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-j- tj aa iyti p w whitehurcfistouffvilie pubftt ifbrsn thursday june 232005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36 pages1 including gst 3 awardwinning stouffville auctioneer keeps business in the family jim thomas 5 calendar 28 sports 30 classified 32 didnt know about charges for expansions staff photomike barrett c this how its done hockey hall of earner darryl sitder goofs around at the annual belltoronto maple leaf charity golf tourney at- emerald hills golf club tuesday more than 25 exleafs took part in the fundraiser for camp maple leaf the camp for underprivileged children was established in the kawarthas in 1955 by the canadian council of war veterans association for additional photographs see page 17 10 weeks off too much for students by caroline grech staff writer balmy temperatures and longer days can only mean one thing the end of another school year cant be too far away next week students in york region will start their 10week summer breaks and the debate remains if thats tod much time off for elementarystudents 10 weeks is a long time to go without learning making it difficult to be sharp and ready to learn in september to combat the lengthy gap the york district school board has been holding a variety of summer programs for the past several years we know that children slip during the summer having summer programs keeps them active two months is a long time for children not to be engaged linda aihoshi a community resource assistant for die york district school board said initially geared for atrisk students die pro grams are open to everyone and many stick to the school boards curriculum but use fun activities so children dont realize they are learning just like they would during die regu lar school year ms aihoshi explained one such program wizard school is aimed at grade 5 students and teaches aero dynamics through fun activities such as mak ing rockets theyre learning but theyre having fun at the same time ms aihoshi said we know that its working because teach ers are noticing a difference she added for some york region high school students a shorter summer has translated ihtoa break in early november atmarkville high school in markham the- experiment was a major success in its first year the program was developed after school officials noticed dramatic spikes in behaviour in november we found our absentee and suspension rates were skyrocketing during the first week of november markville principal anne belanger said see markville page 15 break on town fees by hannelore volpe staff writer representatives j from two churches have asked whitchurcrt- stouffville council for relief from fees they say they didnt know about until latein the planning process for their expansions christ church anglican in stouffville and springvale baptist- church in the rural part of the municipality made the plea tuesday however theyll have to wait until september to see if they have to pay for future parkland thats when staff will report onthe impli cations of waiving of reducing cash- inlieu of parkland fees and whether to stagger payments of development charges over several years both churches were asked to pay 5 per cent- of the total cost of their new construction to provide for future town parkland the anglican church expansion is expected to cost about 18 million but charles parker of the anglican church told councillors the levy for future parkland is unrea sonable especially since church property is used as a playground by students from orchard park public school we have no way to recover this money he said we dont charge for use- of facilities for guides scouts and choirs the anglican church wasnt aware of the charges at first and asked if the towns development services department had a pam phlet with information on the vari ous charges councillor susanne see churches page 13 b houston ford ltd 5786 main st stouffville air windows locks cruise tilt automatic vg sv financing garthaii jewellers 6312 main st s i stouffville i- 9056404646 tv wwjiinqpkfa t w