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thursdayjuly 12004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville h 24 pages1 including gst happy canada day whitchurchstouffville opinion 6 calendar 18 sports 19 classified 21 thursday focus earlymorning sessions paid off for new ridings rookie mp lui temelkovski wave tm not ken dryden nobody knew my name t by joan ransberry staff writer he man spotted holding a sign at highways 48 and 7 at the crack of dawn tuesday is ottawabound lui temelkovski suc cessful liberal candidate in oak ridgesmarkham didnt waste any time thanking voters for their sup port in mondays federal election mr temelkovski who won handily over his closest rival was quite comfortable on the roadside hold ing the thankyou sigh throughout the 36day election campaign motorists on their way to work in the huge riding got used to seeing the tall macedonian doing his wave in the early morn ing- nobody knew who lui temelkovski was im riot ken dryden former nhl goalie and liberal winner in toronto nobody knew my name nobody knew my face mr temelkovski said so i went out every day and waved at the people eventually it caught on the people knew a pat tern was forming people started to make the connection between my name my face and the election my morning wave made a big dif ference on the campaign winning 137 seats compared to 96 for the conservatives 53 for the bloc 21 for the new democrats and one independent the liberals defied nearly every major pollsters forecast meanwhile most predicted a photo finish in oak ridges- markham mr temelkovski sur prised many by attracting 11050 votes more than his closest com petitor conservative bob callow see trust page 8 staff photosjoerd witteveen new mp lui temelkovski relaxes outside his campaign headquarters the day after being elected in the new riding of oak ridgesmarkham ive got a lot to learn and a large riding to cover markham man says 50th reunion same week closing announced by mitchell brown staff writer the york public board has confirmed a hew stouffville high school is on the books for 2007 the announcement came on the week more than 1000 graduates are expected to attend a reunion celebrating the schools 50th anniversary the new school which will replace the current building on bramble crescent will be con structed just south of main street and west of ninth line according to ralph benson superintendent of planning for the york region district school board the new stouffvilie district secondary school will offer a full range of high school instruction for the estimated 1500 students in grades 9 to 12 who will be living in the area within the next few years he said adding the current build ings aging facilities also made it necessary to replace the school the current building which has been operating at capacity for several years holds 900 stu dents the announcement which came just days before alumni gather this weekend to cele- billcrothers school board chairmans children graduated from stouffville secondary brate the schools 50th was greeted with some relief by for mer graduates isobel hoover one of the organizers of this weekends reunion said she would hate to see the old school go but times change when we were inviting people to come we were trying to push the point that if you dont come to this reunion it could be your last chance to see the place she said adding school staff painted lockers and refinished the gym floor in preparation for the event when i went there in the 50s there were 10 classrooms and one of them was also our cafeteria from the looks of see school page 15 kbs1ss vord ihoust0n1 houston ford ltd 5786 main st stouffville 3d56404541 www billhoustonf ore com your hometown ford store the new os focus is here car a driver 10 best 5 years in a row various models and colours to choose from