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14 stouffville suntribune thursday may 22 2003 fumftobhtoka who asked for artifacts for the japanese holocaust museum she directs arid got the suitcase of hana brady talked to a trowd of students at ballantrae public school recently with hanas sunw- ing brother george brady hana died at auschwitz in 1944 ms ishioka researched the suitcase and discovered mr brady in canada the story became the popular book hanas suitcase by toronto author karen levine who also attended the session here mr brady and ms ishioka sign copies of the book for students sjoerd w1tteveen photo story in a suitcase notice of herbiqipe application hydro one networks inc forestry services will be commencing forestry line clearing operations in your vicinity the work will include the selective treatment of undesirable vegetation that would if left alone grow into the conductors ivery effort will be made to leave compatible low growing vegetation which will assist in reducing future maintenance requirements location of work townships of east gwillimbury georgina whitchurchstbuftviuev brock scott uxbridge date of application march 31may2 2003 pesticide trade name garlon 4 pcp act registration number 21053 name of pest undesirable vegetation brush sucker growth from stumps name of contact person joe mitchell phone number m contact person 1 8886212040 all property owners affected have been contacted connecting at the speed of life hydro mm gender nqt an issue for first ferhale president by hannelore volpb staff writer the r fireworks marking canada- day will coincide with helerie johnsons first day as the hew presi dent of the stouffville lions club the dynamic woman will take oyer the venerable 65yearold institution from current president doug watson to continue the com- although she is the stouffville jidhs clubs first woman president- sheibelieyes the emphasis should be orltne work she continues to do not oii the fact she is a woman she joined the lions club fivie years ago shortly after the local j club began accepting women as members as well as continuing the many lions club- activities that help the community mrs- johnson is hoping a leo club for young people 18and under will be established during her year in office v you needyoung people coming up mrs johnson said increased fundraising will be another major initiative so the club r can continue to support thej markham stouffville hospital the jennifer ashleigh foundation arid local residents through a variety of programs its a giveback situation it is just payback time jot ail the good things that have happened to me in my life the stouffville lions host a year ly fish derby in june for seniorsand physically challenged residents liv ing in the municipality have an extensive christmas basket prbr gram for the needy carry out vision testing on primary age children in i local elementary schools and help people overseas with projects such as eyeglass and hearing aid collec tions v they also feed the community- while fundraising through their annual beef barbecuelthefirsi thursday of the strawberry fesfiydu in stouffville and through their food booth at the markham fair in the fall c mrs johnson comes from a busi- hessbackgrbuhifl having workinginl personnel for many years before starting her own bookkeeping serv- helene johnson new president of stouffville lions club also ce06locai chamber of commerce v f ice in town she joined the whitchurchstouf fyille chamber of commerce in 1988 while she still ran her own business for the past three years she has represented local businesses as president and ceo of the chamber an important part of her job is lob bying the ontario and canadian chambers of commerce on behalf of local businesses 1 she also carries out the cham- bers mandate to lobby municipal provincial and federal governments on issues such as education trans portation andhealth care business is affected by all of these things she said mrsjohnson grew up on a farm south of musselmaris lake and is a rmotherpfsixand a grandmother her husband ralph prefers to keep in the background she said butvhe wilkhlp me in whatever t am doing being of service to the communi ty is the reason she joined the lions club in the first place its a giveback situation she said it isjust payback time for all the good things that have happened to main mylife anniversary celebration the lions club started in 1938 in stouffville we have been doing service in 2tlicmmunifbr 65 years the new president said instead bfr the 65th anniversary celebrations originally plannedfor this year the stouffville lions club is looking ahead to the year 2008 when it will celebrate i itsmilestoirjiexr 70th anniversary