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whftehurcftstoiiffvilte foblfc ufcrarf saturday april 162005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 56 pages1 including gst 32 more to fishing dubs than sharing angling tales opinion 6 total home 15 sports 30 classified 34 doctor on mission to stamp out blindness blind mission director at work in s america by hannelore volpe staff writer the ravages of blindness that rob children of education and adults of the chance to work compelled dr rainald duerksen of paraguay to take action the ophthalmologist opened a clinic 13 years ago in asuncion the capital of paraguay and began treating the destitute blind along with his private practice patients the need for eye surgery and care is so great among south americas poor that he is opening a new hospital to replace the two tiny buildings that now house programa vision dr duerksen performed 2 100 cataract operations last year and aims to restore sight to 12000 people each year he was at christian blind mission international headquar ters in whitchurchstouffville thursday to give firsthand accounts of the problems faced by the blind and raise funds for a new hospital he is building in asuncion paraguays capital that will serve people throughout south america the visit to cbmi was the 36th stop dr duerksen made on a twoweek trip across canada he is cbmis programa vision director in south america the program is part of vision 2020 a coalition of agen cies including cbmi that has see doctor page 4 getting the goods on drinks staff photosteve somerville stouffvilles alexander gillespie a student at pickering college in newmarket drops juice into a cup during the york region science and technology fair at senecayork university last saturday he was dramatizing his conclusion that cranberry juice has the highest concentration of vitamin c of popular nonsoft drinks he tested he subjected 50 people to the test region one of few growing boards in ontario by caroline grech staff writer the york region board should easily reach a deal with its teachers in june after an unprecedented pact with the province chairperson bill crothers predicts i have no doubts about that the nego tiations in our board have been cordial mr crothers said after an agreement between the province and the elementary teachers federation of ontario was reached late last week the agreement addresses the key issues of preparation time and salaries by phasing an increase to 200 minutes a week of prepa ration time over four years and providing wage increases of 2 per cent in the first two years with a 25 to 3percent increase in the third and fourth years the teachers union has suspended its worktorule campaign until june 1 the agreement throws the battle back into the local arena with issues such as benefits and transfer clauses being the major remaining issues in the york region talks were optimistic that this deal could be done if boards are willing by the end of may emily noble president of the elementary teachers federation of ontario said the agreement also means more teachers for york region as one of only a few boards in see teachers page 7 27 heritage ro harkham 8030 bxcrcmtxs qrrjx r spring performance package for peak performance this summer dont open your hood to strangers bring your vehicle home available for mot honda models taxes not included provincial environmental fees if any excluded town and country niiiirpj 640083