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A! Richmond Hill High School. most of the teachers rolled into me parking lot smiling. some of them trading good-natured jibes with prOSpective students. Studenté naturally joked they could have used a few more weeks off anyway. At Richmond Hi1] High School, most of the teachers rolled into the parking lot smiling: some of Most relieved was Principal John Buell. Though students were lining the corridors to begin registration. he was happy his staff was there on a full time basis. By SHAARON HAY Liberal Staff Writer Newmarket Mayor Ray Twinney said yesterday if Rich- mond Hill doesn’t want to enâ€" courage industry to stay in (own. the Town of Newmarket would. Tentative settlement reached Without knowing who is more relieved * parents. trustees or teachers ~ about 17.000 York Region high school students made it back to the classroom yesterday, after the board and its teachers arrived at a tentative contract settlement late Monday night. The teachers had vowed to go on a disruptive work-to~rule campaign. which would have seen them do little else but teach from 9 am. to 3:15 p.m.‘ and still draw a full salary. Parents were unsure about sending their kids to school up until the last minute yesterday as news of the accord wasn‘t aVailable until 11 pm. Monday. The memorandum of set. tlement was signed exactly a week after 14 of the trustees voted to lock the teachers out of schools unless contract negotiations could be settled. “The most we could have done (if a lockout occurred) was open up the library for those kids showing up." he said. “Oflcourse the TMR program (trainable mentally retarded) would have carried on as always because our teacher there is not a member. of OSSTF.“ A Metrospan Community Newspaper The board then cancelled a strategy session for Thursday and the ‘eams got mgefiher again on Friday and Saturday. They The purpose of their meeting was not necessarily to ratify the contrac! but to 1m \he work-m rule sanction which had been officially in place since the last three days of school in June. Details of the settlement will not be public umil all federation members have a chance to review them and take a vote. Many teachers and parents feel (ha! meeting should have been delayed to see if any progress could be made by the two sides first. Both sides met again on Wednesday at the Constellation Hotel near Toronto International Airport. That session carried on until 3:30 am. Thursday. Boxh the School Board and the whole teacher membership were to have met last night (Tuesday) to discuss the contract, Teachers were to have gathered at Dr. G W. Williams at Aurora at 4:30 Provincial mediator Harvey Ladd had called a session last Tuesday, a day after the lockout vote was confirmed. ‘ Five bands have already been booked and the date has been set for November 18. which is a Sunday. The committee met last Th_u_rsdz_ay t9 get things moving. It may be September to most people. but to Richmond Hiil's Santa Claus Parade Committee it's only 10 and a half weeks until it‘s time for the Santa Claus Parade. This year’s theme is in keeping with International Year of the Child. The theme is ‘Christmas is for kids‘. Donations will be accepted from any community organization or business and you may do so by calling 884-7005 or 884-3990. Ho, ho, ho Mrl Twinney said he had read Twinney offers hand to Bond Steel York high schools open on schedule mm n...“ ea mm had hm moved from a con A tentative agreement was aâ€" If signed. the board said it The teachers were willing had been moved from a con- A tentative agreement was aâ€" If signed. the board said it ference room at the hotel to (he ctually reached on Friday, but would lift the lockout against the eighth noon there was a flaw. teachers. of the problem of finding a suitable location in Richmond Hill for Bond Structural Steel to relocate making room for a grade separation at Markham Road and the CNR tracks. and he decided if Richmond Hill couldn‘t find a place, Newmarket could‘ if activities on the first day of school at Richmond Hill High are any indication. the Board of Education may have gotten less than it bargained for when it reached an agreement with its teachers. As far as teachers there were concerned. the threatened work-to-rule campaign was on until they have a chance to vote on the matter. That vote was to come yesterday at Dr. G.Wt Williams in Aurora. Admitting an OSSTF representative mentioned {he work-loâ€"rule would still be effective at 9 am. yesterday. Principal John Buel] said he hasn't encountered any ad- ministrative problems so far. “The only thing I haven‘t been getting are attendance records. and they‘re Signing up ...but will it stay that way York Regional councillors and senior staff have been invited to tour the Duffin‘s Creek Sewage Treatment Plant on Tuesday. September 18. At last week's council meeting, Chairman Bob Forhan noted the outing will start at the Parkway Hotel and have those councillors affected. back in time for an engineering committee at 3 One of the best musicals of all time, “HMS Pinafore" is going into rehearsals