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thursday aug 142003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32pages1 including gst m squirts win ontario championship midgets baffled by ruling at nationals briefs 3 opinion 6 calendar 17 classified 21 i v- rids and the classics staff photobill roberts mikey murray 7 left and griffen elliott 5 have itun playing tag among the 325 vahides 30th annual antique and classic car 5how at the whitchurchstouffville museum sunday about 1400 people attended see story on page 14 and additional photos on pages 15 and 16 travellers undeterred by african unrest by hannelore volpe staff writer several whitchurchstouffville teens are in zimbabwe this week to take part in the menribriite world conference in harare the countrys capital the eight residents michael turman paul and ruth plett graham taylor leah and jessica reesor ryan drudge and joel nash are from the areas mennonite churches stouftville community mennonite church hagermans mennonite church and the rouge valley mennonite church they are part of a group of 53 young people which left toronto aug 3 to fly to london england before starting the second leg of the journey to harare in the southeast african nation i the travellers continued to monitor reports about political unrest in zimbabwe- but werent detered from going on the trip there is not a lot of violence and certainly not against tourists delegate michael turman said i am looking forward to meet ing people from africa and seeing their culture and meeting people from around the world the international conference of mennbnites and brethren in christ takes place every six years after several days at the confer ence the teens travel to a local youth centre to help repair buildings paint and do other maintenance work they also have an oppor tunity to sightsee in london arid visit zimbabwes victoria falls another part of the group is attending the inaugural global youth summit taking place just before the mennonite world conference around 700 young people are expected to attend the summit with about 200 teens coming from around the world to join dele gates from zimbabwe afterwards the canadian group is help ing at a localorphanage see students page 8 damage at parks community centres ballantrae vandals lucky thev didrft die by joan ransberry staff writer a rash of vandalism across wjiifchurchstouftville has taken a pbteritiauy deadly twist hydro one york regional police and- towri staff are appealing to par ents over recent acts of vandalisrri including the smashing of highvolt- age hydro one meter boxes attached tbpublic bufldtogs the most recent iricident happeried over the weekend at a construction site at the ballantrae cbrnrmuiitycfentre v kelly batt manager of facilities and parks for the town of whitchurch- stoufiville and pierre meiueur a con- structipri supervisor discovered bro ken hydro boxes monday during ah inspection of the aurora road cornmu- nity centre which is being renovated thewds were very lucky mey did- nt die mr meiueur said they could have dropped dead on the spot if they poked around with an iron prod this much voltage would kill instantly hydraone officials agree this is v very uncommon situa tion its such a potentially haz ardous thing someone could be killed or seriously injured spokesperson almanchee said outdoor washrborris at i the site were vandalized and signs were pulled from the community centre york regional police supt george kydd said police need to reinforce the message that vandalism is a costly ille gal and in this case it carries the potential to cause serious injury or death police are responding to the situ ation supt kydd said police will increase the number of checks see vandalism page 8 vaciwtactmanma canister vacuum cleaners frbnrfss sales service installations 4355 hwy 7 unlonvllle beside railway tracks by barthau tljewellers 6312 main st i stomffvillevv 90564016 wufidt 1