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p 2 weekender january 11 1997 recycle this newspaper st residents vow to fight noise from highway iroorioitltaim messages foryqil january 1997 h andrews story rtlc 905294 6960 wssib uau jan 11 jan 17 5s- afotawtapprmidbthjmnimfcaukl from page 1 crawford noise interferes with comfort use and enjoyment of property not to men tion the resale value dymond stressed noise reduction technology exists elsewhere along the 400 series highways the residents want the province to look at installing a combi nation of berms barricades and trees along the 404 from vandorf sideroad to just south of the aurora sideroad there are ways to muffle the sound said dymond residents of gormley are also con cerned about increased traffic noise added dymond if the province wont lower the noise level then property taxes should be lowered the association is claiming lead by dymond on tuesday 32 area residents filed individual appeals to the provinces assessment review board requesting that their 1997 taxes be reevaluated noise should be a factor when deter mining taxes dymond is suggesting the process appears to make no concession for noise however in a number of cases taxpayers have successfully argued before the assessment review board that noise is a valid basis for reducing assessed value he said while dymonds law office is doing the legal work for the appeal the association will not be billed im doing it on a pro bono basis its my community too said dymond a solution will be found said ward 1 councillor ivanka bradley this noise can be cushioned im sure the province will listen the residents are going through the proper channels said bradley in some countries noise is a serious matter in finland noise protection is based on law before a new road is built research work has to be done to prove that the traffic on the possible new road will not produce too much noise for the nearby residential areas the group will meet on jan 16 at 8 pm at the lewers village grocers ofte kindergarten registration september 1997 notices with detailed registration procedures for individual public schools will be sent home with present pupils parentsguardians who do not receive such notices are required to contact the school serving their residence or the appropriate education centre north community education centre east gwillimbury georgina newmarket 905 7229211 905 8955155 416 9698216 central community education centre aurora king richmond hill 905 8844477 416 3242902 west community education centre south richmond hill thornhill vaughan woodbridge 905 7646830 east community education centre markham milliken unionville whitchurchstouffville 905 6407800 parentsguardians must indicate public school sup port by completing the application for direction of school support form upon registration proof of age must be provided upon registra tion to be eligible for admission to kindergarten in september children must have been born on or before december 31 1992 record of immunization ministry of health yellow immunization record card available in your doctors office must be provided parentsguardians appear ing for registration without proof of immunization will not be able to register their children for kindergar ten admission if a school receives more registrations than it can accommodate all registrations received before april 1st will be treated equally as far as date of registration is concerned registrations received on or after april 1st will be sequenced and the date of registration will be the criteria used to determine which pupils may be required to attend another school unless there are sufficient volunteers to do so additional registration information will be communi cated via school newsletters bill crothers chair bill hogarth director