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march special a dozen dotwls 399 dainty donuts deli 18 ringwood drive vol i a j stouffville carol l clements ujmonev ifl concepts 6424540 trolarid it yujm mwmig teachers to vote on new elementary teachers to get details of tentative deal today after last minute breakthrough bymikeadler staff reporter at 6 am yesterday morning harold vigoda told the men and women woken by him two hours before that he had no news on a strike planned for public schools that day i dont know whether youre going to work or whether youll be picketing today the union field secretary recalled saying to the 16 elementary teachers charged with informing their york region col leagues by phone but one hour and 10 minutes later there was a deal negotiators signed a tentative agreement at the richmond hill hotel where four days of talks had been extended halfhour by halfhour past a 4 am deadline the public school boards chief negotiator was exhausted but said she remained confident even as a strike loomed closer i really believed there was an agreement in there i believed there was an agreement for many months said karen barker terms of the twoyear deal with 3300 members of two elementary federations are still secret vigoda said teachers will learn details this afternoon at a unionville banquet hall and may vote to ratify the agreement as early as tomorrow we believe the issue of prepara tion time which was the only issue has been resolved he said from the unions thornhill strike office principals at stouffville public schools said the morning went smoothly yesterday even though the board had advised people to have other arrangements ready to care for their children its a much happier tone in here today added catherine keating at whitchurch highlands on warden ave children at orchard park public school expressed relief and say theyre happy to be in school said principal john hopkins a board hotline promised parents schools would be open and morning classes would resume without interuption the board would like to extend students hoping for a second march break monday were trudging back to school after their teachers reached a tentative agreement with the york region board of education photo stevesomerville its sincere appreciation to parents and the community for their understanding and patience throughout this period the recorded mes sage added just a few days earlier board and union newspaper advertisements tories to vote on april the oak ridges progres sive conservatives will delay their nomination meeting until aprill7vj while the local pcs had slotted march 24 as the day to choose a candidate the dates been changed about 300 tories will chose between sherri walker duffy and john were urging parents to call the opposite side in the dis pute with their views vigoda said relations with the board will take time to heal for many teachers there will be an element of mistrust for some time to come he said as for the picket signs waiting at strike headquar ters we think were going to let the teachers keep them as a souvenir of an event that thank god never took place vigoda said vllan the nomination meeting will still be held at leparc at leslie street and high- way 7 beginning at 7 pm last week the oak ridges liberals selected bry l w to carry the grit banner for this area in the next national election a ridings reformers and new democrats are expected to pnn 1 nomin dat y soon all leral parties are iexpecting an early june n i 1 1 j fde n under countrywide redistribution oak ridges with a population of more than 102000 takes in all v rr i edlished lioffie show the chamber of commerce home and trade show was a big hit on the weekend here peter burdon of stouffville chrysler polishes up his display photot sjoerd witteveen part of markham lying north of 16th avenue as a on the federal is no j man back in court april 2 adownsview man charged in connection with the death of a stouffville teenager will return to court on april 2 tonino iafrate 23 was charged with impaired driving causing death after 16yearold darlene oblenes of mus- selmans lake died of injuries soon after the aug 28 1996 single vehicle accident police allege iafrate was the driver of the vehicle that went out of control on the ninth line stouffville canadian tire weekly special end of line clearance assorted sports bags backpacks serving canadians for 75 years auto im centre monday friday w 800 amr 800pm saturday 800 anv 500 pm sunday closed a