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stouffville weekender term mortgage gic rsp 1 7625 68 3 825- 72c 5 845 755 rates subject to change ure ksurance anwjmts rrts twprswunon mortgages uaikhtm 471231 1 r ko 21 no 38 ametroland community newspaper saturday september 2 1395 5u pages 50 ot pittsjt gstf education midriffs torn jeans banned at sdss by joan ransberry staff reporter bare bellybuttons holey jeans tshirts featuring beer and marijuana leaves toy guns and racial slurs are not allowed at stouffville district secondary school sdss while some students support the schools dress code others dont grade 10 student vanessa barnett and grade 13 student sue robertson are among those lending their names to a petition asking education offi cials to drop the dress code the challengers hope to get more than 100 signatures before presenting it to the school principal and to the york region board of educa tion petitioners told the tribune they especially want a hands off approach when it comes to eans and pop tops fail the fash- tops including shrunken sweater s to 6 editors airflare magazine follow suit very soon ewilln6tber ne yd mares associateveditort it comes to whats in and ripped jeans are defuiii e while we can expect pop iron is not eici jgorjbarej age jf i-a- tops revealing midriffs and jeans with holes or rips in the backside theres nothing wrong with the ripped jeans said bar nett i expect lots of students and parents will sign the peti tion barnett has not as yet won her mother over beate bar nett said she needs to explore the issue further while the senior barnett supports a dress code in general shes not sold on this code everything can be taken to the extreme thats what the school is facing said barnett the mother of three you have to have something in place my daughter wears these midriff tops im amazed at her courage but no i dont have a problem with the tops she added newly appointed sdss princi pal rod leonard point ed out that the board of edu cation expects schools to have dress codes leonard said most stu dents and 95 per cent of par ents wouldj if asked back the code the principal stressed that he has no objection to a peti tion being circulated at school please see page 3 leonard police vow to crack down on field parties funnv faces bobbie radford and mom jo ann radford were clowns for a day at the st marks fall fair last week end photosteve somerville the york regional police are taking a zero tolerance approach to rowdy field parties a year ago the public was put on notice field parties will be monitored by the police police sergeant bruce powiey reported that last year area field parties lead to death and injury these parties have resulted in numerous fights assaults stabbings impaired driving drug offenses and motor vehicle accidents causing serious injury and in some cases fatali ty said powiey in late sep tember two newmarket men were killed and a keswick teen was seriously injured in a colli sion following a field party near newmarket jl few days before a man was stabbed in the neck and chest with a broken beer bottle at a stouffville field party mean while in east gwillimbury police broke up a field party which attracted 2000 people at this particular party a woman was stabbed i no reasonable offer will be refused all our inventory is priced f lar hut 1994 mustang gt coupe 1993 explorer eddie bauer 1994 tempo gl 1990 jeep cherokee 1989 suzuki sidekick jx auto air all power 1 7000 km 4 door 4x4 auto leather 4 doorir auto only 33000 km limited convertible one owner 1993 f150 xlt lariat 1993 super coupe 50l auto overdrive loaded 42000 km 5 speedroof leather f 1993 aerostar xlt must see only 57000 km iss r 7t 9 159s5 17888 s 14388 ford kennedy rd just south of hwy 7 4741350