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inside otters 6 registration 24 sports 25 classified 27 eyey dickson hill public school closes this week with a sendoff for current former students community calendar event whitchurchstouffville strawberry festival when june 26juiy 1 strawberryfestivalca where downtown stouffville and memorial park a stationary spots new book profiles york regions five restored train stations serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 touffville 50 cents including gst 56 pacjes saturday june 15 2002 to reach us 905 640-2612- dewing named in land sale lawsuit former cao says he did nothing wrong merlin dewing whitchurch- stouffvilles former chief admin istrative officer is one of a num ber of people named in a lawsuit in which the provincial govern ment is charging a public land sale is embedded in corruption kickbacks and bidrigging the lawsuit involves a 36- hectare parcel of land which was put on the auction block in bowmanville five years ago the ministry of the attorney general and the governments real estate arm the ontario realty corp orc state in an amended law suit that st stephens estates bought the land for 17 million since then theyd gained 34 million from residential develop ment the lawsuit claims orc was misled about the value of the land and the sales terms were wrongful and unconscionable the attorney generals ministry and orc which filed their original lawsuit two years ago have amended and expand ed their claim and are now seek ing 47 million in damages for alleged bidrigging fraud kick backs conspiracy and breach of fiduciary duty primarily during the late 1990s the number of defendants in the 343page lawsuit has now tripled and the incidents of alleged corruption in land sales and environmental cleanup have doubled see excao page 9 health care numbers improve despite shortage of doctors money by lisa queen staff writer york region is a good place to get sick in the communities of markham and richmond hill have jumped six places on an annual healthcare report a result at least one hospital presi dent finds surprising in light of the areas high growth and fund ing pressures i think overall given the tremendous growth and stress on york region organizations and the fact were not funded adequately in york region for the work we do i think its an amazing achievement the rating we have achieved said dr jim maclean president of markham stouffville hospital thehospital serves markham southern whitchurchstouffville and the surrounding area he was responding to markhamrichmond hills showing in this years macleans magazine health report based on data from the canadian institute for health information cihi the study groups the two communities as one area markhamrichmond hill ranked 12th out of 54 centres studied across canada up from its 18 standing last year southwest and northern york region arent identified in the see residents page 22 do knot try this at home staff photosjoerd witteveen volunteer leaders attending the south lake simcoe group scouter training course learn some rope tricks dur ing a teambuilding exercise at the vandorf community park recently the scouting centre is located on woodbine avenue across from the park mmm north markham honda 461 1 hwy 7 wost or kennedy rd unioflville 9054 7 7 2451 genuine honda oh and filter change includes premium quality 5w20 or 3w30 motor oil genuine honda oil filter and a new drain plug gasket d monthur parts and service open till midnight honda quality dealer north markham honda has been presented with the prestigious total quality dealer award from honda canada inc for 2002 town arid country realtyltd 6400888