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stouffville suntribune thursday sept 4 2003 3 stoiiflille says by hannelorevolpe what is the most important issue in the oct 2 ontario election asked in stouflville julie boulianne there should not be teachers strikes during the school year put more money into school books supplies and extracurricular activities jerry augustine i want to have public hospitals that means public money to build and service them i am against privatizing any aspect of health care mimi forrest as a former teacher education is importantto me the government should support and encourage teachers john hutchinson my major concern is the hydro problems and the fact that we dont have a good handje on where we are going with our hydro system all aboard frveyearold g dawson ii with mom fiona peers around conductor bernie shearman aboard a diesel enginedash8- 40cm during a free ride at the richmond hill steamers at 15922 mccowahrd north of aurora road near ballantrae the non profit group holds its open house saturday and sunday from 1030 am to 4 pm there is no admission but donations are accepted gall 416- 2619789 or905- 8416059 see our town page 15 for more staff photobill roberts terrys memory motivates brother by hannelorevolpe staff writer the young brother who ran with terry fox during his 1980 marathon of hope is coming to stouflville darrell fox will be at the 21st stouffville terry fox run that starts 1pm sept 14 at the stouffville arena hell see participants ranging from adults who remember a young terry fox hopskipping across the country with an artifi cial leg to youngsters who were bom years after the marathon of hope ifs a sight he has wit nessed across canada hell speak to participants at 1 pm before taking part in the run kids react very much to the story and the images of terrys run they are inspired by his story said mr fox the national director of the terry fox foundation he travels around the country talking to cpmmu- nity groups and schools 1 he calls the marathon of hope he joined may 31 1980 in f st john new brunswick an opportunity to witness what i think was a miracle terry had started april 12 in st johns nfld i was with him for three months mr fox said witnessing terry running 26 miles a day that image is with me 23 years later the expressions of the people lining the marathon of hope route with tears of concern and tears of joy for me determined 21yearold is something mr pox will never forget schools host runs orchard park and glad park public schools have held their own terry fox runs st brigid catholic school holds its first run this month about 4200 canadian elementary schools host similar events each year ji residents businesses organ izations and sports teams keep the terry fox run phenomenon growing among them is the stouffville spirit junior a hockey team that hosts a car wash sept 13 from 10 am to 2 pm at hdustonfprd craig bauie of the lebovic leisure centres fitness centre is challenging members to com plete terrys run from thunder bay to vancouver each activity at the fitness centre will be given points toward the total number of miles to be completed t stouffvilles run has been organized by sandy schell kennedy since 1990 around the time her 18monthold nephew was diagnosed with wilms tumour cancer of the kidney jeremy schell is now a healthy 15yearold the stouflville terry fox run raised close to 40000 last year and more than 400000 in stouffville since the run first started here in 1982 in terms of per capita giving stouffville ranks near the top across the country mr fox said over the years 320 million has been raised across the coun try and around the world the funds have made a sig nificant difference to todayv cancer patients mr fox believes if terry had been diagnosed with his bone cancer today he wouldnt have had his leg ampu tated arid would probably still be alive today terry had 18 months of chemotherapy now he would have just six monthsmr fox said it is a gift to be in this position and have this oppor- tunity of eradicating cancer headded terry fox run merchandise is available saturday from 9 am to noon at the a p sobeys shoppers drug mart arid the lebovic centre pledge sheets are available at centre stouffville arena schell lumber and the lcbo call 9056405528 for mor information getting a haircut for kids cancer society stouffvilles donnie newfie curtis had his long curly blond hair shorn sunday at the royal canadian legion in stouflville to benefit wigs for kids and the canadian cancer society hes challenging residents to come to the legion 6 pm to donate their hair above doing a trial run with the scissors is michael carcone of carcones auto recycling mr curtis has collected around 2000 in pledges correction canadian cancer ride sept 20 in forest the 10th annual great canadian ride for cancer takes place saturday sept 20 a different date was pub lished in the stouffville sunltibunes community calendar sept 13 is the final day for riders to register the fee is 30 the ride takes place from 9 am to 5 pm in the york regional forest start ing from als tack shop on vandorf road in whitchurchstouffville call 9058300447 the suntribune regrets the error quoteworthy witnessing terry running 26 miles a day that image is with me 23 years later darrell fox see story on this page contacting us have a news tip please phone us at 905640-2612- email us at jmasonyrngcom visit us at 34 civic ave stouffville almira fine furniture 4747 highway 7 east east of kennedy in markham tel 905 4775524 wwwalmlracom salesalmiracom store hours mon wed 10 am 600 pm thufri 10 am 900 pm saturday 10 am 530 pm sunday closed is so y vm v- t your ftome lll room sltfks bedroom suites home office latir