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starffrtffe public librarj saturday jan 1 5 2005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36 pagessi including gst i v i its all downhill for york region y toboggan fans on best slopes opinion 6 new you 9 sports 13 classified 19 traum spartans felled for fsrst time immigrants residents require counselling by mike adler staff writer thousands of local families carry the pain of the asian disaster and york region must prepare to welcome thousands more people who may be traumatized a group of social agencies says special rules to speed emigra tion from tsunamistruck areas mean the region will soon have new residents including hundreds of children who need special counselling said ranjit kumar a leader of rapid reaction initiative a lot of work is being done overseas but this event has cascad ed on to our shores also said the wwtchurchstouffville resident a united way of york region board member displaced by disaster greater toronto is home to the largest sri lankan community outside the south asian nation people displaced by the tsunami are most likely to settle in scarborough and markham mr kumar added this week it is going to be a gta prob lem meanwhile thousands already in york are hurting some of them having lost dozens of relatives in a whole lot of families chil dren were utterly traumatized by this it is a kind of mental health problem mr kumar said rri members and the regions health and education providers see people page 12 staff photosjoerd witteveeen stouffville district secondary school spartan justin hitchen left and newmarket huron heights secondary school warrior james livingston battle for the puck in york region high school hockey action at stouffville arena thursday stouffville suffered its first loss of the season 53 consumers want controls on booze mpp klees argues opinions mixed on alcohol in comer stores by patrick mangion staff writer finance minister greg sorbaras announcement alcohol could be sold in comer stores has sparked the same difference of opinion among york region residents that killed the idea back when it was floated by the mike harris conservatives and the david peterson liberals aurora resident edwin carriere said ontario should have followed the lead of his native quebec years ago beer is sold in convenience stores or depanneurs throughout quebec although it costs more its convenient i think its ok so long as they keep the lcbo and beer store mr carriere said but if it isnt broken dont fix it valerie winter said id prefer things were left as is i dont think we need to pick up our alcohol with groceries she said without government scrutiny alcohol sales in convenience stores could pose a safety risk biagio dellelce said i think they should keep things the way they are its controlled with easier access who knows what will go on mr dellelce said it will be easier for kids to get thats for sure oak ridges tory mpp frank klees expressed similar concerns the more proliferation of alco hol sales the less control you have mr klees said adding acces sibility is not a significant concern to most residents consumers want quality acces sibility and appropriate controls he said mr klees was part of the harris tory government that proposed see booze page 10 seaway hot tubs 27herttagerd maftkkam 8030 cecxrconoc or tjm 2 mazda 6 sport voted best new family car for 2005 mazda 6 sport wagon voted best sent ncvjwsyon for 2005 mazda 3 voted best new fuel efficiency for 2004 mazda 6 voted best new family car for 2004 mazda 3 sport voted best sports performance for 2004 mazda rx8 voted best new sports car for 2004 mazda 3 voted best car of the year for 2004 a a r town and cvtjiiirv 5396 highway 7 1 1 bjealfv jlicfi markham i fc a- a ij i i-