saturday jan 28 2006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 76pages1 including gst invasive species threatening fish in york region lakes business 3 opinion 6 sports 13 classified 20 united way reaches 765m big shot by linda johnson staff writer the united way of york region reached its goal and then spme the final tally for the cam paign was 765 million ceo rahul bhardwaj announced thursday evening at a campaign celebration dinner at angus glen golf club in markham the amount surpasses the 2005 target of 725 million and marks a 13 per cent increase from last years total were extremely excited the campaigns success was due in part he added to an increased recognition among residents of the relevance of the united way to york region the support they have given us has provided a lot of needed support for human service agen cies that we fund in york region besaid the campaign which began in september relies rriosuy on workplace fundraising programs and these were really successful in 2005 mr bhardwaj said about 400 people attended k the dinner david barnes volunteer cam paign cabinet chairperson was amazed and grateful at the result surpassing our goal is a tes tament to the caring and gener ous people of york region i thank business labour govern ment employee groups and indi viduals for all getting behind the 2005 campaign said the vice president of public affairs and communications at american express canada inc staff photosjoerd witteveen sheldon dobney 9 a grade 4 student from ballantrae public school fires away in the knights of columbus whitchurchstoufryille freethrow competition wednesday at st mark catholic school in stouffville for additional photos see page 8 suspect turned himself in by martin derbyshire staff writer a 70yearold markham man charged with murderinghis wife in toronto kept to himself said a neighbour near the markville mall area home where the couple lived we would see him in the backyard some times puttering around iinda mcrae said he never said much kept to himself while most neighbours in the area know each other socializing over fences pero boroja seemed distant and his wife rose was rarely seen mrs mcrae said the couples daughter found the body inside her wilson avenue and avenue road home around 330 pm thursday no weapons were used and investigators suspect the 54yearold markham woman was strangled a postmortem examination was planned for friday to determine the exact cause of death soon after her lifeless body was discovered mr boroja turned himself in to york regional police toronto police have charged him with sec onddegree murder the couple have reportedly lived together in the marlow crescent home of their other daughter for the past three years the mcgowah road and hwy 7 area home was blocked off by police tape friday mrs mcrae said her husband once heard them arguing we didnt think much of it she said people argue 27 heritage rd markham boachcorriber horjuii r y rpperibmiaricethtsvvntterdontopenyouhoodfe f sangers bring it home to honda fora comprehensive muftir point inspection plus a genuine honda oil arid filter change available for most honda models taxes inot maided ftovincial ermronmental feesif any excluded wwwmarkhamhondacom emu it home to honda 8920 kennedy rd markham wxu honda 18664301512 honda town jaiid country itealiyiid 6401888 4 t a j l- u c t in a v e t i 4 t