the boards reserve funds to finance the deal under the provinces pay equity act all boards were required to have pay equity plans in place by jan 1 1990 alleging bad faith bar gaining and other violations of the act by the board on may 28 1993 york region elementary teachers filed a complaint with the pay equi ty commission pad group pleads case before council by joan ransberry staff reporter a package outlining the plan for a no frills 13 million sec ond ice pad was delivered at whitchurchstouffville council tuesday council is expected to make a decision regarding the towns recreation needs very soon the options are an ice pad a pool both a pad and a pool or neither facility a few years ago a poll carried out by the municipality showed 58 per cent of the community favored a pool mayor wayne emmerson stressed that the pad and pool issue will be on the agenda at the twoday strategy meeting slated to be held on monday and tuesday in a onehour presentation bobmcneely a member of the steering committee for the second ice pad explained the design and the cost including a fiveyear fund raising plan designed to raise more than 650000 we want to be accountable said mcneely if you want something you have to pay for it if council goes along with the proposal the second ice pad will be built at the local recreation complex described as the bargain basement of ice pads the 22648- please see page 2 ice pad fundraising outlined a search for more than 650000 to help offset the cost of a second ice pad will include a car raffle a brick sale a gala event and arena board advertis ing whitchurchstouffville council was told tuesday andy cartwright member of the second ice pad steering com mittee outlined a fiveyear funding raising strategy plan designed to generate twothirds of a million dollars total cost of a second ice pad has been set at 13 million in order to find 677500 com mittee members will not go hat in hand and take a begging approach stressed cartwright and we are not going to send out children out with their puppy dog eyes the kids will be left out of it totally he added the game plan is to have fun and give something back to the community said cartwright ice pad user groups will be major contributors added cartwright council was told that service clubs and local cor porations will also be quite involved in closing cartwright pointed out that nothing can be done without councils blessing happy mothers day greta soares with her newborn son andrew as they were wait ing to be released from markham stouffviue hospital this week photosjoeftd wtttevebn early gift for mom by kate gilderdale correspondent greta soares received an early mothers day gift this year with the arrival of her baby son andrew phillip on may 9 at markham stouffviue hospital mother and baby returned to their stouffviue home thursday to join gretas husband charlie and three-year- old anthony nicholas who welcomed his new brother with open arms tie really loves andrew said greta he keeps asking for him and wanting to hug and kiss him were real ly pleased how well hes taken to him on mothers day we usually go to both of our mothers houses and deliver flowers or presents and i usually get flowers as well and we have a special dinner at home or at one of our mothers houses this year however with their newest family member to take care of they will probably spend the day quietly at home being a mother is an experience thats very much worth celebrating said greta im very happy i dont think theres any other feeling in the world like it and the second time around is easier in many ways she said the first time you dont know what to expect so it can be a little bit scary at first last night was the first night at home and it was really nice i got a lot more rest than i did in the hospital the soares family moved into stouffviue from whitby last june and have already settled in nicely its an ideal location for us and a good place to raise our family concluded greta