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seventy years after making his first visit jim thomas still big fan of markham fair opinion 6 things to do 13 sports 25 classified 27 rbc mayors tourney kick offfundraising by hannelore volpe staff writer if ypur family is ever in an emergency situation a new fund may be able to help residents affected by a fire car accident or other tragedy including medical emergencies could be eligible for assistance from the wwtchurchstouffville emergency care fund it has been kicked off with two donations representatives from rbc of stouffville and the mayors charity golf tourna ment presented 1000 each to the fund this month rbc manager and stouffville resident kym pyke presented the idea to local officials earlier this year after seeing a similar fund work successfully in his native australia it has the potential to do a lot of good things in our commu nity mr pyke said we could buy them grocer ies or gasoline or pay a fuel bill in cases of emergency mayor wayne emmerson said the fund is not meant to duplicate but complement work being done by whitchurch- stouffvilles churches service clubs food bank or other institu tions we want to work with all of those people and help mr emmerson said it would be wonderful if the fund was never see fund page 19 staff photobill roberts dr don petrie unveils a sundial he donated to christ church anglican sunday the stouffville doctor has been a member of the north american sundial society for several years and is now its vicepresident he collects the timekeeping instruments and has visited others around the world see story on page 12 region on brink of disaster director of homeless centre by chris traber staff writer she is caught in a downward spiral fraught with fear sadness and irony her 536 monthly welfare cheque must be managed to the penny so the 56yearold single woman lives by candlelight in an illegal rooming house with no hydro she desperately wants to interview for a job but the dentist she entrusted to repair her dentures wants full payment more than half her monthly income before returning the false teeth her life and situation she said is a long series of catch 22s you cant very well apply for a job with no teeth she said with a faint laugh a lot of people are a couple of paycheques from losing their home then your life unravels if you havent got physical or mental health problems living on the street will give them to you not having money or a home tears you down and apart she is a community college graduate and worked for a major grocery chain until recently 1 as she wished to be identified lives among opulent homes old and new near yonge street and major mackenzie drive see politicians page 8 mm specializing in volkswagen audi porsche european asian hybrid 138sandiforddr 9056422886 1877410auto www4103utoca jvffoililem if personalized insurance service 64 sandiford drive unit 1 stouffville vtmollerins antwerp diamonds rarthau jewellers 9056404646 xr ft pi