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all the news wfiitchurch uxbridge markham pickering wrwum largest weekly markha stouffviii uxbridge vol 82 xo 52 12 pages stouffvillewhitchurchmarkhamuxbridge thursday may 27 1971 phone 6402101 15 c lazy days of summer twelve year old chris barker 19th avenue relaxes beside the fountain in stouffvilles centennial square after a hard game of tennis chris a grade fi pupil at dicksons hill public school is the son of mr and mrs norman barker i lee markham employees strike date is may 31 markham over 85 members of local 1219 of the canadian union of public employees will walk off the job may 31 in a salary dispute with the town of markham unless mediators are successful in reaching an agreement next week the vote to strike comes only two weeks after a series of strongly worded charges were publicly exchanged between douglas booth president of the union negotiating committee and mayor anthony roman weve been provoked into a strike mr booth told the tribune the town hasnt co operated with us at all every time we ask them to sit down and discuss the situation were told they havent got time the main issue is wages the town has offered their em ployees a raise of six percent this year and four percent next but mr booth alleges their offer doesnt even cover the cost of living vaughan and pickering are receiving anywhere from three percent to 35 percent more than markham he said the agreement signed in vaughan for example gives the union a raise of 10 percent this year and 12 percent next year with a raise of only 10 percent over two years markham will be miles behind everyone else the union is also asking 100 percent benefits and a mileage rate of 16 cents a mile the town has agreed to 66 percent benefits and 14 cents a mile mini manpower at stouffvilie high school stouffville hire a student a company formed by 30 high school pupils will swing into action next week in an at tempt to combat unemployment among stouffvilie teenagers a oneroom office is being set up at stouffvilie district high school to receive job offers from employers and requests for work from area young people businessmen farmers housewives all are being asked to contact the placement service if they need extra help we can arrange to supply a student to work at anything from painting barns to babysitting tricia houston a grade 12 student told the tribune for most work the minimum wage will be charged babysitting and domestic work may be exceptions however while the fledgling company is affiliated with the department of labour it will be staffed en tirely by students tricia is optimistic that hire a student may qualify for a provincial subsidy next year if it is well received by the public this summer but the success of the project will depend on the community unless people go out of their way to help job prospects are going to remain pretty scarce tricia fears open meeting for recreation committee stouffville a meeting of the whitchurchstouffville recreation committee will be held monday may 31 in the vandorf community centre councillors and interested members of the public are in vited to attend to discuss the formation of a recreation program during the summer months 1 holiday fires stouffville stouffvilie fire department was called to extinguish a total of six fires over the holiday weekend and although not all of them were serious at least five are thought to have been started by children playing with firecrackers a total of 50000 damage was done to dave cuthbertsons main street repair shop after a fire cracker was tossed into a garbage can and exploded chief- walt smith told the tribune firecrackers are also a prime suspect in a blaze which levelled the former cowey residence 9th line musselmans lake the house was abandoned at the time and although a fire at cards hardware main street was brought under control in a matter of minutes the chief feels it could have been serious we think someone tossed a firecracker though a second story window the fire started between the walls and could have led to a dangerous situation firecrackers were found all along the alley he said the number of fires weve been called to put out has in creased greatly this year due to firecrackers chief smith told the tribune kids toss them into drains and stuff them down tin cans and bottles id like to see firecrackers banned not just because of property- damage but because they are dangerous to children but the 24th of may was no quieter in markham it took firemen three hours to ex tinguish a blaze that gutted two rooms at james robison school and did extensive smoke and water damage to three others late monday afternoon approximately 20000 damage was done in the fire that turn down park permit clean up or close down stouffville outdoors types looking for fun in the sun during the summer months will have to bypass olympia park unless owners of the site comply with regulations laid down by the york regional health unit permission to operate as a commercial amusement park expired dec 31 1970 following an investigation by bylaw enforcement officer marshall miller and the york regional health uiiit it was revealed extensive renovations would have to be completed before a new permit could be issued if olympia park is to be opened to the public this summer an automatic chloririation devise will have to be installed in the pool and numerous improvements made in the snack bar all outside toilets will have to be demolished and replaced svith portable units it was stipulated in a report to whitchurch- stouffville council may 25 the park located in whit church township boasts camping and swimming facilities as well as a snack bar the site has been visited by thousands of people from the metro