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whrtdiurchstotitfvilte mc liprai saturday oct 92004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40 pages1 including gst i fj tales of the unexplained alive aaoss york region crime 4 opinion 6 sports 16 classified 19 wet weather didnt dampen fooddrive 500 acres planted to aid third world by joan ransberry staff writer york region farmers didnt let this summers wet weather dis courage them from extending a helping hand to the hungry wheat soy bean and corn being grown in york region to combat world hunger is expected to translate into more than 400000 through the york foodgrains project money from the bumper crop will soon be on its way to the hungerstricken areas of the world participation in the canadian foodgrains bank has never been better project co ordinator dr terry oconnor said we just keep gaining more interest as the years pass dr oconnor said harvesting underway launched by the york soil and crop improvement association the local project is producing a healthy yield the harvest on some of the crops is under way now york region farmers have collectively planted about 500 acres dr oconnor said the participating farm plots in york region are marked by a sign letting people know the crop is the farmers ammuni tion in the war against world hunger see menn0nites page 14 get more of yorks mone staff photosjoerd witteveen richard reesor left and jeff steiner help fill the canadian foodgrains bank a program that raises funds for developing countries at a whitchurchstouffville farm region may have to send 8 million more to toronto by roy green staff writer york region politicians are complaining the greater toronto area pooling scheme is getting deeper and wider with local taxpayers likely on the hook for more than 85 million next year the regions share of the gta pool in 2005 will be 7 million to 8 million more than the 793 million sent to toronto this year finance commissioner sandra cartwright said in a report this week 15 cents oftax dollar that will bring the total transferred from york to toronto to more than 650 million since the province legislated the pooling pro gram in 1997 to ease torontos costs for social housing and welfare the regions 2004 contribution amounts to 15 cents of the regional tax dollar the second- largest item in the operating budget according to chairperson bill fisch york region pays more than any other gta munic ipality york pays for growth an increase of 8 million means 175 per cent more in taxes we have to find before we can even begin to think about providing serv ices for our own residents mr fisch said in the gta we pay the most because of our growth pattern peel is bigger than york but pays about 30 per cent less see residents page 13 jjjul i jysbsxtccnxs j 2004 bcs new economy car 2004 best new family vehicle 2004 beit new sports coups sedan s3 5000 make our lot is full our savings are incredible m im inancing r 60 mths v 396 highway mi wrjhjvm ci ern sg s5 4 t ft mizmem- ys i s i town and country