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i 11 tho best choice b harea flhancial iftvicti ken prentice ownermanager 18 ringwood dr stouffville 6429507 vol 109 no 37 tuesday july 8 1997 une 20 pages 50gsrincl ameftalarid piibl signy lawson 6424540 u u i a tribute to cliff iaikeri 5gjaze 6 contract talks down mike ruta correspondent catholic teachers in york region have reached an impasse in contract talks with the separate school board york catholic teachers have been told a provincial factfind er will hear arguments from both sides on aug 28 ihor baczynsky chief negotiator for the teachers said friday baczynsky said he announced during a negotiat ing session last friday that the teachers would ask for a factfinding we were moving farther apart he said this week spokespersons for the board were unavailable but a recorded message said the impasse was perplexing to the boards negotiating team because issues remain to be discussed the timing of this announcement by the teachers is especially confusing the message added since further talks had been scheduled in july and august baczynsky said the teachers who met the board sjeveral times last month were fairly optimistic things could move please see page 3 b raii i award of merit stouf- fvihes schleese saddlery won another prestigious award i lljilll- the saddlery won an award wamm merit from the ontario wmk m phamber of commerce m3 its kind of overwhelming iid earl rothery the sad- ifdjerys general manager earlier this year jochen schleese won the whitchurch- stouffville chamber of com merce entrepreneur of the year award the company which makes saddles for horses has also been included in the ontario business journals top 1 00 entrepreneurs for 1995 and 1996 the local chamber of com merce entered the saddlery in the provincial contest every year we nominate who we think is most deserv ing of this award said bar bara st john of stouffvilles chamber of commerce they have to be really outstanding to get this because there were a lot of people nominated the award will be presented sept 9 during an awards ban quet whats inside i comment p 4 i calendar p13 i sports p 14 i classified p 1 6 frozen out a group of friends cool off on the weekend with a variety of freezies in stouffville they are mark valenti michael malenti justin lawrence brandon hailey and bradley hailey photo by cheryljohnson bingo hall coming to town jordan h green correspondent a 400seat charity bingo hall is coming to the stouffville country market aug 2 people will be yelling out bingo every night as the bingo hall will run seven days a week with one session every evening ah afternoon session is scheduled on sundays dur ing the stouffville flea mar ket originally slated to open in july the official papers just came through last week its been over three years were glad it finally came to fruition said rob shannon manager of the stouffville country market bingo players will pay between 8 to 30 for the night depending on how many bingo cards are purchased according to shannon eight charities will benefit from the bingo hall these charities include whitchurch-stouf- fvilles girls hockey minor hockey and skating clubs wwtchurchstouffville mobili ty transit the ontario march of dimes the jennifer ashley foundation and st john ambulance the evening games will be associated with super star bingo said shannon super star bingo is a joint venture between about 200 bingo halls and the ontario lottery corporation allowing participating halls to pool prize money making for huge winning potentials starting at please see page 3 mm serving canadians for 75 years stuffflle ganadukn ike lawnmower 2 in 1 45 hp 601685 regularly 25999 on sale for 2 1 999 sth v vv vrvvx