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inside tt e calendar 22 sports 23 classified 24 iq york region j- sending 84 million to toronto and doesnt know how ifs being spent arts culture calendar event annual cabaretevehing when 8 pm satiirday 9056404163 where stouffville united church church st i jc masters swim -s- -i- clubs keeping our older athletes in competitive waters serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 28 pages thursday jan 31 2002 to reach usf 905 2942200 york cops part of drug sweep operation green sweep hits 12 houses by roger varley staff writer police across the country swooped down on marijuana- growing operations wednesday seizing enough pot seized to make every canadian high according to the head of the york regional police drug unit the crackdown called operation green sweep includ ed 12 house raids in york region j- including operations invaughan richmond hill markham and newmarket i two of those raids took place on lamp crescent a small resi dential street in the hwy 27 arid langstaff road area about 8 am york region drug officers backed up by canine units emergency task force officers and hydro crews executed search warrants at 67 ahd 125 lamp cres the plants in one house were so thick a member of the emer gency task force walking out of the building discovered he had a clump of marijuana leaves snagged under his gun holster police estimated one of the lamp crescent houses con tained about 250 plants plus 24 halfpound packages of the weed in a suitcase while the other housed about 300plants plants are usually estimated to have a street value of about 1000 each seearrestspagell gormley operation shouldnt have adverse effect on traffic or water supply no worries says by carol cooper special residents near a proposed auto- parts manufacturing plant in gormley would continue to enjoy deep sleep and strong showers if the plant goes ahead said the com panys vicepresident those living oh union street across from the development site at woodbine avenue and stouffville road appeared a public hearing before whitchurchstouffville council last week to present their concerns they worried the plants needs would deprive their wells of water andlight and noise from truck traf fic would deprive them of sleep hunjan holdings has applied for a zoning change to allow for a 145000squarefoot manufactur ing plant and a 30000squarefoot i office building as the first stage of a 347000squarefoot development the injected moulding facility would produce plastic parts for the automotive industry employing a total of 225 employees around the clock theres a little bit of misconcep- tion said baljit sierra vicepresi dent of hunjan holdings noting water is not constantly required by me manufacturing process instead a fixed amount circu lates in a closed loop after an initial uptake of between 16000 and 20000 litres ofwatef for the system the only water use would be by staff for personal needs based on ministry of municipal affairs and housing criteria see truck page 18 iriy patience makes perfect staff photosteve somerville instructor edie mcroberts discusses quilt making patterns with helen boehm at the wwtdiurchstouffville museum in vandorf far left is barb blake the women are part of the threeweek afternoon cabin fever quiltmaking class which wraps up next week bwbartlip wwjiuxnicxeauiainonpsxoin l lvfs -xv- wf i t r v f f