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stouffi saturday feb 21 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville b 40 pages1 including gst m spirit upended in opening game rematch in stouffville tomorrow police 4 letters 6 diversions 20 classified 23 customers may save upto6m in merger new utility would be third largest bymikeadler staffwriter the hydro utilities of markham vaughan and richmond hill have agreed to merge into a single electricity provider that would be ontarios third largest the merger of markham hydro distribution inc hydro vaughan distribution inc and richmond hill hydro inc which the markham and vaughan utilities coown should take 12 to 18 months to fully implement and save customers 6 million a year markham mayor don cousens said public meetings public meetings will be held at 7 pm march 3 at the markham civic centre and the terrace banquet hall in vaughan before the merger goes to the ontario energy board for approval hydro vaughan and markham hydro each bought half of richmond hill hydro in 2001 after an attempt to merge five utilities in york region ended in failure combined assets of the new utility would be about 550 mil lion and only toronto hydro and ottawa hydro would serve more customers a twoyear transfer tax holi day on utility assets announced see some page 7 the littlest goalie staff photobill roberts tom whillier 18 moves in on goalie travis thompson 5 during shinny action at the rink in vandorf park behind the whitchurchstoufrville museum review longtime foster parent made child pornography on computer by jeff mitchell staff writer york regions childrens aid society is reviewing policies regarding home computers and scrutiny of employees in the wake of last weeks conviction of a longtime foster parent on child pornography charges were always looking at ways of improving our service cas executive director martin mcnamara said certainly were recognizing there is signif icant potential for inappropriate computer imaging and things like that that wouldnt be supportive of our children a committee has been struck to examine possible policies with regard to home com puters mr mcnamara said the cas was rocked last june when 50- yearold wayne relf a foster parent with the agency for several years was arrested oil charges of manufacturing and possessing child pornography he pleaded guilty in a newmarket court last week and was sen tenced to 28 months in jail court heard mr relf had used a web cam era to make a video featuring a 13yearold girl in his care at his keswick home the child per formed a strip tease in the video she was described as physically developed but with the intellectual capacity of a six-year- old police also seized some 500 pictures deemed child pornography a sample of those pictures submitted as evidence included boys and girls see foster page 10 gg8030 beachcomber genuine honda oil and filter change 8220 kennedy rd markham 9054 7 7 2451 wwwmarkhamhondacom genuine sgjjc includes premium quality 5w20 or 5w30 genuine honda motor oil genuine honda oil filter and a new drain plug gasket quick lube service no appointment necessary available tor mnt honda models taxes nol included provincial environmental fee if anv excluded toiyn and country really ltd 6400888