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stouffville suntribune thursday sept 1 2005 7 helping comes naturally for kindergarten teacher t was saturday id just completed an allnight concierge shift at amica swan lake markham and i was tired adding to my fatigue id walked 12 miles on a 200- delivery paper route and i was tired why did i agree to a 3 pm interview what a dumb idea i muttered to myself regardless i decided to keep my date hair disheveled hands grubby feet sore and shoulders aching i trudged up the steps to the stouffville home of katie sandiford a young woman whose time was just as taxed as mine because she was preparing for her first teaching assignment sorry for the appear ance i said i dont usual ly conduct interviews look ing like this youre fine she replied thanks for com ing she escorted me through the house to a back porch bedecked with beautiful flowers we talked for more than an hour she told me of growing up in stouffville of attend ing orchard park public school stouffville district secondary school wilfrid laurier university and the university of windsor in a voice revealing excitement she mentioned the fact that come sept 6 she would begin teaching a class of kindergarten chil dren at silver pines public school in richmond hill itll be wonderful she said i cant wait as fantastic as katies future will be nothing could quite compare with the thrills received during a recent visit to a remote native village outside dar es salaam in tanzania east africa her purpose for being there was to see firsthand the benefits provided by an organization called sleeping children around the world or scaw for short it was founded in 1970 by murray and margaret dryden provid ing bedkits for more than 750000 children in 31 developing countries but what was katies interest her face glowing with pride she told how her grandmother barb schell had in recent years donat ed 30 every christmas in the names of each of her grandchildren these gifts of money were sufficient to purchase bedkits for sever al third world families katie purchased 10 and sure enough on her arrival there was a kit with her name visibly roaming with jim thomas inscribed a photo is now part of a treasured album the bedkit presentations were made at six schools its not unusual for 500 to 800 units to be distributed daily katie said i wanted to be there and personally see them handed out she stated the boys and girls seemed a little shy and nervous she noted although english is an offi cial language most spoke swahili katie said shell never forget their bright teeth and beautiful smiles each boy and girl carried their bedkits home on their heads it was neat to see them wearing their tshirts the next day she said for me this was very special moma wandoa described by katie as highly respected oper ates an aids clinic near where they visited many of the children visited by the team were orphans their parents taken by the dreaded dis ease fortysix per cent of the tanzanian population is under 15 katie said she submitted her travel application two years ago not knowing exactly where shed be going with sleeping children around the world over head costs are zero she explained katie praised the drydens saying murray prior to his death had sold his christmas tree farm north of stouffville and placed the money in trust to help fund his project the dryden family home is now an office headquar ters sons ken and dave dryden retired nhl goal- tenders are still involved they the drydens are legendary katie said their wonderful work goes on and so will katies and her grandmothers i was impressed jim thomas a stouffville resident has written for area newspapers for more than 50 years our urgers what a better way to finish the summer than to have a burger cookout its a great time i because not only are the burgers big and juicy i as usual ive written lots in the past about them well have local spanish onions and great beefstake tomatoes as well 13 lb size reg 399 lb and well have a good supply of our great buns off this week mac cheese this is one of the olderfashioned salads we make we use chunks of our ham chunks of cheddar elbow noodles and some sweet green peas topped off with a mild mayo dressing a taste of the past made at least twice daily reg 129100 g bartlett these are local from the niagara region they couldnt be called huge but theyre a good size when you get them they wont be ripe but they will soon youve gotta check your brood of mk jok j pears every morning and m mm si plan your life around the liii x pears schedule a real art wf 1l very delicious when you get jffl jsr id it right just like life un jr lemon meringue with the ease in the humidity well be making a whole bunch of these for friday saturday and sunday it would be my very a agf q favourite dessert of all time reg 1095 each 9 size weats happened i tside j were getting a couple truck loads of fall mums and grasses for your viewing and buying pleasure some are arriving today odiers on friday lots to choose from at great prices these are a fairly sparky pork sausage with enough bite to notice we use coarse- ground pork and we make them a little bigger than j jbif 0 most others gi fi 399 lb li this whats for nner from our entree freezer well be featuring our stuffed chickenbreasts we use air chilled chicken as you know we stuff them with our homemade sage and onion stuffing we slow roast them and pack them with a really nice dijon mustard cream sauce dinner serves 2 3 reg 1695 off this weeki uskom lettuce well have a good assortment for this week including some great red or gold sweet cherry tomatoes no romaine is to be had because when they werent looking it bolted the availability of this lettuce should be good for an w or two whats for i s sert t well be making a great assortment of our mousses for dessert we start with fresh ripe fruit the best chocolate whipping cream and los of enthusiasm the flavours will be raspberry lemon stra chocolate orange white chocolate mango and lime we will be serving them in the white ramekins that we use for creme brulees and like them the ramekins can be returned for a 50 refund should your cupboard be overcrowded its best to serve these at room temp for full flavour reg 399 ea off this week village grocer equality foods specials in effect until closing sunday september 4 hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 900700 fri 900800 sat 900600 sun 1000500 548 carlton road unionville 9401770