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io economist sunsuntribune sports saturday may 15 2004 i i 1 1 1 wondering what to do with your yard waste 5 i 1 as of april 1 2004 regional residents can drop off their yard waste free of charge 1 i the new location i i the new dropoff location operated by halton recycling ltd is in 1 the town of newmarket at 395 harry walker parkway south please a 1 note that miller waste systems is no longer accepting yard g waste dropped off by the public at its 1351 bloomington road 1 location in the town of richmond hill dropoff location hours g i monday to friday april 1 to nov 30 except statutory holidays 800 am to 530 pm evenings april 1 to nov 30 tuesday evenings only to 80b pm b saturdays g april i to nov 30 except statutory holidays 800 am to 530 pm whats accepted leaves grass clippings shrubs branches whats not accepted x tree branches and brush larger than 152 mm 6 inches in diameter and 18 m 6 feet long x stumps and root balls x driveway and road sweepings weeds vegetable garden waste flowers and garden plants sod maximum three bags x kitchen and food waste x animal droppings x rocks and stones x dirt and tdpsoil x yard waste in plastic bags must be emptied on site i other options each municipality in york region has a leaf and yard waste collection i service in place watch for notices from your municipality or visit their i website for further details york residents can also drop off their yard waste at the regions georgina transfer station and at selected city 1 of toronto transfer stations for locations hours of operation fees land acceptable material for these facilities please refer to york h regions website at wwwregionvorkonca or call york region at 1 905 8951200 and press 3 a e questions visit the york region website at wwwregionvorkonca or call york g i region at 905 8951200 ext 5717 1 i remember kraft paper bags i are easy to use and are better i for the environment i tracksters advance to regionals the stouffville district secondary school spartans track and field team had 11 members qualify for the central region meet by earning topfive finishes in the york region athletic association championships this week at york university the senior girls who advanced included dana wood who set school records win- ning the 400 syraa5 metres in 5900 j g seconds and 4tob44 coming second in the 200m in 2610 katelyn smith was second in discus and set a school mark with a toss of 2613m she also finished fourth in the shot put jasmine geense was second in the 100m and fourth in the 200m sandra pankratz was fifth in high jump jessica aprile was fourth in discus and fifth in shot put the senior girls 4 x 100m relay team of pankratz deidre wood dana wood and geense were second and set a school mark at 5220 in the junior girls field deidre wood won the 200m and was fourth in the 100m caterina ventrella was fifth in discus and shot put among senior boys greg legault won the discus and was fourth in shot put dale passfield was third in javelin and kevin hadaway fourth in the 400m low hurdles in the midget group jason smith was third in discus and allan mcgrath fifth in high jump and discus the central region meet will take place may 26 at york university girls kick up storm the spartans girls soccer team continued its fine play on the pitch with two home field victories earlier in the week facing dr jm dennison newmarket tuesday the spartans got goals from diana wideman and samantha batten in a 20 win wideman also scored twice on thursday to propel the spartans to a 40 win over richmond hill high school tiziana cotechini and kayla moule added the other markers the two victories came on the heels of a 30 seasonopening victory last week over host king city secondary school liz knox earned the shutouts in all three games the spartans end regular sea son play tuesday with a road game against our lady of the lake keswick at 3 pm baseball team undefeated the firstyear spartans base ball team remained perfect in league action after recording two wins earlier in the week josh spang and chad wilson each had two hits while mike manson drove in five runs in a 259 road win wednesday over our lady of the lake keswick the following day the spartans received an 11 strike out effort from kevin hayward and seven from ryan pickering to defeat bayview secondary school 71 hayward was the winning pitcher in both outings now 30 in league play the spartans resume action monday against keswick high school in sutton at 3 pm