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stouffville saturday june 72003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40 pages1 including gst 11 gormleys tyler brooks did his homework for provincial title letters 6 environment 9 business 14 glassified 17 murderpart of crime wave in stouffville grow house robberies also investigated bykothleen griffin staffvfriter sleepy vvrritchurchstouftyille is in the midst of a rare spate of j vjcriirunalactiviry an actual crime wave v sv in the past week police and residents have had to cope with murder a gunpoint robbery the faibg of a marijuana grow oper- i atibn and the discovery of an ille gal chop shop along with several residential breakins and smash andgrab thefts worth thousands of dollars in the normally quiet iawabidingtown beginning last friday when jthiigs smashed out the front glass vvindbw of shoppers drug mart at 1 am and in a bizarre twist made off with a large quantity of diabetic arid urine testers crimit nals have kept york regional police hopping later that day sometime between 1 pm and 6 pm a res idential breakin on orchard park boulevard netted thieves more than 5000 cash money collect- ed by the stouffville kinsmen g during a charity event thieves broke in through the side door and ransacked closets and cupboards before discover ing the cash which was well- hidden rolled up in three sepa rate bundles and secured with elastics v police are investigating the gruesome discovery see grow page 10 millions promised for quick start go train additions tories ante up for transit bymikeadler staffwriter frank klees opened up a proviiw cial grab bag for transit this week with an announcement said to be tailor made for york region the rookie transportation riain- ister arid oak ridges mpp pro- duced assorted measures to bust local gridlock including 50 million for quick start a program allowing the region to load buses quicker and move them faster along its main routes the restoration of go train service to barrie and improvements that will lead to allday train service on gos stouffville and bradford linesjr 67 million for the first stage of gos interregional busway planned to eventually link york university parts of keele street and markham road through a separate lane along hwy 407 highoccupancy vehicle lanes on hwy 404 north of hwy 401 and 25000 for turning lanes at tqfh avenue and hwy 48 in markham in his richmond hill con stituency office thursday the min ister said the tory government had committed to long term support for public transit its not just about the economy its about the quality of life mr klees said york regional chairperson bill fisch called the package tailor made for the region and said it will make a huge difference people will see quick start begin to take shape in a few months and operate in about 15 he said the program will use preferential sig- seehighpccupancy page 4 fw staff photobill roberts storm on the horizon members of the stouffville storm squirt rep boys fastball team do warmups prior to one of their regular prac- tice sessions at stouffville memorial park monday mm group town and country realty ltd 6400888 j j t i a it- t tr t