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sft m 1 a fm i tribunethursday novem6er27 w97p york region staff bids adieu from page 1 whitchurchstouffviue council began in 1972 after serving six years as a local councillor king was the peoples choice for mayor in 1 978 the council of the day included sainsbury jim rae jim sanders and wilf morley a stouffville tribune file photo shows eldred king and his wife beulah enjoying an evening at a top hat party taken about 10 years ago eldred king was a no nonsense guy said rae he liked to do things a certain way and he kept at it i guess thats why he turned out to be an excellent leader eldred king is not a very exciting man said morley instead hes a busy man and a business man hes down to earth firm fair and honest eldred did a great job in stouffville he taught us a lot about the rules of politics sanders recognizes king for his honesty and integrity eldred king was always forthright in his deal ings said sanders king who turned 70 last canada day respects democracy believes in the art of compromise and as a safeguard never sets goals since goals are often tied to promises and in politics you cant make promises said king looking out for york has been a challenge for the most part york region works stressed king the infrastructure kept pace with the growth everything isnt goldplated but we havent done too badly transit corridors do plug up during rush hour but still we seem to move people rea sonably well while king is letting go of the reigns of york hell continue to care about its future a strong advocate of the region becoming a city king said the concept nicknamed troy the city of the region of york has merit and deserves to be explored also the greater toronto area service board will be part of the local picture said king its close now said king the amalgamation of the nine municipali ties including whitchurchstouf fviue to form a city will be a reality soon after the turn of the century predicts king it deserves recogni tion its going to hap pen he stressed as for kings personal future if farming does nt occupy all of his time hell explore other options i might drive a school bus or get a job as a crossing guard said king photos by sieve somerville bye boss eldred king and his secretary wanda dambrosio share a moment during his party yesterday with regional staff to say farewell in photo below wife beulah shares a laugh with her soontobehome hubby dividing bosses teachers called vindictive mikeadler staff reporter at your local schools these days its uncertain at the top the provinces bill 160 which may pass today gives principals and viceprincipals a choice they can stay on as bosses and lose their union membership or go back to fulltime teaching removing school administra tors from unions was not part of the original bill but when most principals and viceprincipals took part in the ontario teachers strike it was clear union membership places them in a difficult position said an education ministry spokesper son teachers unions have called the amendment vindictive the province expects educa tional leaders to make a blind decision without knowing their future working conditions dean bodkin a local president for pub lic elementary teachers charged this week school administrators are now playing a game of russian roulette with their futures added bodkin a principal him self york regions public school board is holding a symposium next friday to help principals and viceprincipals make the deci sion theres so much discussion on it now so much uncase said associate director avis glaze i dont want them not to know where they stand as many as 800 people will hear opinions from lawyers and principals from texas and british columbia where schools have nonunion administrators we could learn a lot from them said markville secondary school principal mike wasylenky who heads a regional principals asso ciation the administrators will still be qualified to teach in schools but they dont know for example what system they will use for staff grievances he said many viceprincipals and even some principals teach classes themselves especially in smaller schools ah consider themselves teachers above all and dont think assigning them the business world- styled role of boss will help said wasylenky we deal with students lives we dont deal with widgets and machines he said a number of local principals will choose regular teaching jobs york catholic teachers president ihor baczynsky predicted longdistance charges within riding examined joan ransberry staff reporter a move is on for uniform tele phone calling across the federal rid ing of oak ridges which takes in gormley following a request from oak ridges mp bryon wilfcrt the cana dian radio and television commis sion crtc has asked bell canada to investigate the situation which affects residents in communities like gormley currently some residents in the gormley area and in parts of stouff ville are charged longdistance charges for calls within the riding said wilfcrt if bell canada and the crtc opt to make a change wilfcrt will be notified wilfert said hes raised this issue in order to provide access for all residents in the riding to accessibili ty within the oak ridges area