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i ji i st united way tops its goal in extended campaign weekender saturday december 20 1997 p 3 mikeadler staff reporter york regions united way is way over the top the areas charity umbrella organization went beyond its own expectations and raised 35 million for its local agen cies thats a recordbreaking fall campaign and nine per cent more than the united ways tar get of 32 million i expected success and im thrilled we had success cam paign chair mark durst said yesterday afternoon the campaign extended into december finished with a final fundraiser at a markham hotel for the york technology asso ciation it was an appropriate closing event campaign organizers said because local hightech companies increased their con tributions this year by a stag gering 62 per cent its a sign the industry is maturing said durst himself the president of a thornhill technology firm patriot com puter corporation the communitys needs are growing and the fundraising campaign helped the private sector understand what they are he said its not a requirement to help needy people its not an oblig ation added durst smiles of success from left united way of york region execu tive director wyn olivers mark durst chair of the 1997 campaign and board chair don brown celebrate this years fundraising drive surpassing its goal phbta by mike adler its something you should want to do the united way provides an avenue to help and the organi zation keeps an eye on future needs he said durst said the recent mail strike didnt stop individual res idents from donating and the regions teachers gave in spite of the financial strain they faced from strikes they actu ally did come through this year even with all that stress they still gave volunteers will decide what to do with the extra money said wyn chivers the united ways executive director new community projects which have been proposed include volunteer help for fam ilies facing a terminal illness job training for single mothers and support for children who have experienced violence at home part of the money could be used to increase support to the groups underfunded regular agencies said chivers last year the united way raised just over 3 million in another extended campaign rc board bids farewell to trustees mikeadler staff reporter stouffville catholic trustee eliz abeth crowe became vicechair of a new york region separate school board this week moments after the old board faded into his tory the past few years have been a turbulent and complex time chair tina molinari told the new boards first meeting tuesday night the next few years bring uncertainty and even hope to catholic school boards earlier molinari said the old board always put students first while bringing its deficit down from 32 million to 5 million crowe a veteran who now rep resents stouffville aurora and king was unopposed for vice- chair the new board serving the elizabeth crowe photo by mike abler same area and temporarily known as catholic district school board no 42 made molinari its first chair outgoing trustee sean pearce who represented stouffville as well as east gwillimbury and georgina and spoke for the board on its efficiencyfinding joint consortium with the public board said fellow trustees had earned his respect but pearce one of the youngest trustees the previous board ever had told trustees of the new board they face a great challenge i challenge the new trustees to affirm catholic education in york region and not be swept up by restructuring he said pearce who lit candles during the boards liturgy for advent as a symbolic sign of joy later added that catholic classrooms in the region didnt suffer as much as people expected during the three deficitcutting years of his term peter bernotas frenchlan guage trustee for stouffville also retired the former boards french schools will become part of a new francophone separate board childcare rebates will be faster but lessfor rc parents mikeadler staff reporter local catholic parents are sim ply not going to get as much in provincial fairness payments as their neighbours with children in public school and theres no thing york re gions separate school board can do now to change that board officials stressed this week parents of chil dren under 14 or special needs children can claim 40 a day to get back what they spent on childcare during the ontario teachers strike but the fairness for parents and employees act singles out the york catholic board saying its parents cant claim costs for the second week of provincewide disruption because the boards teachers were then on legal strike the board objected before the act was passed arguing its ratepayers wouldnt get a fair deal but now that the payback mea sure is law officials say some parents are refusing to accept that the board cant give them money for the second week on its own they think its just our money said john sabo the boards fi nance director were not independent bodies that can do with it what we want on tuesday catholic chair tina molinari said the board has done as much as it can and people should bring their complaints to separate school parents upset they cant claim full 400 childcare rebate they think it s just our money complains john sabo board s finance director their local mpp if the law doesnt permit a school board to do something it cant do it sabo said adding teachers salaries and benefits the board saved during its twoweek legal strike all go to a reserve con trolled by the province both area school boards have made claim forms which must be filed by jan 16 available to parents york separate school parents were given a modified form with a 200 maximum claim but the separate school parents may get their money sooner with perhaps all cheques arriving by the end of january the public board with more claims to process and a longer claim period wont be ready to release the money until midfeb ruary we wish we could do it sooner but were doing our best said public board superintendent bob harper the ministry of education and training has promised to help cover the processing costs offi cials say making it unlikely the boards will lose money on the claims the public board saved about 13 million in unpaid teacher salaries but expects the claims and the costs of processing them around 10 a cheque could total 14 million harper said but sabo and harper also said any savings left over would prob ably go to the province trial seems without end says family from page 1 lawyers put their heads together and determined much to carolines and her moms surprise and disappointment that the trial would resume on dec 1 5 two years and six months from the time of the accident we returned this week said carr we were all psyched up for the trial to go on and now this it seems never ending it hangs on and on we thought wed have this behind us before christmas but thats not the case if during the hearing the charges against lam arc not dropped the trial will continue right away said carr until then the rea and carr families will try to enjoy christmas yes it is difficult admitted carr i were first in distribution weve delivered 50133111 flyers doortodoor so far this year for further information on how we can deliver your flyers call ruth or melissa at 6402100 the stouffville watch for these flyers on saturday december 20 1997 walmart biway shoppers drug mart rouge river trading co loblaws supercentre iga stouffville sears last three days loblaws yonge bernard the bay 12 price more canadian tire richmond hill stmcmd only