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ton stouffville whitchurchstouffville public ubwry saturday sept 1 3 2003 b serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 44 pages1 including gst o celebration of the arts york jj region finalists set to perform opinion 6 registration 22 sports 25 classified 26 graduates return to high sghool morecredits better marks lure students byhannelobevolpe staffwriter 1 instead of saying goodbye to high school forever last june a significant number of senior stu dents are back at stoufmlle district secondary school to principal tony lewis sur prise 69 of the schools current 271 grade 12 students are there for the second time thats- about 40 more than i thought he said the phenomenon is across york region where close to 25 per cent of trie regions approxi- i mately 8000 grade 12 students are in their final year again theres ho proof the double cohort wwch saw both grade 12c and oag classes graduating last june is the prime factprfor the large number of students return ing according to ross virgo sppkespersori for the york region district school board c we have heard reports from our students that they want to improve their marks to increase their chances of gaining a place at university he said he believes this is a trend that will continue for the next several years at sdss most of the students aire back becausethey didnt have enough credits or mey want to raise themiwqthfekmye opted for- coop placements to help them find their mhire career see record page 15 i garbageeating bugs possible solution alternatives teste by simone joseph staffwriter in the next few weeks york region hopes to find an 86000 alternative to shipping garbage to michigan york peel durham and toronto are working together to evaluate 51 companies with potential solutions mat include shredding the garbage having bugs eat it adding heat arid pressure to it or adding chemicals and processing the liquid results each region will launch a pilot proj ect to test different technology york regionis solid waste com mittee agreed wednesday to set aside 86000 to introduce its pilot project but the final decision will be made this week at the regional council meeting the region sends about 160000 tonnes of garbage ayear to two sites in michigan while toronto sends 11 million tonnes annually the closing of the keele valley dump increased the amount of garbage being shipped to michigan in recent months michigan politicians and environ mentalists have spoken out against ontario garbage being shipped to area dumps increasing fears york regions garbage will be prevented from crossing the border in response to this peel durham york and toronto banded together to find alternatives to sending trash to michigan now york region must forge ahead with its pilot project and try to introduce it in the next year york region chairperson bill fisch said see michigan page 12 staff photosteve somerville stoiifrville spirit forward fevin lord is tripped up by newmarket hurricane joel sheppard in provincial junior aktockey league opening game at the stoufiviue arena thursday newmarket won 65 spirit forward mike krppmah 18 looks on the spirit hosts its terry fox car wash today at houston ford see story on page 25 hot 27 heritage rd markham 2948030 beachcomber j ward winning vem m0j- proteqe 5 vj iwimii bihct l iwncnoniutmol 2003 iuimm he mazda credit canada platinum record winner for 2002 flmflibafltoil 5396 highway 7 markham mjjjl fe town and country really ltd 6400888