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The Era, 3 Jan 2010, p. 1

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Demand up 20 at shelter BY TERESA The demand for shelter at Inn From The Cold is already up 20 per cent from last year as the mercury starts to plunge The local shelter staffed by trained volunteers that pro vide emergency food clothing and shelter to the homeless five nights a week and on evenings when the temperature drops below 15 C continues to serve a nightly average of 12 guests who need a warm safe place for 12 hours vicepresident and New market Councillor Victor Wood- house said The challenge we are facing this year is finding enough volunteers to cover each shift The shelter expects the num ber of guests to double come January It has been a busy year he said The challenge we are fac ing this year is finding enough volunteers to cover each shift Volunteers do everything from checking in guests at the beginning of the evening pre paring food cleaning and setting up bedding to socializing with See page 5 Sunday Jan 3 2010 STAFF Joy Fitzgjbbon will run the Marathon de Paris April 1 1 in honour of her mother Hope who died of leukemia in 2009 Dr tat Newmarket 90S309929 Runner honours mom with marathon BY TERESA LATCHFORD tlatchfordyrmgcom Joy Fitzgibbon is lacing up in memory of her mother Ms lost her mother Hope Dar iene to acute myelogenous leukemia a fast growing cancer of the blood and bone mar row in April and made the decision to run a marathon in her memory exactly one year after her death I stumbled across a marathon that is happening on April 1 1 and l almost fell off my chair she said I started to choke and cry but when I ran it by my father he was on board The 38yearold has always considered herself to be more bookish than sporty but determined to run the 422kilometre route through Paris France she purchased a prop er pair of running shoes and started training She used to run in high school but the training routine for this political scientist was more intense than any she had taken on She three days a week and crosstrains another three leaving one day for rest She is training with a team of professional coaches and using one of former Olympian luff Gallo ways programs memory of my mom keeps me going Even on the days when it is bitter cold l still Set VISIT Y0RKREGI0NCOM FOR BREAKING NEWS PHOTO GALLERIES VIDEO AND MORL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY SEND A LETTER TO THE EDITOR TO TMCFADDENYRM6COM 2010 RDX SEASON Better look better price better hurry save TURBO STARTING FROM M SUP ADJUSTMENT I 59 UK MM IMAM tap a pi mi A Yonge St Aurora 905S4114O0

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