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c economist suntribune education thursday nov 18 1999 7 government promoting conflict union from page 1 tracts expire in august 2000 teachers and education workers havent had a raise for seven years and to suggest when the economy is good and everyone else is getting a raise that teachers should go without a raise is just promoting conflict manners said obviously the era of consultation is over and the era of confrontation is back that was the prevailing atti tude prior to the election the leaked document sent shock waves through school boards who now find themselves bracing for the fallout the part i find most disturbing refers to them not putting any more money into teacher salaries personally it scares the hell out of me its been a long time since our teachers have had any raises said public board chairperson bill crothers noting that both private- and publicsector employ ees have been receiving raises over the past few years if that part is accurate its a very troubling recommendation it will be particularly difficult for the public board to freeze teacher salaries since the board gave its custodians and secre taries pay hikes this year due to a surplus in their pension plan teachers are already gearing up for what they see as anoth er battle for a raise and to protect classroom funding if theyre going to hold it at what theyre calling stable funding its going to be difficult for school boards said gerry harrison head of the union representing local high school teachers harrison predicts negotiating will be difficult if the boards financial hands have been tied by the province i just think everything will hit in september he said the government is out to see how much they can get out of the budget and they keep looking at education and health and theyre saying we can still cut there with such a detailed list of where cuts could come from officials say the concern is greater any time you see any indi cation that there are more dollars going to be taken out of the education budget it causes a lot of concern crothers said but oak ridges mpp frank klees dismissed the report dated oct 28 as an early draft of cabinet discussions on find ing efficiencies in education it was an early document under discussion and i dont think anybody should draw any conclu sions from it people need to be reminded that it was a news paper article and not a statement by the minister or premier klees suggested the salary freeze may not be part of the final list of potential savings tm not sure on whose authority that statement was made said klees adding the province doesnt control what teachers are paid teacher salaries are negotiated at the local level by the school boards its up to them many officials suggested the document is a trial balloon by the government to gauge public support for education cuts theyre just gauging public reaction with this harrison said what ends up actually happening all depends on how big a hot button it becomes pot roasts this is down home cooking at its best ive told you before that whenever we go to doreens for dinner and this alone is reason to go this is what she makes more often than not at our request doreen and her mom whos over 90 have perfected this recipe over the years and as usual its available this week it must be good because i overhead doreen on the phone giving this recipe to someone who lives way out of town good news travels what cut of meat do we use a boneless blade eye roast which is also available this week at a special price enjoy it as promised- gingerbread houses last year we were unable to make our houses because wed simply run out of room and time we promised that wed be back this year and here we are well be making them in three sizes for our smaller size 299 ib organic pork well have a selection of pork cuts available this week if s the second time weve handled this product of outstanding quality there is a 200 premium for this product over that of the commercial product well have sausages as well as pork chops this week and since they take more time to make hams next week from hanover ontario for our medium size 40 50 00 00 ea for our gingerbread mansion we have some display models ready now be sure to order early the cut off date for orders is december 7th honey garlic sausages we all know that garlic is good for you and a little honey never hurt anyone add a little spark to this combo and voila the perfect sausage this week its broccoli eat up your vegetables folks we have great broccoli this week at the easy to digest price of m bunch reg 399 lb 13 off this week 10 pots poinsettia news although we sell an extensive selection of small pots the piece- deresistance of our assortment are these extralarge really 10 pots theyre really full this year and make a great roomwarmer 17 95 dull knives if you need a tuneup in your knife drawer come and pay us a visit this week our complete line of swibo swiss knives are on sale this week at 20 off regular prices range from 1395 to 3995 see anyone at our meat counter for the knife that best suits your usage are they good knives we use them exclusively in our meat department and they get a good workout do you need a knife sharpened if you bought it from us well do it free any other you have we charge 300 each see mike or evan our scones our complete selection of freshly made scones are on sale this week we make them a number of times daily so theyll be warm and delicious available in cinnamon apple raspberry wild blueberry cheese strawberry peach cranberry and au naturel 13 off this week american thanksgiving if you celebrate american thanksgiving youll find freerange turkeys the readymade stuffing to go with them turkey gravy and our wonderful brandied orange cranberry sauce at bur store cooking directions weve got those too exciting stuff for your cracker this week we have a deal cooking on our veal florentine pate its made with veal spinach and a touch of marsala youll find it light and its low fat reg 189100 g this week custard cakes this is a great cake to have with an afternoon coffee or tea ifs a 6 size so ifs not too big and if theres left over it seems to improve with age theyre available in wild blueberry sour cherry and peach reg 1295 ea this week news our catering department is fully booked at this point it looks like we need a bigger one maybe next year village grocer quality foods specials in effect until closing sunday november 21 hours monthurs 900 700 fri 900 800 sat 900 600 sun 1000 500 548 carlton road unionville 9401770