Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), August 30, 1995, p. 3

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st tribune august 301 m ps terrys team gearing up for sept 17 annual run from page 1 tumor in a kidney when he was just twoyears old the little fellow was 18 monthsold when his parents learned he had cancer roily fox told the tribune that hes absolutely amazed that 15 years after his son began his marathon of hope the run is carried out in 54 countries world wide we never thought it would turn into this it is amazing said roily a few times during betty foxs account of her sons courage and of his passing the audience was brought to tears a few timesi terry foxs mother stopped to clear her throat and wipe away a tear as one stouffville resident pointed out no one here today will for get meeting betty and roily fox during her address betty fox shared the details leading up to her boys marathon of hope which began by his dipping his artificial leg into the atlantic ocean in 1980 betty fox reminded the audience that her son ran 26 miles a day for a total of 3339 miles terrys run was halted in thunder bay when cancer spread to his lungs betty and hollys son died on june 28 1981 four months shy of his 23rd birth day the marathon of hope however continues terry foxs mother his father his two bothers and his sister join many members of terrys team to continue to help keep the boys dream alive no one appreciates the fox fami lys commitment to cancer research more than the members of stouffvilles terry team especially its newest mem ber dixie sellers life is oftentimes full of surprises sellers was the organizer of stouffvilles firstterry fox run little did she know that 14 years later shed face a person al struggle during a minor surgical procedure doctors discovered that sellers has a lifethreatening tumor she underwent major surgery in june and is now on the road to recovery sellers has a message for everyone 1 had rectal cancer i want everyoneto have a routine examination while sellers stressed that early detection saved her ufe betty fox pointed out that had her son gone to a doctor earlier he might be alive today i cant stress early detection enough said betty fox murphy a dentist was diagnosed with rectal cancer in 1980 hes been a top moneyraiser in the terry fox run since joining terrys team team in 1991 gytoh was told she had breast cancer four years ago since then gyton has helped many other cancer patients in the yorkdurham area by establishing connecting rainbows a cancersupport group gyton will once again walk the 10 kilometers on sept 17 in 1980 terry fox set out to raise 1 from each and every canadian for a total 20 million as stouffvilles popu lation nears 20000 sandy schell kennedy local run director said terrys team is hoping to help raise at least 20000 this year betty fox said coun trywide a remarkable 152 million has been raised for innovative cancer research projects she stressed that bar has liquor licence pulled by joan ransberry staff reporter a stouffville bar has had its liquor licences lifted for 30 days following a hearing in toronto the liquor licence board of ontario llbo has reported spyder joes lost its licence after being found guilty of offenses under the liquor licence act elizabeth garel llbo spokesman said the onemonth licence suspension went into effect on aug 14 the ringwood drive establishment will not be able to serve alcohol until sept 12 i business owner joe colicchio told the tribune that in the wake of the suspension hes taking a one- month vacation and plans to reopen in mid september at the hearing a llbo inspector testified that during a check of the stouffville premises on nov 9 he found five bot tles of liquor which appeared to be illegal liquor said garel the suspicious booze included bacardi white rum alberta vodka hirarff walkers gin southern comfort whiskey and captain morgans rum tests carried out at the llbo laboratory showed that the alberta vodka contained citric acid an ingredient not found in vodka sold in lcbo stores garel could not explain how the substandard liquor got in the bottles the local club owner did however tell the board mem bers that the establishment has trouble with fruit flies said garel colicchio told the hearing that staff pour liquor in and out of bottles in order to get rid of the flies in addition colicchio also said staff pour liquor from bottles with lit tle liquor in them to fuller bottles cplicchio told the tribune someone attending a stag at his establishment left a bottle of us alcohol behind a spyder joes waitress also told the hearing that the alberta vodka might have been brought into the premis- es by persons who attended a stag there sometime before nov 9 this is not colicchios first encounter with the llbo seven years ago the llbo slapped a sevenday licence suspension on garden club cafe the former spyder joes also owned by colicchio the llbo board ordered colicchio to take the smart serve program offered by hospitality industry training organization within the next 120 days play a round with us new special prices m prices are effective august 8th 1995 until the end of the 1995 season not applicable to statuauxy or civic holidays seniors 55 monthurs 22 reg 27 twilight prices mon fri from 1 pm 22 reg 3 pm twilight prices sat sun hoi from 2 pm 29 reg 3 pm juniors 18- any day 22 reg27mf35ssh twifight prices mon fri from 1 pm 12 reg 3 pm twilight prices sat sun hoi from 1 pm 16 reg 3 pm juniors 18- any day i mill runi xur am cxhmry club 12 reg16mf20ssh 8526212 1800465toff 8633 a limited time save money on the price of front or rear brake service we know a lot rides on the reliability of your cars brakes to assure your cars braking system is functioning properly we per form total brake service using uapnapa parts specialist dont wait too long to take advantage of this offer like your cars brakes this offer wont last forever fetal truck auto centre nptrtr vkofaj 6ody sop v in ballantrae offer expires 300995 1 flwkt tf irafct profeiti ds 9sm more than 550000 canadians walked ran wheeled and rollerbladed their way to a record year betty fox extended a very personal thank you to stouf fville she pointed out that this small community has cared enough to raise a total of 133000 in the past 13 years it is a wonderful gift she said in closing betty fox repeated her sons often repeated words somewhere the hurting has to stop 144 annual sunderland fall fair september 12 1995 600 pm september 13 1995 1130 am opening ceremonies activities pepper the clown giant vegetables flowers culinary art junior fair field crops vegetables art crafts petting zoo puppet show demolition derby wed sept 13 730 pm tuesday fall queen pageant old time fidd tors contest clogging performance fireworks victorian craft demo arena wednesday light horse show english western heavy horse show pet show dog show opening ceremonies crowning of 1995 fair queen ambassador 4h dairy cajf show rug hooking demonstration puppet show oxen rides karaoke night fireman extrication demo hot air balloon tether rides weather permitting for 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