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su tribune may 31 j989 a3 drive on to stop abortions at hospital bymattnicholls correspondent a former member of the markham stouffville hospital board of trustees is organizing a drive to prevent abortions be- jng performed when the hospital opens next january earlier this year the hospital board voted in favor of allowing abortions jerry young 56 a trustee on the hospital board from 1983 to 1988 and a life time member of the markham stouffville hospital has sent out 2000 let ters to local church ministers and other life time members to help him in his quest mr young hopes to present a resolution to the hospital board at its annual meeting on june 8 outlining his groups disap proval of the hospitals stand on abortion the hospital passed a resolu tion on jan 26 to allow abor tions during a womans first three months of pregnancy mr young believes the board has a responsibility to the com munity to reverse that decision abortion is the actual killing of an unborn baby and we want to stop that from happening mr young says we want to bring the abor tion issue to the forefront maybe more than it is now he says the board should respect the feelings of the community he adds it is a very sensitive issue but markham stouffville hospital board chairman keith sutherland says the board was acting within its jurisdiction when the abortion resolution was passed in january we fully realized that when we made a decision like that to allow abortions that wed be going against the wishes of some people mr sutherland says i guess what were trying to do is say that were a communi ty hospital and were trying to serve as best we can the needs of the community he says mr sutherland says public reaction to the boards desicion so far has been positive with very few negative responses from the community that isnt to say they those opposed to the decision arent out there he says but we feel were working in the best interests of the total community he says if i thought otherwise we wouldnt be doing what were doing is r students at ballantrae public school showed some fancy footwork on last tuesday as part of the schools g sneaker day more than v 300 students participated in the day- long activities which included a wte- inthefootsneaker racei a bigfoot carpet race and a best dressed sneaker competition in the top left photo grade 2 students thomas waters left and oustin magee right frantically search for their sneakers in the shoe pile relay race as their classmates look oni grade 7 student lazaros nikeas top right got into the spirit of the day during the holeinthe foot sneaker race here he tries his best to fil up a bucket before allthe t water escapes out the hole in his sneaker competitor for tlie best dressed sneaker competition was tight below right the judges survey the students work in the bottom left photo best dressed sneaker parr tlcipants from left rebecca morrison christie foster susan schrader and mandy vanveen show off their work the balance relay race left photo was i one of the more challenging events but grade 2 student jbnathon eefns to have everything control sags h m photos by matt nicholls i l earn extra money become a carrier today call 2948244 6402100 attention flyer advertisers vfe can deliver your flyers for as little as 3v4 cents apiece so far this year we have delivered 856632 flyers doortodoor in markham unionville mlken stouffvle ux- bridge and surrounding rural routes vw can deliver your flyers on the day you want in the area you wanl any quantity from 5000 to 35000 gill advertising at 29422006402100 or distribution at 29482446402100 inserts for wed may 3189 lima enterprises rolhmans motorcycle big v pharmacy shoppers drug mart icg propane mmi w