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4 stouffville suntribune saturday march 3 2007 research advances continue to grow wtoiftonth threshold of i new n in anew research were really confident that wt will beat cancer oc marl mm lets make cancer history socmtt caudfenm odetr i fot nfofimatort btm own wrtki or to tmk donalao v8s89393333 wwwcancerca this message brought to you as a community service of j the economist suntribune thinking of groups founder georgia aprile leads the processional of flags during thinking day services at st james presbyterian church in stouffville sunday guides brownies sparks and scouts marked the birthday of scouts founder lord badenpowell crohns disease if you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome crohns disease or ulcerative colitis then attending this free symposium may be the most important thing you do this year you will discover the true cause of these conditions and natural solutions and options you can use right away many are now able to drive take vacations hold a job go to school and socialize for the first time in years dr allen turner is an international speaker and lecturer who has been featured on the dini petty show national news and canada am he will present a free sympo sium on thursday march 8th at 730 pm at the stouffville health centre call 9056404440 to reservations mmm niihf tuesday march 5th 2007 and monday march 12th 2007 from 600pm 800pm stouffville arena lobby ladies age 18 and up welcome staff photosusie kockerscheidt nnu mflrkhhm stouffvill hospital msh foundrtion h 1 msm wmlm hkl jis a s slr mil wviir supporting the maternal child unit and the dr bear program photo courresycopyrighf tylergraycom pictured from ln arno wolfers president ceo jyad awash account manager frederick donaldson vice president cfo dragermedical a drager and siemens company lepdssy bmmste welcomes new platinum sponsor markham stouffville hospital has been a loyal customer of drager medical products by purchasing them through our distributors since it opened drager medical recently opened its headquarters in the markham area in order to support bur products directly to the hospital community as a member of the local community with many employees utilizing the services of msh it is the intention of drager medical to create a strong and lasting partnership with the hospital to make it one of the best healthcare facilities in canada supporting the msh legacy run is just one of the steps towards that goal says frederick donaldson vp chief financial officer drager medical event sponsor scotiabank group free throw champion prefers hockey by mike hayakawa staff writer sarah mcgilvray thrives on pressure especially when she stands alone on the hardwood court and shoots free throws the 10yearold orchard park public school students grace under fire was put to the test over the course of a couple of weeks when she took part in the knights of columbus annual free throw shoot ing competition the grade 5 student began by sinking the most charity tosses in her age group to win her area title just a few days later at the district championships at brother andre catholic high school in markham she repeated her feat but thats not all when the top foul shooters from 13 districts ranging from an area east of yonge st in toronto and extending east to courtice and north to peterborough and lindsay converged in oshawa for last weekends regional com petition sarah calmly sank 18 of 25 free throws to win that title not bad for a firsttime entrant i wanted to try out for the event last year she said but i was sick when it happened this year i felt better and tried it because our school does the event all i wanted to do was to do the best that i could if i didnt make it at least i still tried but winning the regional title sure feels good butterflies sarah yes i was nervous a lot in each of the rounds she said making her feat even more surprising is that basketball isnt her favourite sport hockey she said tops her personal list as she plays defence for a house league team in scarborough but when she isnt on the ice she plays centre for the school basketball team and participates in other sports including volleyball and cross country running maria roy an orchard park public school physical education teacher and sarahs free throw shooting coach was nt the least bit surprised at what the fourfoot 10inch youngster had accom plished primarily because she excels at whatever athletic endeavour she takes part in it was pretty exciting she has the potential to be successful shes very con sistent at what she does shes an all- around athlete shes a hockey player volleyball player and a crosscountry runner ms roy said while praising her teacher in encour aging her to try out she was quick to give credit to others especially her father gary who taught her the basics of free throw shooting on the front yard basket as well theres older brother adam a grade 8 student at orchard park who also won his district age group title offered plenty of encouragement i try to practise basketball when i get a chance either on our front yard bas ket or in the gym at schools she said the scores of regional winners are tabulated and compared to determine a provincial winner as of presstime final results were not known