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v v j 1 t r mi p 18 weekender saturdaynovember 8 1997 i i i 0 m 1 js 1 s 4 s 0 0 a il 0 u e m 0 1 1y m a ibi e r y l r n s a d 1 e n ip u m y t i 1 e b e 1 t isswnnhnhbeihnh oonan hoe j salk 1 t 1 1 i 1 jo m 1 n gl a c t ed r brflf a r e i l u el s t e e d is lu a r a z e n ib ft 1 s 1 e t 0 n s i v a i t iti 1 r 1 v e j a l a n s r e h 1 1 r a e 1 d 0 m he 1 e n ki n a l v 1 e r dp 7 1 j 1 m b tn a d y i g mm b 0 i i e i 1 u s e s g e e e si it r u e 1 bg l d e r s t a l s t 1 a 1 f 11 f l 1 n g h l 1 m e t- gghc e d e l e v 1 e br a a 1 m a t x bbs f 1 l e si v 1 n e m a r t e n s o e 1 t c r i m 0 if s e 1 i d r 0 l f e r h 0 t e ir k n r a s 1 11 t 0 r 0 s e e n i n i ei n g h t a c t s r t e 1 i 1 n 0 i e 1 1 a i i r 1 g e c l e a t 1 0 s a w c l r 1 d e r a l a t e e n s s e 1 s 1 e f 1 d s r y n e s diabetes is canadas silent disease november is diabetes month kevin was in his midforties and felt age was finally beginning to catch up with him his vision was a little blurry so he went to have his eyes checked the optometrist surprised him with a question how long have you had dia betes she asked sandra was starting to get embar rassed and afraid to go out with friends she had to run to the bathroom all the time she talked to her family doctor about it he did a simple test and told her you have diabetes kevin and sandra were shocked neither even knew what diabetes was youve possibly been seeing or hear ing quite a bit about diabetes recently november is diabetes month and the canadian diabetes association cda has been running its largest and most visible public service awareness cam paign the theme is you need to know and the main target is adult canadians over age 45 the campaign is designed to let peo ple know about the risks and symp toms of diabetes cda has character ized diabetes as a public health issue of epidemic proportions during november volunteers for the cda will be knocking on doors in your community the residential fund- raising campaign helps raise money to msm attention york region separate school board parents guardians and students 2t y sc even if schools throughout ontario reopen on monday all york region catholic elementary and secondary school teachers including frenchlanguage teachers will still be on a legal strike parents should know that classes will continue to be cancelled and we encourage you to keep your children at home if at all possible main issue restore salary increments the board has offered to set aside virtually all nonmonetary issues to concentrate on the teachers main concern to restore a kind of pay scale called increments prior to social contract all teachers automatically received an increment in their wages every year until they got to the top of their salary scale the board regrets that all of its employees lost salary during the three years of the provincially- imposed social contract other boards in the province have restored these increments to teachers but it has always been a shared responsibility while this board has worked hard to improve its financial position this board can least afford to absorb the full costs of restoring teachers salaries to presocial contract days this would cost the board approx 84 million in the first year of the contract alone the board offer the board has agreed to the independent fact finders recommendation to pay for one of the three lost increments at a cost of 76 million over the next 4 vi years the fact finder has said that it is up to the teachers to follow the example of most other teacher groups in ontario and to engage in useful negotiations with the board about what kind of working condition changes that they can tolerate in order to restore their salary grid the board realizes that a giveandtake approach will be needed from both parties in order to restore the final two increments we have a fair package on the table and we are ready to return to negotiations so that we may bring this situation to a speedy resolution the board extends its appreciation to all our catholic school communities for their patience and understanding current information about negotiations is posted on our hotline at 905 7131211 or 41 6 2215051 ext 7040 or you can visit our web site at wwwyrrcssbeduonca the teachers union can be reached at 4l6 4924200 or 905 7732037 susan larosa tina rotondi molinari director of education chair of the board the york region roman catholic separate school board le conseil des ecoles separees catholiques de la region de york provide research education service and advocacy for the millions of cana dians affected by diabetes if no one knocks at your door you can still support people with diabetes by calling the tollfree number 1-800- banting to make donations or to get more information about diabetes diabetes is an often silent disease that is one of the leading causes of death from disease in canada its called silent because although 15 million canadians about five per cent of the population have been diag nosed with diabetes it is estimated that there are at least another 750000 people who have the disease but dont know it type 1 diabetes usually occurs in children and young adults and they are generally diagnosed very quickly type 2 diabetes also sometimes known as adultonset diabetes affects 90 percent of the people who have the disease complications of type 2 can be dev astating for instance diabetes is the leading cause of adult blindness and a major cause of heart attacks and strokes early diagnosis can prevent or significantly reduce complications risk factors include age 45 or older being overweight having immediate family member with diabetes of abo riginal asian african or latin ameri can descent or have had a baby weigh ing more than 9 lbs having one or more of these risk fac tors does not necessarily mean you will develop diabetes it does mean however that you should talk to your family doctor soon you can be screened to determine if you have dia betes for more information please call your local branch of the cda or 1- 800banting advertising correction in our home values flyer included in this newspaper this week please note page 3copy for wing chair directly below sofa price is incorrect should read wing chair our reg s599 sale s299 page 5eaton home cutting boards will be available nov 21 1997 also in our discover great savings newspaper ad description of simmons mattress set offer is incorrect copy should read simmons beautysleep treasure mattress sets twin to queen our reg 599 to 999 sale 299 to 499 we sincerely apologize to our valued customers and regret any inconvenience or confusion this may have caused eatons high school students you can still earn credits this semester durham learning academy an alternative private education high school is offering a 10 week 2 credit course package nov 13 jan 27 earn 2 credits in just 10 weeks low studentteacher ratio individual academic needs recognized pickering whitby locations call 9054048097 to 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