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saturdayjan82005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville b 32 pages1 including gst 9whitchurchstouffville rea estate market booming board says opinion 6 registration 11 sports 12 classified 18 york region contributes 500000 to relief fund committee agrees to give immediately by roy green staff writer york region will send 500000 to help those affected by the devastating tsunami in southeast asia saying relief funds cant wait another two weeks for full coun cil approval york regions finance committee agreed thursday to send the money immediately regional chairperson bill fisch conducted an informal telephone poll of council members and received over whelming support for sending the funds 75 per cent to the red cross and 25 per cent to world vision canada the money will come from a 7million reserve funds not spent in the 2004 budget residents devastated york region residents are devastated by the recent disas ter and the continuing sense of despair mr fisch said this is on behalf of all the municipali ties and residents of the region and would be an immediate payment the money will be forwarded to the most needy areas accord ing to carol law community services coordinator for the canadian red cross there are so many people in the region who have been affected see deaths page 10 crowd of human suffering greets medical team in tsunamiravaged communities by mike adler staff writer york region doctors reached the heart of sri lankas disaster zone this week ahead of other outside help the world has promised a medical team led by dr jegapathy rajendra of markham was treating refugees around the eastern coastal town of batticaloa a district the sri lanka government says has more displaced people than any other by tuesday foreign aid hadnt reached camps of survivors dotting the countryside in schools church es and temples no foreign aid up to now theres none visible dr rajendra said from batticaloa tuesday night a crowd of human suffering has greeted the ninemember group at each camp where a third of 1000 to 1500 refugees are typically children under 10 and theres no powdered milk for infants he said in a country where its common for people sleep on mats made from plastic sheets or leaves many dont have even that dr rajendra said they dont have a sheet to cover themselves they dont have a pillow a pillow is a luxury the stories are neverending a grandmother who lost her entire family a woman of 32 who had five children and saw three taken by waves an eightyearold girl whose parents were killed seetheypagelo f staff photosjoerd witteveen grin and bear it jagjeet gil of sexton mckay of richmond hill still manages a smile while surveying a property at mccowan and stouffville roads thursday while buffeted by snow 27 heritage rd markham 8030 baxjcartxr vyyim honda 8220 kennedy rd markham 9054 7 7 24 51 wwwmarkhamhondacom winter performance package honda genuine si for peak perfornjancejhis summer dont open your hood to strangers bring your vehicle home to hona for a comprehensive multipoint inspection plus a genuine honda oil and filter change bring it home to honda available for most honda models tae not included provincial environmental fee it any excluded coimhy itatuylid 6400888 t m e r j fir- hr mf k v- v vf f wcf w-