inside letters 6 calendar 22 churches 24 classified 25 7 part of the solution stouffville secondary students set to adopt littered edward street community calendar event pet pictures with santa claus when saturday and sunday 12 to 4 pm where ontario spca 16586 woodbine ave serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 i o science of the sole ao t hightech world of running shoe design in york region 50 cents including gst7 40 pages thursday dec 12 2002 to reach us 905 6402612 health inspectors threatened clean restaurateurs welcome a visit by lisa queen staff writer fred lee is one of the good guys in the business of restaurant inspections where investigators find health hazards ranging from a lack of hand soap at kitchen sinks to rats rummaging through food mr lee has gone out of his way to ensure his great khan mongolian grill surpasses health standards senior public health inspector joseph mancuso is pleased with the markham eatery as he slips in the back door for a surprise visit tuesday he flashes his authoritative provincial offences inspector badge to an employee these are a lot better than the ones we used to have they looked like the cheap plastic sheriff badges you got as a kid he laughed although mr mancuso is wel comed in at the mongolian grill thats not always the case in his line of work ive been pushed ive been threatened ive had to get the police to at least let them know about the threats in case any thing happens to me i think they were just idle threats he said i know of cases where inspectors have been obstructed from entering the premises and the owners have been charged i see health page 9 more cash for special education contracts task force recommends saw by mitchell brown staff writer york regions school boards are adding their voices to the chorus of approval greeting a muchawaited report recommending an extra 18 billion for ontarios education sys tem now they hope the province will act on it on tuesday university of guelph president mordechai rozanski who was appointed chairperson of the provinces education equality task force in may delivered his 33 recommenda tions for fixing the education fund ing formula his findings confirmed what many educators and parents have been saying since the funding for mula was introduced in 1998 the formula which delivered 14 bil lion to schools this year is not pro viding educators the funding they need to do their jobs im convinced this is the right thing to do for our students mr rozanski said i tend to agree with those who say that we cannot afford not to- provide adequate funding to meet our goals for public education however we must all recognize that education is only one public priority and that taxpayers pockets are not bottomless our education system must be affordable among his recommendations an additional 18 billion for the provinces schools to be phased in over three years an infusion of an undeter- see board page 5 grooving to the santa beat staff photobill roberts students from the dancecentre in stouffville performed at the annual festival of lights in civic square on friday night the annual event is sponsored by the downtown stouffville business improvement area mm fuwhiee quetroom available book your christmas parties monday night 2 for j wings 4706955 202 main st unlonville no o m v n o i t 111111 ustte the little dealership with a big m o a l 8 semmg sstemt special special regular power sleelng rush 5995 7995 2 wheel allgni i itoui 3995 5995 4whlallbwnmintptctimwirinhi 6995 9495 wwn o r th p olntochov ol ds c o rn 2 wheel alignment power steering flush with print out 4 wheel alignment 4 power steering tfim with print otrt special regular 8995 13990 10995 17490 5336 highway 7 just east of mccowan 2941440 toll free 18008922209 tina saunders