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whtthstotep i reg ipiwttfioflnil vol 109 no 42 thursday july 24 1997 24 pages 50c gsxind irabaafuaishthn71s6s wmeimtaixtl viiblim tm should be we redeem afl competitors coupons 5812 main st w flower power gordon smith of albert street in stouffvillc is proud of the seven- foottall lily in the front yard of his home its taken six years for it to grow this tall he said photo by sjoerd witteveen 4bmbffa 1 police force creates fiveyear strategic plan kathleen griffin phone use staff reporter other problems identified by the audit includ- ed things like the level of policing which it said the beleaguered york regional police force was adequate but needed to be reorganized and will help create its own fiveyear strategic plan that the iimited bud dollars arent alwa p aimed at improving its operations and its rep- t0 tne est use utation after a recent provincial audit found it audlt was q complimentary in some lacking in several areas areas fisch pointed out and people forget the decision was made at the police services we have added 80 p to the force in the last board wednesday after board member gino tw0 vears we are as always trying to ensure rosati presented a motion to strike a committee the force 1s as responsive as it can be and that it that will look at a fiveyear strategic plan as the re grows intended to redefine the short and long term actin chief peter scott pointed out the force goals and objectives of the force and the board had already committed to the cre- some of the issues on the new committees ation of the fiveyear plan last march the force agenda will be the inspections findings the had asked for it to be delayed until the audit was forces administration and operational struc- complete as well as other changes to provincial ture the adequacy of staffing levels and the legislation evergrowing technology issues wanted to get the ground rules sorted out were looking at millions of dollars over the rather an planning on shifting sands scott next few years said board member and region- said we are ready to move forward al councillor bill fisch the replacing of the scott said he welcomes the creation of a five- computers alone some which are 10 and 12 vear strategy and the public input that will years old will cost us at least 2 million come with it fisch who seconded rosati s motion said all are comm out of a ver fru era he the criticisms levelled at the force in the audit sad have the lowest cost per capita but report will be addressed including administra- the other side of that is perhaps we dont have tive and financial issues like credit card and cell h please see page 3 b erty bolender runs a top soil business from the 90acre property during a search police uncovered a marijuana crop while a number of weapons were also seized c a stouffville man facing attempted o comment p 4 murder and drug and weapon charges gardening p 7 will return to court july 29 x sports pio john murray bolender 41 of stouffville estertaisrzziizzip 12 and formerlyxf goodwood was charged classified p 13 last september after two men who were treated for gun shot wounds at markham stouffville hospital told police they were shot at 1 am while on the hwy48 prop- i j 2j ju si north markham ho tfia courtesy shuttle service available service hours mbn wed thurs fri 730530 pm tues 730800 pm sat 900100 pm 52 point service clinic includes oil filter change 52 point written report call the service department for more details honda vehicles only 477 24 5 1 plus taxes committed to serving you since 1966 north markham motors ltd 4611 hwy 7 unionville ontario