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i r st weekender saturday november 15 1997 p 3 mpp vows to relay parental concerns from page 1 osborne urged parents ta read biu 160 and continue the oppo sition to it she said despite obvious examples of school board excesses through the years that the bill was going way too far in transferring power to the province this bill would throw out the proverbial baby with the bath water she said osborne a teacher in york region said the government should consult the people before fasttracking such a significant piece of legislation if this bill is all they the gov ernment are saying it is then to delay it for a referendum should nt be a problem whats the hurry at times munro declined answering questions at times she attempted to give the gov ernments position but failed but she made it clear that studies undertaken by the previous ndp government had confirmed the existence of systemic problems in the way funding and classroom issues were being dealt with by the various school boards across the province the purpose of bill 160 is to redefine the relationship between the province and the school boards said munro she said a royal commission report on education in ontario concluded such reforms were needed and that the ministry should have a powerful central role to drive these reforms munro concluded by saying she will voice the concerns of those at the meeting to her government i have given you my commit ment to represent your concerns parents question validity of bill 160 local teachers were out in full force at the ernment will save money by introducing paid summitview ps information meeting on bill uncertified teaching assistants into the class- 160 steve curly a stouffville resident who room teaches in scarborough took r the bill doesnt state that these munro on over her insistence that rlflu it in yout people wont replace me said her government isnt taking heart to vote barnard and how will these money out of education assistants save money theyre harris said on television he is 3gbfflst tuo dill going to cost more money going to make cuts he said is cfn ifftlla summitview teacher heather he right or is he wrong if they 3louttvlll campbell suggested the bill could do then my daughter is going to p3rgtlt p w being understood by suffer curly later asked munro if she might some how find it in your heart to vote against this bill gary barnard a physical education teacher at summitview expressed concerns about his own survival while questioning how the gov- some mpps im very distressed that after two days of debate they will vote on this bill some of the mpps have never read it she said brenda st john a teacher at glad park ps read transcripts of the bill to try to convince munro the government wasnt open to input in preparing it those words are very strong said st john that doesnt sound like they want consultation munro replied to claims the ministry had acted unilaterally in creating the bill by saying trustees from various boards worked with the education improvement committee over the past summer to help decide how the transfer of authority from boards to the province would best be done jean davies of the federation of women teachers association of ontario continued to beat the federations drum teachers know the system isnt perfect she said were willing to change but bill 160 proposes changes that will radically change education in ontario bruce stapley fire officials probe cause of meadowbrook blaze h from page 1 89 the club which is more than 35 years old was just coming up for a very busy time of year doug pinkney a 20year mem ber of the club and past member of its board of directors was sur veying the damage thursday afternoon the sad part is december is a really busy time with dinners and christmas parties said pinkney numerous banquets and christmas parties were booked at the facility management of meadowbrook have tried to find other arrange ments for immediate bookings including a soldout murder mystery dinner for tonight which has been moved to the maples of ballantrae most of the damage from the fire was sustained at the front of the main building 1eadovv8rook golf country club a newer addition at the rear which pinkney said was built about eight years ago was not damaged structurally but there was some smoke damage according to emmerson the cause of the fire is still being investigated meadowbrook golf country club in a wednesday night blaze suffered about one million damage plwm by janet richards dobrich wins ward 1 in recount council to decide on sunday booze sales its official peter dobrich is the ward 1 councillor a vote recount carried out yes terday morning confirmed that dobrich was indeed the peoples choice in the municipal election ward 1 candidate sophie ange- lis called for the recount after the results of mondays municipal election showed a 10vote spread between her and dobrich mondays results were 306 votes for dobrich compared to 296 for angelis in the recount one of the ballots was questioned said town clerk michelle kennedy she ruled in favor of dobrich giving him an 1 1vote spread on dec 1 at the inaugural meet ing in latcham hall dobrich will be sworn in along with the other members of the new council joan ransberry winter unofficially blasts through town mother nature jumped the gun yes terday proving once again she doesnt go by the book at the town of whitchurch-stouf- fville the official winter season begins nov 1 7 when winter hit with a vengeance yesterday motorists tested their winter driving skills parents scrambled to find the kids mitts and boots and pedestrians were seen slip ping and sliding on town sidewalks while an early taste of winter either amuses or annoys most of us us its serious business for local public works director paul whitchouse he was forced to take the towns winter service response plan and push it ahead while the townowned equipment including saltcrs and sanders were in working order when the storm hit at about 4 am whitchouse couldnt put a full compliment out on the streets the town contracts out two of its win ter maintenance units since the con tracts dont kick in until next week our units had to pick up the differ ence said whitchouse meanwhile friday morning the fire department responded to a gas leak at the corner of fairvicw and rupert avenues because of the gusty winds the gas vapors were blown off protect ing nearby residents ontario beer and liquor stores can legally open sundays after dec 7 consumer minister dave tsubouchi announced yesterday the permanent sunday open ings following recent trial peri ods are a response to strong con sumer demand for convenience tsubouchi said in a release the people of ontario have told us what they want said the markham mpp consumers have told us repeatedly that liquor and beer stores are just like other large retailers and should be open on sunday but an assistant to tsubouchi said stores will open sundays between 1 1 am and 6 pm only if potential sales make it worth while also local governments will still have the option to keep them closed said deb mccain any municipality that has concerns or docs not want their stores open does not have to have them she said stouffville is one of only 17 communities in the province that did hot participate in trial sunday openings this august mayor emmerson is taking a waitandsee approach suggest- ing council review the issue and check with local beer and liquor store employees to see how they view permanent sunday open ings according to ward 5 council lor judy scala who doesnt oppose sunday booze sales its a freedom of choice issue i have no problem with people buying alcohol on sunday ward 4 councillor cliff dunkcld said its a matter of choice besides people will just drive to markham to get it whitchurchstouffvilles eco nomic development officer eric lismanis said buying booze on sunday wont make or break the town studies show that in tourist areas business does increase with this but i dont think it will have much impact here helcnc johnson local cham ber of commerce president said i dont think it matters one way or the other tsubouchi said the sunday hours will also reduce black mar ket alcohol sales and smuggling mike adler and joan ransberry were first in distribution watch for these flyers on saturday november 15 1997 weve delivered 43837329 flyers doortodoor so far this year walmart holiday flyer uzanne fabrics zellers weston produce loblaws- newmarket loblaws yonge bernard for further information on how we can deliver your flyers call loblawssupercentre moores the suit people jeanvathis ruth or melissa at 6402100 sears sears christmas mm meats anns fabrics biway ristorante luna canadian tire richmond hill the triwiie the bay christmas ii personal edge ap iga- stouffville dominion 241 pizza solectsd otmj onty