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t ttttt y t i v r k i i huo mercedes benz mpair specialist 172 bullock drive unit 31 markham 4z18660 stouffville weekender ftps zpoxn financial services ike but gtwiceu jlete term g i c 1 yr 365 3 yr 495 5 yr 565 rates subject to change gics rrsps mutual funds ufe insurance annuities rrifs tax preparation mortgages 137 main st n nr markham 47 1 231 1 vol 13 no 4 a metroland community newspaper saturday january 25 1997 48 pages 50 1 s os dfiicatiditl teachers chant for strike bymikeadler staff reporter rattling noisemakers wav ing signs and chanting for a strike hundreds of teachers stood in chilling cold thursday on the frozen lawn of their public school board headquar ters i call it the mother hubbard board declared joan heeler a union president for york region elementary teachers recalling the nursery rhyme in which a cupboard is bare heeler asked the aurora crowd of about 1000 i wonder what that hungry dog did to that old mother hubbard she was answered with calls of strike strike when heeler announced the twin elemen tary unions would ask for the boards final offer that day the next step to a strike vote gerarda schouten a teacher at willowbrook public school in thornhill took up the chant banging a cookie tin with a piece of wood they never had any intention of negotiating with us charged george auer- bach a teacher at bayview glen public teachers are angry that half their daily preparation time was shifted to after school the board announced the move still being challenged by the unions in april and have a strong message for the board said union president fred mayor they are not interested in rolling over and playing dead he warned later heeler addressing please see page 2 company may still relocate by joan ransberry staff reporter the plan to bring a 700000square foot kitchen furnitureman- ufacturing plant to stouffville is still alive in a week town officials including whitchurchstouffville mayor wayne emriierson and economic development officer eric limaniswill meet with the brass of canac business centre to discuss the plan to have the manufacturing plant and its 500 employees relocate from thornhill to vandorf the company owns land in the area including a 35acre site on please see page 3 trust fund for infant established a trust fund has been set up for a sixweekold baby whos father was killed in stouf fville last week an industrial accident last friday at gormleys dynatec mining ltd claimed the life of a 27yearold joe parsons of manilla formerly of stouf fville funeral services were held monday at wideman mennonite church on hwy 48 parsons was raised by bob and cathy williams of 19th avenue he attended dickson hill public school parsons was operating a sandblaster when coworkers found him unconscious he died at york central hospital shortly after arriving by ambulance parsons and his wife tonya were married in 1995 soon after the couple bought a home in manilla meanwhile baby kayla was born just before christmas donations to the trust fund can be made at the steufrville toronto dominion bank on main st the accident remains under investigation halt development at lake watson by joan ransberry staff reporter clean water and lots of it for musselmans lake and ballantrae is the driving force behind a plan being debated at whitchurchstouffville council this coming tuesday ward 1 councillor mike watson said hes pick ing up the ball where the late councillor ed lyons left off the rookie councillor wants to have the new communal water system up and running for three years before allowing more development in the area this means that the shickendanz proposal would be put on hold along with any further development for a full three years we need to make sure the well has the qual ity and quantity of water before its at full please see page 3 tinpkiiig john lambersky 17 poses with the cigarettes he was able to purchase from local merchants only one store rejected the youth photosteve somerville still smokin stouffville merchants fail trib test 110 by joan ransberry and john lambersky special report the cigarette cops would be over worked in stouffville to mark national nonsmoking week a survey was car ried out by the tribune with the help of 17yearold non- smoker john lambersky the survey showed that nine out of 10 stouffville mer chants or 90 per cent willingly sold cigarettes to a minor in direct contravention of the law in neighboring uxbridge the cigarette cops wouldnt be as busy four out of 10 or 40 per cent of uxbridge merchants please see page 3 any brake parts v and labour if y ssjrequired kennedy rd just south the chiiminns auinl where the quality continues offsr exoires celebrating 25 yars of complete service for all ford lincoln mercury products feb 2897