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whftfehurcwstihiffvilfe pu brfehbrwf thursday oct 9 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pages1 including gst t hstouffville dance professionals give students a shot wheels 13 calendar v 23 sports 27 classified 29 dad pushing ill son on marathon route byjoanransberry y staffjwriier the will to live and the need to recognize- a hospital is behind a local father and sons entry in the toronto marathon f while pledged are bihg collect ed alex zatdr and his father todd of ijorrhley are iri training for me oct 19 maoii mtzaiot will push alex in a special runners stroller the entire 26mile toronto route three days later alex will enter the hospital for sick children to undergo serious- spinal surgery its not alexs first surgery it wont be his last v f fis imfk the 11year old boy lives with his mom and dad and three sisters aged j614 and 9 7 v alex was i borrifwith camptomelic dysphasia cd a rare genetic disor- der worldwide there are about 100 cases of cd while only to have been treated at sickkids 7 thereisriotagfeatdealofirifor- niatjbri on cd mrzator said its still impossible to assess alexs iong- term prpighosis given me limited rnumber jpf case studies available there are very few if any children with this syndrome that have lived- to adulthood making it extremely difficult tci predict how alex will turn out hahy children with cd have severe respiratory problems which ultimateiy lead to death in infancy mr zatdr added alex continues to defy the odds he truly is an incredible kid said his father alex has had a great number of physical challenges to deal with in hisshbrt life cd is characterized by skeletal anomalies including short see family page jft staff photosteve somerville afmierlove gormles todd zator will push his son alexin marathon for torontos hospital for sick children the family is raising money for the hospital which has been a second home to alex llj who has a rare genetic disorder 22yearold victim left at roadside in may man charged in rural murder by joan ransberry staff writer a 22yearrold man was charged yesterday in the rshooting death of a 20yearold toronto man whose body wasfouhd in late may in afield rat the corner of st johns sideroad and warden avenue joshua anthony julien was found dead in the rural area of rvvtiitehurchstouffville on may 31 york- regional police homicide detectivescharged delroy leon mcfarlane 22 of toronto iwith first degree murder shot several times the victim was shotseveral times his body was found lessthah 80 feet from the roadway at the time police noted tire i tracks were pleading up to ihe point jwhefe the body was dropped the 30acre property is owned by ah elderly woman she was not home i when the body found a motorist oh his way to work used his cell phone to alert police of the gruesome discovery part of the investigation involved trying to trace the murder victims las steps friends described mr julien as quiet arid mannerly with plenty of friends the murder victim lived with his fariiily in the citys danforth avenue coxwell avenue arid mam street neighborhood the accused was scheduled to appear in a newmarket court yes terday the investigation is continuing anyone with information is asked to call police at9057731221 exit 7865 or crime stoppers at 1- 800222tips canister vacuum cleaners sales service 3 installations 4355 hwy 7 unlonvllte beside railway tracks rbarthau ojewellel ffskmajn styivf stouffvukvis 5 6404646