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Geranium llomm and its sup- pliers deserve special mention for their continued commitment to the campaign, In total. 510.000 was donated. l'he one-day campaign is history, but you (an still. chip" in- As you'do your Tl‘ianbgiving dinner shopping this week. buy a little extra for a needy family and deposit it in the food bank hamperx found in most of our super» markets. - In 2010. between 30 and 50 people a week requm'd the fund bank's assisâ€" tance. l’his yt-ar. then! are about 40 to an poopk‘ in need weekly. some of whom arr previous clients who made their way (ml of their predicament nnlv m rt'tum. ‘ ' There was also the substantial issue of community building. The I Town of Whitc‘hurch‘ smufi‘w'llc's new municipal offices were turned into a grocery warrhousc during the drivv. Residents from .1 wide sp‘ccxrum of age and cu-Imnunity invulvenu-m pitched in. II was especially gratifying to see young people, including scouts. guides and minor hockey players. Working hand in hand wilh mu sen'mr Citinms. You. too. can write a cheque for the food bank, And if you rem"! aflmd a (lunamtm. you can 'vulnnlwt a! ihv fund hank. livvn wulh tht- m-«Kly in our midst and thr c-«immmv rvmaining sluggish. we haw w much In he Ihnnkful for in Ihi\ cumm uflkmada A record amount of non-perish able food was collected. The food bank wasn't alone. Several coats were also collected for the first time during the drive. They ‘will be d’isttibuted to clients at the food as well as to the United Way, lnn From The Cold and other York Region organizations. Mm! of us also have an ahundancv lo sham with others. 'l'hanksflvmg is never oven It's nvvw [no law In glw lwmuw the mm! In gruwing The minim-9m whn run and stem lht' Whilrhun'h-Stuuflvillv Food Bank know. ° The Ball-antrae-arua food bank was the big winner in Saturday's commu- nity drive. .80. you mnswd taking pun in Int- mayor's third annual l‘ha’nkgiving [nod drm- Imt wu‘k? Yearâ€" round Thanksgiving Editorial The business work] operates in an open, umpetilivé’maxka and council's rule is m verify building permit mquesls am: in compliance wimzomng/lk‘cns- mg issues. not to decide whether one should be allmmd to compete close In anmhw lust think at lht' abmcs that mum happen if council was allowed to block busixwmt-s from setting up shop simply because another business - mos! likely one it liked was already operating Iwzlrlw. ' Re: Why (14d mum?! (upth 59mm! mr «ash? letter to (hr editar by Mark” Milne. Sept. 29. Come on. man. Am you kidding? I! mint-om- can build a better mouse trap. then :hey'should be allmved to build it. mouldm tht'v'.’ last time I lurk-d. WT: all still hewv lhv right In upon a hHSilll‘Ss if wv Inn-t Inning and utth criteria put in place by uur ohm-d nmvials, If W9 fullcm MI. Milm-K Ingir, half uf all businesses in mwn would m-wr have opened. I like In haw a choice. 11115 is yusi «me good ukl t’as‘hmned fme enterprisv taking plmfe Sun‘ makes sense to me. Council doing its job by not blocking new businesses Re. Why did council appmw mud an washfi letter to the dam by Milne. Sept 29 I do applaud Mr, Milne for his sup- pon of a local hmintxa When buy we help not un-ly individual coma panics. but thc community as a “hole. Ftee enterptise wotking fine I/;‘;afh‘lflc' . I I . Sum-Tribune ‘ 6290 Mam 51 SW. 0N.L4A 1C3] . ‘ www.com ‘ I GIVE “iAN’KS FOR NH“ Letters to the Editor \111 1 l with lim Cost ()fhe paid in pc I made wmc s lions“ m Markham pita] timing n-u'm ‘ It was called fu- nnrkinv mmhilw DREW KNOX [UNI-I KING \‘HH 'H-Hl H I 6 NE THAN KS FOR ’RMLE} This is just while. liberal guilt from the school boatd Wed upon our sociâ€" ety by a few individuak who always feel they know what is be»! for our diverse wmmunilfiex During the years. I have watched so many childmn laughing and happy with eyes full of amazement learning from this experience». I am confident the pamnts of the lavish children would not want this form of all inclusiveness and would want the remainder of the School classes .toAattcnd and learn from uur fa‘ir. which has run for 167 years "Ibis attitude of all lndusivcncss all the time will foster dishannony. divi- snvcnms and possibly anger and hatred hy some. while dcstmylng all of I»: com. ing mmth as Canadians first with fla- vours of other cmmtrlos. mliglnns and rulnm‘s second. I attended the Markham Fair last l'hursdayat 10 am. to volunteer at a food-booth to raise money for charities. During previous ytarfi. I witnessed doz- t-m a! school bringing in children to visit this magnificent pmd-uction. This year. hardly a bus appeared. l inquired as, In why and was told misuse Thursday is Rush Haslmnah. a lewish holiday. the public school board mislee‘s in York Region- decided tu cancel this field trip because it is not inclusive. So. chmcor four chum-(min a class are Jewish and ate away from class. the remaining 20.p|us children are denied the advez’uure of learning of their (age. seeing their first farm animal and. for many new Canadian children. 3er ting a chance to learn about the history of our country. Re: Overâ€"board with mmmmoda' non. mlumn by Dave Gonlon. Sept. 24. Fair move disharmonious Punusnan Ian Proudfoot I GIVE THANKS - ALL THOSE ELECTION ADS TIM FLYNN \ n n 'I-H'IH r Mu MN" \ It's the same reason some of us Whitrhurchâ€"Smuffvflhtm tr.“ (‘I‘ m Uxbridgo’s (iuttdgv Hosp: I could alw hear two people registering next to me. both from southern Durham Region. the wait at their neighbourhood hos pital is so much longer. it‘s worth the '30‘minutc drive in Markham. a young dad said ml. which now H a satellitv 0! Markham SmuflVillv. If parking {vex mnkv this all happen for us. I'll glady h-vp feeding hills mm that machim- in the parking lot Dishing out $15 1m two hnurx mum he cspcnally difficult on seniors and others on fixed incomes. (Yes. there arc disumnt weekly and monthly passes for those making frequent visits I And I'm not blaming Markham Smuffvillc for any kind 0i cash grab here. As it says on its website: “Hospitals are mandated in use parking fees as a l‘l’VPIIUt‘ suurw m supplemr‘ni gnvernnwni fumi- ing. Parking revenues help Us provide the communin with pro- grams and services it needs," My experience at the hospital was speedy and first raw. \Vhilv I could hear when with less» urgent needs' whining ahnut their time spent in cmerg. the syslem appeared to be working. even on a busy Saturday night, 8mm M's Mum." Roler Lam IA 0 l forked over 1955 to leave my SUV for mow hours at the Rog- ers Centre and Maison (Lanadi~ an Amphitheatre In 'loromn this. summer than an the hospital this. fall. ' \ It Was called feeding its raw-nulls parking machine It just seems V» out uf place We pay I!) park in so few pleura in York Region. Maybt- it's mm M the reasons people move hem I made some substantial dona lions” m Markham Smufivillv Hus pita] d_uring rut-cm wwks. lim Mason is whim of 77m Sun Tribune. um)- m (tum Debora Krllv Daemon. Put) on «tn 1 m lathe 31mm Cost of health care paid in parking lot i11i\8( Ofi'The Top Dunn ‘u m, Awwnumh ms nu om was M4 019 My“ hm [hm 'qu. OPERATIONS Barry BM: l H