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weeketobtr a6il29 isbs p 3 volunteer week restoring the habitat students at whitchurch highlands public school held a ceremony to mark the start of the schools habitat restoration project jason coker 12 and lyndsay thomas 13 help plant a white spruce at the monday ceremony the school plans to plant thousands of trees and create a natural area on the school grounds the works is being done with grants from the evergreen foundation treelife and friends of the environment fund canada trust donations of trees labor expertise and equipment were provided by the cassela family eagleridge tree movers the fisher family the huehn family hortons tree farm mcmillan tree farm herman milke ecological consultant the offenbach family sunland landscaping todd brothers contracting walters landscaping chris keuttel york region environmental services and york region board of education born to read comes to town by joan ransberry staff reporter media personality ben wicks and the bank of mon treal joined forces this week to bring the born to read campaign to stouffville mary hope manager of the local bank of montreal pre- sherry hulshof receives a born to read booklet from her daughter meagan 4 after school at st marks catholic school the booklets were given out by margaret hope of the bank of montreal photosjoerd witteveen sented the students of st mark school and stouffville christian school with copies of born to read a literacy book written by wicks author speaker and humorist the presentation was made to mark born to read day a nationwide liter acy initiative complimentary copies of born to read are being given to all canadian children from kindergarten to grade 3 wicks book was written with parents in mind since parents have the ulti mate responsibility for their childrens education it is important that they spark their interest m reading and writing as soon as possible stressed wicks the author pointed out that the reading skills of 16 per cent of canadian adults are too limited to allow them to deal with the majority of writ ten material encountered in every day life born to read officials are stressing that 22 per cent of canadian adults do not have the skills to cope with unfa miliar and more complex reading materials meanwhile older canadian parttime workers and work ers from primary industries such as forestry agriculture and fishing are more likely to have reading problems care share has dedicated staffers by kate gilderdale correspondent theres no money to be made and the tasks are sometimes menial yet there is little doubt that volunteers get great satis faction from the work they do whitchurchstouffville with its long tradition of volunteerism has many good reasons to celebrate volunteer week april 23- 29 not least among them is the care and share shoppe on stouffvilles main street which could not operate without a ded icated group of people who willingly give up their time to help out store managers audrey good and barbara ribble define a vol unteer as someone who is willing to unpack boxes set up a dis play window operate a cash register vacuum sort size price and process used clothing and household items above all they say our volunteers have a heart for helping others in the developing world care and share is one of approx imately 60 such stores across canada all of which are affiliated with the mennonite central committee mcc as well the store provides an outlet for handcrafted items pro duced through the selfhelp crafts program the artisans involved live in villages farming communities and city slums in some of the poorest countries in the world by providing an outlet for their crafts the program helps them to be selfsupporting at the same time it ensures the unique and beautiful items they create which range from finely carved wooden boxes and woven bags to jewellery and brass candle sticks are available in canada at extremely reasonable prices with the help of approximately 70 volunteers ranging in age from 15 to 85 the care and share shoppe is a successful and busy enterprise the main part of the store offers a wide choice of gently used clothing accessories and household items on the upper level is an everchanging selection of handmade crafts from around the world the volunteers who work at the care and share are among approximately 4000 across canada and the benefits are local as well as global according to ribble and good our volunteers do not come to work because its a job they come because they share a common vision and a common phi losophy for what were all about statistics show there are 1869200 volunteers in ontario and were convinced we have the best ones at the care and share shoppe in stouffville transit service gets grant the 233 users of the whitchurchstouffville mobili ty transit can now breath a sigh of relief whitchurchstouffville coun cil issued a ll500grant which keeps the service going its total operational budget is 35500 a total of 50000 worth of grants for local groups was authorized when council struck its 1995 operating bud get on tuesday council also approved 25000 for the york durham heritage railway association- 25000 meanwhile 5000 was earmarked for a tourism study to be carried out in the municipality joan ransberry macnaughton sentencing held over until may 29 the sentencing of a man found guilty of sexual assault involv ing children has been held over until may 29 on april 26 judge rose boyko ordered donald macnaughton 67 of uxbridge to return to the general division court for sen tencing in early march macnaughton was found guilty of two counts of sexual assault meanwhile two additional charges of sexual assault have been stayed in court in newmarket charges were laid after complaints from two eightyear old stouffville boys watch for these flyers on saturday april 29 1995 ultramart a p bi way stouffville iga home depot sobeys newmarket loblaws dominion fortinos stjtetod ara only were first in distribution weve delivered 11191650 flyers door-to- door so far this year if you would like your flyers delivered by the best please call arlene madoock at 6402100 the tr itiune attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your fivers for as inle as 35 certs apiece in uaruiam umonvine mdlfcen stoutmie uxbndge ctaremort dclson hs uacust hit gormley goodwood victoria square brougham hagermar corners box grove cedar grove butionville sandford leaskdale gr eersbank udora sunderland zephyr ashbum carrington and al adjacent rural route areas we can deliver your dyers using the most up to date market demographics including census tract lifestyles fsa neighbourhoods etc call us to discuss your needs we can deliver on the day you want to the area you want any quantity up to 50150 for distribution inquiries call stouffville 90s 0402100 or fax 905 6408477 rvf jao ii c-