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p16 weekender september 27 1986 el salvador local residents try to make a difference by robert donnelly roads are a dangerous place for children especially so if it happens to be in wartorn el salvador betty nineyearsold trips over a thread stretched across a dirt road the thread is attached to a land mine although lucky to be alive she will never walk again i dont think anyone realized that the children are getting the brunt of it observed scarborough- native george roberts he and unionville resident skye mccoskey have joined a florida- based nonprofit organization cal led family foundation to help re build the lives of 15000 people in suchitoto a mountain village in the northeastern part of the country during its six year history the civil war has claimed as many as 75000 lives and has maimed count less others many of these victims are chil dren like betty caught in the cross fire between american supported government troops death squads and cubantrained com munist insurgents in fact the 1983 census figures re veal that almost half of the coun trys estimated population of 47 million are children under the age of 15 mrs mccoskey a unionville resi dent for most of her life has always had an affection for children thirtyfive years ago while working for the north york board of education as a school teacher and a librarian she adopted three children now 66 and retired she has adopted eight more children four boys and four girls in el sal vador each child the youngest is three- yearsold and the oldest is 15 is sponsored through a 85 annual donation toward the purchase of enough food to meet their daily nut ritional requirements a typical diet may consist of three tables poons of boiled beans some rice and a few ounces of powdered milk she said its not much she explained but it could mean the difference between life and death rebuilding from the ruins of an ongoing civil war she said also re quires tools building materials and common household items such as a clothesline or cooking utensils in july 3636 barrels of these re lief supplies were shipped to the country by the charity group to help an estimated 252000 people in va rious communities like suchitoto but she added there is still much to be done under the articles wanted col umn of the markham economist and sun she took out seven lines that pleaded with local residents to don ate unwanted items that could be put to good use in the small central american country the classified in part read needed small wood and mechanical tools hand and electric the ad ran for several weeks be fore she eventually decided to can cel it in september why i received no response to it at all she said in a telephone inter view her voice hardly masking the disappointment absolutely nil she added despite this setback she is confi dent that someone out of the 106000 markhamites will respond to her plea before getting involved herself she explained that the conflict in el salvador seemed like a distant and isolated event in fact she admitted that there was a time when she didnt even know where el salvador was mr roberts 44 also counted himself amongst those who were unaffected by a bloody civil war 2500 miles 4000 km distant a machinist by trade and a part- time carpenter he met mrs mccoskey while doing renovations in her home after listening to her revelations of the strife in el salvador espe cially for the children there he felt that it was a problem he could no longer ignore and come the beginning of november he will be taking his skills to suchitoto for six months if i can show 10 people how to put up one building said the handy man then my stay there would have been worthwhile mrs mccoskey dreams of some day teaching the salvadorean chil dren in one of these makeshift clas srooms but her multiple sclerosis which makes just walking a painful and arduous process temporarily prevents her from fulfilling that dream also her riverbend rd home of three decades is for sale as she plans to donate the proceeds to help allieviate the suffering in el sal vador no human being should be dep rived of the right to enjoy health and education she said thus the last line of the classified concluded with the message please help us help mrs mccoskey has joined her husband clive at their home in flor ida those interested in donating their old tools however can still drop them off at 22 riverbend rd from now until the end of october id finfdining catering tr 5 w brunch at lindners is back u kesponding to our customers requests n until 3 pm from 1130 am j now better than ever a call for reservations 4711772 i ope you will join u memorable event ya llope you will join us for a mr 144 main st n markham markham village lanes 4711772 catch the spirit director lillian sievanen already has the cast of markham little theatres next production blithe spirit well into rehearsals have you remembered to buy your subscription theres still time call markham theatre 4790201 major credit cards accepted rack 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