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foddbgnk forced to iatibhto 63 stouffvilse families roger belgrave staff reporter frccldent claimed the life of james deakln 1 iitby this week the vehicle went into the ifc sp ditch just north of cfarei injuring three other people in rolled over stpuffviliesonly fooaujank is ina crisis situation- r a drop in donations could meari 150 children living in the area may go without food according to whitchurchstouffville foodbarfticordinator robyn magee 297 people were given something to eat last june thati number represented 63 families in town and 1 50 children but a current food shortage means jhe bank can no longer provide the same kind of essential help to those people previously families could come in twice a month and get food for a week we cant do that anymore magee said were going to ration them down to three days v a v- j the seven foodbanks within york region receive some of their food from torontos daily bread fbodbarik but that source has also been in dire straits much of the food it now receives is from corporations v while the corporate donations are appreciated they are limited to such items as ketchup and candy bars those offerings dont provide much nutritional value lack of donations have forced auroras fobdbank to close its doors for a month magee is afraid stouffville may have to do the same stouffville hasnplarge corporate s donors arid summer is traditionai- ly a tough time fd club helpg left until september she said i r f v v we needrsome help from me community magee said were in a crit ical situation wheneyeryou have to cut people back its critical with a population of about 17000 one can of food a week from each household would sustam me food like nutritionalfoods such as spaghetti sauce meat skimmed powered hiilk canned be made to ghurchill baptist ghurchineare of me whitchurchstouffville foodbank a meeting between me local sierra club andministry of environment officials was very productive accord ing to yorkdurham mpp larry oconnor v oconnor a parliamentary assistant bcwmbawesm julie caspersen staff reporter ri a school board slanted toward reform is the goal of a handful of yorkregjon trustees tthe upcoming municipal election is the battle ground for control of the york region board of edu cation trustees bent on change and the acquisition of power versus trustees content with the current struc- nire over the past two years the atmosphere at board meetings has evolved from a debate format to person al and nasty attacks on individuals beliefs and propos als four trustees broke away from the slormember board calling themselves the ontario school board reformnetwork chaired by thomhill trusteepaiil bennett the coalition started out with 25 members and now lists 60 trustees from across the province plus 120 private citizens as members bennett said mon- day siding with bennett are markham trustee bill crothers and vaughah trustees joe jonsson arid susan kadis all four serving their first threeyear term with plans to run again i i were a group of individual trustees sharing similar types of frustrations with the system crothers said its not a mindless thing board chair harry bowes said the group is trying to sabotage old guard trustees and doesnt fully understand the role of the trustee he formed a one- man committee called the antireform group aar- rgg in response to the establishment of the provin cial reform network the network hosted two electionreadiness work shops so far one in april the second in june hoping to enlist people to help reform boards across the province were encouraging reformminded people to come forward arid offer themselves as candidates bennett said f our board is politicallyunderdeveloped with no constructive policymaking two candidates hoping to take control of the milliken ward on a reform net work platform charles kere and tessa bennireland are affiliated wim the network reform trustees believe die board would be better served by business people lawyers and financial experts people with enough experience to handle more responsibility than trustees are now given bennett saidtts not just bake sales it involves thousands of kids and their edu cation zii the reform objectives officially adopted in june 1990 areto strengthen the role oftnistees by award ing them more power while taking power from direc tors of education and senior administration staff and ensuring access to information according to bennett the board has grown and the job of the trustee has become a lot more complex crothers told if he tribune the nonreform trustees are very reluctant and very resistant tochange and that antiboard accusations are ridiculous were not going in to attack and destroy the system to environment minister ruth grier was joined by the ministers assistant in a meeting with local members of the worlds largest environmental club the tuesday afternoon meeting lastr ed for about ah hour behind closed doors at queens park there were a wide range of items discussed but sig nificant time was given to problems surrounding the oak ridges moraine and musselman lake he indicated apparently the club had some con ceirns with tiievproyinces new guide lines restricting development on the moraine arid die polluted waters of musselman lake letters from the club to the minister on such subjects have gone unanswered im going to look into that and finds out what hap pened there and get some answers oconnor promised as local mem ber im making sure the minister is well aware of the different concerns ruth grier is scheduled to return from holidays shortly and will be filled in on the meeting oconnor added an answer to the clubs ques tions is expected sometime afterwards tzvzmi 1 1 i i