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ts j y- j r ra j ty c- stounmeitnbuneva r k jr r 3 editor siaceyatten distribution director z v operations manager j zjthacy kibble i tbanygdbdyear pamela nichols jv j t 1 sv- 7 t 5- t -ix- r yeditorial traffltrsafetv plan wekoftied i j i j j v j i xtramc safety in york region took a bigstep forward fast week 7 7 s- f 1 vyprkregipnalpokce services board gave chief z julian jwrmojhegoatiead for a 13niilli6n traffic v safety strategyfliis is money weuspent c- i far too many local residents know fkbtnandtke f v terrible impact of traflbc afccidentv 7 7 anyplan tiiay prpppses tomake the rossjsafer 7j v getsowfull support- j r qiief fantinowill put 15 more police officers five new cruisers and some stateoftheart radarrsets on 1 v 7 tthe regions roads t 77 1 r some may saytriisistob much money and per sonneldevoted to ttaffic concerns hpvyever one only j has toconsider thestatistics to see how badly needed these measures are v r in the past five years fantino told the police board more than 230 people have died and more than 1 24000 have been injured in accidents on roads in the regiprirthese include roads patrolled by both the york region police and the ontario provincial police 7 some 71655 accidents were reported over the five- year period r 1 yof course some accidents are simply unavoidable 7 whatfantinos strategy is hoping to achieve is an end tothe crashes that can be prevented 1 7hief amongthosewould crashes caused by aggressive driving c strong enforcement isthe only way to get the raes i- a j r iviri t j s debora kellyi letters to the editor education in this province corey trutc newmarket spooky ridea success adequate funding needed anyone who cares about the future wellbeing of this province must take notice of the destruction and chaos causediby the mike harris government and ite common sense revolution the yorkdurhamheritage th jones havesedjconomically would like t0 offer a heartfelt thanks to 1 driven reforms m the areas of educa- m who participated in our very- tion health and social services without i i i kh1ofiuceripping on a bandage m heres my junior highpn the toronto district school boards j list of schools jthat may be closed 7- f 5 1 1 suddenly i am remembering 7 j rfaces in a bustling r bellbottoms7 clogs and guys in lumber jackets gig gles by the lockers teachers wrio made7v fee r v a difference 7- i i while nothing can take thbsejrhem- ories away or lessen the way in which tnose experiences shaped who i am o today i felt a parig of regret that the days could be numbered jfor henry keiseysr public school yet i am mbrepractical than senti- mentals when itcomes to bricks mortar what schools give us can be 7 cultivated anywhere j 7 that doesnt mean i dont sympa- thize with the rieighbourho6is across greater toronto facing the devastation of having an integral part of the com munity ripped awayifrom them its a testimony to the education sys- tern that is under so much fire these days that schools are treasured as part of the xommunityjj 7 7 1 theidea of closing a school seems almostr well blasphempusyet i know limited funding must go where it is most needed v 7 7 herein yorkregion mdstfschools n of ah innbeehtdriverbr pedestrians x tv ialong with strongerenforcementabetter under- standing of road design and identification of danger- tsitous areas will be achieved by the new traffic strategy v dedicatepeopleon the ground and- v r removed from me education budget j whenctheyitobk office in 1995 the y- 7 ijv si j toriesmaae permanentthe 425 inu- uderais held dack iunos lookat york region and you can see r what a failure this method pf funding was as hard asschool boards tned to hwm the situation here begs fora very assertive proac- imakeadif- iencourt 1 v f- patrol r i phone line lsbeing considered tp allow residents to rrepdrt cirivihg offencest ijt v v r v itthe other way residents can help is by being care- a nil and considerateon the roadsat all times if we s together- itwill be safer for everybody 77 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