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stouffville suntribune thursday jan 12 2006 9 mp debate organizers at odds over dates by hannelore volpe staff writer liberal lui temelkovski was missing from election action over the past week bowing out of several allcan didates meetings the reason the oak ridges- markham incumbent was observing his orthodox christian christmas festiv ities and an important saints day said bill attwell mr temelkovskis cam paign manager mr temelkovskis office at first accepted invita tions for candidates debates at the ballantrae golf and country club hosted by councillor phil bannon jan 5 and at the islamic society of york region sunday but mr temelkovskis office phoned both a few days later to say he couldnt attend either event due to religious reasons this year the orthodox christmas eve fell on jan 5 with christmas day on jan 6 christmas day is cele brated by devotees by visit ing church according to the wwworthodoxnews com website some tradi tional churches also cele brate jan 7 mr attwell had request ed a change of date for both the jan 5 and 8 events for mr temelkovski mr barinon noted he would have lost two other candidates for the debate if the date had been changed people disappointed a lot of people were disappointed he wasnt here mr bannon said people want to hear his message are we whitchurchstouffville not important to him more than 300 people attended the debate in bal lantrae mr temelkovski didnt attend a candidates forum held at eastridge mission ary church in stouffville dec 27 either organizers were told it was due to mr temelkovski taking time off to be with his family between christmas and new years pleading for sensitivity to other peoples traditions and religions in this multi cultural society when events are organized mr attwell noted the degree to which the orthodox festiv ities are observed depend on the degree to which you are religious from jan 5 to 9 was one of the important time periods for mr temelkovski mr attwell explained noting mr temelkovski was the founding president of st dimitrija solunski church which opened in 1992 in majkham mr temelkovski would have been at any debate outside of that time peri od mr attwell said we asked again and again to have the dates changed mr attwell said our concern is when there are many cul tures in markham and stouffville we need to be sensitive to other cul tures debating tonight mr temelkovski will be at a candidates debate tonight at brother andre catholic high school hosted by the whitchurchstouffville chamber of commerce the markham board of trade richmond hill chamber of commerce and the york region newspaper group the debate is from 7 to 9 pm at 6160 16th ave in markham friday hell be at richmond green sec ondary school in rich mond hill a forum for a student audience only hell be in nobleton sat urday from 2 to 4 pm this debate is hosted by the nobleton chamber of commerce lui temelkovski liberal candi date could not attend election debates for religious reasons its natural to feel this good 2006month of weight loss limited time offer based on full program excludes mandatory product eleanor lost 131 pounds and 134 inches oneonone support allnatural products grocery store food s4 stouffville 9056426906 wwwherbalmagicca weight loss nutrition centres