the tribune thursday january 22 u7s 3 lore affair turns sour man convicted on four charges york regional police are sporting new cars with a new color combination white with a red stripe along each side has been approved for the force the change was affected to distinguish cars in the regional force from those of metro toronto some of the yellow cruisers will remain until the changeover is complete sometime in april don bernard new student travel policy age boundaries approved aurora a policy that bars classroom organization of com- jmercial trips was ap- proved by york region public school board trustees here last week under the new policy any trips that are organized as commercial rfgntures must be clearly defined as such in any approach to parents of students all announcements and communications to students and parents concerning such a trip 2 state clearly that tour is arranged in dependently by the steadier and the nature of the tour is such that it does not qualify for formal approval and or endorsement by the board the new policy states there are con siderable changes from the old policy dennis middleton assistant to the superintendent of school operations said in an interview thursday the board has clearly stated between what are board organized trips and what are not he added those non- board ventures are definitely considered commercial for the first time the boards field trip and extended student travel policy lists specific travel boundaries for primary junior intermediate and senior students in the primary kindergarten to grade 3 division students will be encouraged to take field trips about the com munity to help develop the behavioural and in tellectual skills required for learning experiences in later years students in the grades 4 to 6 junior division will move beyond community boundaries on overnight visits when warranted by the maturity of the students such trips could include visits to quebec fraud charges laid markham a scarboro man has been arrested on charges of defrauding six markham businesses out of a total of 945 in july a man went to fernandos- restaurant and offered to supply them with free menus on the condition r the menus contain local advertising wellington way travel markhanu menisand-boys- wear and mary rhyn shops bought space for 186 each and three other ads were sold to markham optical com tech electrical and plumbing and markham fruit market for 135 apiece i the cheques according to police were cashed immediately at markham banks- and the man was not heard from again charged with six counts of fraud is lawrenceherdsman 53- of scarboro city moosonee or an ontario mennonite community the policy states in the intermediate division covering grades 7 to 10 excursions will be broken down into elementary and secon dary levels students in grades 7 and 8 will visit other cultures withing the americas such as mexico cuba or brazil while grade 9 and iu students will participate in extended canadian trips that will tie into their canadian studies senior students in grade 11 and 12 will have unlimited scope in their field trips at this level the perimeters should be world wide the new policy states students could visit different political environments or the birth places of various cultures before the policy gained board approval several trustees ques tioned the scope of ex cursions permitted it appals me as to the distance were sen ding children said east gwillimbury trusteejoy horton noting intermediate division references to cuba and brazil mrs horton called for elimination of any references to specific countries richmond hill trustee robert houghton said specific names were used to clarify the guidelines rather than list specific places the students will be able to visit in a later interview mr middleton said the reference to specific countries is merely a written confirmation of the direction schools are already taking in plan- ning excursions during the board meeting however separate school representative john raniowski questioned the guidelines for the junior division noting that the moosone trip covers 700 miles over a sixday period mr raniowski said i consider this extended student travel on the basis of two visits to moosonee he described the northern ontario excursion as quite harrowing v youwalk on a dock and it sinks he noted youre on the edge of the wilderness up there january alarm clock sale at farleys crest hardware you will receive a free gift if you are in the store when the alarm clock goes off sale begins today free gifts everyday discounts as much as off many many items through the whole store 30 off all toys 20 off hockey equipment except sticks hockey draw january 24th salhnds january 31st each purchase entitles you to enter a free draw for a pair of tickets to a homegame of the toronjb toros 4 c2 f v 5aaain st w stouffville hardware mc markham a 21 year old markham man who beat up his common law wife then when she left him went after her with a gun 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