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stouffville sunjribune saturday nov 29 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40 pages1 including gst diversions buying toys children j will play with after christmas environment 3 opinion 6 sports 18 classified 19 extra literacy work pays off for top school unfair to compare ballantrae principal by martin derbyshire staff writer provincial tests results for third graders in ballantrae public school were tops in whitchurch- stouffville but the schools prin- cipal says they shouldnt neces sarily be compared to other schools of course we were very happy said mary carnahan whose school saw ah average of 85 per cent of third grade stu dents score either three or four on the education quality and accountability office eqao tests administered last spring and released this week this is the result of years of focussing on literacy across the school and we will continue to work on that but it is just one measure of our students achievements report cards are the other four is the highest grade a stu dent can score on the provincewide reading writing and math exams a three means the child generally demonstrates expected knowledge under standing and application of skills pertaining to that subject third graders at ballantrae finished to the top 10 among more than 120 york region district school board elementary schools but ms carnahan has chosen to use the results as a way to examine whats happening inside die school as opposed to see trustee page 4 markham stouffville needs more money to continue services hospitals face tou by lisa queen staff writer pressure to boost infection con trol measures is just one of the challenges facing cashstrapped ontario hospitals which are warn ing the new provincial government they require an additional 350 million to 450 million im not optimistic we can con tinue to offer the services we offer if we only receive a minimal increase in funding said markham stouffville hospital president dr jim maclean there is a growth in patient demand for services every 905 hospital and york region hospital has population growth and an aging population stricter infection controls will only make a tough financial situa tion worse anything we now have to do to augment infection control stan dards we will really be challenged to do that when we have to do cost control dr maclean said i dont want to be any threat to people but you can only do so much although premier dalton mcguinty used his first throne times speech to urge funding partners in the health education and social service sectors to temper their requests for funding in light of ontarios 56billion deficit hos pital officials say patient care could be at risk without more money ontario hospital association president hilary short said she appreciates the seriousness of the see york page 14 iip for air staff photomike barrett stoufrvilles brittney williams 11 churns through the water at a school swim meet hosted by summitview public school at the lebovic leisure centre in stouflville thursday brittney attends summitview 27 heritage rd markham 8030 beochcomber hotidm honda 8220 kennedy rd markham 9054 7 7 2451 wwwmarkhamhondacom genuine honda oil and filter change monthur parts and service midnight iiicludesjrcmiuni quality 3w20 or 5w30 genuine honda motor oil genuine honda oil filter and a new drain plug gasket quick lube service no appointment necessary ill for tm hives mil included il any excluded town and country realty lid 6400888