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charges in bloomington crash a 53yearold scarborough man narrowly escaped serious injury last thursday morning after being struck by a gravel truck at blooming- ton sideroad and the 9th line in stouffville emer gency crews closed the busy intersection for nearly two hours after the 610 am crash on oct 29 local firefighters spent more than an hour prying a man free from the metal confines of his vehicle with the jaws of life according to york regional police a van was heading westbound on bloomington when a gravel truck turning northbound on the 9th struck him the willow- dale gravel truck driver was charged with making an improver left turn province blamed for yorks lagging waste initiatives tracy kibble staff reporter crimewatcll young offender faces charges a teen was charged following a vandalism spree at a stouf fville pizza shop saturday night at 1030 pm a sign at 2 4 1 pizza was damaged along with a car parked in front of the main st store the suspect apparently threw a rock through the storetop sign and kicked dents in the owners car a witness to the damage iden tified the suspect to police the suspect was at the pizza pizza store down the street and spit at an officer during the arrest a young offender is charged with assault police breach of probation and mischief to prop erty over 1000 sdss vandalized stouffville district high school was visited by vandals over the weekend at least 15 windows at the edward st secondary school were smashed with large rocks damage is estimated at 6000 jewelry stolen thieves made off with silver jewelry from a main st jewelry shop in a smashandgrab heist early last wednesday morning the front window of crystal jewellers was smashed and the merchandise in the window stolen the thieves did not break into the main part of the shop york region barely has its feet wet when it comes to diverting trash from landfill sites compared to many communities in the iis yorks recycling composting and hazardous waste facilities appear inadequate and incomplete and the province is partly to blame for the regions slow start said several dignitaries thursday at a waste management forum in king township more than 80 regional leaders gathered to hear how waste man agement companies operate across the border and around the world progressive conservative environment critic don cousens said the provincial government has a knack for snubbing many waste management options which prevents ontario from increasing its programs ontario is dealing with ignorance where the government opposes options without knowing what is done successfully else where cousens said stouffville resident dave probert said its disgusting how envi ronment minister kuth grier is turning her back on alterna tives probert said ontario cant possibly be successful in waste diver sion if grier continues to be so arrogant to the whole process york chairman eldred king said the region still needs the provinces approval before it can coordinate waste management efforts to a larger scale operation we have no legal authority as of yet to operate waste facilities but were asking for it king said king said before grier took over the environment ministry the region had reasonably good education regarding waste manage ment options and had worked hard to develop a solid corporate interest within the region york is looking now to incorporate a total facility which would handle all waste diversion methods on one large site king said this would be the better way he added york presently has several facilities scattered throughout the region where only limited materials can be recycled or composted the group heard from one new yorkbased company which annually recycles and diverts about 30000 tonnes of kitchen and yard waste in one totallyenclosed indoor facility the fullyauto mated operation which stretches across four acres of land takes in food leaves sawdust and corrugated cardboard to the tune of 105 tonnes a day cousens said ontario needs to learn about as many options as possible we need to investigate ways that would take us further ahead than anyone else no one option succeeds in getting us there cousens said v yorks chief administrative officer bob forhan said yorks future waste management initiatives depend heavily on the rwas dump site selection expected this month no matter what happens its all paid for by the taxpayers forhan said green money cans help fight dumps the mayors task force against dumps in whitchurchstouffville is looking for donations as you shop throughout the community mayor fran sainsbury said the force has dis tributed more than 100 money cans across the community to be stationed in local businesses the cans are decorated in the same green whitchurchstouffville protects no dumps here logo as on the lawn signs any donations received will help fund the towns fight against the interim waste authority to prove that whitchurchstouffville lands are not suitable for a 600acre dump sainsbury said she is keeping her fingers crossed that the community will not be on the iwas short list expected to be released this month she said however that if the town has to ini tiate a battle donations will help keep the costs down the more we do by volunteerism the less we do by taxes sainsbury said photatfeua bronkhorst boo tammy britton devil josie britton witch and cassie britton clown were out for a night of frights and fun at the claremont li i halloi w urda mb ym tickets up for auction blue jay and toronto maple leaf tickets music lessons a helicopter ride a cottage weekend and a gourmet dinner are only a few of the unusual items to be put on the auction block at the annual silent auction at the christ church angli can located at 254 sunset blvd stouffville on fri nov 6 at 730 pm for a 5 admission fee auctiongoers are entitled to cheese crackers dessert and coffee wine will also be available kids earn extra money becomea carrier today call 6402100 stouffville attention flyer advertisers wc can deliver 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