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whitchurchstouffville public library inside letters 6 y j cornriiunity 11 sportsl 25 classified 26 7 stouffville district secondary student hit by jeep and seriouslyirijured friday community calendar event adult valentines skating party when tuesday feb 12 855 to 945 pm where stounviue arena ninthline fy work hard for the 4 money what motivates you to go to work every day serving whitchurchrstouefville since 1888 11 r-1- 50 cents including gst 44 pages saturday feb 9 2002 to reach us 905 2942200 weve made enough to pay for this years food cheapest eats in the world hurts our farms by carol cooper special john doners family has owned the same gormley farm for 200 years he wants to keep it that way while mrvpoher struggles with the uncertainties of markets- and weather canadians enjoy the cheapest food in the world thursday marked food freedom day the day of the year by which canadians had earned tithe 10 percent of their dispos- able income they spend annually on i food organized by the ontario federation of agriculture ofa and the canadian federation of agriculture cfa the day raised awareness about canadian food prices and farm- iri v -zyjsc- two years of- poor- crops- in- york region and competition from subsidized farmers in the usfand european countries have made life difficult for area- producers said whitchurch- stouffyules dr terry oconnor first vicepresident of the york region federation of agriculture east summers drought affect ed the- soybean crop the worst said mr doner- production dropped by between 50 and 70 per cent with a resultant drop in income he said compounding the difficulties the price he received for the soybeans he grew went i down 70 cents see weaker page 8 whitchurchstouffville council has problems with values program a character community by carol cooper special at least one whitchurch- stouffville town councillor is ambivalent about councils deci sion this week to designate the town as a character community following a delegation led by markham mayor don cousens chair of york regions character council whitchurchstouffville town council passed a resolution to support the regional initiative on tuesday the character community program originating in the us recognizes and fosters the growth of good values and char acter ward 5 councillor harry bowes abstained from the vote i think its a good thing but i dont want to be involved because ive seen so much in the background since the quest for character conference in 2001 he said later he noted the initiative was noth ing hew the municipal and provincial politicians have picked up on what education has been doing for years and years its the in thing to do and during the 70s the school board attempted a morals and val ues education program he said it was dropped because of opposition from religious groups questioning whose values and morals would be taught ward 6 councillor sue sherban endorsed the project but said that it should receive the financial and promotional support it needs to become successful we need to see mayor page 10 stouffville spirit on the fly staff photomike barrett stouffville spirit captain anthony minicucd flies past his own net during his teams playoff opener with the collingwood blues thursday at the stouffville arena the spirit won 72 the two teams who played last night in collingwood meet again on thursday in stouffville spirit players jeff mok left and jd smithson protect the front of the net see sports on page 25 betz pools 5688 main st mstoirffviii town and country realty ltd 6400888 vjkatytovr 1 t t a wy- tvfr m jrvvv- ri ft11ri tttetira rtvtrr ftr1r g k