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r i e Canadian Oham~îibh, FrfdéV, nit~.r 26, 1~-'9 ~Deidre DolI cards on sale in fundraiser LUURlII~ lui a By IRENE GENTLE The Champion C hristmas is a time of giv- ing. And with four holi- day cards designed by the Deidre and Friends Foundation, the gift can be one of health and life. Ciem Scholtz wîll seli the carda at Milton Mail tomorrow. Tbey can also be purchased at Nortb End Nissan and Milton Chrysier Dodge as weil as Don Cbeny's Grapevine and Heady's, botb located at the mail. Deidre Schoitz could count ber age on the fîngers of one hand when ber battie with severe idiopathic apiastie anemia hit the front pages in town. At the time, the tike's lifeline was lassoed to the hope of finding a suitabie donor for a bone marrow transplant. And that process can best be iikèned to tinding a needie in a haystack. But a donor was found and now Deidre is a happy, healthy nine-year-oid, reported her mom, Liz. "Deidre is a miracle. She tmiy is," said Ms Scboitz. "Sbe's so weil. If you saw ber, you d neyer know she was iii." Extensive chemotherapy, radiation and drugs used to conquer the condition have left their mark on the cbiid, who wiii always be on guard for failout from ber chiidhood ilinets. But iateiy the brittie fear of a reoccur- rence has faded. "Something attacked ber bone marrnw and ieft ber witb this dead bone marrow," said Ms Scboitz. "But we don't know wbat caused it." And thal tneans it could returu. But aller tive years, the marrow transplant is consid- ered to be successfui. So these days the famiiy is focused on providing information and emotional sup- port for families in the grim grips of bone marrow diseases. And once the foundation really gets rolling, they're boping to add linanciai support as well. "We ran into tome frustrating situations at tbe time," said Ms Scboltz. "Hopefully we'li be abie to assist peopie. It's kind of exciting." The Cbristmas cards ail feature tbe Deidre doli, a pink and purple-garbed wooden doil that bas become synonymous with the real child's ferocious fight for ber life. A package of eight carda, featuring two of each design, retails for $10, with ail the proceeda going to the Deidre and Friends Foundation. The carda soid out iast year, whicb was the famiiy's fîrat go at it. Tbis year, 4,000 bave been printed and bopes are high to seli out once more. Deidre herself heipa out, but it's too soon to say whether she'll be St the maIl with ber dad to seli carda this Saturday, said Ma Schoitz. "She is a great littie saiesman," she said. "She'li probably be in and out and about. We try not to make ber the focus so much." The littie girl aiso likes to heip others going througb bone marrow transplants. Wben the family visita the hospitai for ber now annuai check-up, she wandera up and down the hall, looking in on patients. "Sbe'ii gn in there and say, 'Hang in there. It gets better. Look at me,"' said Ms Schoitz. "She bas a wisdom beyond ber years." Deidre may have won ber life, but she already knows too mucb about lots. Iii the depths of ber ailment, abe becanie fast frienda witb two others fîghting bone marrow conditions. With desperate ilineas in common, the cbiidren and their families iinked up. The kids were called the tbree musketeers. But of tbose brave muaketeers, only Deidoe bas survived. The memory of the bat musketeers is bonoured witb tbe symboi of the Deidre and Frienda Foundation, wbicb depicts a tear drop and a broken beart wbicb, wben turned on its side, becomes tbe number tbree. "You're bappy for your succeas but we wonder bow did it work tbat we were suc- cessful and others weren't," said Ms Scboltz. For more information on tbe Deidre and Frienda Foundation, eau 878-3401 or fax to 693-0743. place to... rent, buy or ssii! You .c:~ do it in The Champion Classif lods Cali 875-3300 or Fax us at 876-2364 ExpmpriationsAct, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26 NOTICE 0F APPLICATION FOR APPRO VAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND IN THE MA'ITER 0F an application by The Regional Municipality of Halton for approval to expropnate landa described in Scbedule "A" hereto, being in the Town of Milton, in the Regional Municipalîty of Halton for the purpose of widening and reconstructing Guelph Lire from No. 10 Side Road nonherly to No. 15 Side Road. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application bas been made for approval to expropriate the land descnbed as follows in Schedule "A" hereto: Any owner of landa in respect of which notice is given who desirea an inquiry into whether the taking of sucb land is fair, sound and reaaonably neceasary in the achievement of the objectives of tbe exproprîating autbority shall an notify the approving autbority in wnting. (a) in the case of a oegistered owner, served personally or by regiatered mail within thirty (30) days after the registered owner is served with the notice, or, when the registered owner is served by publication, within thirty (30) days after the fîrat publication of the notice; (b) in the case of an owner who is nos a registered owner, within tbirty (30) days afier the firat publication of the notice. To phone the Region of Halton frona: Alderahot (905) 639-4540 Acton Georgetown (905) 878-8113 Burliîi 'hie approving authonty is: The Council of the Regional Municipality of Halton, 115) BronteRoadOakvilleOntano L6M 3L1. The expropriating authority is: The Regional Municipality of Halton, c/o Joan Eaglesbam, Regional Clerk, 1151 Bronte Road, Oakviiie, Ontaîjo L6M 3L1. Joan A. Eagiesbam Regional Clerk This notice firat publisbed on the l9tb day of November, 1999. For furtber information, please contact: Don Wiliiams Manager of Realty Services Region of Halton 1151 BmnteRoad Oakville, Ontario L6M 3L1 Fax: (905) 825.8838 E-mail: williamsd@region.halton.on.ca (519) 853-0501 gton, Oakville, Milton (905) 825-6000 I - e e - e e e e e. e r Boneiess-SkinISSS mode easy Chicken Frozen Breasts Our everpopular 4" Pie SheBs $1 ~ homemade -~ Fruitcake 2*~3 Frozen Frozen Cooked Cranberries ~ M.: b~Is SCHEDULE "A" Ail and aingular the landa in the Geographic Township of Nassagaweya, in the Town of Milton, in the Regional Municipality of Halton, being composed of parts of those lands described as Parts of Plans deposited in the Registiy Office for the Land Tîtles Division of Halton (No. 20), more particularly described as follows: r&L9LLe~m) Cenc~n~ fu1~) 1~mn 15 4 I 20R-12204 24979-0072 3 and 4 3 and 4 Il 3 l4andlS 3 1-2 and 4-6 20R-12205 24979-0083 24979-0085 24981-0083 24981-0084 24981-0085 2 and 3 I and 2 2-3 1-6 1 and 2 20R-12206 24979-0091 24981-0089 20R-12207 24981-0099 24981-0095 20R-t2208 24981-0100 24981-0101 20R-13304 24981-0102 20R-13307 24981-0077 24981-0081