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stoufiville suntribune thursday jan 18 2007 3 stoufiville says by hannelore volpe if you were running the toronto maple leafs what would you do asked at country style donuts and ir giant tiger in stoufiville ted cybruch i would trade some of the players especial ly the highpriced ones that arent doing their job angelo larosa change the goalie and the general manager we need a new way of thinking of how to get the team going gerald noble i think it is the pursestrings they havent spent enough money to win the stanley cup in 40 years they dont get the really highpriced players reynan regalado fix the lineup have the general manager trade players they need stronger players and more practice time teddies for those suffering staff photosteve somerville leah morrisey foreground left tonya stevens background from left lija schneider amy nolan lau ren thornton vanessa kerswill hannah hilsden devon johnson and allison todd show off teddy bears they made in their family studies class at stouffville district secondary school the bears are given to chil dren in third world countries by doctors treating the ill so far bears have been sent to african south american and asian children crimestoppers netted 13m in street drugs program recognizes media partners byjoefantauzzi staff writer tips to crimestoppers of york region resulted in the seizure of nearly 13 million in drugs and allowed police to take 11 weapons off the streets in 2006 on tuesday partners in the anonymous tip program gath ered at the york regional polices community safety village in whitchurchstouffville to cele brate the local crimestoppers 20th anniversary and honour those who support the program statistics released by stouf fville native todd snooks crimestoppers police co-ordi- nator reveal between 2001 and 2006 tips yielded more than 106miuion in drugs seized in markham six weapons removed from vaughan and 10 arrests in whitchurchstoufmlle in the same timeframe in richmond hill more than 27 million in drugs were seized and 62 arrests were made in new market as a result of tips from 2005 to 2006 the suc cessful tips on drugs alone dou bled detconst snooks said everything else was very close or just slightly lower from year to year whereas the previous year our drugs actually dropped from 2004 to 2005 it really fluctuates depending on what information is coming in how valuable that information is to the police what the police are able to turn over in that year time frame in 2005 yorks crimestoppers launched its fully encrypted tip website which can be accessed by logging on to www1800222tipscom an ini tiative meant to attract web savvy youth to the program crimestoppers chairperson david forster said york regional police chief la barge said the effectiveness of the crimestoppers program in york region is obvious when you look at the statis tics theres no way you can say it hasnt been successful chief la barge said but crimestoppers leads to more than drug seizures in the month following the murder of thomhills alicia ross tips to the program doubled detconsl snooks said feel more comfort able in your mother tongue ifs not an issue detconst snooks said crime stoppers can accommodate 117 languages by using interpreters if your mother tongue hap pens to be russian cantonese or greek and you feel more com fortable in that language simply tell the call taker thats the case he said adding an interpreter will be connected in less than a minute receiving awards of appreci ation from crime stoppers of york region york region newspaper group jimmy liu ming pao daily news gary mcmahon rogers cable jimmy leung fairchildtv bobkomsic cfrb percta lam sing tao daily news sarah wilson achannel aurora cable snap newmarket chief armand la barge and deputy chiefs eric jolliffe and bruce herridge daisy wai and connie phillipson york regional police services board to comment on this story emailjoe fantauzzi atjfantau22iyrngcom briefly committee meetings could move to afternoon changing the meeting times for whitchurchstouffville council is on the agenda tuesday the idea is for the council in com mittee meeting where most discus sion takes place to be moved from 7 to 3 pm the first and third tuesday of each month council meetings would remain at 7 pm on the second and fourth tues day of each month along with public hearings it means residents have two chances to have their say mayor wayne emmerson said the meetings will also be more open and transpar ent he said issues discussed at an afternoon meeting will be revisited the following week at the council meeting which will follow any public hearings slated to begin at 7 pm anyone interested in specific issues at council can get information on the afternoon meeting from their local councillor from the towns website at wwwtcwnofwscom or by visiting the town offices at 37sandiford dr call the town at 9056401900 library wants input from town seniors the seniors subcommittee of the whitchurchstouffville public library board is looking for volun teers to join this committee it is responsible for two annual events the spring fling and the seniors christmas party thecommittee meets quarterly to organize these events and provide input to library staff on issues in the community affecting seniors if you have some fresh ideas to contribute enjoy planning events and have some time to offer please consider being part of this committee 7b volunteer call carolyn nordheimer james at 9056427323 ext 223 quoteworthy an intellectual terrorist barbara amiel on stouffville author b w powe see story on page i contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 9056402612 email us at jmasonyrngcom visit our offices at 6290 main st in downtown stouffville new spring 2007 fashions arriving daily regular ticket prices beat the winter blahs at lots of winter fa is li i o n s fop t wear and accessories off regular ticket prices includes ourafew shipment of winter sweaters all sale 137 main st n markham 9052943882 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