beginning Tuesday, September 11 at St. Mary‘s Anglican Church in Richmond Hill beginning a: 8 p.m. “Lunch will also be provided ..... he hesitated, with a grimace. “ ..... at the plant?" After an outbreak of laughter, it appeared some councillors had second thoughts about the Tuesday Special at Duffin‘s Creek. If you love to sing and perform Operetta. you are needed. If you can't sing, but would like to help in any other way: costumes. make-up, set designing and in other necessary jobs. again you are needed. Community Pulse For more infoi'mation call 884~2227 or 884-4831. Lunch, where?! .7 Join a musical Students at Langstaff Secondary School line up for registration yesterday, after a tentative settlement was reached between the OntarioSecondary School Teachers' Federation and the York County Board of Education. Prior to the settlement. the board had threatened to lock teachers out of schools, and teachers had threatened to work~to-rule. (Liberal photo by Bruce Hogg). “1 wish we had industry like Bond Steel," said Mr. Twinney. “We wouldn‘t treat them the way they are in Richmond Hill‘" The mayor of Newmarket was referring to the amount of time «almost one year) taken to find a site acceptable to both the However. York Board Chairman Don Cousens sees things differently. He claims the full work-to-rule cam- paigns in force in Richmond Hill. Markham District High and Dr‘ SW. Williams are in contempt of the bargaining done by both teams. Though the Superintendent of Planning and Development was at the school early to observe what was happening, Mr. Buell played down there was interruption to the regular routine or that teachers may have violated the tentative settlement reached Monday. something that can wait an extra day or two." said Mr. Buell. “We don‘t want to lose the agreement we have but this expresses contempt for the board and the students and the THE RICHMOND HILL Wednesday, Sept. 5, 1979 municipality anduBond _St_éel A letter was dictated by Mr. Twinney 10 Leonard Prusky, president of Bond Steel. saying Newmarket would be glad to have the company locate there. Mayor Twifinej said he first talked to Richmond Hill‘s mayor good faith we had in reaching that agreement. “The stage is set for the breaking of a trust and if these orders (by the Federation executive) are not repealed, one of the board‘s options would be to impose a lockout," he said. Debate on whether to ratify the contract will happen at a regular board meeting next Monday. Mr. Cousens in- dicated he is ready to fight over this iSSue. - “l have already gotten consent to strike a committee, which I will chair, that will meet with teachers. staff, lawyers and mediators to devise a way to improve the negotiating process. We will consider trying to make changes to Bill 100 through our provincial body ALSBO (association of large school boards of Ontario). “The other question we’ll open up is how we can avert this brinksmanship * in negotiations in York County. A major task force will be started on these two items? he said. ‘ The day seemed to run fairly smoothly at Richmond Hill High yesterday. though no attendance was being taken or seating plans composed. Teachers got right into lec- turing off the top of the class. "The situation could quickly degenerate within the limits of Bill 100." said math teacher Barney Matisko. “What you see here is quite normal for any other school day but psychologically. things could get worse if allowed to go on. I don't like it this way but I don‘t think anybody _ While he seemed fairly composed. another math teacher. Roger Cote was noticeably more uneasy. He said he couldn’t take at- tendance but he also couldn’t stop a student from adding his name to the list. “I thought the board un- derstood the work-to-rule couldn't be lifted until we had a vote on it. Isn’t this going on in the rest of the schools?" he asked as he headed towards his next class 25 Cents Dave Schiller (0 ask if he had any objections to his town ap- proaching the Richmond Hill company “and he said he had no objections.“ said Mayor Twin- ney. in an interview yesterday Mayor Schiller said he told the The teachers were willing to sign the memorandum but refused to forego the workâ€"to-rule campaign , Mediation started again at 10:30 am. on Labor Day and it look 12 hours of meetings with Mr. Ladd until an arrangement was hammered out. The contract will cover the remainder of the 1979-80 year and 1980-81. Teachers have been without one since September 1. 