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mmsmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mi rscvr m wednesday- may 18 1983 mas funic driyi lis successful dear sir as the official representa tive for the salvation army in the town of markham i would like to take this oppor tunity to thank the residents the business community and the corporations and the pro fessional community for the excellent way in which you have received the salvation army in the community and particularly the response which was given to our red shield appeal the results of your giving to the salvation armys red shield appeal to date amounts to over 22000 and is still climbing i think the peo ple of markham can be very proud of their contribution to the help that this money will give to those who are less for tunate through the work of the salvation armys social services i would also like to thenk the red shield committee for its work in organizing the campaign for this year and i am looking forward to work ing with them again and of course i cannot forget all those people who spent so many hours recruit ing canvassers and all those who gave of their time to can vas door to door i thank god for each one of you and your willingness to help for with out you the major portion of the campaign would not have been possible i pray that god will grant the salvation army the wis dom to continue to use your contributions wisely and to remain faithful to you and to him once again my sincere thanks richard shirran cadet sgt commanding officer pastor the salvation army markham corps french does cost us more dear sir larry muller economist and sun may 4 1983 is under a misapprehension when he states french immersion classes are not an added ex pense to the taxpayers of this province over and above the regular grants to school boards on a per pupil basis there are additional grants for french as a first language and french as a second language the projected 1983 figures for these two categories are 21 million and 66 million re spectively for a total of 87 million c paul olson and george burns of the ontario insti tute for studies in education spenta year researching the impact of french immersion classes on ontario schools the following are some of their conclusions 1 french immersion prog rams are disproportionately overrepresented with higher iq and upper socioeconomic background children 2 teachers in the program tended to track out chil dren who didnt do as well as other immersion children 3 immersion programs are elitist 4 nonimmersion teachers expressed concern about being left with a some what skewed mix of students because either poor students were bounced out of immer sion or the potentially best students were enrolled in the immersion track of the school pauline d leitch thornhill organizers say hearty thanks dear sir on behalf of the markham unit of the canadian cancer society and the markham lions club we would like to thank all those who partici pated in our moveathon on saturday may 14 we had 93 bikers and 23 walkers joggers and runners contributing to a very successfull day thank you also to all those who spon sored these people and to all who volunteered their time to help us out the first three riders com pleting the 25 km course in 45 to 50 minutes were henry shannon brian wride and scott hitchcock the first three runners and joggers completing the 14 km course in 1 hour and 25 minutes were bill rimmer robb sherman and colin daniel two eager joggers eric leiper and bill nicholson chose to complete the bikers route of 25 km to all these people we say thank you for being so enthusiastic the money pledged for the day was approximately 3000 which will be divided between the canadian cancer society and the markham lions club all those participants who have deposited their money by june 17 will be eligible for lucky draw prizes to be drawn june 23 thank you again to all who helped make our day a suc cess rosalyn cooper and ann saunders cochairmen moveathon committee canadian cancer society markham unit ringette group says season is successful dear sir on behalf of the players and parents of markham region ringette association i would like to commend the outstand- ing support and cooperation we received from your pub- lication during the formation of our league and during the 198283 playing season your generous publicity to our league played a vital role in our success both in recruit ing players and for obtaining adult volunteers to administer the program during its first year of exist- ence mrr was also fortunate to enjoy financial and mer chandise support from various sources without such assist ance our ringette program would have been severely cur- toiled these endorsements along with your own highlight the thoughtful concern held by loc al businesses toward the bet terment of todays youth through participation in sports markham region ringette would like to acknowledge and express our thanks for these endorsements of ringette in the town of markham financial donations win- tario town of markham syl via houghton century 21 chesebroughponds canada inc state farm insurance crothers pharmacy markvil- le shopping centre- pot pourri markville mcdonalds res- taurant hwy 7 and mccowan road team sponsors bikers wilsoncook medical thor nhill bnai brith national advanced systems markham block parents allstate mark ville ruby records heads- up hockey don hammond upholstery markham con verter official sports centre merchandise cooper canada ltd official sports centre woolworths calathumpians restaurant t t donuts georges auto service ltd miracle food mart gordon fraser stickers unionville motors john gallo- ways bargain centre bonne belle cosmetics dairy queen mr jumbo burgers drivein bloomers flowers canadian imperial bank of commerce nut cheese place mar kham trophy radio shack hwy 7 bonnie taylor pretdt- markham region ringette association i students from two schools in the town of markham did their bid last week to keep our world clean by joining the pitchin campaign they picked up garbage around their schools and filled several large gar bage bags supplied by shell canada in the picture above from left to right are derek brown brent raynor sadia motiar zaheeda molu teacher vivian lepper and susls simeunovich all from johnsview village public school in thornhill photos by sjoerd witteveen school students fight battle of the garbage at st josephs johnsview village mm brendasneek a student at st josephs separate school in markham shows off a large piece of slimy wet paper fiona forest of johnsview village publicschool in thornhill picks up little pieces she found in the park behind the school of garbage in the schoolyard peter bowen left deposits gar bage in the bag held up by jeff soden both are students at st josephs separate school eduardo melo straddles the creek behind st josephs separate school in an effort to locate more garbage the other students are from left to right leslie fielding vanessa melsner louise tyrrell and chris mahoney