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st the tribune tuesday december 16 1997 p 3 bringing rachael home for holidays from page ib chuck and linda opted for an inter national adoption for a number of reasons at 44 and 43 years old the couple knew they wouldnt get an infant and the couple knew their limitations we didnt feel we could manage a special needs child so we looked into inter national adop tion said linda the cundaris sought the help of c h i i d r e n s bridges a non profit agency that oversees interna tional adoptions c h i l d r e n s bridges looked the cundari family gathers around the christ mas tree with baby rachel who the family adopted from china but it isnt it all worked out while domestic adoptions often involve a long wait the cun- daris only waited one year in the summer of 96 chuck and linda learned that theyd get a baby this past august the cou ple flew to bei jing china made their way to the orphanage in nan feng and met rachael- it was love at first sight oh i worried said linda i wondered how id feel we loved her from the moment we ii j 1 jav e 9 after everything from the paper work to the travel arrangements said linda it was wonderful at first i thought such an adoption was an impossible undertaking saw her like all families the cundaris are get ting into the spirit of christmas yes this year is special said linda decisions decisions jessica ingold gr 1 has a difficult time choosing from the candy tray offered by santas elf beth krause a parent on hand to help serve christmas lunch to kids in the whitchurch highlands school gym friday dinner is served friday was indeed a day to remember at whitchurch highlands public school moms and dads put on aprons and served a full turkey dinner complete with all the trimmings to 400 stu dents at the local school it marked the seventh annual turkey lunch thanks to the generosity of such businesses as weston produce harrys no frills loblaws weston bakery vachon bakery ibd canada little debbies wilson niblett and chev geo olds of richmond hill parents martha rice karen weild and sophie angelis worked for days to make sure the spe cial event was to everyones liking the students and teachers returned to class tummies full while their par ents went home tired but very happy jr market pleads guilty a trial was averted monday when the stouffville country market pleaded guilty to a noise bylaw infraction the plea carries a 420 fine reported lawyer gordon ness in august the towns bylaw officer charged stouffville stockyards ltd with breaking a bylaw in connection with its memories of elvis celebra tion the event was billed as a karaoke and an elvis lookalike con test the town bylaw stipulates that concerts are not prohibited on the premises x while the local country market agreed to plead guilty to technically violating the bylaw at no time did the country market intend to offend the bylaw said ness big comfy chair robert vangcnnip matt vangcnnip and amy kostash look like santas teeny elves on the big chair at hortons tree farm over the weekend plum by cher yl johnson industry moves to gormley whitchurchstouffville will be home to a new factory next summer in a meet ing at the mayors office monday john zieger announced he is moving his busi ness to gormley zieger is the owner and president of metal door ltd the industry which is currently located in scarborough has been in business for 18 years and employs 22 people zieger expects that the staff will expand to 30 after the move mayor wayne emmerson said he and zieger have been negotiating for 2 12 years and they finally found a home zieger was happy with it takes a while to find the right piece of property said zieger zieger who lives on vivian road is a 25year resi dent of stouffville the 22000sqft factory will be locat ed on stalwart avenue in gormley and digging at the site is expected to start this week our plans have been designed so that we can eventually expand said zieger who added the company is very busy and they have a number of back orders he hopes to increase his business by 20 per cent after opening next july helene johnson president of the local chamber of commerce says she is look ing forward to having zieger as a new member janet richards houston ford mercury bill houston ford mercury sales ljd 1 1 769 highway 48 stouffville 640 454 1 mmm on all remaining 1997 new or demo vehicles in stock up to 48 mth apr lease oac as well as 00 financing on all 1998 windstars and 98 f150 pick ups our customers are the focus of everything we do f i i 9 a a a aaa a aaa a a a a a 1 wivmkvavanm vva w kn l itw u m mercury a cc z 1 o u u 5 bloomington cd stouffville rd hwy line major mackenzie m p m z z