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Ortobar12,HM The Newspaper with Its Heart in The Plymouth-Canton Community V flL 1 0 N a S 7 r>* ;v ....................................... 25* Strike talks still on hold for legal maneuvering BYDANBODENE being settled. A "show cause” hearing It’s still "hurry up and wait” for talks on the matter is scheduled for Oct. 26 in between bargainers for the Plymouth- Ingham County Circuit Court. Canton Board of Education and striking Other attempts by both sides to sit employe groups.' down at the bargaining table have also The school board held a special fizzled. meeting last night so that negotiations On Saturday, teachers’ union chief could be discussed in closed session. A negotiator Tom Cotncr met with Sch meeting between negotiators for the warze to set up a negotiation session. board and the teachers’ ' union was Bargaining teams met on Sunday night scheduled immediately after the board for about an hour, but there ' was no meeting, but was cancelled. significant progress. C o tn er said Bargainers for the board and teachers’ discussions centered mostly around the union may meet today. middle school day (see related story on Representatives of the teachers’ union pg. 3) and salary proposals. and Michigan Employment Relations Cotner said Monday that the teachers’ Commission (MERC) were in Ingham HIS EXPRESSION says it all - Plymouth Police officer Bob Henry County Circuit Court this morning, union was willing to back off on its stands in front of the nearly empty trailer which held items for Saturday’s attempting to convince Judge Robert Bell demand for a cost-of-living allowance. police auction. Records officer Michael Richardson and Henry opened up to set aside his injunction prohibiting fact Negotiators for the board have steadfastly the locker early Saturday to find that “extremely low bidders” had made finding. refused to consider such an allowance. off with much of the auction items. (Crier photo by Chris Boyd) Bell granted the injunction oh Oct. 4 in ' The new union position is expected to response to complaints by board chief help open up' the current negotiation negotiator Thomas Schwarze. In his deadlock. All but the bikes stolen petition to the court, Schwarze said, Groups representing teachers, aides, MERC violated the Open Meetings Act in cafeteria workers, secretaries, tran appointing fact finder Richard Strichartz. sportation personnel and custodians are Union and MERC representatives will scheduled to meet in several sessions this Police auction a *bust9 seek to reopen fact finding sessions while morning at the Penn Theatre in the Strichartz appointment controversy is Plymouth^ RACHAEL DOLSON "Going, going, GONE!” ' This is a typical cry you would expect to hear at a police auction. Homecoming postponed However, the Plymouth Police were screaming'"GONE” before the Salem High School’s Homecoming rescheduled, auction even got started Saturday ~ when they found that many of-to-be- festivities have been postponed, ac- No reason for the cancellation was sold items had been stolen from a trailer at the DPW yard. cording to administrative assistant for given. District regulations forbid the use Records officer Michael Richardson and Officer Robert Henry community relations Dick Egli. of school facilities during circumstances opened the shed at 7:30 a.m. Saturday to find that some "very low The event had been scheduled for this such as the present employe strike, Saturday evening. Egli says although permission was given for the bidders” had already made off with an assortment of tools and office . Homecoming activities will be Canton High Homecoming last Saturday. equipment. The Saturday auction went off as planned at 9 a.m., Plymouth Police Commander Ralph White said, as bicycles and other large items left behind by the burglars were sold to the highest bidder. " It went well, we like to see the local kids buying the bikes - getting a good price on them and fixing them up. That’s the idea. We’d rather see the kids buying them that the bike dealers for parts,” White said. White said the department has no suspects on the trailer break*in. The thief or thieves entered the trailer by removing the. bolts that hold A public forum on talks between the Canton High School’s Little Theatre. Plymouth-Canton Board of Education Whiteley also said she understood the door on, police said. and striking employe bargaining units from the conversation that school "Normally none of that equipment would be over there. We had just has been cancelled. board representatives would par- cleaned out the garage here and taken the items over their earlier in the The forum, planned by the League ticipate in the forum. Representatives week in preparation'for the auction,” White said. of Women Voters (LVW) of Northville- from employe bargaining groups were "Obviously, some members of the public started to empty the trailer Plymmith-Canton-Novi, had been also scheduled to participate, scheduled for Thursday night. LVW However, district regulations forbid before the start of the auction,” White said. president Billie Whiteley cancelled the the use of school. facilities during Missing, according to police were: a lug wrench, portable typewriter, event Monday. situations such as a strike. (Exceptions power drill, electric pad sander, power saw, a fuzz buster, an axe, a box v The cancellation was apparently due can be made by the superintendent.) of assorted tools, a sleeping bag, a green Army duffle bag, and a brown to a misunderstanding between LVW Homes said neither he nor Egli made backpack. - forum organizers and members of the any committment for the Little district administration. Theatre because of the regulations. Whiteley said that based on a "As for the other misunderstanding, Pumpkin Party conversation last Friday with assistant that Dick and I made a committment superintendent for instruction- Mike that board members would be at the Homes and administrative assistant for forum, there is no way that Dick or I See pg. 25 for details community relations Dick Egli, the could do that,” Homes said. ’ That s forum was scheduled to be held in up to the board, not us.” * ) » « * ; 1 t t.% * t t > - THE COMMUNITY CRIER: October 12,1963 But we’ll be bringing you a Id Lightwave cable is a recent These are just a sampling of the Tmore than a dial tone. For one thing, transmission development that can technological advancements you can Looking at tomorrow. we will continue to exercise our 7 carry' as many as 93,000 simulta expect to enjoy through Michigan almost unlimited options for select neous conversations. And soon it Bell. The point is very simple: Next Rest assured. 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We also, suggest wat you watch fo r our informational messages in yo w nettu papers and in your monthly telephone bilk 1 800 555-5000 • ‘ * i t < .• 3 T H E COMMUNITY C R IE R : O ctober 12. 1983 BY DAN BODENE Salaries aren’t the only issue on the table during negotiations between the Plymouth-Canton Board of Education and employe bargaining units. Another negotiated item is contract "languag^,” and one proposal will mean a change in the length of the middle school day. period day as in a seven period day.” The proposal would switch, middle Bartlett says one of the biggest con schools from a seven period day to six- cerns is for the middle school student periods - similar to the high school looking toward a college prep 'program in schedule. If everyone agrees it should be high school: adopted, the earliest it could go into . Requirements in English, mathetnatics, effect is in the 1984-85 school year. physical education and health. take up Many board members, administrators most of the allotted periods.