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mbune 30000 copies vol 2 no 46 a metroland community newspaper saturday november 15 1986 80 pages 25 cents hunters bullet strikes house by chris shanahan staff reporter an uxbridge mother said her family is still shaken after a 22calibre rifle shell ripped through the secondfloor of her home and landed at the foot of her daughters bed the kids wont sleep in their beds theyre terrified judy mercier said in an interview bullet holes in your bedroom arent actually the most pleasant thing mrs mercier claimed a shell was fired toward her sandy hook home sometime on thursday nov 6 it penetrated a wall of aluminium siding carried through into an upstairs bedroom and landed in another room mrs mercier said it was lucky she and her two daughters jennie 6 and 8yearold michelle were away from the house at the time what if they had been playing in there when the shell came through the lormick dr resident asked theres a place for hunt ing but definitely not in an area like this they shouldnt be allowed to hunt in a residential area mrs mercier is also upset that she has to pay a 100 insurance deductible fee to cover damage that i didnt even do the incident occurred during the ministry of natural resources fourday controlled deer kill held nov 36 in northern uxbridge township and other municipalities but the mnrs ron desjardine said friday he had no knowledge of the sandy hook incident and is not certain it was related to the hunt he noted that rifles are not authorized for use in the mnr deer rogram and though the mercier property backs onto bush north of town the site is not within boundaries of the controlled hunt area durham regional police investigated mrs merciers complaint but dont expect to locate a suspect its pretty hard to trace a constable at uxbridge s division 26 told the weekender the person who did it probably doesnt even realize he hit the house unless it was an act of hellery program launched for adoptive families by steve houston staff reporter markham families with adopted children now have some one to turn to in times of adoption related family crises that was the message con veyed thursday at a press confer ence called to launch york re gions family and childrens ser vices fcs new post adoption program its first group met thursday night fcs spokesman myra hurst said the post adoption program is the first of its kind in ontario its designed to offer a con tinuum of services to adoptive families for support guidance and self help during such family crises and according to fcs director of services david barnes most adoptive families will experience family situations related to an adoption what were trying to develop here is a whole continuum of ser vices said mr barnes we know adoptive families are going to go through life crises generally he said adopted chil dren can experience school diffi culties behavioural problems and normal acting out associ ated with growing up this program is expected to help parents cope with such inci dents and deal with them as fami ly units the fcs also pointed out that adopted children sometimes seek their biological parents and noted that they will also assist families deal with that and of the 200 york region in fants adopted annually in the 1970s who are now reaching adolescence the fcs sees the program as a service for those children and families for too long adoption agencies have approved families and sent them on their way said mr barnes now we will offer them support when they need it throughout that life cycle all in a days work markhams blair isaac 4 had his hands full thursday morning as he took over for mar kham fire chief ken beckett for a day here blair takes charge as firefighter jody brown works the ladder controls while chris rouple helps him man the ladder the young hamilton hall dr resident was given a tour of markham firehalls to inspect his impressive crew and was even saluted by his subordinates he in turn gave the entire force the rest of the day off blair won the chance to become fire chief for a day as part of a mcdonalds sponsored plan to get out alive draw held last month to practice fire prevention he topped off the day with a mcdonalds lunch in markham with fire chief beckett he also received a silver hat for his firefighting efforts and it now hangs in his bedroom sjoerd wittevccn whats inside jim ryan dog catcher with a differ ence10 directory comment p4 editors mail p5 business v p14 entertainment p23 church page p26 to 27 childrens page p28 fashion second section sports p20 to 22 real estate p29 to 37 classified p38 to 47 tony vetter valedictorian atmdhs12