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whitciuirchstduffviile public librar saturday aug 23 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffviuje 40pages1 including gst 19 fair fare better than fain y get your palate ready tor tall opinion 6 registration 10 classified 22 notharges one year after hit and run famlfyfemembers promising teenager byjoanransberky v vstopwfer- the tears are never far away neither isthe anger nor the emptiness matthew george bobbett is gone and nolhmg wfll bring him back a hitandrun driver robbed the bobbett family of a much- loved spriand brother v monday marks the first anniversary of the death of the ballantrae teen who was left to die in a ditch on hwy 48 near aurora road the driver of the car mat struck me 16yearold drove off after turrimgmeughts off 5 pojdde said they were search ing for a baby blue ford mustang vrmatjthevy was vwth two bud diesat the time of the accident one sustained minor injuries while a second youth escaped unharmed detcbhst steve sermet of the opps crirhinal- operations unit and scientists at the centre for forensic science continue tbe investigation into the deathv meanwhile larrybpbbett has to accept the fact that despite the fact that 12 months have passed no charges have been laid in con nection with his sonsdeath people drink and driver they do drugs they drive recklessthey cwve top fast and then they leave a boy to die in the ditch i can understand part of it i cant understand leaving my boy to die in a ditch this part is the crime i see vehicle page 8 i n vitati on to appear olil travel su 0 win no rth eastern u n ted states by jeef mitchell siff writer york region was scrambling to appease businesses and politicians after it turned its nose up at a gold- enopportunity toprornote thearea free of charge this week stephen pickfpdhost of travel world radio launched an attack thursday after yorklregion passed on the opportuiiity citing last weeks power failure the response left mr pickford flummoxed i was floored he said in an interview from his montreal office s the only person who has ever refused to be on the show was brian mulroriey after the regions communica tions department learned york region newspaper group was mvestigating it reversed its deci sion late in die day agreeing to appear on yesterdays broadcast travel world radio airs saturday morning on 35 affiliate stations most of them in the northeastern united states mr pickford said the program which invites locals to talk about me attractions and attributes of their communities is heard by an average of 479000 lis- teners weekly we like to ask our guests what would you showyour friends if they came to your town mr pickford said the regions corporate commu nications office originally turned down the request an email from york communications representa tive michael kemp to mr pickford see region page 14 look what i made staff photosjoerd witteveen hannah champion 6 shows counsellor shelley painter her sculpture at the latcham gallery art camp last weekin stouftville the young campers worked with day last week at the annual camp hot tubs 27 heritage rd markham i group i town and country realty fid 6400888 jtwtawtiiimmmmvvvvi wvfcmjt jtt ti tt i u