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inside ransberry 7 events 20 sports 25 classified 29 8 drugdeal suspect bolts from york regional police in downtown stouffville wednesday community calendar event fire prevention night with stouffville spirit when tonight 730 pm 9056422123 where stouffville arena jm jwi cmall fry rocking 3 the house ma youngsters swept up in junior version of curling serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 stouffville tribune 50 cents including gst 44 pages thursday oct 10 2002 to reach us 905 640212 teachers welcome new rules of conduct fear of repercussions scaring educators by mitchell brown staff writer wendy van straten remem bers a timewhen she would reg ularly drive home students who stayed late after school she doesnt do that anymore now i wont even drive a group of children unless theres a parent with me said the presi dent of the elementary teachers federation in york region you cant go into a washroom to help a child anymore you cant put yourself in a situation where five six years down the road some child will say i didnt feel right about that its very much hands off which is not the kind of nurturing environment you want in a school still she said if new rules gov erning teacherstudent conduct save just one child from sexual abuse or harassment then its worth it the ontario college of teachers which regulates the provinces 184000 teachers released new guidelines tuesday warning teachers against any kind of inappropriate act dating students sending them gifts engaging them in provocative conversations over the internet inviting them home or sending intimate letters are among the prohibited actions spelled out in the colleges blue print for behaviour see high page 14 urbanization low prices have area farmers worried by mike adler staff writer signs hung on their tractors and matching tshirts on their bodies said dont dictate to us but local farmers took another more subtle message to a meeting in pickering last week farming many suggested will soon be finished in markham and pickering and they want out markham was once known as an agricultural centre with superior soils but explosive growth has put nearly all its farmland into the hands of speculators or suburban commuters who grow impatient driving behind farm machinery on the roads farmland survived these pres sures to urbanize starting to be strongly felt even to the north in yvhitchurchstouffville in the towns east end and in north pickering because until recently the land was all in government hands land sales by the govern ments however are threatening to wipe farming off the local map ive been told within 10 years theres going to be an international airport to the north landing jumbo cargo jets said chris burkholder a markham farmer who like many others came to demand easements preventing development on pickering agricultural lands be lift ed id just like the same rights as every other landowner in ontario said mike whittamore of markham who recalled the bitterness of see fever page 22 firefighter friends staff photosteve somerville proud mother sandi ianuzzo takes a picture of daughter elissa ianuzzo of stouffville and laura st john of east gwillimbury at the york region junior firefighter day at richmond green sports centre in richmond hill recently the two youngsters represented their communities at the fire safety event shak hi iiornoisr y for lunch dinner reservations please call 905480qq94 please join us for martini mondays r o t i9nhbt8 mod i e vj dealership with a blf 36highw ly juati tct mccov i said monthurs 9 am 9 pm service monfri 730 am 6 pm i hours fri9am 6pm hours sat 8 am 1 pm sat 9 am 6 pm 1099 andy mak 30 point safety inspection most gm vehicles starts oct 3 end oct 31 tom waterman