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stouffville suntribune saturday july 14 2007 3 suntribune people battery project charges up kids by alyshia higgins before departing for sum mer vacation students at whitchurch highlands pub lic school did their part to better the planet one battery at a time the 26 grade 3 students collected more than 4000 batteries that were properly disposed of at a hazardous waste depot ian thorne the students teacher led them in their earth day project the drive which finished last month exceeded their expectations with the students collect ing 4247 batteries in two months the whole idea just seemed like a good fit said mr thorne it was a very successful project since each person throws outs approximately 10 bat teries a year the goal was set at 10 batteries per student the original goal of 3400 batteries was quickly passed and a new goal of 3700 was set to account for the teach ers in the school after the second goal was reached they aimed for 4000 the students loved the project said mr thorne they all had a hand in it mr thorne delivered the batteries to the hazardous waste depot in late june jaime schouten 9 meghan harrison 9 ryan gold 8 and jack turner 9 are all in mr thomes class and helped out with the final presentation at the school faces places i thought this was a real ly good project said jaime who also helped design post ers and collected batteries for the drive jack also agreed the proj ect was a success and he learned a lot the best part was going over two and three of our goals he said we brought in quite a few batteries the first two weeks meghan and ryan admit to being more batteryaware and says they hope people have learned from their proj ect batteries are toxic and if you throw out even one bat tery it goes to the landfills and can ruin the environ ment meghan said im never going to just throw out a battery ever again ryan said although mr thorne admits hes not sure if the class will pick the same proj ect next year hes happy with the outcome now they the students will be more batteryaware he said there will be a lot of secondguessing by people before they throw batteries in the garbage york region operates household hazardous waste depots in markham east gwillimbury vaughan and geor- gina for more go to yorffca jack turner from left jamie schouten ryan gold meghan harrison with the battery project at whitchurch highlands staff photosjoerd witteveen wayne morris owner of stouffville monument works ltd on main street places a stencil on a piece of granite in preparation for carving whitchurch- stouffville visit yorkregioncom for more on these and other stories brad may stanley cup coming to town aug 15 get ready for a visit from stan ley whitchurchstouffville hock ey fans the stanley cup is coming to the markham and stouffville area aug 15 brad may who grew up in both communities won the cup this year with the anaheim ducks details of the visit are still in the works but residents will get a chance to see the oldest trophy in north american pro sports players and officials with the winning team are allowed a day with the cup during the summer the cup has been in dryden ont as well as buffalo minne sota and quebec this summer during the nhl lockout two years ago exleaf and cup winner bob hassard hosted the trophy at his home in stouffville leafs assistant coach keith acton won the cup with the 1988 edmon ton oilers before the tradition of players hosting the cup started to follow the cup on its 2007 travels go to hhofcom taste of egypt under way want to get a taste of egypt on main street the third annual st bishoy festival is on this weekend in stouffville the event which opened last night continues today until 11 pm and sunday from 10 am to 3 pm at st bishoy coptic ortho dox church 6500 main st featured are egyptian and mediterranean foods and coffee carnival rides games for chil dren as well table tennis and basketball tournaments for more information go to stbishoyfestivalca sound mi i have something to say about theseg other stories email usatjmasonyrmgcom shape your body as seen on city tv and cp24 accent technology is the most advanced available for fat and cellulite reduction and medlspa clinicmain has it body contouring skin tightening smoothe your body laser hair removal for men and women permanent reduction of hair on legs arms chest back and more fat and cellulite reduction special on both services buy one treatment and get the second at half price spa clinic on main 6038 main street stouffville 9056400092