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jaiijfiit7ifegz 2001 f t l 4 5 israel x- 19882001 israel will be remembered his impish smile his optimism his loveof bas- t ketball and his attachment to a certain hockey sweater were all part of his win- ning personality following a valiant battle with bone cancer israel kapalisok 12 died in the hospital for sick childrens on the weekend plans are in the works to sent his body home for burial in a family plot in uganda a community fundraising drive has been launched to help pay for the final burial plans yesterday israels family lead by his mother lydia welcomed fellow church members friends neighbors teachers and students from summitview public school to stouffville missionary church and said their final goodbye to israel pastor gordon alton of the community mennonite church officiated israels family came from wartorn sudan arriving in stouffville in 1998 at the time israels mother had a goal lydia would build a better life for israel his x sister rachel his brother david her twin nephewsmark and zake and her teenage sister lily- when baby nelson arrived a year ago israel was dirilled i before embarking on a new life in stouffville through the sponsorship of the stouffville mennonite chuich israels family had struggled indeed a pregnant j lydia escaped her war ravisheclvillage and with the children in tow made her way- to a refugee camp in kenya for the next five years the familyshared the camp with 10000 others while in the camp israels family was offered the chance to settle in canadalydia didnt hesitate but she had her terms lydia could take all of her chodren including her sister andher nephews canada agreed to lydias demands iwhile lydia knew litde of canada she knew there was no war once in canada keichilienwouldbeoutofharnisway c j- after seftlingin stouffville lydia enrolled in an english language course while israel and the others went offtb school in stouffville there they loo jeariied to speak english s j- v v tsrael soon got a job he became a newspaper carrier with the tribune three of his siblings also got paper routes in die east end of stouffville if i when arlene maddock distribution representative for the tribune met israel she was reminded that family closeness is an international trait- when ill 1 health prohibited israel from delivering liis newspapers hissisters and brothers tbokbvef on hisbehalf the family cared for each other this is very sad our i sympathies are extended tplydia and her family said maddock 1 israelmadefriehavquickyaporm nosed witrtcaricer close totwo years ago israel maintained his spiritsputting ion a brave facevyken forced s endure radiation i treatment arid major surgeries while usually confined to a wheelchair israel could on occasionstill make il toschooland to the basketball court sometimes when israel shot the ball fhedgefabaskef he didnt v eveh when the cancer progressed israel remained optimistic said school principle eva carter henever carter ja few weelcs nurse from diehospitalfor sick childrenvjsited israels grade clarcomandexplairied tothe children israels health situationand his 5ta whileagorkraelasthnlled to receive a very special gift keith acton iassist1tcoachvith metororifomapleleafs andstouffvole resident had the pnyilege to meflsrael after dimeetirig acton had the entiretorontomapje leaf hdckeyteam ajerywhen acton presented ittbisrael it was a y ffriomenttocherishsieloved his teafsierseyland wore it everywhere said 7 3fer- v ifui v summitviewpublicschool plansthonqrferael at aspecial memorial ser- r vicesoolmeahwliuethe schdofwill present athletic awards in israels name l jj i so why do i feel eyes and gan we pleeeeeease have a pet mom they stand there looking all innocent fluttering lips pouting yet somehow- they appear ready for battle them against me standing firm side by side siblings unit ed 1 i frantically go over the stan dard parental arguments in my mind im taller than they are and smarter too i have more seniority than them and i could certainly take them both in a fight i earn more money than they do too so why why why do i feel like im being bullied here they sense my moment of weakness and move in for the kill mom i swear on a bag of sunkist oranges which i promise to eat every week that ill take care of a pet please mom im the only kid in my class who doesnt have a dog or a cat thats my eldest child kody a handsome tall persuasive devil who is really getting on my nerves these days hes starting to argue more now that hes nearly 40 he catches mistakes i make and he is constantly looking for ways to tracy kibble move in on my paycheque i squint my eyes suspicious ly i iim i gotta watch yeah mommy and im gonna name my cat emily and a dog elizabeth and i want one right kody thats kendall shes three short but sharp as a tack persuasive too and rather fick le but i think with that last statement i mayhave found the wedge i need to break them down conquer and divide forget it midget im not namin no pet emily how do you expect me to walk around the neighbourhood calling that sissy name besides you cant name a german shepherd emily yes you can moron emily is a good name right mom dont get me involved and camuers to deliver the economist sun and tribune in the following areas w pasfbralt6nis inviting stouffville residents to join the church community in nomisifesun stouflfeille tribune j billy joel crescent peter street v 1 beech street main street is spririgdale avenue rouge street manhatten drive waterwheel street stargell crescent is crispin court rae crescent a main st unionvillc liebeck crescent waterbridge lane gaudette road ff vvembley avenue ferrah street comstan road trumpour court loweswater ave y litchfieldrd guildford circle delhi crescent markham rougecrest dr fredericton road theres no reason to- argue about a name when we havent even got a pet i tell them matteroffactly and with the confidence of someone definitely in the win ning position i remind my children who really gets stuck with the pet i remind kody about poochy our first hamster yes kody was only five at the time but that furry litde rodent was a lot of work i remind them of taz our second hamster and of zena our third and final fourlegged gnawer i remind them of how it was me who changed the cage water and food and i show them a hole in the drywall where zena escaped her home and decided to try and wreck mine yeah but things would be different with a dog mom i promise kody informs me i point to our newt buddy who incidentally needs feeding who empties the water from the tank cleans it out scrubs die rocks and feeds buddy his daily fix of frozen bloodworms kendall looks at me with that wideeyed optimism can i have a pony then mom sheesh the1 arthritis tomorrows gift whether its a bequest a gift of life insurance or a charitable annuity houghton blvd christian reesor ave donald sim ave walkerville road robinson street millpond place smithy street cmeline crescent pringle avenue homestead court paradise avenue 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