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inside l 6 travel 12 sports 18 classified 20 m summer spirituality vacation bible schools expose people of all ages to different faiths community calendar event whitchurchstouffville canada day events when monday july 1 510 pm 90564berry where memorialfranklin parks stouffville 1 lfbv inrt r i hhbvh m v av vbfl 3 light up for canada day saying happy birthday to our country with a big bang serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 736 pages saturday june 292002 to jreach us 905 6402612 orchard park gives fond farewell to its principal stouffville resident a lifelong educator by joan ransberry staff writer sandra jones never had a sec ond career choice the whitchurchstouffville resident always wanted to be a teacher if my friends wouldnt play school with me when i was a child my teddy bears would said mrs jones her teaching career was launched 37 years ago in london ont it ended on wednesday in stouffville the wrapup didnt go unnoticed the 393 students at orchard park public school joined parents and staff to salute their favorite prin cipal mrs jones was presented with a personalized video and year book both made by the children over the course of the past year this woman has had a tremendous impact on our school in the past three years said sharon oshaughnessy chairperson of the schools coun cil mrs jones is a leader she has grace she has compassion she is tough she is on the roof when the kids reach a goal she wears crazy hair on crazy hair days she has a jelly bean machine to help celebrate no matter how big or small and she knows every child by name as well her shoes match her suits and she cares see principal page 10 public meetings for 900 homes planned in north stouffville standing room only by joan ransberry staff writer whitchurchstouffville residents turned out in droves again tuesday to balk at developers plans to build three subdivisions that include townhouses and homes most with less than 40foot frontages for the second straight tuesday night angry residents packed the council chambers overflowed into the lobby and filled an adjacent room they were their with a com mon cause to tell local council that small lots bring high density and eventually change the smalltown character ofwhitchurchstouffville close to 900 homes are on the books for housing developments slated for the north side of stouffville they are to be phased in over the next 15 years one council lor left the meeting protesting the way mayor wayne emmerson con ducts a public meeting ward 6 councillor sue sherban abandoned her seat when andrew mcneely manager of the towns development services was giving an overview of the proposals a week ago a similar size crowd rejected a plan calling for about 3000 homes to be built in the southern part of town at both meetings angry resi dents targeted lot sizes as their main beef and suggested density problems will bring other troubles to the quiet community mayor emmerson said the small narrow lots are the wish of the developers not the town he said the developers should follow see controversial page 4 goodbyes are difficult staff photosteve somerville orchard park public school principal sandra jones gives a sad farewell to senior kindergarten student bryanne burrows at a ceremony in the stouffville schools gym wednesday see story at left worth markham honda 4611 hwy 7 m west of kennedy ftd uniomille 9054 7 7 24 51 genuine honda oil and filter change includes premium quality 5w20 or 5w30 motor oil genuine honda oil filtcrand anew drain plug sasket jmjc- i oft monthur parts and service open till midnight u at table lot uiom heiniitmmkn iivr- mil imjuded piiumitl cmtunmcnul tn ikirn rxcltidf vtlul tinnl cntrmhci vth 1002 0 honda quality dealer nonh markham honda has been presented with the prestigious total quality dealer award from honda canada inc for 2002 town and country realty ltd 6400888