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st tribune may 17 1995 p 3 community promise keepers asks men to be more accountable by elizabeth botsikos correspondent attempting to find a role for men in the brave new world the promise keepers a christian organization has been calling upon men to take a more active role in their families and commu- nities promise keepers urge men to hove their wives participate in raising their family and under stand that marriage is a partner ship which demands 100 per cent commitment it encourages men to get together and become accountable said field represen tative paul beavan of stouffville the promise keepers follow the seven promises which essentially are to uphold christian princi ples practice spiritual moral ethical and sexual purity and build strong marriages and fami- lies through love and understand ing men get so involved in their jobs that they have shunned roles as leaders in their home and church said beavan we try to get men back to the iplace of commitment if you can get the father to be more account able in his home the family will come together better right now too much is being left to one part ner marriage is not a 5050 deal it is a 100 per cent commitment by both partners the promise keepers are appar ently filling a need when the organization began five years ago in colorado 72 men showed up at the first meeting the following year the number had risen to 4200 and at the may 1995 confer ence the number was well over 800000 the organization has little structure there is no member ship its basically networking said beavan men attending the conferences get motivated and challenged they go back to their own church es excited many of these church es have a liaison man between the church pastor and promise keep ers called a point man through the churches small groups of men meet to share personal struggles beavan explained we are not professionals but by sharing with each other we can identify some of the struggles that we as men are going through men hide a lot of things but those men who are really seri ous about changing themselves and their lives will sit down and share while upholding tradi tional family values the promise keepers do not want to put women back into the kitchen they feel that there is nothing wrong with women hav ing a career as long a family commitments are begin maintained but it also means that hus bands must do their fair share we want hus bands to work side by side love share and communicate with their wives said beavan children need a father image a lot of single mothers are raising chil dren on their own where the father has left we want to arouse men to become more responsible as fathers beavan expects an office to be opened up in stouffville within the next six to eight months in the meantime inter ested parties can call 6428300 or write promise keepers provincial office po box 705 stouffville ontario l4a 7z8 for more information the book the seven promis es of a promise keeper is available at most obristian bookstores new hours at museum the whitchurchstouffville museum begins its summer schedule on international museums day may 18 the summer schedule is wednesdays to fridays 10 am to 5 pm saturdays and sundays 1 to 5 pm and closed mondays and tuesdays monfri after 3 pm after 5 pm 14 12 10 2 green f cart 30f davis drive crime lawn tractor stolen a valuable lawn tractor worth was stolen from a bethesda sideroad garage police reports revealed thieves entered the premises after break ing the garage door lock value of the tractor is estimated at 3500 damage has been pegged at approximately 50 stolen truck had stolen goods a stolen truck recovered by police was found with more stolen property on board the 1983 chevy s10 was taken from a ninth line home may 10 thieves entered the house through an unlocked door once inside a set of keys were taken and the truck stolen from the driveway the abandoned truck was later recovered with two flat tires and a stolen lawn tractor in back according to police the john deere tractor had been taken from the timber creek driving range notice of statutory public information meeting tuesday june 20 1995 700 pm t4 a council chambers t pickering civic complex the purpose of this meeting is to present a draft official plan for the town of pickering the official plan is a planning document that helps guide development in the town a copy of the draft plan will be available for pick up at this meeting note it a person or public body that requests a referral of a proposed deos wn in respect ot the proposed official plan tc the ontario munipal board does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or does not make written submissions to the town of pickery before the proposed official plan is adopted later this year then i trie regon ot durham as the approval authority may refuse the request to refer alt or part ot its proposed decision to the ontario municipal board and n iheontanomumcipatboardmaydismissaltorpartof thereferral of the proposed decision it you wish to be notified ot the adoption ot the proposed official plan you must make a written request to trie town of pickering planning department pickering civic complex one the esplanade pickering ontario l1v 6k7 for more information contact the planning department at 905 42046 xvx ps m pickering free pool school getan education in pool care at our po opening seminar ibioguard betz pools wed may 17th 7 pm masonic hall stouffville rsvp 905 6401424 refreshments prizes new robert bateman thank you ontario its been 2 years since we grew to 4 floors in bur newmarket gallery and tripled the size of our uxbridge gallery in appreciation of your patronage we extend our gratitude with this special offer framing for robert batemans new limited edition print on the first 50 orders received frame includes selected ouaiy wood frames two mats regular glass guaranteed conservation framing total price 445 prjs taxes select art galleries free newmarket 116686yongest uxbridge l13 brock st 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