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vkichurchsiotfmle f uoratf stouffville saturday march 27 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 44 pages1 including gst 2 york region punkers 11 rock for good cause multiculturalism 3 letters 6 sports 19 classified 22 simorie joseph integrating communi may curb antisemitism i looked out on to the crowd dotted with yarmulkes and peo ple wrapped in israeli flags crammed into the bathurst jewish community centre at a rally to fight antisemitism wednesday night i couldnt help thinking back to my upbringing as a jewish student in a very multicultural public school iiused to hate it when my teacher made me make presen tations about jewish holidays to my class it made me feel different and when you are 10 years old you just want to blend dont want to be singled out but i was by grade 6 one of my least favourite classmates a real bully came up with the unkind label of pinnochio because my nose was decidedly larger than the button variety around me but being surrounded by nonjews had and still has its advantages people were curious about the matzo it looks like a big cracker i brought to school during see segregation page 4 man of many n region staff photosjoerd witteveen christie mcmullen as narrator recounts the tale of joseph and the amazing technicolour dreamcoat while joseph matthew chapman shows the coat to his brother benjamin matt cartwright during a rehearsal for the stouffvillebased york durham academy for the performing arts show april 1 to 4 at vaughan city playhouse call 9058827469 this translates into more services fisch byroygreen staff writer with only one dissenting vote york region council approved a 17billion budget thursday increasing the regional tax bite on the average 332000 home to 1640 a 91 hike over last year markham regional councillor jack heath was the lone naysayer noting the 63percent tax hike is three times larger than the inflation rate i have trouble with that and im asking for a reexamination mr heath said before the budget was approved 181 in a recorded vote but regional chairperson bill fisch said the first draft of the budget tabled in january called for an 8percent hike before being reworked by staff and council repre senting a savings of 82 million this translates into more services including new police officers new transit routes more longterm care beds arid more roads in a budget that ensures savings and enhancements for our residents mr fisch said the increase can be separated into three categories 5percent increase to york regional police to hire 110 new officers and 35 civil ians for a total staff of 1095 officers and 335 civilian staff 09 per cent to direcdy controlled region al programs such as transit roads waste man- see budget page 9 pdb1s hot tubs 87hiwtaosro markham 948030 boochcorriber