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THE ERA ITT NEWMARKET- PUBLIC LIBRARY 1 INCLUDING GST 28 PAGES Sunday Feb 28 2010 Canadian abroad misses coverage Olympic hockey tough to watch in South Korea BY AMANDA Olympic fever was rampant across Canada We spent the past 17 days watching different sports on three different channels every night Our emails were inundat ed with dairy news feeds medal updates and photographs All the technology made it seem we were in the stands watching the athletes win big all the while sitting on the living room couch But for one East Gwillimbury native watching the Olympics took a lot more effort and time management Jay LastBarban left for South Korea Dec 28 to teach English for a year He teaches students from Grade 2 to university age in the small village of Yeongju in cen tral South Korea He also started an arts and crafts group on the weekends for his younger stu dents Sometimes he was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the Games in a local restaurant whose owner was kind enough to See page m PARK AVE NOT A GREAT HELPER STAFF PHOTOSUSIE Megan Leeder 9 and her brother James 6 of Sharon fix up their snow castle as their dog Gem steals the snowmans stick arm Klassens bring home message of inspiration Work in earthquakeravaged Haiti gives residents new perspective BY TERESA tlatchfordyrmgcom Providing handson relief in Haiti has inspired Steve to rally the masses at home After witnessing the devastation Haitians faced after the earthquake last month the Newmarket man is determined to set a fire under fellow residents to get involved with Haiti relief and get engaged in their own community He has a vision of helping people learn skills that can be used to assist with medical care in Haiti or with a Habitat for Humanity build right here in York Region Its the direct result of what I have experienced he said While all of the funds being sent over for relief is inspiring the next step is to help people the skills they need to teach others valuable skills that can improve their lives Having returned home a short time ago Mr sen is already organizing teams to return to Haiti to help with rebuilding He is also considering putting together teams of medical personnel construction specialists and other groups for specific humanitarian aid projects in Haiti and the Dominican Republic Although the family of five is glad to be home it is difficult to forget the extreme poverty and need in Haiti and the Dominican Republic His children Di ana Veronica and Luke have been making an effort to spread the word and Mr Klassen is in the process of organizing a public event to speak on the topic as well We just want to get everyone involved engaged and make them aware of the need he said Right now its at a passionate state without a plan but we See HAITI page 8 CSX Tech up for zero down STARTING FROM 29023 M5RP featatures include Navigation System with Voice Recognition Interface Leathertrimmed heated seats 0 29 MONTH CSX iTech model shown ii mum lull iiMhih mi I aignrojijhwga6fci 15795 St Aurora 9058411400 4163243232 Email