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st tribune wml id a 64yearold georgina man is charged by opp after running a red light at hwy 48 and bloom- ington siderpad friday at 345 pm a 42yearold newmarket man heading hwy 48 north is seen above on a stretcher photoiracykibbie behind his vehicle he suffered major injuries after being struck by a westbound vehi- cletwo uxbridge residents heading east also suffered minor injuries after being struck while stopped police want aids coverage does the life insurance policy of a police officer cover potentially fatal diseases contracted in onduty encounters this question was posed to mutual life of canada by york region police association president paul baily in a march 14 letter the association wants to know if life insurance will be paid if an officer dies as a result of disease such as aids or hep atitis b picked up while on duty baily also asked if the group policy cov ers onduty officers killed in a riot or an unruly mob scene mutual life has yet to respond to the questions new bands the auxiliary forces of the york regional police are trading in their hat bands in 1980 when the auxiliary force was established the police hats worn were decorated with yellow and black check hat bands metro toron to peel and durham have already changed the colors of their hat bands to red and black the the york region police services board voted last week to follow suit during a recent swearing in service of the peel regional auxiliary force the york region force of 56 members wore the only yel low and black bands i guess we all have to march in tune board chair man judge donald shearer said photoanneto buchkowski bloomington brushfire the summerlike weather on sunday brought with it a negative aspect common to the warmer months this grass fire was quickly dispatched by whitchurchstouffville firefighters in the afternoon at bloomington sideroad and mccowan road at the sheriff farm stouffville told to join the ranks of nonsmoking municipalities tracy kibble staff reporter whitchurchstouffville needs to protect its residents from secondhand smoke and should help ontario reach its goal of becoming a smokefree province officials heard last week ludwig desouza of the ontario council on smoking and health urged council to endorse the- passage of a draft bylaw outlined by town cao bob panizza lorna turner who urged council last month to enforce a nonsmoking law arranged for desouza to speak to council smoking is the single leading cause of death over aids drug abuse and cancer the weight of medical evidence in 1986 shows there are 4000 chemicals in environmental tobacco smoke and 300 to 500 cana- hand smoke desouza said he called panizzas draft bylaw wonder- fur and stressed 61 municipalities in ontario or more than 70 per cent of the ontario population follow similar bylaws it would be a challenge for you to join the ranks or go one step further like aspen colo and become a smokefree city desouza said desouza added industries know how to market tobacco and said cigarettes are the only legally avail able product that when used as direct ed kills councillors were concerned how a smoking bylaw would be enforced and ward 1 councillor margot mar shall said the town could lose book ings at local public halls panizza told officials business own ers are responsible for the enforce ment of the bylaw inside their estab- weigh the pros and cons of passing the bylaw you have to decide whether you are more concerned of how the busi nesses will react or of the community welfare panizza said and ward 6 councillor jim sanders said council had a responsibility to do this and added residents would cooperate the draft bylaw expected to have been approved last night limits smok ing in retail shops hairdressing par lors banks medical offices and stair ways it also states restaurants must set aside 70 per cent of their seating for nonsmokers dians a year die as a result of second- lishment and added council should programs suffering under budget cuts teachers association julie caspersen staff reporter the york region separate board has increased administration at the expense of programs charges the catholic teachers association york catholic teachers say the slic ing of 65 million from the budget cuts heavily into programs and staff and jeopardizes the boards main- streaming mandate cuts to bureaucracy in the york region roman catholic separate school board should have been pur sued with the same zeal applied to pro gram related reductions association president marshall jarvis said refer ring to the recent decision to terminate 78 fulltime educational assistant posi tions this fall there are now 318 eas on staff who work with special needs students in order to keep them in classrooms with children their own age i think theyve really shown where their priorities are he said jarvis along with representatives of other employee groups made presen tation to trustees last month in an attempt to keep the axe from falling on programs and related staff but said i think all the decisions were made long before anyone made presentations to the board jarvis said bureaucracy has increased by at least 250 per cent since 1986 compared to a 40 per cent hike in enrollment jarvis added that not only were cuts to administration not made but the board is contemplating a 10 per cent increase to these expenditures in its 1991 budget but board vice- chair terry ryan said administration was expanded at a time when it was grossly understaffed and costing the board a lot of money before 1986 the board did not offer a com plete high school system and needed the staff to deal with the expansion into secondary education it was necessary growth to support the system said ryan a markham trustee every dollar we spend whether in central administration or otherwise goes to supporting the pupils in the schools in one way or another director of education frank bobesich said the next budget meeting is set for 6 pm april 10 trustees will be presented with the projected mill rate increase to balance the budget based oh the cuts made so far the proposed mill rate increase released previous to any budget cuts was 235 per cent and despite the trimming of the budget the increase will be in the double digits the board will not release the increase proposed in the second draft until it is presented to trustees next wednesday six students fare well at science fair wmtchurchstouftville talent was well represented at satur day s york region science fair at seneca college king campus six students from local schools advanced to the fair where hun dreds of exhibits made it a tough job for the judges said whitchurchstouffville public school trustee and chairman of the board harry bowes trevor fogal of orchard park won a bronze medal for his hydroponics display aaron smith of dickson hill won a sil ver for his ne louche pas ces project samanttia wright of summitview won bronze on her display of whose thumb is greener wendy wright of summitview won a bronze on her display of you always live longer in bed and heather loveday of summitview won bronze on her display of static electricity meanwhile lawrence puente a manitoba street resident and gifted student at king city sec- onday school wim attend the canada wide science fair in vancouver for the third time in four years puente who has teamed up with the same student each year has ranked in the top four places this year their display was of passive sonar array in 1988 puente travelled to winnipeg and in 1990 to windsor where he and his partner won in their cate gories both years david mainse to he guest speaker at banquet david mainse the host of 100 huntley st will speak at the stouffville christian school spring banquet there will also be music by scs students and a group from springvale baptist church at the april 18 event the event is being held at the markham suites hotel for more information or reservations con tact the school at 6403297 regions want out of welfare costs york 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