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3n aiiiyjnoisnointpwm stouffville saturday april 9 2005 h serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 48 pages1 including gst nurse helps african village through stouffville project opinion 6 sports 10 new you 14 classified 26 growth challenges smaller classroom where we were 2 of a series by chris traber staff writer rom the first settler chil dren learning by the glow of a late 1700s hearth to todays stu dents absorbing infor mation awash in the blue hue of a computer screen public edu cation in york region has both been the victim and beneficiary of rapid change since the construction in 1802 of s s 1 east gwillimbury the first known public education building in york at a time when schooling was voluntary and informal through to 1871 when the school act made it mandato ry for children aged seven to 12 to attend school 100 days a year the face and pace of education has accelerated exponentially closeknit group marion wells was in the school system as a student and teacher she attended summitview public school in stouffville from 194152 i some of the students who started together in grade 1 went through together to grade 13 see mandated page 3 former whitchurchstouffville mp cautions canadians by roy green staff writer canadians should remember scathing testimony by advertising executive jean brault about politi cal corruption in ottawa may not be fact richmond hill mp bryon wilfert says those are allegations an indi vidual has made and its not appro priate for me to comment on alle gations mr wilfert said of testimo ny at the gomery commission obviously im disgusted by anyone who would do anything illegal and the prime minister has made it very clear that anybody who breaks the public trust whoev er they are should be charged nobodys above the law mr wilfert who once represent ed whitchurchstouffville said liberals supported lifting a ban on mr braults testimony because they believe canadians deserve the truth if mr braults accusations of the abuse of taxpayers money by the liberal government are true it may be a case of collusion between indi viduals at the expense of taxpayers and the liberal party he added meanwhile conservative mp peter van loan said outrage over allegations of government corrup tion wont result in a quick election call at least not yet the issue isnt when an elec tion will be weve already had one election that came too see testimony page 12 wild show staff photosjoerd witteveen ray mcneice of stouffville poses with his piece called airport expropriation on rear wall and pieces by other artists in the annual juried exhibition at the latcham art gallery the show runs until may 14 at the downtown stouffville gallery hot tubs 27 heritage rd markham 8030 beccxarrtocr award winning vehicles from an award winning dealership m mazda 6 sport voted best new family car for zoos mazda 6 sport wagon voted beat mew wagon for zoos mazda 3 voted best new fuel efficiency for 2004 m mazda 6 voted best new family car for 2004 mazda 3 sport voted best sports performance for 2004 mazda rx8 voted best new sports car for 2004 mazda 3 voted best car of the year for 2004 automooile journalists association of canada va v avrnrrnffl h 1 1 rrrttyftt mm aia it m 5396 highway 7 markham 9052941210 town and cttutifty rcnhya4 6400888