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mmmmm yedrround school meofinig- interested patents students and residents are invited to a public meeting dis- cussing the modified school year concept the york region board of education seeks input on the proposal that would see students attend school for 12 months of the year in place of the extended summer vacation smaller breaks would be distribut ed throughout the year- students would receive the same number of instruction- al days as in thetraditional school year a pilot projectis proposed for testing at middlefield collegiate institute slat ed to open in markham next september along with two of its feeder schools armadale and parkland public schools the boards modified school year committee is hosting a series of information meetings throughout york region the first local session i set for 730 pm oct 9 at milliken mills high school 7522 kennedy rd other markham meetings will be held oct 30 at markville j secondary school and nov 20 at markham district high school teacher seeks milliken trustee seat a milliken man announced his intention to run for ward 8 trustee on the york region roman catholic separate school board lorenzo rossi wants to see the current transporta tion policy for both ele mentary and secondary students replaced with the former more lenient poli cy rossi is a qualified principal with seven years experience in administra tion and is now a business and com puter science teacher as well as a supervising principal for the continu ing education department of the metropolitan separate school board a threeway partnership between the family the school and the parish is rossis goal and he want to see ward 8 parents participate in plan ning education for their children rossi believes the board is accountable to its ratepayers and said if elect ed he will not allow the quality of education be lorenzo rossi affected by cutbacks and will find other methods of addressing the boards deficit he will also work toward an equi table distribution of business taxes between separate and public school boards rossi a past president of the st photosteve somerville fair fun nik and the nice guys ham it up with two chil dren from the audience during their perfor mance thursday night they were one of the fran7sxav fe attractions at the markham fairs 9 ried with three children opening evening the fair continues until tomorrow with lots of sights to see and things to do for every member of the family the fair- stouffville teen critical after threecar crash thursday a stouffville teen was rushed to hospital by helicopter after a car crash on a slippery markham road major mackenzie dr was closed off between kennedy rd and war den ave shortly before noon thursday after a three- vehicle colli sion according to york regional police reports the driver of an westbound mercedes benz attempt ed to pass a buick park avenue on the rainslicked twblaned roadway but clipped the back of the car the mercedes veered out of con trol spun around and was struck by an oncoming ford aerostar van an air ambulance used the road as a landing pad and a 16yearold stouffville youth who was severely injured in the crash was flown to al toronto hospital the boy was av backseat passenger in the mercedesj and is in critical condition in the neurological intensive care unit at sunnybrook health science centre the driver and frontseat passen- ger also from stouffville were not injured a fourth youth in the mer cedes was taken to markham stouf fville hospital van driver andrew muirhead 26 of toronto was taken to markham stouffville hospital and is in good condition buick driver audrey degan 60 of wasaga beach was unhurt police are still investigating and no charges were laid at press time friday pholosalan shackleton emergency workers tend to victims of an acci dent thursday afternoon on major mackenzie drive in markham two stouffville teens were injured one seriously at right the damaged car ken dunphy punphy seeks markham ward 6 again inflation during his announcement dunphy expressed his appreciation to the great number of people in the ward who have asked him to seek reelection he stressed that in keeping with his open approach to town business he would like to involve as many people as pos sible in his campaign and that all aspects of it would be open for anyone to see dunphy owns and operates a trans portation and distribution business in markham and lives in unionvilie with his wife renata and their three schoolage sons charge in collision a crash sept 27 between a car and a delivery truck left a willowdale woman in critical condition in hospi tal an 18yearold woman a passenger in a toyota corolla suffered massive head injuries after the car collided with a truck at woodbine ave and steelcase rd at 250 pm friday she was taken to sunnybrook health science centre and is in the neurological inten sive care unit in serious conditjon a charge of making an improper left turn causing a collision was laid against the toyota driver councillor ken dunphy will seek reelection for a second term in markhams ward 6 in making his announcement dunphy said while a great deal of progress has been made during the past three years i will continue to strive for improvements in environmental protec tion recycling affordable housing recreation for our youth better roads and transit upgrades as chairman of the towns transit committee dunphy was instrumental in acquiring an advantageous deal for markham whereby an advertising company would build 50 new bus shel ters and maintain 110 old ones all at no cost to the town in addition the town would also receive a share of advertising rev enues from this venture dunphys involvement in environmen tal issues is wellknown he is one of the founding members of environment markham a citizens advisory group on environ mental affairs he is also the alternate member of the rouge park advisory committee during his term on council dunphy has also shown that developers can be held accountable for their actions on several occasions he has negotiated with developers to replant trees which were accidentally felled or hes worked with them to make site changes to preserve existing trees and natural fea tures this leadership role in environmental affairs has earned dun phy the nickname of the tree doctor for the future he is looking forward to working with council and staff as the town faces the challenges of the next three years problems that include increasing productivity and service levels to residents while keeping the taxes below the rate of m m kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 2948244 mkm or 6402100 stouffville i attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyers for as little as 4 a piece so j far this year we have delivered 26045601 flyers door- todoor in markham unionvilie milliken stouffville uxbridge claremont dickson hill locust hill gormley goodwood victoria square brougham whitevale rrs markham unionvilie we can deliver your flyers on the day 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