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the tribune thursday january u ism 3 chosen ones aids girls seventeen year old barb bruinse is a grade 12 student at stouffville dist secondary school and a resident at rr 1 cedar valley j thomas girl next door avid skier by jim thomas cedar valley a winter without snow is no winter at all says 17 year old barb bruinse an avid downhill and crosscountry skier and thousands will agree its been a strange season one that has barb wondering if she should forget the sport completely and think more about a planned trip to florida this spring at least there shell be able to get in a little swimming a recreation she also enjoys shes presently working on her bronze barbs our girl next door a native of aurora she and her parents moved to r r 1 cedar valley when she was quite young one year old to be exact she has a sister valerie 16 in grade 11 and a brother jim 14 in grade 8 barbs in grade 12 at sdss having received her elementary education at vivian and ballantrae at the recent high school variety show she was a participant in two of the dances and enjoyed the involvement she plans to complete grade 13 shorthands her favorite subject barbs been on several exciting family trips including a winebago holiday to the west coast four years ago the bahamas last year and twice to florida by lyne couturier stouffville unwed mothers do have a place to turn for christian counselling and guidance chosen ones mission 20 king richard court in markham offers this type of service casework is provided for any mothertobe and there are no restrictions as to age race religion or marital status for those in need of counselling norene wardlaw founder of the mission was guest speaker at the womens coffee hour in the stouffville missionary church jan 16 she explained to the women how young girls today are faced with peer pressures making it easier for them to be drawn away and enticed thats why she decided to incorporate the mission in 1977 norene has spent several years in this type of ministry including directing childrens homes and a summer camp she felt that there was a great need to assist these young girls they were being short changed and they really needed help she said encouraging single parents and teenagers to give up their children for adoption in bornagain christian homes is a vital part of their work the mission provides and arranges temporary care for infants or children in a christian foster en vironment and interviews and counsels prospective adoptive parents mrs wardlaw feels that abortion is not the answer because the girls will carry the guilt on their conscience the rest of their lives marrying the father of the child is not always the best solution either however giving up a baby for adoption is not an easy decision when a baby is born a mothers love is born mrs wardlaw said but she feels this is the best alternative mrs wardlaw feels that keeping the child poses many problems and has ruined many lives when a girl chooses adoption then she has chosen to give her child life she said in 1977 eight children were placed in christian homes through the chosen ones mission in 1978 sixteen children found new homes and in 1979 11 were placed adoption laws are provincial therefore at the present time all babies are placed in homes in ontario chosen ones is a non- denominational faith mission and its funding consists solely of freewill donations marijuana use increases the smoking of marijuana is increasing so rapidly among teenagers its almost as common as storebought cigarettes a recent government survey showed that 16 per cent of young people between the ages of 12 and 17 years are smoking marijuana regularly while 22 per cent said they smoke ordinary cigarettes eight per cent of the 12 to 13 year olds canvassed had smoked marijuana at least once and half this group are current users although children under age twelve were not questioned many of those surveyed admitted they had first tried marijuana and even began smoking it regularly while still in grade school most young people are of the opinion marijuana is harmless however the ontario lung association says this belief may be mistaken ra 0ptical success square plaza6406600 now open hours mon96 tues 96 wed 96 thurs96 fri 96 sat 102 pm evening by appointment services available nann all types repairs any prescription filled same day service sunglasses eye examination arranged srnd opening saturdayfeb 2nd 80 free draw free coffee donuts balloons for kids contact lenses specialist in cataract fittings youth rodger brndjar youth spent year in kenya by lyne couturier stouffville rodger brndjar is a fortunate young man at the age of 19 he has already had an op portunity to experience other cultures rodger spent from sept 1978 to sept 1979 living in kenya as a voluntary missionary through the penacostal assembly of canada he went to africa to operate a mobile film unit showing biblical movies to children and adults the school curriculum in africa is managed by the government along with the christian educational program the purpose of the alms was to support religious teaching with audio visual aids rodger said that some children had never seen a movie and they didnt know what to expect some children were frightened and would run out of the room he said overall the response was tremendous he ex plained rodger stayed at a mission station 500 yards from the equator his itinerary consisted of two nights a week on the road travelling to different villages the remainder was spent showing films four times a day in both secondary and elementary schools he used 16 millimeter films of english content he said many of the local people spoke english however interpreters were on hand for those who didnt a total of sis par ticipated in the program all stationed in different areas this is the first year the program has been launched and rodger said that it has already been extended to other countries because of its success the recommended stay is one year but participants are not restricted to this period rodger was asked to remain longer but he had already made plans to return home since this program is strictly voluntary missionaries are required to pay their own air fares and ex penses they receive a monthly salary from the money contributed if the funds ran out the mission would make up the rest rodger said that it was an ex perience in self suf ficiency rodger said it was his decision to go to africa when he was in grade 10 when he graduated from stouffville dist secondary school in june 1978 he heard about the program from the pentecostal church in stouffville so his wish came true one of rodgers most memorable ex periences happened one night when he was setting up the screen to show a film to the kisi tribe he said there were 5000 people in the field when members appeared with spears the screen and the projector were knocked over and a riot started he packed up everything and decided to leave because a tribal fight had begun he said he found out later that the chiefs of the area had planned the battle because they didnt want the kisis to view the film rodgers decribes the year as a rewarding experience he said it taught him how to live on his own and to take care of himself rodger said he enjoyed talking with the natives of the villages and having dinner with them in their huts he said its an insult to refuse what they offer so you must eat everything from sour milk to fish heads rodger has since left for edmonton to work on an oil rig until september our interest is in your future stouffville district credit union 96 main w 6402811 our credit union registered retirement sawigs plans have been carefully designed to help kidrviduej people reach individual goals and for your benefit weve cut admirwtratlon costs to the bone there is no front end load no salesman s commission no charge for cashing in your plan and no charoe tor switching from one of our plans to another and the interest rates our plans eem are 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