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st w i a j i weektnder saturday august 1 6 1 997 p 3 council to debate female toplessness issue joan ransberry staff reporter emmerson said said nobody here is doing that he the ontario court of appeal made a mistake when it decided to let women go topless some members of whitchurchstouffville council claim at a regular council meeting slated for this tues day local council will be asked to back the city of chatham in its move asking the federal government to take appropriate and immediate action to amend the criminal code so as to prohibit or limit female toplessness in public places the province could also appeal to the supreme court of canada asking that a recent ontario court ruling allowing toplessness be struck down its really up to the federal government said mayor wayne emmerson women are not strutting around half naked in whitchurchstouffville emmerson stressed a few weeks ago local council refused to join about 300 municipalities in allowing beer and liquor stores to be open sundays in august emmerson suggested that if its deemed to be not acceptable to buy a bottle of beer on sunday uncov ered breasts are hardly going to be viewed as okay while barebreasted women have been seen in pub lic places in neighboring uxbridge topless women have not been spotted at the beach in musselmans lake or at the outdoor pool at memorial park bare facts a model exercises her constitutional right to bare her breasts photo by lori emmerson ward 1 councillor ivanka bradley said baring the breast in public is clearly not acceptable behavior and our laws should reflect that fact we should support chatham theyre taking the time and putting the effort in to uphold decency in our society the least we can do is lend our support ward 5 councillor judy scala said toplessness is absolutely not in keeping with the community stan dards of stouffville scala unsure how local council should handle the chatham request does acknowledge that the issue brings the matter of choice into question it is a matter of choice said scala this is a dif ficult one ward 2 councillor mike watson said the issue is not that important explaining his view that bare breasts are a provincial issue municipalities have enough problems of their own without meddling in the affairs of other levels of government some men should be forced to wear bras and to cover up said ward 4 councillor cliff dunkeld i dont know what to say about the women but by the look of some men i wish theyd cover up we should make the men wear bras said dunkeld emmerson suggested that council not involve itself with chathams mission we should just receive it said emmerson there should be no debate high school teacher strike could he averted kathleen griffin staff reporter to attend barker said late friday registration scheduling locker i am extremely hopeful the union assignments and guidance coun- will come to the table ready to selling usually available during a strike by york region public negotiate the two weeks prior to classes high school teachers set to begin the ontario secondary school beginning are compromised now monday morning may yet be teachers federation offices were and if there is no settlement averted closed yesterday and several mes- before aug 27 school will not provincial mediator tom baste- sages left for union president lynn start sept 2 do will sit down sunday with both johnson were not returned by press barker said the board is strug- sides in the dispute said york time gling to compensate for 30 mil- region board of education vice- the regions 1827 high school lion worth of cuts in provincial chair and chief negotiator karen teachers gave notice to the board funding over the last two years barker thursday of their strike plans she said the board has already we have requested a meeting which will affect 28000 students achieved half of what it needs to and the union has been instructed in 22 schools with last years cuts but the union said thats the problem by not hiring an addi tional 72 teachers last year and another 80 this year class sizes have ballooned and students qual ity of education has been threat ened the average class size is 27 we want to increase that by one pupil to 27 barker said i can only focus on the fact our other unions have signed agreements with us recognizing we are facing a differ ent fiscal reality here and not one person will lose their job in york region birthday party thrown for spritely senior 101 from page 1 smith remained single all her life and lived with her brother robert and sister anne her brother passed away 13 years ago the same year my husband passed away in 1990 she lost her sister thanks to clarkson and local support services smith has been able to remain at home she loves being here and doesnt want to go into a nursing home she always looks at the paper although her eyes are failing and she enjoys watching television she also likes to play cards her aunt did not go out to work said clarkson because there was plenty of work on the farm she was always canning and baking her own bread so now i do it for her when smith was a girl she suffered a form of stroke which left her with a weak right side and a brace on her leg but that didnt stop her working clarkson observed she receives assistance from chats community home assis tance to seniors four times a week and meals on wheels are delivered to her home three times a week the homemakers are very good when theyve finished what theyre doing they sit down and have a game of cards with her the family had a porch put on the house so that she can go out in her wheelchair on special occa sions said clarkson we take her out to my home and my daughters home at easter thanksgiving and christmas on her 101st birthday august 5 i had a birthday party said smith i wasnt tired no she was too interested in what was going on said clarkson about 35 people were here for that when she turned 100 the family hosted an open house at the silver jubilee club guests included rela tives from bc and smith is delighted to show visitors the pho tograph album of that memorable day among her many souvenirs is a personal greeting from the queen along with certificates from ontario premier mike harris and ontarios lieutenantgover nor henry jackman kate gilderdale were first in distribution weve delivered 29043048 flyers doortodoor so far this year for further information on how we can deliver your flyers call melissa or ruth at 64021 00 the tribune watch for these flyers on saturday august 16 1997 walmart durham board of education marks work wearhouse cashway biway iga stouffville weston produce canadian tire rich hill satoctod roa only