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st business collects items for those in shelters thftribune thursday january 15 t998 p 3 joan ransberry staff reporter stouffville residents can help vic tims of the storm in eastern ontario by dropping off goods at mickey rats on main street goods are being received from 1 1 am to 2 am and needed items include flashlights batteries non- perishable food cat and dog food and candles this segment of the local relief effort is being coordinated by vicky haines an employee of mickey rats yesterday morning haines father took a break from his job at a shelter in the smith falls area to call his 20yearold daughter whos a resident of musselmans lake michael haines is a municipal ice storm relief bylaw officer since the ice storm struck the carelton place area forc ing people from their homes haines has been a member of the emer- gency team working at the shelters shelter life is difficult for all haines told his daughter vicky haines wanting to help called the whitchurchstouffville municipal office and- learned that while there are plans to send such things as generators and chainsaws to the stricken areas a dropoff spot for goods had not been as yet set up in stouffville i decided to do it said haines since mickey rats is next door to the whitchurchstouffville fire sta tion its convenient for people to dropoff items vicky is making a special appeal- for pet food the dogs and cats need food too she stressed donated goods will be delivered to the shelters as quickly as possible said vicky i can get goods delivered to the shelters within 12 hours she said stouffville fire department training officers paul stover and eric blunr don stand beside two 1000watt portable generators being sent to que bees ice storm damaged area the departments trucks are outfitted with builtin generators but carry portables on board as well y j photo by steve somerville town seeking generators chainsaws vicky haines right manager at mickey rats eatery and taps and owner tim macewcn unload goods from her car for distribution to quebec and eastern ontariocbmmunities damaged by the recent ice storm they are looking for further donations of candles batteries nonperishables and pet food cash will also be accepted haines will drive the donations her self or will organize delivery in conjunction with the towns efforts photo by steve somerville from page 11 including some from stouffville is on hold for a little while until emergency strategists can deter mine where the majorneed is now crews have restored electricity in some areas while old man winter strikes again and once again power is lost its better to be on hold for a few hours or a day then to send material to the wrong place whitehpuse stressed in the meantime if anyone can spare a generator or a chajnsawj white- house would welcome a call at 6401900 when asked to track down gen erators whitchurchstouffville deputy fire chief murray emmer- son didnt hesitate the deputy fire chief reminds us all the same kind of tragedy could happen here tomorrow hej said nick tatone manager of- whitchurchstouffville hydro part of ontario hydros emergency response team weve got a large bundle of wire it can go as soon as we get the word said tatone whitchurchstouffville hydro will do everything it can to help yorks french school boards face many challenges mike adler staff reporter imagine you are a frenchspeak er in a mainly englishspeaking part of canada york region you still have a constitutional right to have your children educat ed in french but dont want them taught in a catholic school you could send them to a private school in toronto or you could put them in a public school frenchimmersion program where they would be surrounded by non- francophone children trying to learn the language not keep it if youre french and you go to immersion you dont keep your language your language is lost argued thornhill resident evelyne chelli last week chelli is a york region school trustee part of a new gigantic and obscure frenchlanguage public school board larger in land area than belgium known as district board no 58 it stretches from windsor to belleville to algonquin park covering 67473 square kilometres its the largest one in ontario education director alice dur- charme said from the boards rent ed office in don mills education ontarios conservative govern ment forced many boards to merge last month but also created sever al more for the provinces fran cophones in effect it now has four dis tinct arid equal systems for educa tion two of them frenchspeaking the powerful education improvement commission says ontarios francophone population expects trustees for these french- language systems separate and public to advocate for the preser vation promotion and celebration of the french language and communities in ontario a tall order for a parttime job that pays 5000 a year cat hoi ic francophones in york region are represented by michel michel fortosl fqrtin a veteran of the local sepa rate boards former french section whowon reelection as the regions trustee for frenchlanguage sepa rate board no64 chelli serves ratepayers living in york region except newmarket scarborough and north york but unlike the new french catholic board which will inherit three local elementary schools and a high school from the english catholic board the french public board is starting with no schools at all asked last year to start a small frenchspeaking school yorks public board refused but ducharme said the new french public board hopes to start a school by september parents have already requested it and it has to be done she said cvwxdvs 5051 hwy 7 markham across from markville shopping centre beside ambassador video 9054771903 ibm open 7 days week mon wed 108 thurs fri 109 saturday 96 sunday 11 5 custom wedding invitations choice of sunset rti trans canada forever yours elegant books 25 book prices discontinued party ensembles 40 0 solid colour tableware 24 colours to choose from prices in effect 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