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wititefmesstouffwilie puwic libfam saturday aug 27 2005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 44 pagess1 including gst c p keeping the best jyj of summers fruit and vegetables opinion 6 sports 18 registration 7 20 classified 27 ross case for the love of peat stirring memories for families search continues for missing woman by martin derbyshire and joan ransberry staff writers few people understand the pain alicia ross family is going through as police desperately search for clues into her disap pearance janet jessop whose nine-year- old daughter christine was abducted outside the familys home in queensville 21 years ago is one its a very confusing time for those folks she said from her keswick home friday something or someone has left a hole in their hearts christine was missing almost three months before a farmer stumbled upon her skeletal remains in a field near sunderland and ms jessop will never forget how she felt during that time you dont sleep its terrible you panic this is your child gone missing she said you dont sleep you dont eat youre totally confused i completely understand every feeling they probably have and what theyre going through unfortunately one has to experience it to really under stand its a parents worst night mare ms ross 25 a thornhill resident and computer firm sec mothers page 12 staff photosjoerd witteveen julia beaubien looks at the cannibal a sculpture made of peat at latcham art gallery in downtown stouffville the work is part of an an exhibition called the figure which opened thursday and runs through sept 25 we did so much for tsunami- victims by lisa queen staff writer when a tsunami hit southeast asia last christmas woodbridge storm victim ken obrien rallied his extended family to raise 10000 in aid for the devastated area in addition mr obriens tax dollars to various levels of govern ment provided relief to tsunami vic tims but he and his jeanne drive neighbours have been left alone to cope with hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to their homes since a violent storm hit soutliern ontario aug 19 mr obrien who has sent his three children to live with relatives because his house is uninhabitable confronted vaughankingaurora mpp greg sorbara about lack of government assistance during a visit thursday for the tsunami victims half a world away we did so much in bur own neighbourhood cant we do anything he said adding the province donated 22 million to victims of the peterborough storm last summer i have lost everything now we are standing here begging for peo ples mercy the obrien familys tsunami assistance was matched dollar for dollar with taxpayers money from the federal government not to mention another 500000 from york regions property taxpayers in fact in a controversial deci sion regional politicians were so eager to help tsunami victims they see sorbara page 9 5396 highway 7 markham 9052941210 town and country rwiitylfd- 6400888