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qm bad chain it hans ken prentice ownermanager 18 ringwood dr stouffville 6429507 vol 109 no 49 trie tuesday august 19 1997 16 pages 50 gst ind a metrohinil p signy lawson 6424540 kf w- fc a- ttp i bsspsi achers on stri julie caspersen tribune staff york regions 1827 public high school teachers are officially on strike two weeks before the start of school last minute negotiations between the board and the teachers union broke down sunday and teachers have their strike plan in place today im meeting with the strike captains ontario secondary school teachers federation presi dent lynn johnson said yesterday after theteachers served notice to strike last thursday the board called the sunday meeting to offer them a lastditch concession said board vicechair and chief negotiator karen barker the concession was to reinstate the clause that guaran teed teachers will only teach six of eight classes a day instead of seven but nothings changed in the boards position said johnson we wasted a day the two sides must come to an agreement by aug 27 in order for school to start sept 2 if the strike continues the teachers are planning a sept 2 rally at the markham cen tennial arena followed by a picket line at the boards aurora headquar ters news of the strike prompted reac tion from the local chapter of the ontario secondary school students association which is also planning a rally local osssa president javeed sukhera said the 28000 york region students are urged to march at the board offices during the first dueling kings dan jackman left and randy skelcher of musselmans lake are all shook up in an elvis tribute at the stouffville country market a good crowd of hound dogs took in the jailhouse rockin heartbreak hotel boppin event saturday afternoon photos by steve somerville week of september if school does not resume on schedule we are deeply concerned espe cially for oac students said sukhera it is the students of york region who will be most affected by a teachers strike the board is seeking 9 million in concessions from its high school teachers and barker said its propos als such as raising the average class size by one to 27 would save the board the necessary money while not costing teachers a dime e3 please see page 3 si pair of car crashes claim lives of two men joan ransberry staff reporter alcohol is suspected as a con tributing factor in a weekend acci dent that claimed the life of a stouf fville man and injured another york regional police are seeking witnesses to the singlevehicle crash that took place at about 4 am satur day on 19th ave east of hwy 48 eric smith 33 of stouffville was pronounced dead at the scene while randy furlong 27 of aurora was treated for minor injuries at markham stouffville hospital smith was driving the white pickup truck when it crossed the eastbound lane struck a bridge and rolled over beer bottles were found in the truck police said anyone with any information on please see page 3