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st weekender saturday september 6 1997 p 9 arthritis drive in high gear jordan green staff reporter september isnt only back to school month its also arthritis month across canada last year the arthritis society raised more than 75000 through the resi dential doortodoor cam paign in york region stouffville residents gave 5000 last year our goal in york region as a whole from the resi dential campaign is to raise at least 70000 said mary tucci the area coordinator for york regions arthritis society york regions society needs to raise a total of 1 10000 in donations from businesses and area resi dents to keep the regional offices open were hoping to raise 110000 overall for this particular office said tucci to kick off the annual month of campaigning a special flagraising cere mony took place friday at the town offices the mayor and local dig nitaries participated to raise awareness of the national campaign along with the canvass ing campaign the society will be holding a buffet celebrity business breakfast sept 26 at the sheraton parkway hotel in richmond hill jean beliveau of the montreal canadians will be there said tucci were inviting the mayors and weve invited elvis stojko we dont know if hell show but we invited him this will be the second annual celebrity breakfast where york region busi nesses can dine with some local celebrities and sup port the arthritis society tickets to the breakfast are 50 per person and it will be held sept 26 from 730 am to 9 am arthritis is the number one chronic disease in can ada one in seven cana dians will be affected by it according to tucci people of all ages suffer from it said tucci chil dren have it middle aged people have it and theres over 1 00 different types arthritis rates in canada are increasing currently four million canadians have the disease yet that number is estimated to increase to 83 million by the year 203 1 according to tucci arthritis affects the auto immune system causing pain and in some cases restricted movement for the person affected although there is no music lessons the professional way piano keyboard computers music guitar bass voice programs include student recordings payiessget more with ouaulmeo ihofesslomals save 70 100 on 3 month semester ibasep on annual enrolment 4723168 30019 strokes stootos recording and production house 154a main st n markham village contest and video dance sat sept 20 8 pm markham fair grounds tickets come out vote for your favourite contestant you are invited to compete in the miss markham fair competition entry form name age 1824 address phone no hobbies drop off or send to markham fair grounds 10801 mccowan rd markham ont up3j3 for information tickets call 642fair 1996 sponsors angus glen batthau jewellers big v drug store browns crafts cosbum gritfighs brandham insurance eleven joseph fair shoppe flower depot first nation music inc freckles marg murphy judy gerrardsimons partylite consultants markham portrait studio markham ultra food drug markham printing mary kay old firehall sports port of beauty the school fine dining stouffville florist stouffville progress club sue joyce avon consultant unionville arms weall cullen nurseries ltd 25 year sponsors georges auto service patricias bridal known cure researchers are work ing hard to reduce the symptoms the research theyre doing is fantastic said tucci we have a support line an emotional support and referral to community services line he added the tollfree national helpline for arthritis sufferers is 1-800-321- 1433 the york region office can be reached at 18008488384 campaign kickoff mayor wayne emmerson and gale harris a volunteer with the arthritis soci ety raised the flag for the annual fundraising campaign recently photo tysteve somerv1lle reserve year seat te a fantastic rour series 1 99798 corporate sponsors allstate insuronco aspen ridga homes ati technologies inc canac kitchens complete truck maintenance consumers gas ibm canada lid law development group liquiforce sower services monarch development corporation ncr canada ltd rodisson hotol torontomarkham td bank transconada pipo linos 9798 media sponsor markham economist sun house programme sponsor markvilla shopping contra