st weekender february 24 1996 p21 classics eliminated in semis the stouffville classics went as far as the semifinals at the recent ottawa interlude capital statesman old timers hockey tournament before bowing out with a 21 loss to the scarborough rinkles gord smith had the lone goal for the clas sics the classics fell 71 to the bay city revival in their opener with gord pelosse scoring the lone stouffville goal the classics rebounded to thump the cavan blazers 71 as doug gornall had a hat trick smith scored twice and george sled and bill thronhill added singles bruce mehaffey netted a pair and pete turner and pelosse had a goal each as the classics downed the bcr revival 42 to qualify for the semifinals larry penny was solid in the classics goal bill hermanson was credited with four assists while sled and mehaffey each had three mike jones and smith collected two each while singles went to frank wildman dave tucker gornall turner and thornhill the country day school is hosting two information evenings for parents of students entering grade 9 tuesday february 27th from 700 to 815 pm and for parents of students entering grades 7 8 tuesday march 5th from 645 to 915 pm we invite you to join us and learn about our programmes meet with the administration and teachers ask questions and tour our facilities we hope you will accept our invitation please rsvpto mrs nancy chale at 8331220 the country day school is located at 13415 dufferin street king ontario l7b 1k5 5tj f gfsllg mmsmsmi i l9sl v7 glynnwood a tradition of excellence comfort convenience security friends beauty recreation sip lk wit v glynnwood m parents educators must spot signs of personal despair early question what happens when a child is so different from the group that he cannot compete no matter how hard he tries dr dobson that deadend street is most often responsible for attempts at selfdestruction i am reminded of a sad little girl named lily an eighthgrader who was referred to me for psychologi cal counseling she opened the centennial baptist church on mccowan road half mile south of hwy 7 home of centennial chlldcare centre we are a christian fellowship that cares about you and your family door to my office and stood with eyes cast down underneath sev eral layers of powder and make up her face was completely aglow with infected acne lily had done her best to bury the inflammation but she had not been successful she weighed about 85 pounds and was a physi cal wreck from head to toe she sat down without raising her eyes to mine lacking the confidence to sunday services 945 am family sunday school 11 am morning worship nursery care provided 630 pm evening celebration midweek ministries wednesdays 630 pm awana childrens program jr sr high youth small groups thurs am creative comer for details call 4757695 sponsor of tocus on the family by dr dobson markham missionary church because church is more than a tradition 930 am christian education hour 1055 am morning worship service authentic christianity the means to effective evangelism pastor blaine lougheed speaking 630 pm evening celebration service rev james weller working with door of hope depicting gods work in russia film included rev winston thurton rev blaine lougheed sr pastor associate pastor family night on wednesday choir ministry youth ministries awana adult prayer bible study care groups volleyball mens ball hockey basketball ladies badminton markham north nursery school monday to friday 5438 major mackenzie drive east markham ontario l3p3j3 905 2945081 905 2945383 fax comer of mccowan and major mackenzie continuing to focus upon gods word and family ufa face me i didnt need to ask her what was troubling her life had dealt her a devastating blow and she was bitter angry broken and deeply hurt the teenager who reaches this point of despair can see no tomor row he has no hope he cant think of anything else he would like to crawl in a hole but there is no place to hide running away wont help nor will crying change anything too often he chooses sui cide as the only way out lily gave me little time towork the following morning she stag gered into the school office and announced that she had internalized everything in the family medicine cabinet we labored feverishly to retrieve the medication and finally succeeded on the way to the hospital lily survived physical ly but her selfesteem and confidence had died years earlier the scars on her sad face symbol ized the wounds on her adolescent heart obviously the inability to gain social acceptance is not merely an uncom fortable feeing among the young such lack of self- esteem can actually extinguish the desire to go on living parents and teachers must be taught to recognize the early symptoms of personal despair during the ten der pliable years of child hood and more impor tantly what they can do about it grace anglican 19 parkway avenue markham 2943184 parkway runs east from hwy 48 3 stop lights north of hwy 7 sunday february 25 830 am eucharist 1030 am 150 anniversary service the rev canon tom greene with full church school fc all welcome licensed nursery school 2944920 central united church 131 main st unionville 4740183 sunday services at 930 am 1100 am police appreciation sunday a warm welcome awaits you markham baptist church 1 1 0 church street 2945830 west of woouen way opposite markham high sunday worship at 9 or 1115 pastor bill norman preaching standing on holy ground corinthians 310111617 bible school for all ages at 10 h a canadian baptist ministries church these questions and answers are excerpted from the book dr dobson answers your questions everyone who writes to dr dobson receives a personal response dr dobson co centennial baptist church 8176mccowanrl markham ont l3p3j3