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y inside jletters6 j j wheels 13 sports 20 classified 22 touched in newly released provincial government documents calendar evleiwstuespjnt junior apyofls when 730 pm today 90522123 t where stourrvilie arena ninth line 3 chinese celebrate year of the horse with food dance and ceremonies serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 7 28 pages thursday feb 7 2002 to reach us 905 2942200 york tories move i alliance ties wrong says former minister i ju- by lisa queen 5 c staff writer i v prominent york region tories are behind a move to have health x ministertony clement kicked off the pattys leadership ticket l former federal cabinet minis- i ter sinclair stevens aurora o councillor and former mayor j george timpson who is- also president of the federalvaughan- kingaurora riding association and markham business person ijg 1 and party fundraiser farsadkiani t among nine party members jt who tare challenging mn i h clemenfs campaign they- -filect- complaint f jtuesdaywiththe ontario execu- c kjitive sayingthe neocohservative 5pyfcandidate-rhasnt- upheld the yk partys- constitution because he ilfras vigorously supported the icahadiari alliance movement the document accuses mr clement of openly conspiring to destroythe federal party since 1994 j mrclement one of five can- j didates vying to replace premier jf- mike harris in march has jk worked tirelessly for the alliance including j acting as dinner co- mf chairpersonufor a fundraiser last- april for former alliance leader stockwell day other prominent york region residents were also cochairpersons including police services board members bob callow and mario a- stouffville academic math students do better than applied in provincial test wide variance in grades by carol cooper special a revised curriculum student attitudes and wideranging mathe matical abilities account for differ ences in provincial test scores between academic and applied- level math students local princi pals say in keeping with boardwide results for the standardized test written by grade 9 students last year scores at area schools showed a significant difference in perfor mance between academic- and appliedlevel students they come as no surprise for stouffville district secondary school principal tony lewis i could have called theresults for the applied kids even before they wrote the test knowing the various range ofabilities within that group he said at the academic level youre zeroing in on one level at stouffville district 95 per cent of academic level students passed the test and 50 per cent scored 70 per cent or higher to meet the provincial standard by comparison 63 per cent of students studying at the applied level passed and 12 per cent met the provincial standard some students experience chal lenges with mathematics through out elementary school mr lewis said upon entering high school they have only two choices in math courses one for those planning to study at the postsecondary level academic and the other one for everyone else applied see clement page 10 the stouffville flyer staff photosjoerd witteveen theres finally enough snow to do some serious winter sliding so thats what and pal matthew raguseo also 11 did tuesday afternoon at memorial park but meres enough of me white stuff around to withstand it ll jeff kavluk right temperatures are warming up op r- vi l72iprsppldirs mssbsmd aw btbarthau ewellers