area every summer is believed to have started when a firecracker was thrown through a broken window meryl smith fire chief for the new town told the tribune the alarm was turned in by a neighboring homeowner who noticed smoke billowing from the school the fire must have been smoldering for quite some time he said by the time we got there it was really burning quickly but classes are continuing grade fjv and six pupils are being bussed out to other schools or accommodated in portables at impasse with board york region teachers threaten work to rule want wage parity york region high school teachers in york region have voted to adopt work to rule sanctions against the york county board of education unless their demand for wage parity with metro toronto is met but initiation of the campaign rests in the hands of the salary negotiating committee which has so far failed to set a date for action were at an impasse with the board eric mclean head of the negotiating team told the tribune we dont want to use the sanctions but our stand depends on whether the board is prepared to reconsider their latest offer during a work to rule cam paign teachers can not take part in extra curricular ac tivities or give students remedial instruction they arrive at school 15 minutes before classes begin and leave 15 minutes after they end but at the end of the year this could mean the difference between passing and failing for many students trustees feel the boards latest offer in cludes grid figures of 7200 to 12200 for category 1 7600 to 13000 for category 2 8400 to 14700 for category 3 and 8900 to 15800 for category 4 the salary schedule for 1971 gives teachers an average annual increase of 648 percent or 71500 however increases range from 40000 to 100000 in some individual cases board members say they intend to pay teachers a fair salary but feel they also have an obligation to the taxpayers but if the teachers demands are satisfied it will cost 180000 the board estimates and although the education budget is up approximately 9 percent over last year the mill rate has gone down for the first time in recent history savings slated for homeowners in richmond hill aurora newmarket and whitchurchstouffville ranging from approximately 6000 to 1880 per home might be whipped out in a major budget reconstruction it is feared but while mr mclean does not dispute the boards figures he maintains the salaries earned by teachers in york region in 1971 will be 30000 to 50000 below those of metro teachers its as if steeles avenue constituted an international boundary as far as the osstf is concerned he told the tribune why should teachers south of the line be worth 50000 more than those teaching north of it we feel there is some justification for a differential but last year it amounted to approximately 10000 we feel the board should make an at tempt to close the gap not widen it were still willing to negotiate but its a twoway street he concluded william newman m p p opposes regional government survey pickering twp ap proximately 40 percent of pickering township residents polled by william newman mpp for ontario south are against the creation of regional government in their area it was revealed may 18 37 percent of those surveyed were in favour of regionalism while almost 15 percent remained undecided 48 percent were against selective forest harvesting operations in provincial parks 76 percent were against the legalization of marijuana and 75 percent against the extension of public support for separate schools to grade 13 however 60 percent felt there should be specific government incentives to develop the area 70 percent were in favour of price and controls and 93 per cent favoured the banning of non returnable bottles but only 32 percent were in favour of lowering the voting age to 18 out of 3000 questionnaires sent out 2210 were filled out and returned first budget york region york regions first budget estimated at between 18 and 20 million will be unveiled may 27 regional administrator jack rettie has confirmed but local municipalities wont know their share of the regional levy until june or july pending the outcome of court appeals from vaughan and richmond hill against their entire assessment little or no tax increases have been forecast this year however it is hoped provincial grants will hold this years regional tax bite within the three million mark levied last year by the old county council council firm on rezoning stouffville the council of whitchurchstouffville has once again reaffirmed its stand against rezoning the site of stouffvilie trailer sales and unanimously declined to issue proprietor albert hudson a building permit to construct a 40 foot by 60 foot storage shed on the site appearing before councl may 25 mr hudson urged thai action be taken i have ship ments of equipment coming in daily and no storage space he complained but while mayor ken laush- way sympathized he refused to go against the bylaw your case will be considered when we come to rezone the entire area he guaranteed with only one dissenting opinion mayor laushways remarks were reiterated by the rest of council but councillor june button felt the site was a logical place to rezone there are already several commercial enterprises in the area she said prior to boundary changes initiated under regional government the town of markham instituted court proceedings against stouffvilie trailer sales for alleged con travention of municipal bylaws the company is located on hwy 48 near dicksons hill gjfegliffi 37 relief on long in by the lime eightyearold peter bauer had reached checkpoint 10 in the may 15th hike for happiness his feet were pretty tired here mrs dorothy borg galsworthy drive applies medication a dc three jiool alaihn lj