1978‘ Robert Warnen past chairman of Rich- mond Hill‘s Centennial Committee and member of the Y0rk Central Hospital Board. has designed a system to help keep the small businessman solvent. Sixty per cent of all small businesses go under within a five-year period, said Mr. Warner. and 85 per cent of those do so because of poor record keeping, ' ,u IIEIx With this in mind. the Richmond Hill resident has developed a compact, efficient bookkeeping system available at local office supply stores to provide the small businessman with the information he needs to SUTVHVQ. If the bottom line balances, the small business manager will he more than pleased with the new “Tote-Au System“ A person about to open any kind of business typically visits the local office supply and comes out laden with ledgers, journals, and cards. said Mr. Warner. “Bfit snough to run a business ef- ficiently." he added. Now With “Tote-all Systems". anyone can walk in and buy the BOO-item kit, in one’bag, with supplies to last the average business one year‘ It is a case of survival in business today, said Mr. Warner. “and the businessman needs every kind of break he can get". Tote-all is a totally new concept. It is a self-teaching color coâ€"ordinated program that any inexperienced person could understand and follow. A basic course on accounting, bookkeeping and good sound business practice. in easy to understand language, is part of the kit. said Mr. Warner. ' 6n endain basis the person can know exactly how much he owes. how much someone owes him and how much money he Bookkeeping system will make life easy 28 pages Newmarket mayor Richmond Hill was slill looking for something acceptable, but the main concern was to find a relocation site for Bond Steel and to clear land for the grade separation. “Naturally we'd like them to stay in (own if at all possible,“ he said. When asked about Mayor Twinney's offer, president of Bond Steel. Leonard Prusky. said Newmarket was “too remote“ and “too far north". In an interview Tuesday Mr. Prusky said a meeting of the special committee of council and staff set up to find a relocation site was scheduled for yesterday afternoon. Commissioner of Planning. Bill Most of his works depict rural, early’ 1ch century, English countryside and his drawings are done from memory of the land where he was born, or from photographs; “Just, when I feel like painting â€" I paint. or draw pictures." he said He said he found it relaxmg Art inThePark is sponsdred by after a hectic da at work. ""3 “Vic Improvemerlt COm' y mlztee of the Town of Richmond Pen and ink draWings are Mr- Hill and will display the works of Skinner‘s favorite medium to the Richmond my Group of work in but he has done many oil Artiszs. Pen and ink drawings are Mr. Skinner's favorite medium to work in but he has done many oi) paintings Mr. Skinner said he used to draw as a child and picked it up again about 12 years ago as a hobby. One of the artists participating in Art in the Park next weekend‘ Andy Skinner. says he doesn‘t consider himself an artist. Artist doesn ’t believe he ’3 really an artist The best part of the system. said Mr. Warner. is something he calls the “Business Barometer". a unique folder that lists all the information compiled in a beneficial way so anyone can analyze the progress of a business ~ daily. “It gives the businessman a handle on his business like he‘s never had before. “ said Mr. Warner. in those days the Richmond Hill resident was a small businessman himself, and although Paymaster now has 14 offices coast- t'o«coast. and 280 salesmen‘ Mr. Warner can still remember the days ‘when he was struggling in business with receipts. invoices and other important papers tucked in pockets. drawers and boxes. The Tote-all system is packed in a neat business-like briefcase so it is not “threatening” to the inexperienced person who knqws little about bookkeeping. ties together all those important pieces of paper and can be taken anywhere â€"- office, home or business meeting. Tote-all was tBree years in the planning, said Mr. Warner. but has only been on the market one week ~ and only in Richmond Hill, at Caramont Stationers Limited, 10210 Yonge Street. Mr. Warner said he decided to market his new system in this town because this is where he lives and he wants to sell it from small office supply stores where he can best help the small business which he said he feels is “the backbone of ihis country.” has in the bank More than 20 years ago. Mr. Warner came to Canada from the United States to open an- office for Paymaster Cheque Writgrs. designed angifiarketed by Robert Warner of Richmond Hill. (Liberai Photo by Bruce Hogg) Power. a member of the com mittee, said the meeting was to get the owner of a site the tawn found acceptable on the north west corner of Markham Road and Highway 404 and the owner of Bond Steel together, Mr. Prusky said he was no! optimistic about the result of the meeting because of the attitude of Richmond Hill‘s Mayor Dave Schiller. "Either he‘s not interested in finding us a spot." said Mr. Prusky, “or he's not interested in getting a grade separation where lives are at stake“ Mr. Power said this property was “a preferred site" from a planning point of view. At press time results of the meeting were no\ available Canadian landscapes are “quite rugged", he said, and he classes his work as “a fantasy â€"â€" type“ with a softer more peaceful effect. Mr‘ Skinner expects to exhibit nine or 10 of his pen and ink sketches as well as several oils. A book of copies of other original pen and ink works of Mr. Skinner will also be available. ()ils. acryiics, watercolors. pen and ink drawings and sculptures will be exhibited at Mill Pond Sunday. September 9, from noon until dusk or Sunday. September 16. in case of rain.