The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

t r inside opinion 6 new you 10 sports 16 classified 17 if spirits habit of giving up goals in the first period finally catches up with the team community calendar event country decorating show and sale when friday to sunday where markham fairgrounds whitchurchstouffville public library 3 glass highrises pose a deadly problem for birds that crash into lighted windows serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 stouffville tribune 50 cents including gst 20 pages tuesday march 14 2000 to reach us 905 294t220oc tests for teachers a political ploy unionsays province pushing for uniform standards by gianni colavecchia staff writer the provinces plan to have high school teachers take regular tests of their skills is nothing more than a redundant political ploy according to a local union leader gerry harrison president of the york region branch of the ontario secondary school teachers federation criticized the ministry of educations plan for regular competency tests for teachers they are caught up in this testing rhetoric from the elec tion harrison said referring to a promise tory candidates made during the last election cam paign we do not need another test imposed v speaking from the federations annual general meeting in toronto yesterday afternoon harrison noted teachers already undergo evaluations with their boards and could be removed from their jobs if they do hot meet standards provincial officials want all teachers across the province to be judged by the same standards the ontario english catholic teachers association has already called on its members to resist the idea of recertifying instruc tors through written tests the ontario college of see no proof page 13 home jane ifm staff photosteve somerville fouryearold twins cameron and melissa nowikow take a good look at where theyve been during an outdoor jaunt along main street yesterday courtesy of mom jane obrien mayhem at bars man loses life during epidemic of violence by kathleen griffin staff writer it was a dangerous weekend for patrons of york region bars one man is dead three others are in hospi tal and several were treated for stab wounds and cuts from beer bottles in three unrelated incidents this weekend its march break said const doug conley diep vy dang 26 of toronto was dead on arrival at york finch hospital about 4 am sunday he suffered a severe stab wound to the back after a fight at the kolours karaoke bar on leslie street in richmond hill police responded to a fight call about 230 amonly to be told by the bars management that the dispute was over no one mentioned a stabbing or that any one was injured it wasnt until police were notified by three different hospitals that stabbing victims were coming in for treatment that they realized the extent of the incident detsgt denis mulholland said had dang waited at the club for medical attention he might be alive today he was transported by friends who went straight to the hospital only they didnt know where they were going and it took them close to an hour he said dang was at the club with friends when an argument erupted with another group someone pulled a knife and at least four men including dang were slashed and stabbed see lack page 5 wlth this coupon bulk barn 1661 denison street only 15 off everything excluding sale items offer expires march 2100 guaranteed top qitattttj flnancul slrvicts i insured deposit rates ssvinas ftccaanl 1 year 3 year 6 200 5 year jgicvrrsps mutual funds j life insurance rrlfs ken prentice cfp ringwood dr stouffville 6429507