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economist sunsuntribune community saturday sept u 2004 100yearold has first birthday party by joan ransberry staff writer it was a first for myrtle mulligan many friends including the staff of markhams bethany lodge helped mrs mulligan celebrate her 100th birthday sept 3 this is the first birthday party ive ever had mrs mulligan said its wonderful the middle of three children mrs mul ligan was born on a farm in the ottawa val ley sept 3 1904 she graduated from mcmaster university in hamilton in 1928 and taught high school physical educa tion history and french in goderich there she met alfred they were married in 1931 the couple had no children i dont know why ive lived so long mrs mulligan said it was the goodness of the lord i guess she has had a close relationship with god her entire life donald and elsie james who organized her party have been friends with mrs mulligan since her husband was a pastor at markham baptist church in the 1950s donald said he wanted me to have a party i told him to mastermind it he did quite a good job she said myrtle is a remarkable person mr james said while she has no living rela tives left she has a tremendous circle of friends her friends come from across canada some are from as far away as hol land myrtle mulligan celebrated her 100th birthday at bethany lodge sept 3 while mrs mulligan has no living relatives it was a busy party as she has many friends from as far away as holland staff photosteve somerville new traffic rules at school by joan ransberry staff writer new traffic control measures including reducing speed limits have been introduced at a markham school st augustine catholic high school marked the first week of school by kicking off new traffic con trol measures at the rodick road school yesterday students parents and representa tives from york regional police and town of markham attended vehicle and pedestrian traffic has increased in front of the school par ticularly at the beginning and end of the school day viceprincipal pat cubellis said measures were introduced through the towns schoolsafety pro gram- the same thing as been done in many other schools in markham arup mukherjee the towns manager of transportation said we look at changes that can be made to improve the situation and implement them the town reduced the speed in front of the school to 40 kmh erect ed additional signs indicating a school zone and banned stopping on the east side of rodick road and parking on the west side of the street between 730 and 830 am traffic patterns will also change on the school property so vehicles may only enter and exit from desig nated areas mr cubellis said adding the changes will reduce traffic vol umes and speed it back to school update back to school update back to school update back to school update back to school update back to scho6l update back to school update back to school update back i tony wong mpp rt markham m whats new this september m ontario schools m w- to stivsii jswflis j the start of the school year should be an exciting time but over the past decade our schools have been seriously neglected weve seen cuts to classrooms crumbling schools textbook shortages and constant labour unrest the ontario government is changing that delivering positive change for students investing 26 billion in new public education funding over the next 4 years reducing class sizes from junior kindergarten to grade 3 investing 112 million to help our most vulnerable students learn to read and write expanding literacy and numeracy rescue teams creating greater accessibility and expanded eligibility for osap ontario student assistance program freezing tuition fees for 2 years for all postsecondary students providing 20 million to update technology and equipment in our colleges for more information please contact tony c wong mpp markham 500 alden road suite 208 markham ontario l3r 5h5 telephone905 3051935 fax 905 3051938 email tcwongmppcoliberalolaorg