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z c v inside jitters 6 s ropinion 17 v- events 15 ju sporls 25 v r2 v a sighs of mondays r i m munidpal eiectionyf are found ateiost everywhere in the region whatwill happen to rjrnnr rural roots irr v akts culture calendar if ms v f growing area in ontario c servingwhitghurchstouffville since 1888s 50 cents including gst 7 48 pages thursday nov 9 2000 to reach us 905 2942200 are i r- 4 kit less than a quarter of candidates are female byrogervarley staff writer- j of the 170odd candidates seeking- office in york regions municipal elections less than 25 percent are women and only one quarter of those are incum bents the shortage of females is perhapsmqst noticeable in markham- where die last council v had none andhgeorgina where margaret jordan was the lone female on the sevenmember council j in markhams current race for 13 seatsv- mayor four regional councillors and eight ward repre sentatives vjust three of the 11 candidates for the regional seats are women onlyl one female erin shaperotis among the 20 hopefuls seeking a ward seat in georgina where jordan has been acclaimed in ward 1 the only other female candidate is debra dsouza in ward 2 by comparison- in king township both mayoral candi- datesare women albng with five 6fthel3 council contestants the big attraction for females appears to be theraayorls chain of office six women are contend- irig for theop spot in five of the nine municipalities- aurora king richmond hillvaughan and whitchurchstoufiville i one of the few women ruri- 1 riingfor a council seat is susan i see not page 10 raking in the jamboree money ivttr fz staff photosteve somerville andrew mcdougall left and matthew stierhof of 1st stouffville scouts rake leaves at a home on palmwood gate in stouffville onsaturday to raise funds for their trip to the canadian jamboree in prince edward island in july 2001 job action possible as contract- talks with public board fail by gianni colavecchia t staff writer york region elementary teachers will be in class for now even though they have not reached a contract with the public school board phyllis benedict president of the elementary teacherstederation of ontario ruled out a fullblown strike in the immediate future and said there will be no rotating strikes for at least a few days s union members were meeting lateyester- t day inrichmond hill fodiscusspossible job c action after la marathon bargaining session ended without a collective agreement these actions could include withdrawal of extracurricular activities refusal to do administrative paperwork orparticipate in staff or board meetings tlieres the possibility it could be any thing including a lockout with the board benedict said but reid cawston chairperson of the boards negotiation advisory committee said the board doesnt intend to lock teachers out the hoard will keep schools open as long as it can during any job action cawston said even if teachers participate in rotating strikes obviously it wont be instruction as nor- mal he said adding he hopes parents will be able to drop their kids off at school even if teachers are off the job teachers were in a legal strike position yes terday and no talks are scheduled at this time see board page 24