the best choice is here ymeui iuview s1 0 18 tot fen prentice vnermanagt ringwood c iffville 6429 k 507 r i h one vol 109 no 75 tuesday november 18 1997 20 pages 50 gst ihkj meirouindptibh signy lawson 1 ig money r concepts tle muoqr uibkk fto fie 6424540 a weeks worth of happenings in the calendar page tits ur cisci bruce stapley correspondent ribbonwrapped candy shannon hughes 12 of roscville poses with candy a magnificent clydesdale and the firstplace ribbon she received at the 75th anniversary royal agricultural winter fair in toronto in the junior showmanship category shannon is the fifth generation in her family to compete in the winter fair her father john won a firstplace ribbon in 1973 in the senior showmanship plmta by sjoerd witteveeh stouffville parents will continue to apply pres sure to the ontario government over bill 1 60 many gathered at last thursday nights infor mation meeting at the stouffville missionary church told the tribune it was important for the general public to lobby against far too sweeping change 1 think its really in the publics hands to show our mpps what we think about the bill said fay moller a parent who is an occasional teacher with the york board one positive thing that came out of the teachers political protest is that it has educat ed the public linda hadaway a stouffville parent intends to wage a personal campaign against the bill despite what mike harris and his majority government feel its still a democracy i can fax my disapproval i can phone julia munro she suggested members of the community contact the offices of education minister dave johnson and the premier theyre going to get lots of messages on their answering machines from me said hadaway who promised parental interest wont diminish just because the schools have reopened steve curly a stouffville resident and a teacher in scarborough said he hoped the public could succeed where the teachers couldnt if were honest the government really didnt respond to the teacher walk out its up to the par ents to put pressure on the government to change the bill curly said thursdays meeting was a good beginning education it starts very simply with a meeting in a church basement its like the green ribbons its symbolic robert ritchie wasnt so optimistic he sug gested that once the teachers went back to work the battle was lost i dont know if theres anything anyone can do said the local parent 1 think its a fait accompli ritchie parentteacher elaine osborne advised parents to be determined and innovative in their attempts to secure a copy of the lengthy bill she said she had to get it off the internet when all other chan nels either failed or proved costly she said the teachers gave up two weeks and its time for the parents to take over its now the parents turn to pick up the fight and how was your day a stouffville reside lp was left scratching his head on the weekend the resident found a vehicle stuck on his prop erty further investigation showed that his snow mobile had been taken out of the garage for a spin around his property the machine was e were returned to the garac york regional folic together the puzzle policetexpect that after thel snowmobile ride the suspect got the car stucl and was forced to remains under police investigation to try to piece foot the incident ilewisliite 6402 100 i u 1 if i serving canadians for 75 years stouffville canadian tire come see our amazing talking christmas tree free candycanes for the kiddies auto w centre monday friday 800 am 800 pm saturday l v80am5mpm retail monday friday saturday sunda store 830 am 900 pm 830 am 600 pm 1000 80v- 500 re