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i ijjk st tfclbune fwymwj mayor wins york nod gains 3842 special olympics photofttevesomervlue the stouffville chapter of the canadian progress i club donated 3000 to the special olympics winter games last week from left are joe champion of the club and bruce french games treasurer from page 1 pointed sites last november sainsbury said the town shouldnt be penalized because it raised money and asked the region not to deduct the 7684 which was spent directly on legal fees from its payback con tribution york council voted unani mously thursday to support the mayors claim which nets stouffville another 3842 markham officials backed sainsburys bid which also raised money to help its fight against the iwa markham raised more than 114000 and is the only other municipality to claim fundraising revenue markham is however still on the short list the move to reimburse half of the municipalities legal and consulting fees has so far cost the region about 132000 which will come out of the keele valley reserve account in an interview after the meeting sainsbury told the tribune that the region is attempting to regain the money paid back to the municipalities from the province she said that any money paid back to york should go to the municipalities to pay the remaining half of their bills since queens park adopt ed its garbage legislation last spring york has spent nearly 500000 an amount which could swell to more than 3 million in legal wrangling chairman eldred ring has said northern exposure a warming experience for local teacher kate gilderdale correspondent shauna sanders was back home in stouffville for christ mas staying with parents jim and lovanna and talking about her new life as a teacher on a northern ontario reserve sanders who took tons of dif ferent subjects in her first year at university graduated with a degree in fine arts and drama and was subsequently accepted into teachers college in nipiss- ing i wasnt expecting to get into teachers college i was planning to travel with a friend to central america she explained she did some of her practice teach ing in moosonee and attawapiskat and i really enjoyed my time there i had been up four years before teaching swimming and first aid so i applied at fort albany and attawapiskat and thats where i got my job sanders is teaching grade 3 at the only school on the reserve although her qualifications are for junior through high school grades her degree in fine arts and drama has been invaluable she noted its great for motivat ing kids and you can use it for all subject areas to make learn ing more interesting especially at that level sanders started teaching on the reserve last september and the experience has given her a completely new perspective on life in the north there are 1200 people on the reserve and two stores enter tainment consists of skiing ski- dooing and going out to the bush and camping she said perhaps half the inhabitants on the reserve have running water consequently most people spend a lot of time hauling wood and water i find the people up north are quieter there are times when theres a lot of silence here you feel uncomfortable if theres silence between people but up there its an important part of being with another per son and listening to them understanding that helps to integrate you into the communi ty the sights and sounds of nature far from the bright lights and turmoil of urban life are aweinspiring she observed the northern lights are incredible up there the sky seems a lot closer than it is down here the reserve itself has been dry since before sanders arrived and because of that there seems to be a lot more happiness in the community currently close to half the staff members at the school are from the reserve more are teaching in their community than ever before and they are hoping that within five years the majority will be from the community said sanders one of the most diffi cult problems in education has been the high turnover rate among staff at the school because in the past so many teachers came from outside the reserve i would like to stay for a couple of years because the children need continuity her job is challenging she admitted but i enjoy it the kids can be really incredible they have taught me how to hug during the holidays sanders was busy doing things the rest of us take for granted seeing movies going to art galleries and shopping before returning to the stark beauty of her home up north obituary susan white fondly remembered throughout her life susan white was a source of love laughter and inspiration to everyone she met mrs white passed away at sunnybrook hos pital on dec 21 at the age of 47 after a coura geous battle with cancer born in the east end of toronto on may 6 1945 she was a public school teacher and librarian for 20 years in the beach area of the city in 1985 she married james white and moved to the family farm in stoufrville with the wholehearted enthusiasm which character ized everything she did she quickly became involved in her new community mrs white served on the boards of markham fair whitchurchstouffville library and the stouffville coop and was an avid and much- loved member of the sweet adelines in markham her untiring work at the library earned her a special provincial award last year and the beautiful window displays she created were a source of pleasure to the whole community she spent many hours working on the family farm and harbored a lifelong love of animals although she had little time left over for hob bies she was an accomplished painter and pho tographer and won many awards for her work when her cancer was diagnosed almost three years ago mrs white refused to let it domi nate her life even when she was very ill she didnt give in said her sister donna dean she was still taking care of all of us mrs white was admitted to sunnybrook hos pital on sept 10 where she won the hearts of everyone she met with her humor kindness and undaunted spirit at the end of november by now gravely ill but as determined as ever she left sunnybrook to visit the cancer societys designer showcase home in aurora and saw the room which designer lynda giles had dedicated to her the seven years she lived in stouffville were the happiest of her life said her mother doris lang at her funeral service at st philips-on- thehill the church was filled to overflowing as hundreds of people turned out to pay tribute to this remarkable woman in the words of her family mrs white will be remembered as a very special person who always gave much more than she received shauna sanders and her class in northern ontario town should notify license holders of fee hikes operator a local kennel operator is furious the town did not notify her of a 100 per cent hike in her 1993 license fees verene jaeger one of 12 local kennel operators said it wasnt the hike from 25 to 50 a year that bothered her but lack of notification its the principal here that matters not the amount jaeger told council during a delegation last week its not the money if this was done to another larger group of businesses the whole room would be packed with protesters jaeger said chief administrative officer bob panizza said the town isnt bound to notify residents of pending fee hikes panizza said the town issues nearly 170 business licenses each year and the administative costs would be greater than the fees collected if each one were notified and deputy clerk michele skinner who said kennel fees have remained the same for 12 years said licenses are reviewed annually and its up to each operaror to check themselves if the fees have gone up jaeger pointed to a jan 9 weekender story where mayor sainsbury is quoted as asking for public support during 1993 you ask us for support why cant you support us she asked council approved the fee hike for 1993 but will review the option of placing an advertisement in the local papers next year to advise oper ators of any fee hikes bbbimhhbffbitwmm kids earn 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