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sfouffvittesurittibunewk thursday july 24 2003 5 parents of homeschoolers now have support group parents who homeschool their children now have a local group to which they can turn for advice and ideas noticing the number of homeschooled children com ing to whitchurchstouffville public library anne houle decided to let people know homeschoolers could meet at the library to exchange infor mation and develop programs our town with hannelore volpe until now those who educatec their children at home had to travel out of the municipality to hook up with a homeschool- ing group the childrens librarian noted about 10 parents many of whom homeschool two or three of their children have already joined the group meetings will resume in the fall and in the meantime- ms houle is working on a variety of programs for the families such as enriched computer and french classes to contact the homeschool group call ms houle at 905- 6427323 from art student to future teacher via latcham art gallery stouffville resident allison bullock is seeing beneath the glitz and glamour of running a local art gallery this summer she was hired to assist with administrative work and gallery programs such as the summer art camp the 22yearold will be entering her final year at the university of waterloo this fall to complete her bachelor of environmental studies one of my longterm goals is to be a high school teacher in art history and geography allison said at the latcham gallery she wants to learn how art shows are hung and how galleries are run any kind of experience can benefit my students in the long run after attending summitview public school allison went to stouffville district secondary school where she took art all through school and was a teaching assistant for a grade 10 art class she is able to draw on sever al months recent experience as a teaching assistant at leaside high school in toronto when she helps lead the latcham gallerys summer art camp she has also taught art to children at seneca colleges summer camp and was an outdoor education teacher at duffins creek environmental education centre in pickering the latcham gallerys sum mer art camp for youngsters from five to 13 will run four oneweek sessions the next sessions are aug 11 and 18 classes are from 9 am to 4 pm daily but there are also halfday camps available students explore art media such as painting sketching papermaking mixed media collages and sculpture allison was hired with the assistance of a grant through human resources development canada through its summer career placement program for information on the gallerys summer camps call 9056408954 let us welcome you tslcomeip v wagon r r sincs 1930 phone 905 4713886 our hostess will bring gifts and greetings along with helpful community information york regional police 1 minute quality survey how are we doing please take a minute to complete this survey and return it to us or fill out the online survey on our website at wwwpoliceyorkonca we will use 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4w5 l fj take the heart stroke 60- second stress test you can find out how to better cope today wwwheartand strokeca 1888hsfinfo this message brought to you as a community service of the economist sunsuntribune 0 heart andstkox kxnoaikn of oviawo m f i m v sp bar grill coming events live bands call the cops saty relay ugyst 1 6th saturday night live entertainment grant fullerton every sunday starting sept 7 at 700pm 5402 main st stouffville 905 6408858 mayor steve pliakes will teeoff in the 2004 mayors golf tournament why should the mayors golf tournament die last thursday i read suntribune editor jim masons column mr mason recog nizes the importance of the mayors golf tournament to the community especially to our youth mr mason knows that wayne emmerson cares about the young people of whitchurchstouffville in the past nine years the mayors golf tournament has raised over 130000 money from the annual tournament fund ed youth hockey teams theatre produc tions library projects and at one time or another each and every school in whitchurch- stouffville has received a donation when i golf i often bring home the most honest golfer trophy despite my lack of skill on the golf course i care about young people you dont need to be a tiger woods to be impressed by the fact that two weeks ago more than 400 golfers participat- edinthe mayors golf tournament the golfers knew mayor wayne emmerson was retiring they wondered would the tour nament end mr mason wrote that tears fell at the mention that this tournaments days are done mayor wayne emmerson can certainly retire with peace of mind he has served the community well and he should be able to return to private life with every ones blessings but why does the golf tournament have to end the mayors golf tournament is a very successful event as a parent and a grandparent i know how very important it is to keep the kids busy doing positive things for nearly a decade the money from waynes golf tournament helped make kids better kids when i decided that i could carry on where maydr emmerson left off and organize tifte golf tournament i did so with waynes blessings wayne of all people doesnt want to see this valuable event end hopefully with your support on nov 10th i will be elected mayor of whitchurchstouffville a mayor should help the kids the job demands it so should the heart in closing i ask that we join 410 golfers to give retiring mayor wayne emmerson a standing ovation for more information regarding my mayoralty campaign call 416 5743903