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stouffville suntribune thursday april 17 2003 3 says by hahneldre volpe aha jennifer anderson what are your feelings about the war in iraq iked at stouffville district secondary school jaime archer i felt it was wrong because of the number of casualties caused by the 911 terrorist attacks on new york i felt it was like a retri bution an eye for ah eye wallace currie i was in favour of the warnot because of the ter rorists but for humanitarian reasons the bible says we are our brothers keeper we should have been there from the beginning amanda fockler im glad ifs over it shouldnt have happened in the first place now i hope everyone can get along josh parsons i felt the battle was more about greed than freedom it seemed the main goal was to gain control of the oil flow rather than free ing the iraqi citizens lindsay and the kids stouffvilles lindsay oconnor with children from a rural village near kampala uganda the christian blind mission international employee accompanied a tv crew to shoot a documentary in africa recently photo courtesy christian blind mission international by hannelore volpe staff writer stouffville resident iindsay oconnor returned from a recent trip to uganda and malawi with a better under standing of the words poverty and miracle he and a rogers television film crew spent almost three weeks in the african countries to film the work done by christian blind mission internationals cbmi doctors and nurses mr oconnor is public rela tions manager of the charitable organization which has had its international headquarters on stouftville road for 25 years the trip was part of the axlhiyersary celebrations of cbmi a fivepart series highlighting the trip has already appeared on rogers cables evening news cast a halfhour documentary showing the cbmis overseas programs and canadian aid dollars at work will air near the end of april the kiwi as the former new zealander calls himself and the crew visited a number of hospitals specializing in orthopedic and cataract and other sightsaving surgery they also brought along a lit tle bit of canada in the form of notebooks pencils and other items to give to local children the school supplies were donat ed by aclass of youngsters from the mother goose academy located in springvale baptist church on stouftville road mr oconnor was impressed with the passion from the kids at mother goose academy and thefactthafatsuchanearlyage they understand that kids over seas need the help of kids just like them after landing at ugandas entebbe airport at night the canadian travellers were cau tioned not to photograph the facility which like many others in the region is also an air force base they encountered fre quent military roadblocks as they navigated their way around huge potholes prompting mr oconnor to observe itwaslike rally driving in our jeeps thank the people of canada thank the people of canada the canadians started by filming a cataract operation in mengo hospital in kampala the operation restored sight to the right eye of 70yearold abraham who has not seen since he was a kid mr oconnor said they returned a week later after abrahams left eye had been done when mr oconnor came into the rdomtp see abraham he was hugged by the grateful man who kept repeat ing- in perfect english thank the people of canada thank the people of canada local conditions were a shock to the travellers they saw people living in mud huts with thatched roofs and dirt floors with mats on the floor serving as beds it was the first experience in my life of seeing such pover ty mr oconnor stated shak- ing his head many children in this area dont go to school because theyre working in the fields alongside the village women the crew also filmed the dis tribution of food by internation al aid agencies to starving pep- pie m malawiwhich is airrentiy in the grip of a rhajor famine during his trip mr oconnor would get up at 2 am to broadcast live for torontos sports radio the fan 590 hes been hosting the international sports report on the fan on saturdays- for the past six years during his trip mr oconnor saw the power of canadian toonies at work he met a smiling twoyearold boy with big glasses pefchedv on his little nose arid clear vision for the first time in his jife paid for by coins donat ed by mother goose there are more than 1056 cbmi projects in ilocountries worldwide briefly kids hopping for bia easter egg hunt the stouftville bias annual easter egg hunt will be hoppin along main streetsaturday v all children accompanied by an adult are invited to gather at the stouffville train station at 1 pirltq rpiek up their first treat of the easteif seasbrt theyll also be able to see the winning entries in the stouftville community policing centres annual easter colouring contest i fghildreri cantheri head down main street to collect more choco lates from participating merchants displaying a colourful bunny in their storefront peter rabbit arid a giant easter chick will be at the lions gazebo baniey the dinosaur will pay a visit and representatives from the danone company will provide music arid games for the youngsters reids consignment shop has pro vided alfbut 350 bags of nutty- chocolatier goodies for this years easter egg hunt theeyent is growing said ruth leblanc the bias business manager last year close to 400 bags of treats i were handed out to eager youngsters churches unite for good friday service three stouffville churches will meet as one tomorrow for their tradi tional good friday service christ church anglican will wel come guests from stouftville united and st jamespresbyterian for the 10 am service christ church is located at 254 sunset blvd next to orchard jpark public school for more information call 9056401461 wehadto get ugly this year joe cornacchia president of the whitchurchstoufiville minor hoc key association on efforts to align with the markham waxers aaa pro gram see story on page 23 contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 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