The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

s v13mx ims s economist sun stouffville tribune s c t- 7 to every thing there is a rfsffiii ekijdren learn to grieve at season centre in markham bysharonaschaiek correspondent two winters ago anne reesbrs six-year- old sonjonathan was killed by a truck while crossing the street he was crossing the street in front of our house unfortunately t he looked one way jbut not the otherhewas v killed instantly reesor says mthe trauma of the death took itstoll on her family she became rdesperate to find a yplace where her chil dren could express their v grief she worried par- tic about 10 pldjchristdphe who death x vthatsentlie reesprs turned to the i 5 marlcham season centre for grieving and traumatized children staff photomike barrett kerrie kortis is development coordinator for york region at the markham season centres tem porary home in a markham church ferent from other bereavement programs kortis emphasizes as necessary to main- because it emphasizes creative play as taining a childs emotional health the key component of the healing theres been research done and as process you probably know when we havent the kids play through their emo- resolved things from our childhood it qt jsjo be 9jh4 jtlonsbecause when youre talking about coihes right through us when losing ntkr rhi1nrn wlin knuv inst n sihhncrnr il o um il n mniwornr at the seasoif centre which emphasizes shafirigbf eerierices has helped her the untraditipnal creative approach of mvseasoricentre includes medevel- arid if thats not dealt with something v happens to those emotions theyre acted out she says the markham program which runs l will contiriueto provide an avenue for outbftkestitenghiirch chudrenfbheal- j- familys decision to become involved i liked that its open- ended so that you can go for as long as you feel you need to its not like an eightweek or 10-ses- sion program kind of thing its more relaxed its something you can use as long as you feel you need to she says who herself takes part in the adult peer support group children are paired with a volunteer buddy who participates with them in activities a diverse staff of play ther apists registered nurses psychologists social workers and child life specialists run the program and design the various activities jwhile the season centre manages to finance itself through private sources kortis says it could use government funding to subsidize costs which average 1230 per child annually currently the klarkham program bor rows its facilities its in search of a permanent site and r ioakeme mkh tt j stmetocreatafuri wd relaxed envi- ronrrient where children leamtbyexpress their emotions about their loss it is dif- uaga awcu o opiaau luuin wiicic iigiu uiiic suutuuc m uicti niuuvvs uiui- cbdreriwhiptf6und pamt in a plastic- viduals toparticipate as lbhgas they feel covered ro6rri iv the heed fj rptj it was this unconstrained nature of reesor their lives and getting them to work through the feelings and the pain and the grief as opposed to having to deal with it all their lives iriboth cases children are able to vent frustrations hian uninhibited way which the program that figured into the reesoi were getting them to work through the feelings and the pain and the grief j wi l ffvi v i soft contacts and vfi heavy sports i 1-v- v problem what sally didinott knowwas sthat- her was wearing glasses xxcigiaar tnormattefkattybur sport ineiandi shppinedown r j vp v- ihbwfske envied kflppnent vwhbdid nbthe tolsntefid iss3ss tt r t ww -wsa- jlesstnan pertect vision some fbrrii of corrective lenses are called for eyeglasses are a common solution -r- but not for everyone i l thisis your case consider soft contact lenses theyre soft and pliable which means tiiey wont pop but evehduring the imbst rugeed activities theyre cbrhfortable right from the start every day more and mbreatmetic3eyegsiweare parejenjagvenewtfreom and conndencethat comes from converting to sbftcbhtactlenses vyfiateyer your sppt soft contact lenses will help you see rtter and- look hjrk in the interest of better vision fxonitheprficebf drhjiwaijiv 6633hwy79th line tjv t j v- 905471eyes3937 wcbsitednwaljlcom email dtwaljiqdewaljlcom i 1 i 2um i i i rf i 1 t 1