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whitehuffchstouffvilte public saturday july 22005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28 pagessi including gst m- insuring fidos health pet insurance popular environment 4 opinion 6 sports 10 classified 16 2 students stayin school for summer working the break gives them leg up by caroline grech staff writer 1 for many high school stu dents the summer means lazy days by the pool or holding down a couple of jobs to save for uni versity for others such as frank gao the summer can mean more time to get through their high school courses on a faster route to university or college mr gao a newmarket high school student going into grade 11 is taking summer school for the first time trying his hand at accelerated chemistry with a load of science arid math courses next year mr gao not only wants to ease the bur den he also wants to make a quick exit from high school i want to finish faster so i can finish high school earlier and go to university or college mr gao said i am bored with high school the york region public school board offers more than 30 cours es for students looking to speed up their four years in secondary school or make their schedules a little easier during the school year the most popular accelerated course offered in the public board is a grade 10 history course according to jim tongue twister see busy page 12 mov staff photosjoerd witteveen patrick laffan 13 and kyle fockler 12 ride the roundup at the midway in memorial park during the strawberry festival thursday afternoon the 21st annual festival continues through sunday main street in downtown stouffville is closed until 5 pm today for a craft and collectibles sale for more information log on to wwwstrawberryfestivalca higher taxes traffic congestion may make to bedroom city by patrick mangion staff writer york region and its 905 counterparts are stepping out of torontos shadow as big busi ness turns to the suburbs to cut costs higher taxes and traffic congestion threaten to make toronto a bedroom community for the 905 a june report from the canadian urban institute warned in what is sure to be among the most star tling revelations in the report over the past seven years just seven new high quality office buildings have been built in toronto com pared against 102 in the 905 area after leasing in toronto for more than 10 years state fann insurance is pulling up stakes and moving to a sprawling new facility- in aurora the 325000squarefootbuiiding at hwy 404 near wellington street is expected to be completed next year being able to own its land and accessibility to the greater toronto area market made the decision to move aurora much easier said derek fee a spokesperson for state farm reasonable land prices tax rates and the local community created an ideal situation to relocate the companys canadian headquar ters mr fee added first and foremost we were looking to build a facility to meet our future needs its similar to being a homeowner it had to make good fiscal sense the 54page report revealed office buildings in york region in particular the area around hwys 404 and 7 boast the lowestnet rent see toronto page 9 27 heritage rd markham 48030 beochcomber konuu i 94 cyhtjiivi wwjwi rh ar h a m nri azd a ca w wfw wv irliv v t- w i coutiftyf 640088 ff i h t rf at m nnjf fh4m 3 s-