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thehribune vol 1 no 8 a metroland community newspaper saturday august 3 1985 25 cents stouffviiles laurie campitelli admires some roses at white rose crafts and nursery sales li- miteds farm on the 4th concession uxbridge white rose celebrating its 30th year in business will be holding a birthday celebration a festival of roses wednesday aug 7 from 11 am to 4 pm at the farm for more information contact any of the 11 white rose locations sjoerd witteveen ambulance operators may strike a strike of stouffville- uxbridge ambulance per sonnel is imminent unless a settlement can be reached during negotiations this week a union spokesman says pat rooney staff repre sentative for the ontario public service employees union said workers want wage parity with ministry of health ambulance atten dants our position is that they should be getting the same money as the ministrys em ployees he said mr rooney expects talks to begin following mondays civic holiday and likely con tinue for one full week if the parties fail to reach a set tlement picket lines will then be established at ambu lance bases at uxbridge cot tage hospital and stouffvii les firehall the affected coverage area extends from hwy 404 to port perry and from steeles avenue to mount albert the stouffvilleuxbridge workers whove been with out a contract since jan 1 of this year are currently under the tentative care taker control of a private firm whitbybowmanville ambulance services but workers here argue that theyre still governed and funded by the ministry of health so should be enti tled to the same wages and benefits as government em- ployees the present salary aver- age of the stouffville- uxbridge service is 1050 per hour compared to 1178 for ministry of health work ers who are now negotiating a minimum three per cent hike there are nine fulltime and six parttime ambu lance officers employed in this area mayor tom wood hell fight although the proclamation isnt official tom wood has indicated hell not give up the mayoralty without a fight woods expected to announce his candidacy aug 8 councillor fran sainsbury has already made her move she confirmed july 25 what hadbeen rumored several weeks to date no others have come forward mayor wood at a press meeting thursday was vis ibly upset over a comment by councillor sainsbury claiming the mayors job is primarily a public rela tions post i have news for her he said although the election nov 12 is still more than three months away an allcandidates meeting is already being planned at the high school with oct 30 the tentative date