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k v wv v vv c 1 daily rate 425 1 year 505 3 year 530 5 year 535 rates subject to change gics rrsfs mutual raxfe life insurance rrifs ken prentice cfp ringwootf dr stouffville 6429507 vol 110 no 47 tuesday june 16 1998 24 pages 500 gst ind signy lawson 1 concepts pr l aleaoja lid f piibji cation serving ivhitch urchstoiiffsiue since 1888 xthcmodcy 6424540 ik to will m sbssalnetes honoured sports p 19 mw0 showdown ooms over 160 skipping school st mark catholic school teachers carol hainschwang and marycolleen costello in black shirts lead a group of grade 4 and 5 students around their school for the jump rope for heart earlier this month v phho by steve somerville watering bans in effect joan ransberry staff reporter watering your lawn at the wrong time of the day could cost you up to 5000 in fines states a public notice on this years water restrictions households with odd house numbers in the commu nity of stbuffville are reminded they can only water their lawns during odd numbered days for example house number 137 can water on june 27 june 29 july 3 between 6 to 10 am and again from 830 to j 0 pm residents with even house numbers can only water their lawns during even days of the month for exam- pie house number 136 can water on june 26 30 and july 4 from 6 to 10 am and from 830 to 10 pm only local public works director paul whitehouse stressed however that the entire town has not been hit with water restrictions people living in musselmans lake and ballahtrae are not affected its only the community of stouf fville said whitehbuse theres nothing new about water restrictions its a measure adopted by many municipalities during the summer months he added as an emergency reserve measure the new well which is being built in whitchurch- stdufrville will likely be up and running in the fall iii the meantime whitehouse is appealing to residents to abide by the water restriction rulings local residents are reminded that in some municipalities allout lawn watering bans are being put in place jennifer brown staff reporter thousands of teachers from across ontario including many from york region appear head ed toward another showdown with the province oyer bill 160 at last count35 teachers unions and school boards had applied to the province for con ciliation to kickstart stalled con- tract negotiations the threat of a widespread strike by september is a distinct possibility secondary school teachers from yorks public school board will hold a strike vote on friday teachers from the regions sepa- rate board will stage their own strike vote on june 22 but given the number of unions and school boards at an impasse some educators are wondering if there is more to the unrest than coincidence he who has the gold makes the rules and becomes the tar get one york region official said yesterday in this case the target is the provincial government and the new funding formula created under bill 160 which dictates how many minutes of instruction a student receives and howmany students willbe in a classroom issues that determine how many teachers each board will employ bill 160 deals with working conditions learning conditions and quality of education said jim mcqueen chairperson of the ontario secondary school teachers federation theres no question at- some stage mainly as students go back to school september 7 the fat will be in the fire big time for many schoolboards the problem they now face is a lack of money available under the sfding formula- f at yorks public school bbard for instance officials now face a 14million budget shortfall because its teachers make 3000 more on averagie than the province is willing to pay i dont think it is a coinci dence mcqueen said through the funding model j all the board arid teacher negotiators are discovering there is not suffi- cierit rrioney in the model to maintain the system the way it was consequently the boards are making all kinds of demands on working conditions already handling negotiations for york region high school teachers mcqueen says the pos sibility exists of seeing multiple please see page 3 r r- wm