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economist sunsuntiibune community saturday sept 3 2005 17 school runs highlight terry fox run 25th anniversary by roger varley staff writer theres going to be a lot of run ning around at york region schools sept 16 and its unlikely anyone will complain the terry fox foundation said as of tuesday students teachers and staff at 170 york public and catholic board schools had signed up to take part in a special terry fox national school run day to mark the 25th anniversary of the annual run terry fox runs were inspired by the young british columbia cancer victims marathon of hope which saw him run the equivalent of a marathon a day from the atlantic ocean until the disease that cost him his right leg returned and forced him to quit just east of thunder bay fifty elementary schools from richmond hill aurora and new market will participate in a relay run on yonge street fromthornhill to aurora and from newmarket to aurora covering part of the route mr fox ran through york following a trail of painted terry footprints each school in the relay will hand over a baton carrying a message of hope at the end of each leg each school in the relay will be represented by five students and a teacher and will run one kilometre before passing the baton lucia cascioli of the york region district school board said the south part of the relay starts at 9 am at yonge street and hwy 7 and heads north the north half starts in newmarket at about 1 1 am and goes south the two sections meet at the school board offices in aurora where the message of hope will be unveiled at 1230 pm students taking part in the relay return to their schools after finish ing their legs but all will be invited to the unveiling of the message ms cascioli said other schools in the region will hold their own events ms cascioli said adding terry fox activities will not take up the entire school day at least 3600 schools in the province are signed up to partici pate in the special school day which takes place two days before the annual terry fox run on sept 18 said paul goldstein ontario co ordinator of the school run the annual run will be marked in just about every municipality in the region in markham this will be the 17th run coordinator teresa mcadam said she wont know how many run ners to expect until the day of the event because there is no pre-regis- tration in markham we plan for what weve had in previous years she said noting there were between 500 and 600 last year raising 43000 for cancer research for more information on making a dona tion or participating visit wwwterryfoxrunorg wi open your mind to a life of learning at the university of toronto school of continuing studies from creative writing to corporate finance project management to philosophy we offer a unique experience open to all adults 18 and older register now for fall 2005 courses by visiting learnutorontoca or calling 4169782400 open up fl3immg iiiiiiiiliil store hours monfri 99 sat 96 sun 115 toronto eglinton laird southeast corner toronto 23 kodiak crescent sheppard allen road scarborough 1399 kennedy road south of ellesmere markham hwy 87 mccowan rd right behind mcdonalds mississaugaoakville dundas hwy 403 west of winston churchill mississaugabrampton mavis britannia heartland town centre next to the brick whitby thickson road power ctr 401 thickson road burlington 3060 davidson ct unit c4 burlington gateway hamilton 1441 upper james next to the brick newmarket 17940 yonge street opening soon barrie 42 caplan ave molson dr hwy 1400 showrooms iholouttd inlowjon otuwl aran pnnotioaindtevtm axons on kkdrfmdu mfeq9ftttrflcdfrllirliin6qc finjdaotalllkldoppplqtmjrds5pxksil9 todutktatofpuditk ooismpnaff university of toronto j school of continuing studies open to learning open to yon gd5 continue to learnutorontoca u