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objectives ii policies and implementation approaches to guide decision making by the town with respect to the natu ral environment land use community services social and cultural matters and development review and iii policies and implementation approaches to incorporate the recjuirements of the oak ridges moraine conservation act 2001 and the oak ridges moraine conservation plan public participation any person may attend the public meeting to make written or oral submissions on the proposed vandorfpreston lake secondary plan should you be unable to attend the public meeting your written submission will be received up to the time of the meeting written submissions should be addressedto the town clerk town of wwtchurch- stouffville 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville ontario l4a7x5 if you wished to be notified of the adoption of the proposed official plan amendment you must makea written request to the town clerk town of wwtdiurchstouffville 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville ontario l4a7x5 if a person or public body that files a notice of appeal of a decision of the town of wmtdiurchstouffville in respect of the proposed official plan amendment does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the town of whitchurchstouffville before the proposed official plan amendment is adopt ed the ontario municipal board may dismiss all or part of the appeal additional information a copy of the proposed vandorfpreston lake secondary plan and background report will be available for review by interested members of the public at the whitchurchstouffville library 30 burkholder street stouffville the wwtchurchstouffville museum 14732 woodbine ave vandorf or at the development services department municipal offices 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville during regular business hours after july 30th 2003 if you have any questions about the proposed secondary plan or the public meeting process please contact the development services department telephone nos 905 6401900 or 8952423 location the boundaries of the vandorfpreston lake secondary plan area can generally be described as follows aurora road and weslie creek to the north bloomington road to the south highway no 404 to the west and warden avenue to the east a map which outlines the general boundaries of the secondary plan area is included on this notice dated at the town of whitchurchstouffvtlle this 24th day of july 2003 michele kenned 37 sandiford drive 4th floor stouffville l4a 7x5 905 6401900 fax 905 6407957 905 8952423 website wivwtownofwscom automated lines 903 6101910 905 8953299 drop off box at west entrance retired math teacher spent career at sdss by hannelorvolpe staff writer math teacher ron eldridge is packing away his calculator math texts and lesson plans but not his love of math the only teacher to retire from stouffville district secondary school this year he has spent his entire 31- year career at the facility teaching grades 9 through oac he was math department head from 1989 to 1999 what an amazing feat it is to stay and serve a community for 31 years said fellow math teacher vicki schulz who was hired by mr eldridge 14 years ago he has been at the school long enough to teach children of his former students mr eldridge was inspired to become a math teacher by his own math teacher mr fawcett at torontos north park collegiate he received his bachelor of science in math from the university of guelph in recent years he and the other sdss math teachers had to adjust their teaching strategies due to the introduction of a new curriculum and the abolition of grade 13 students found themselves under pressure to master increasingly diffi- cult math grade 10s for instance are faced with the challenges of trigonometry traditionally taught in grade 13 in response sdss math teachers started lunchtime math labs to help students in grades 9 and 10 in the older grades math teachers made time available to help their students before and after classes i think math was hit the hardest mr eldridge said grade 12 courses in math are very demanding in addition to being the man with the calculator mr eldridge was part of the commencement committee for many years and was teacher advisor for the nowdefunct prefect system where senior students helped with various school events hes a very meticulous person who brought a rigour to what he teaches and that has benefited stu dents who have gone on to postsec ondary studies ms schulz said younger teachers have found him easy to get along with sdss math teacher stephanie petis said ron goes out of his way to welcome new staff mr eldridge hopes to fill his retire ment with volunteer work and more gardening golfing and travelling espe cially after his wife patricia retires they have three children julie 26 shannon 22 and 20yearold chris orice september rolls around again however hell find his calculator and head back to class to teach parttime human west nile cases soon despite precautions region from page warrant it even with all the precautions the region is taking to battle the virus dr kassam said human cases will likely be diagnosed in york in the next few weeks on friday the region said testing had confirmed two dead crows found in east gwillimbury one near the intersection of mccowan and holborn roads and the other near the intersection of hwy 48 and holborn had west nile an initial test on the third bird found in newmarket close to leslie street and davis drive indicates the crow also has the virus in addition a crow with west nile was found in late may in aurora near bayview avenue and wellington street east despite the discovery of five crows dr kassam said hes in no rush to spray malathion where the birds were found the increase in the number of birds is not unexpected were main taining vigilance and were also ensuring larviciding of mosquito eggs is carrying on he said for more information call health connection at 18003615653 tk yarn needlework supplies- 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