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wlirtcfiurehstouff vifle public library inside op 6 police 7 sports 17 classified 18 3 elizabeth haders death at a local riding ranch prompts group into action for tougher laws community calendar event reiki practice session 4713063 where markhamstouffville police station when tomorrow 1 to 4 pm i fy breaking up is not jr only hard to do it also plays havoc in the school hallways serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 40 pages saturday march 4 2000 to reacli us 05294 22l0 hospitals celebrate 62million boost markham stouffville ready to expand by patrick casey staff writer new- life has been pumped into expansion plans for york regions three hospitals which are faced with a 71miilion funding shortfall for capital pro jects over the next five years on thursday the regions i finance committee agreed to commit 625 million while hos pital officials will raise the remaining 85 million newmarkets york county- hospital has already broken ground on a 103million con struction project while york central hospital in richmond hill has identified project costs of 69 million beginning this year markham stouffville hospital has a 30million expansion plan although work is not sched uled to start for at least next year the region sees us as part ners and they are going to come through we cant do it alone york central hospital president frank lussing said moments after committee members sent the endorsement to next weeks regional council meetjng for approval we just cant raise enough and we need both sides to make it happen we have not had a major redevelopment since 1974 but look at what has happened to the population its not from a lack of trying we have had architects ready with their plans but there see region page 8 york regions police chopper touches down at buttonville yesterday helicopter donor revealed by kathleen griffin staff writer unwilling to continue fueling media speculation there was some nefarious purpose behind the donation of the 750000 helicopter to york regional police the anony mous donor revealed himself through former chief julian fantino yesterday charles burnett business per son us citizen grandson of garfield weston and nephew of torontos supermarket magnate galen weston is the donor of the 1995 turbinepowered enstrom 480 fantino announced to a crowd of dignitaries and media at buttonville airport yesterday it causes me some sadness to read that rumours and speculation continue to circulate in the com munity that there may be some nefarious purpose behind this gift i know that you appreciate our fami lys desire to pursue its philanthrop ic endeavours while keeping a low profile burnett wrote in a letter to fantino dated march 1 as an enstrom helicopter is shortly to be delivered to the york regional police i believe itis appro priate now for our name to be released so it can join the many sponsors that made this project possible his letter said it also stated he was following in the footsteps of his grandfather garfield an mp in england who donated hurricanes and spitfires to the royal air force in wartime burnetts toronto lawyer robert seefanvn0page2 staff photosjoerd witteveen former york regional police chief julian fantino left and current chief robert middaugh pose with the new police helicopter which was presented to the york force at a news conference at buttonville airport yesterday afternoon town and country realty ltd 6400888 rifoiijv i tv v