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yvhltchurchstouffyule public library saturdayaug 1 12007 h serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28 pages1 including gst 5 lawn bowlers mix it up at stouffville tournament leisure opinion sports classified 3 6 11 14 new high school will but workers scrambling to finish construction by hannelore volpe staff writer the new stouffville district sec ondary school will open sept 4 thats the message from the yorks public school board the first day will be a spe cial one for grade 9s since only they will attend classes princi pal arlene smith said you can accompany your children and special events are planned students in grade 10 and higher start classes the next day registration is aug 30 in the morning for grade 9s and after noon for the others schooptours are also being given that day at the moment the building exterior is complete but some finishing work remains to be done inside admitting there are going to be growing pains mrs smith said classes would start on time the majority of classrooms and science labs are on the second floor which is complete there are enough classrooms that we certainly can open mrs smith said students going to the first floor family studies and hospi tality departments cafeteria and library may still see workers doing final touches the first floor is also the loca tion of the gym which is three times the size of a regular high school gym the floor is being see about page 9 saturday focus town set to introduce home composting bins staff photosusie kockerscheidt elyse reynolds uses a green bin to discard her watermellon rind the reynolds former stouffville residents now living in markham have a spot in their kitchen for a small com posting bin and a blue recycling bin by hannelore volpe staff writer with an eye on the fridge magnet and a handy garbagerecycling system in her kitchen former stouffville resident carol reyn olds hasnt had any problem reducing her weekly garbage by half hers is a story echoed throughout markham where about 90 per cent of residents put out green bins and blue boxes weekly resulting in a diversion rate of more than 70 per cent from landfill its something you will face next month thats when whitchurchstouffville introduces its green bin program which along with more frequent blue box collection aims to have about 65 per cent of municipal garbage diverted from landfill sites some households will have collection dates changed and those affected will receive a notice from the town markham is the first york municipality to implement this threestream garbage and recy cling program after a test program involving 12500 house holds in 2004 the green bin program was expanded to about 70000 homes and apart ments in july 2005 the programs success is due in no small part to public education campaigns by the town and the fact the municipality has a great envi ronmentally sensitive population markham spokesperson marjorie rebane said vvtiitchurchstouffville is part of the north ern six municipalities in york that will have the program in place by september richmond hill already has the program you can expect to see green bins and the see new page 4 vfik skpmray pools hot tubs 27 heritage rd- harkhah ia803o m stoufilleconnectsgd a major part of maintaining the vitality of the town is residents support of local businesses make it easy to find your business register how go to wwwstouftvilleconnectscom click on local business enter your business profile in the spaces provided any questions gall ian batt sales representative sutton grouptown and country realty ltd brokerage independently owned and operated office 9056400888 not intended to solicit parties already under contract direct 4168819544 our mission to maintain a thriving prosperous stouffville town and country realty ltd 6400888