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whrrchurckstouffville public library saturday sept 29 2007 b serving the communht of whrtchurchstouffville 36pages1 including gst kajsoffto the 163rd markham fain events run through this weekend opinion 6 entertainment 9 0jox lv v x x classified 14 hannelore volpe qver50et big on election learning what local can didates are all about is apparently a job for the over5d crowd judging by the audience that ambled into tuesday nights all- candidates meeting only a sprinkling of younger people was in the audience of around 130 listening to hopefuls running in oak ridgesmarkham in the oct 10 provincial election unlike municipal allcan didates meetings of a year ago mwwtchurchstouffville there was no shouting at candidates when they answered questions instead the audience lis tened attentively and showed its approval with polite subdued applause held at brother andre catho lic high school in markham the meeting was sponsored by the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce markham board of trade and richmond hill chamber of commerce microphones were set up and name tags affixed to the candi dates table on the cafetorium stage by the crew from most excellent productions for the four participating candidates phil bannon of the progressive conservative party janice hagan of the new democratic party dr helena jaczek of the liberal party and the green partys can didate attila nagy there are also two other candidates pat redmond- of the family coalition party and see tories page 2 pouring it on staff photosusie kockerscheidt ryan dunlop of summitview public school takes part in the junior york region firefight ers event in markham tuesday activities included a combat challenge bucket filling hose targets and extinguisher training ryan who dropped the puck at thursdays stouffville spirit game was selected by whitchurchstouffville fire and emergency services to repre sent the town for additional photos go to yorkregioncom and click on photo gallery ontario v0tes keyissues education in yorkregion butklees argues faith schools funding working in bc by teresa latchford staff writer the math just doesnt add up when it comes to funding faithbased schools accord ing to one university professor progressive conservative leader john torys plan to take 400 million and put it toward funding faithbased schools means other services will have to be slashed or taxes will have to rise to meet the financial demands of such a scheme york university political sci ence professor james laxer told the suntri bune last week john tory is claiming he will do this with out raising taxes or taking money from other major priorities in the budget mr laxer added all i have to say is good luck this kind of cheerful math just doesnt work out the pc leader let loose a lion leading into the election campaign proposing to invite faithbased schools into the publicly fund ed education system his proposal quickly became the hot election topic his strategy is to appeal to groups of peo ple he can win over by appealing to different cultural groups mr laxer said if this proposal should occur there will be many faithbased schools cropping up across the region and the educational system will suffer tremendously thornhill liberal candi date mario racco said if elected the conservatives would begin a process to implement the transition of 53000 see consultation page 13 27 heritage rd markham 18030 beocftcomber hot toil bring if home to honda 8220 kennedy rd markham doni open your nood to strangers for peak performance this tall bring your vehlcla home to honda for a comprehensive multi point inspection including a genuine honda oil and fitter cttanne available for most honda model taxes not included provincial environment fees if any excluded honda 18664301512 town and country realty ltd 6400888