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mjmvmiwibmymz the tribune is pleased to present citizen of the year mm nominations for the whitchurchstouffville citizen of the year will be accepted until friday june 13 1992 at 12 noon lvovtf flte to nominate for citizen of the year name- address please attach supporting reasons for your choice one nomination per person please nominations with no supporting reasons will not be considered fvtions with no supporting reasons will not be considered j mai or drop off your nomination to the tribune 6244 main st stouffville ont l4a1e2 everyone reads the tribune leslee savage of ballantrae public school is chased by ciji kucz- ma of scarboroughs tom longboat public school at the pen pal picnic last week ballantrae students celebrate canada kate gilderdale correspondent on june 2 kindergarten stu- t all across ontariowinning is catching oa each ontario lottery ticket you buy helps make good things happen since 1975 over 44 billion in lottery proceeds have been used to support worthwhile social services organizations through the trillium foundation cultural and recreational programs and the operation of ontario hospitals so get into the act every time you play your favourite ontario lottery game it makes winners of us all heres where lottery profits are working in your region east central ontario bobcaygeon construct waterfront walkway chippewas of georgina island purchase recreation equipment orillia purchase computer whitby curling club purchase equipment v r v together were making good things happen ontario lottery corporation socteti des loteries de ontario fmuj v mv a a- wbhwhmpp dents from ballantrae public school played host to their counterparts from scarbor oughs tom longboat public school in a celebration of cana das multicultural mosaic the gettogether was origi nally inspired by publicity for canada 125 explained bal lantrae kindergarten teacher carol wells whose son stephen dow teaches junior and senior kindergarten at tom longboat stephen and i thought it would be a wonderful opportu nity to twin the two classes because his chil dren are very mul ticultural and live in an urban environ- m e n t many of them in h i g h rises t he majority of stu- dents from bal- lantrae on the oth e r hand are a pretty homoge neous group living in a rural setting both teachers felt that exposure to other cultures early in life could go a long way towards diffusing racial ten sions later on we wanted to make a little contribution in terms of getting kids together from different backgrounds and helping them to get to know each other observed wells mother and son started the ball rolling early in february when the children began to cor- respond with each other first with one huge letter from the class and then individually as students were twinned with specific pen pals we took miniature photos from the school photograph and included them with the let ters she said whenever a package arrived from tom longboat noted wells there see page 19 we wanted to make a little contribution in terms of get ting kids together from different back- grounds and helping them to get to know each other