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-dvt- pio tribune october 30 1991 block patents need greater support kate gilderdale correspondent the block parents of whitdiurchstoufrville are woridng hard to raise public awareness of the declining number of block par ents in the area its an uphill sttugglelsaid maryanne mcmanus cochairman of die whitchurchstoufrville block parents tm surprised mat for such a friendly caring society that people find time to get involved in so many other things but dont get involved in mis mcmanus herself a block parent for five years cdntinuedpeople seem to think that we live in this small bubble here that nothing can happen that were immune to big city problems but they forget that we get a lot of traffic up here on the weekendsnd the kids still play outside mcmanus illustrated her concerns just recently two children were going to the park when theywere frightened by a strange car which seemed to be slowly following mem perhaps it was just an innocent person searching for an address but die point was that both children were frightened fortunately they were close enough to run all the way home but what if things had turned put different thats why we have these programs in place the block parents group has received 14 applications in three months dont see what people are waiting for said mcmanus we have 168 block parents for the whitchurch- stouffville area and many streets are not covered at all although mcmanus would be content to have at least two block parents per street ideally she would like to see much more there cant be too many block parents she said- not everyone is home at tie same time zsttie only qualification for being a block parent is to be a car- jhg individual continued mcmanus you dont have to be a parent or to stay at home you dont have to get involved with the organization by attending meetings or canvassing you dont have to be put out or inconvenienced in fact if there is only one volunteer thing that you can do then this is it because it doesnt take anything extra from your time all you have to do is fill out the application and mail it in the application gets screened by the police department to see if there is a criminal record and once approved you get the sign which you put out in your win dow wheneveryoure at home and available as part of their campaign during block parent week october 21 26 block parent representatives went intothe schools giv ing talks and sheets as well as doing a coloring contest applications for block parents can be picked lip at the library or by calling either maryanne mcmanus at 6404506 or sydna pruden at 6404189 farewell photosjoebd wttteveeh sdss students and teachers left for carpentras france monday oct 21 jenna payne left gets a hug from erika nigalis before she boards the bus vote ed lyons for council in ward 2 nov 12 1 experienced 2 enthusiastic 3 hard working 4 has grown with community 38 years 5 has time to serve for the betterment of the ward ed lyons zkmmtk 0mm mmmwam investment services brokers of gics rrsps rrifs and annuities best gic rates no fees 9500 5 years 9125 3 years r 8500 2 years 8250 lyear 7500 90 days min 5000 more than a promise a commitment authorized by cfo for candidate ed lyons csbs are good cashable gics are better 1 raymerville drive markham 4725949 richmond hill wlmgm kleinburg 8845563 deposit brokers rates subject to change 8930043 v tone mm steaks 3 hip roasts a99 sirloin tip top round bottom round lb red or golden delicious apples 89 celery stalks bananas 29 chicken legs fresh never frozen porif spare ribs lb 1 lb store made 490 sausages hot or reg 99 355 mu case of 24 6 fairlee juice packs a49 1 2 pk- 300 ml bottles 4 primo vegetable oil 499 jm 3l primo ilfi pasta 99 900 g bag opensunday 90oam 700pm mondaysaturday 800aii- 800pm north stouffv1ue valtoudisbros i major mackenzie markham hwyf7 bag9a p0tat0esyy 28agumrt 10 lb bag nortacomwhryujjomacjoidc