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rv 4 v i repair speciaust 172 euliock drive unit 31 markham 4718660 the stoujfviue weekender term mortgage gicrsp 625o 65cr- 3 8125 7125 45 765 ritcs subject to change gxts hcps mutual rjnds ufe ksurance mmutes riv v tax pnswwnon mortgages uarkhvn 4712311 v vol 11 no35 a metroland community newspaper saturday september 2 1995 36 pages 50 largest pot crop in york region found in stouffville the largest crop of marijuana uncov ered in an air sweep of york region was found in whitchurchstouffville approximately 1000 pot plants were spotted ma field on the stouffville side of regional road 30 during a helicopter sweep of the entire region the biggest crop we found ibis year was mstoulsvlille said det sgt greg saunders of themprality unit 1600 plants hi stouffviuej ichlg vaughan and georgina during the two- day hunt last thursday and friday the street value of the plants seized have a street value of 14 million nine people including three local mehfface clrugxelated charges kevin stoner 27 chris weidmark 42 ahddahiel barigay 27 all of 11290 regional road 30 have been charged with cultivation of marijuana and pbs session of a narcotic for the purpose of trafficking munro states position on gta plans by joan ransberby stafbportery the idea of torontobased solutions to rural areas will hot get the backing of a newly elected mpr julia munro mpp fbr durham york said that when the present gbvetximeht finally wrestieswith how the greater toronto area gta widlookin the future shell be close at hand looking but for stouffville anduxbridge munro said the job ahead is difficult because previous provincial governments alien ated rural commimities with a decisionmaking process i that appeared to benefit the urban sections of the- gta and failed to adequately reflect the reality of our- smau municipalities when announcing the gta study the previous government focused on urban issues and failed to address the needs of the rural portioh of durham and york v this attitude must change said munro rather than gov ernment formulating toronto- based solution to the problems of rural areas it must recog nized that small towns have concerns and issues that are distinct from those of larger urban regions especially mthe areas of planning resource development and the environ ment two weeks ago munro and other local government offi- cialsmcluding york chairman veldred king durham chair man ogary herremai stouffville mayor wayne ifeernnerson and uxbridge mayor gerri ilynn oconnor were i taken aback when a proyiheial government task force set up to study the gtaj received a metro- authored 26pagevreport if the plan is adopted half cplease see page3 k vifw tlfssksflut- crafty kids from left dan crawford ceri davies graziano volpe standing and heather orchard cut up rags to make rugs at the whitchurchstouffvilie museums summer program for kids last week i i v- s f- p j 7 photasjoerd wuteveen survey says parents prefer fullday kinciergarteri by julb3 caspersenj staff reporter r the majority of parents believe that jfullday kinder garten classes have not dam aged their childrens attitude toward school according to a school board survey theyrk region- roman catholic separate school board launched the fulway alternateday program in the junior and senior kinder garten classes at 20 of its 58 elementary schools last fall included in this change was stpuffyilles only catbblic ele mentary school st mark the main finest was to save the price of noon hour busing by having the children in school all day every other day according to a survey con ducted by independent researchers 93 per cent of par ents believe the fullday pro gram improves childrens social and emotional develop ment and 89 per cent ofithe respondents said they noticed an improvement in their chil drens oral and literacy skillsg barbara bodkin superinten- deht of education said the change wasnt popular with parents initially however she said the survey showed that 61 per cent of respon- dehts reported that the chik dren adjusted to the fullday format immediately or within the first mohtli f and a mere 17per cent of parents would chose to keep to the halfrday model bodkin said one of the problems reported by parents was the develop ment of a routine with long weekends combined with a please see page 3 fl j- 1