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i ws st rick raymer holds the safety rope for dave mcvicar bottom left on raymers home on lloyd st in stouffville this week the two up on the housetop photoioerd wtteveen friends took advantage of the nice weather on wednesday to work on some fall repairs caudles 935 leads school the top stouffville district secondary school stu dents faired well against other schools in york region last year peter caudle achieved the highest average mark for ontario scholars in the school with a score of 935 per cent stephanie lane achieved the second highest percentage at 907 while amit joneja was third at 883 per cent the highest marks in the region were attained by james lloydsmith of markham district high school with 985 new truck features 75foot aerial and expands dept capabilities from page 1 model truck people could sue the town lawsuits are the biggest problem going finger said rate of failure increases with age its a fact of life brown added every house built every garage constructed every new building is something we poten tially have to service but we have no more equipment than we had 20 years ago brown said brown has served as the towns fire chief for six years has more than 20 years of fire fighting expertise under his this is the new truck approved for purchase by the town this week v jljl 1 a hi 4 t t i i i r i f belt and has taken more fire safety courses than he can remember including a four- month ontario fire college course he has also advised general motors on fire safety and has taken part in gms own courses brown said the new truck which will pump and project 1050 gallons 5000 litres of water a minute from a 75foot aerial expands the depart ments capabilities he added the truck has water tower capabilities will protect adjoining buildings such as malls and attached dwellings more effectively and provides a safer working environment for firefighters manning the vehi cle a misconception is that an aerial is for height buildings only but is actually a way of getting the water to hard-to- reach areas in buildings finger said brown is actually ordering a combination truck one that metro toronto bramp ton and other municipalities are now looking toward for future he said brampton cur rently sends out four different trucks to each call with 20 men but is looking at ordering a dualjob rig like the one brown is designing for more efficiency instead of being capable of just pumping water or just car rying rescue equipment stouf- fvilles new rig will combine the two jobs making it more effec tive and cheaper to operate in the long run finger said nowfe the time for stouffville to buy this truck the manufac turers are begging for the busi ness which will enable the chief to negotiate the best pos- i sible price s weekender septmssr 12 1992p3 homework policy debated a draft nomewbrk policy will be debated by the york region board of education later this month currently less then threequar ters of the public schools have some type of policy whether writ ten or based on tradition said superintendent of school operations terry gray but the board has never developed an overall policy we have to look at the diversity in pupils programs and home- life gray said that diversity has to be understood before a homework policy can be put in place a draft policy was handed to principals and the board is now looking at the feedback some pos itive some negative after the umbrella policy is- fine tuned individual schools with input from staff and parents will tailor the guidelines to the particular needs of the school and its stu dents varying amounts of homework need to be assigned according to the individual characteristics and personal circumstances or each individual student gray wrote in an introduction to the draft guideline the draft recommends that homework should encourage selfdiscipline and good work habits but should not be used as a tool for misbehavior the board conducted an indepth study on homework five years ago which concluded homework is a benefit to students the report said homework pre pares students for the tough demands of postsecondary school and the job world street debate prompts apology from mayor mayor fran sainsbury publicly apologized this week for her recent flipflop decision in an ongoing street naming controversy ill be the first to admit i changed my mind and i apol ogize sainsbury said the mayor was referring to a june 23 meeting where she broke a 33 tie in favor of renaming kennedy lane north to choko lane sainsbury said at that meeting council must back its street naming committees decision to call the street choko lane after three others hakonson nicely and springvale were objected to but at a meeting aug 11 sainsbury changed her mind and voted down the name choko lane on grounds the street should not reflect the name of one of the property owners since the other owner objected best choice she said her decision would rid the families of a long standing feud and added a neutral name spring vista lane would be the best choice for everyone this week sainsbury announced council had used a lack of wisdom throughout the issue and is now trying to rectify the problem she said naming the street after one of the property owners when the other objects pits one neighbor against the other id rather everyone be mad at me i have no axes to grind but this is the fairest way to resolve this she said and ward 1 councillor ivanka bradley said the street naming issue is a learning process for council and admitted officials made a judgement error most frustrating however ward 2 councillor stephen bellerby said coun cil should have stood behind the committees decision in the first place and called the street choko lane overruling a committees recommendation is most frustrating thats why people become involved in local government and now it seems their decision isnt credi ble we should stick by the committee bellerby said but ward 5 councillor bob ancheril said committees need councils 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