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i j tiik i i j j i i f v v f i i value hcckfy skaies bauer 4000 jr puwrrflofln i isports i vol 109 no 68 thursday october 23 1997 une 40 pages 50 gstind ttma ban pua 16a i hn 48 4719652 jl metroland publication serving wjiitcinirehioiiusihc the asmswskjo should be 99 sub r i i i i with the purchase of any sub of equal or i greater price and a medium soft drink limit one coupon per family visit expires oct 30 1997 ers to wa mike adler staff reporter dont go to school on monday your teachers wont be there their union leaders have announced unless the government changes its education bill dramatically teachers will launch a province- wide political protest that will last as long as necessary eileen lennon president of a federation representing all ontario teachers in publiclyfunded schools vowed yesterday morning she advised school boards to close schools if teachers walk out for an illegal strike and urged par ents to arrange for their children to go somewhere else this government has left us no choice lennon said during the announcement but added the walkout is not inevitable if teachers unions and the province meet for meaningful talks teachers federations in york region predicted most schools would be closed monday morning and that others would close soon after although principals and vice- principals can make a decision to stay inside most will wind up joining the picket lines outside spokespersons for local catholic teachers and public high school a bench with a view a resident of green gables manor enjoys a few rays of sunshine and the fall colours in the lane behind the residence on ninth line just south of bloomington road on tuesday photo by sjoerd witteveen mon teachers said most school administrators all are members of teachers unions will show up for work on monday but some will refuse predicted paul fassel president of an association representing public elementary school principals and viceprincipals i think some of them feel they have a right to protest and show their support for public education as well said fassel principal of ramer wood public school in markham and principals could close many schools because of safety con cerns he said thirty students for example could be safely super vised by a principal and viceprin cipals 100 likely could not said fassel both local boards say they will keep schools open in a strike only if it is safe parents who can keep s3 please see page 3 h familys grief shared across the community the flag is flying at half mast at stouffville district secondary school in memory of a grade 12 student who died tuesday evening students and school staff joined family and friends in mourning the loss of david giles 17 who died at his home on william street the tragic events team from the york region board of educa tion attended the local high school w please see page 3 m rari concert still on h the fifth annual student music scholarship concert involving nearly 600 local stu dents will not allow the threat of a teacher strike to interrupt its show the production will be held as planned tomorrow night at 7 pm at sdss h dont miss this weekends 20percentoff sale at gail pastemack pottery studio sale saturday and sunday from 10 am to 4 pm discounts are for this week end only featuring seconds at reduced prices the studio is located at 5322 aurora road east of hwy 48 in ballantrae call 6428753 for more infor mation whats inside letters p 4 entertainment p 8 wheels p13 sports p 26 classified p 27 newsline 6402100 see saturdays paper for full details sale hours montliur 4- pm fri jjnipjrn tvmpre