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saturday nov 20 2004 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 56pages1 including gst 32 women picking up power took to do renovations themselves opinion 6 total home 9 sports 31 classified 34 teenagers polige look forrespect preconceived notions bothersome to both by martin derbyshire staff writer it comes down to respect both sides want it and claim the other rarely gives it thursday close to 50 teenagers from schools across york region and 12 police officers came together in richmond hill to discuss it we do this kind of thing jto improve the relationship between youth and police offi- cers said domenic scuglia the youth forums facilitator and viceprincipal at holy cross catholic academy in vaughari break down barriers many youths have precon ceived notions about police offi cers and police officers also have preconceived notions about youth we want to bring them together to talk about those pre conceived notions and break down those barriers between them york regional police const enrol dixon a street beat unit officer in markham who has organized similar youth forums said respect is always a major issue this is a good opportunity to talk about those kind of issues that affect us boththis year as in the past respect is one of the biggest issues but for officers see youths pages phos hoi tubs 27 heritage rd- markham 8030 iyxxpcartxs health premium will free up cash for education premier tells symposium ools turnina corn by chris traber staff writer government must partner with educators not merely preside over the school system if it wants to reverse the decline in the quality and perception of public educa tion premier dalton mcguinty said speaking to 800 delegates friday at the quest for effective schools symposium hosted by the york region district school board in richmond hill the premier said his liberal government is as commit ted to public education as it is to healthcare we chose to introduce a new premium to address rising health care costs at tremendous political risk so we could invest an addition al 11 billion in public education he said you and i share a tremen dous responsibility to get education righj its also a tremendous chal lenge the number of children attend ing private schools in ontario increased 40 per cent under the previous conservative government mr mcguinty said we let it slide to the point where many families were choosing pri- vate schools over public educa tion he said an estimated 30 per cent dont complete high school and as many as 20 per cent on top of that dont continue their educa tion beyond high school v we let it slide to the point where success stories were overshadowed by news of slumping morale crum bling schools lost programs and seekleespagel8 staff photossteve somerville for the boys markhams margaret ackroyd entertains stouffville boy scouts and their families wednesday at stouffville united church the 83yearold performed during and after the second world war see story on page 31 kvvm sssrj i test drive an award winning vehicle from an award winning dealer cp make financing apr 48 mnths on all 2004 mazda 6 mazoa markham mazdi your choice for great cars 5396 highway 7 markham 9052941210 ttwivand country itaiuyjud a v fcfyti