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stouffville saturday nov 25 2006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 20 pages1 including gst 3 parkview residents right at home as new facility officially opens grime 5 opinion 6 sports 12 classified 15 autistic girls pool angels staff photosjoerd witteveen nellie bounds 10 of gonnley is all happy with her refurbished pool while parents bill and debbie with brian corrigan of aquaman pool service right in stouffville look on area pool companies and suppliers came to the aid of the autistic girls family to work on the pool theoneplace com by hannelore volpe staff writer a 10yearold autistic girl who was in danger of losing the use of her back yard pool the one place she feels comfortable safe and free from her disabilities found her knight in shining armour stouffville resident brian corrigan owner of aquaman pool service ltd was moved by nellie bounds plight spelled out in a letter to pool companies written by her mother he enlisted the support of colleagues from a dozen swimming pool and related companies to restore the pool they came from stouffville throughout york region and as far afield as oakville pickering and ajax work began in early august by the time it was all done major repairs had been com pleted on the pool it had been painted and had an automatic pool cleaner solar blan ket and winter cover installed trucklbads of water were also donated although the work couldnt be complet ed until the fall nellie and her dad bill bounds braved 61 f temperatures a couple of times to enjoy the pool nellie was so excited when she saw the pool she pushed her dad into the water mr corrigan said adding her pool is some thing she absolutely adores nellie swims quite well her mom debbie bounds said the youngster will learn how to dive next the family couldnt afford redoing the pool because of the extremely high costs of respite camping and an educational assis tant mrs bounds said nellie who lives in gormley has to cope with autism as well as attention deficit dis order hyperactivity and bipolar disorder people with autism have difficulty corn- see area page 9 more visible location sought in stouffville movin by hannelore volpe staff writer stouffville christian school administrators are hoping the doors of their little country school will be locked for good in september thats when they expect to open the doors to larger modern quarters in stouffville while the exact location hasnt beeh finalized talks are ongoing with several local churches regard ing possible sites a decision on the new location is expected in january principal jake vriendsaid the search for a new site has been under way for acouple of years however this isnt the first time the nondenominational school which offers an enriched program of christcentered learning has want ed to move a year or two after opening in 1981 with 44 elementary school stu dents one of the schools founders bob stover already proposed the school should move in the lite 1980s or early 1990s a couple of attempts were made the school acquired land near the current eastern gate site and was hoping to move there but the land had to be sold to take care of debts a second try was for a location north of the stouffville country market but that see christian page 8 27hewta0erd harkham 8030 9i1iii our very best price priced to kmj huge savings mmgcham 6 mazda 5396 highway 7 markham 9052941210 wwwmarkhamma2daca town and c011 n try stall ify 1m 6400888