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m v- i v 4 f whitct3rbfy-staaffvhe- pijbrrcjibraint repair specialist 172 buuock drive unit 31 marxham 4718660 saturday june 14 1997 vol 13 no 24 weekender une 48 pages 50 gstincl 4 metvolwul fy financial setvicei iubedtokeiljftac term gic lyr 375 3yr 5j5 5yr 575 rates subject to change scs rrsfs mutual fujffls ufe msurance annwies rrfs vx fremr10n mortgages 96 main st n m44 markham 4712311 vl 1 1 i ii i if train station on track community joan ransberry staff reporter the finishing touches are being put on the cornerstone of stouf- fville construction of the york- durham heritage railway tourist train station is nearing completion early this morning a work crew was scheduled to put the dry wall on the 70 by 30foot structure the rest of the siding will go up on monday and tuesday while the interior and the plumbing will be finished soon after with the station up it wont be long before people can buy a tick et to take the scenic train trip to uxbridge although the official opening for the stouffville station is slated for june 28 at 10 30 am local mayor wayne emmerson is push ing for an early opening im going to try to get it up and running by june 25 said emmer son the multipurpose facility cost about 130000 to build but its valued at about 210000 it is indeed a joint project its been a wonderful communi ty effort said emmerson the mayor points out that project partners include the whithcurch- stouffville chamber of com- b please see page 31 wwmmi news you can use death of a markham teenager he was attending the firstay- of a preliminary hearing into the charge a 15yearold teen was arrest ed monday shortly after wiche was attacked and charged with attempted murder the preliminary hearing into the york regional police wiches manslaughter charge detective stabbed in the neck in will continue on august 18 the hallway of the newmarket courthouse on monday morn- i ing has been released from sfiomital mm det robert wiche was comment p 4 released from sunnybrook stapley p 11 crossword p 10 sports p 24 classified p 26 whats inside health science centre and is charged by the siu with manslaughter in connection with the june 1996 shooting newsline 6402100 c r o s s 9 w o r d is ph fi b- i m ibuie 12- perfect score thomas strandallard a grade 7 pupil at summitview is a true math wiz he had a perfect score in the recent gauss math quiz he poses here with teacher ted shepherd and the other par ticipants photo by lori emmerson hes a real wizkid kate g1lderdale correspondent thomas strandallard who is in grade 7 at sum mitview public school was one of four students in york region to achieve a perfect score in the 1997 gauss math contest the international contest which is sponsored each year in canada by the university of waterloo is open to top mathematical students from schools throughout the country in york region this year there were 80 schools which entered this contest at the grade 7 and 8 levels said summitview math teacher beverly hill we had 13 grade 7 students and 1 1 grade 8 stu dents who were selected and wrote the contest across the region 1771 students in grade 7 and 1872 in grade 8 took the test she noted while thomas was the only one at summitview to achieve 100 per cent this year the school did exceptionally well overall he and two of his class mates matthew wright and joanne crymble were among the top 91 grade 7s from york region to have their names recorded on an honor roll plaque at the university of waterloo heather lyon ben lowrie andrew george and lindsey hutchison were among 100 grade 8 stu dents in the region to achieve the same distinction last year lindsey also attained a perfect score in the test as well the following students received certificates of distinction given to those who score in the top 25 per cent of all students in each grade who write the test grade 7 thomas strandallard matthew wright joanne crymble jewel keller jessica please see page 3 f jao-iwvi- hi wmmmm