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u v he public library whitctiurchsfnifffvflle public library 19 tapping into culture with dance saturday june 242006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 48 pages opinion 6 youth 15 sports 20 classified 21 publication mail agreement 40007673 ombud seeks right tooversee aaencies schools cities cas on marin s list byjoefantauzzi staff writer you believe the childrens aid society has cut off access to your child for no reason the local school board wonprovide a pro gram your child requires youve been on a waiting list for months for a hospital procedure where do you go ontario ombud andre marin would like to help youbut right now he cant his office can only investigate government organizations even though most government pro grams are administered by other bodies it makes no sense that the ombuds office which helps resolve complaints or concerns is hot allowed to investigate pub lic complaints against munici palities universities school boards and hospitalslong term care facilities as well as childrens aid societies known as the mush sector mr marin said at a media conference thursday the office has dealt with more than 24000 complaints and inquiries in the past 12 months but more than 1850 additional complaints against the mush sector were sent to mr marins office even though he had no jurisdiction see local page 9 bishop abandons cathedral of transfiguration in dispute with foundation by chris traber staff writer ownership of the cathedral of transfiguration in markham is cen tral to the dispute that led bishop john pazak to abandon the facility earlier this month owned by the slovak greek catholic church foundation which is controlled by the family of the late stephen roman the land mark cathedral was used by the eparchy of saints cyril and methodius canada by permission but after bishop pazak and many parishioners left a sign was posed on the gates inviting people to attend services at st volodymyr the great ukrainian catholic church in thornhill the note since removed gave no explanation for the move but did stir specula tion the church was closed but in fact services are still being held there most of the original congrega tion celebrated divine liturgy last sunday foundation lawyer dana fuller said its open mr fuller said the eparchy wasnt locked out in may the eparchy announced it would withdraw from the cathedral june 1 and in fact did subsequently the building was secured while unsure of who led the service mr fuller a senior partner at ogilvy reneault said the cathe- draiwill be open regularly the foundation fully intends to complete the cathedral theres no specific time line partly because of the less than optimum relationship with the eparchy the eparchy abandoned the cathedral we had a see local page 9 staff photosteve somerville keeping the beat reena patel right watches her fellow drummers from parkview public schools african drum team as they perform at a concert at om mackillop public school in richmond hill to raise funds for the stephen lewis aids foundation y pools hot tubs 27 heritage rd markham 2048030 beoqhcanber tyroii and country realty lid -uiv- si5ai3aia 5m t rt1 fvvctiif irrit