stouflvme suntribune thursday november 232006 11 stouflville man charged as police launch ride program it wasnt good timing for a vvwtchufchstouffville man the media and other dignitaries joined rk regional police chief armand la barge and members of mothers against drinking and driving at the 2006 festive season enhanced ride program kickoff in markham tuesday afternoon at thq same time in stouffville mem bers of the forces traffic unit arrested a man who was driving while disqualified as a result of a 2004 impaired driving conviction officers operating an operation dis qualified project observed a possible prohibited driver driving a gmc van on the tenth line north of main street they stopped the vehicle ariddiscov- ered the driver was prohibited from driving for two years as a result of a court order issued in april 2005 it was the second order issued to the man after he breached an original twoyear ban after he was convicted in april 2004 of impaired driving a 51yearold man was charged with driving while disqualified under sus pension without insurance and with- unauthorized licence plates he was scheduled to appear in court yesterday his van was seized for 45 days this years festive ride program is dedicated to the memory of steven nicholas bobel steven 22 was killed by a drunk driver in newmarket in 1992 his mother marilyn bobel shared her familys story at tuesdays press confer ence the launch also include a presenta tion to four york officers who made the most arrests for impaired driving offences in the past year a presentation to chief la barge by madd canada recognized york police for having the most impairedbydrug arrests in canada a york officer is work ing with the rcmp as its training facili tator for the drug recognition expert program which trains officers across the province to identify drugrelated impairment in 2005 the york ride program markham villa ee jl8 hi isv resulted in 65 impaired driv ing arrests and 49 drug arrests in 2006 there have been 49 impaired driving arrests and 15 impaired-by- drug arrests eleven people have been killed where alcohol was a contributing factor jim mason ws public library wkitchurchstouffville public library 30 burkholder street stouffville ontario l4a4k1 telephone 905642aead 7323 fax9056401384 toll free 18886034292 an inconvenient truth plot outline a documentary on al gores campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide monday november 27 700 pm your library sponsored by the whitchurchstouffville public library and the town of whitchurchstouffviile environmental advisory committee free admission v friday nov 24 2006 630pm to 10 pm markham main street hwy 48 3 stages of music clowns cdrollers jugglers instore specials choirs art show of local artists scrooge fireworks petting zoo kids crafts and of course santa dress warmly for more information call 9054722462 bring your donations of a nonperishable food items to the markville ford vehicle at robinson main capstone markville ford communications group rorpiirsjooijmsyx a hiilpm pmm twttfr i r the rubiks cube of the 21st century yorkregion com it clicks home