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voiceand speak up forjthe issues that greatly v was our sponsors helped us financially and fftc i t v hope that we have given them good value we hope that everypne supports the sponsors as much as they helped us the executive team worked hard with us and gave us the goahead to build this team andve hopematitwasasmuchfunforthem as it was for us all ofthe executive team j shbuld beproudof what they helped accbm- plish lastbut not least the fans all year this team provided a competitive spirit and played some pretty entertaining hockey the support tonycontant york catholic teacher school turmoil predicted for fall f unless parents speak outnow t v was nearing the end of a serious newspa per artickton educational issues i burst into spontaneous laughter v i a local conservativecabinet member said dlairarc fane anrl halnorc naira vmsgoverrenthadxocontoovcontracts y ta p w 9 between tiie school boardsd their employ- eestriissuldfrt be further from the truth and massive amounts of money have been cut from education often duetto thvsacrifices of the employees working in our schools spirit a successful year on behalf of the spirit of stouffville hockey stafffwould like to express our appreciation to a number of people female situation thatdestroyssq ehted iriclividualpjayedhara- all yearthe generate interest in the team thrpughoutvthe le morale and working environment scoring was pretty even throughout the team community z r much ofthemoraleand working environment scoring was pretty even throughi uocauy and the government sitiby and seems jthe goaltendlrig and defence solid arid when f y from the bottom of our hearts benefit from such spectacles 5 the playoffs came around this team showed j p us m this a to x local school boards havenomeaningful more heart thanmany of the wellestablished t at inexibmtyahdreachwshaventhadapayraise teafns within theleague some of the players we arelookmg forward to next season and irfabout nirieyears ifwe cantgive raises when will return and some will go on jto higher edu- afewnewfaces and hopefuuirafew more 1 gnomic tiines ckh- r gsfaw hssjffiislss men what about whentheres a downturri nmnh in he assnriated with such a fine ctoud year hockey season s only a tew- frii concerned recent gbvernrhent iproud to be associated with such a fine group r uu r w f t7 a of young people v- f short months away we bok forward to seeing n will return and some will go on to higher edu- wmiaiewi ti we wenjbywgsuchgbod economic times tvanithot okait uikon tviomt rimimh proud to be associated with such a fine group of ypungpeople n a- t announcements may poison jocal contract- next- the volunteers sponsors and execu- inegotiatibrisbeating up on and smearing the ye beyond the hockey staff there are many good name of the teaching profession as with peopleineecied to rriakea teamlike this work t- tj3 f v tl rt s letters policy gary tobin stouefvilie c i stoucfvillethbune i welcbmesyourletteisall submissions must be less than 400 words and must 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hesliwsfeetuncomfbrtablywhen i ask if the group is4a registeredcharity oh yeah he assures me but shakes his head when i askif he has a copy of the v licence maybe i could get you one he mumbles looking over his shoulder -thanks- but sno thankskid he shrugs hisshoulders and moves bn theextday itsamariat thedoor asking my husband to send some deprived children to the circus on behalf of a retired police officersassociation he didhow do youlknbw it wasfor real i asked him u j there was a time actually not mat long ago when i too would simply reach jor my wallet now a decemv human being cant make a sincere ges ture at the doorstepwithout first ensur- ing hes not handing hardearned dough l bverto the wrong cause oranoncause a case in pbint is the national society for abused women and children wkich has been canvassing across york region the group which is a registered charity t claims on its pamphlet it provides ser- vices such as shelter and counselling to- abused women yet cochairperson heather dobbs readily admits those ser vices arent provided she insists any misinformation provided by canvassers was simply human error 1 the rose of sharon an agency prq- viding help to young motherscalledus weeks ago requesting we warn readers canvassers were claiming to be collect ing on its behalf despite never contact- ing the agency 4 the yellow brick house a shelter for abused women also asserts at hasnt xseen penny from this group according to spokesperson suzy mcgee v t yet thousands of people have given under these conditions federal chari ties officials have received complaints about the group but prefer to give it lee way during its startup year f 4 unfortunately legitimate organiza- tibns lose out because people stop mak- ing donations for fear of the money going tbjthe wrong people ultimately as stories like this come out rather than be rnade a mockery of kind people who instinctively if not rou tinely give to others will join me insec- dndguessing those instincts and obyi- ously given the govenimehts iridiffer- encesothey should my advice donate directly to the organizations you wisrrtorrelp- ri r- l-t- t f j 1 1 i v 1