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stouffville suntribune thursday april 1 2004 publication mail agreement 40007673 firefighters praised for blaze evacuation by hannelore volpe staff writer a fire in a stouffville seniors apartment caused about 100000 in damages but all residents escaped without injury twenty whitchurchstouffville firefighters were on the scene shortly after receiving the call about 5 pm friday the fire erupted in the two- storey 36unit residence adjacent to parkview home on rupert avenue trucks from both the stouffville and ballantrae fire sta tions responded firefighters escorted all residents out of the 32- yearold building the blaze was confined to the apartment where it started but smoke travelled through the building the resident was home at the time and noticed fire behind her couch area fire and emergency services chief tim beckett said we had a situation where we had a lot of seniors who needed assis tance temporary quarters residents went to parkview home next door until they could return to their apartments temporary quarters were found for the occupant of the damaged unit said tina skodic the housing administrator for the apartments she had high praise for firefight ers saying they were absolutely wonderful i was very very impressed cause of the fire is still under investigation tim beckett a lot of seniors needed assistance fire chief said now theres another reason to oal it a happy meal mcdonald s restaurants acrosscanada donate 10c from the saleofevery happy meal to ronaldmcdonald house charities to help children in local communities mcdonalds restaurants of canada pays for all of the administrative and operating costs for rmhc which means that 100 of all money directly donatedto ronald mcdonald house chanties benefits children with special needs to learn more about ronald mcdonald house charities please visit wwwrmhcca interestshobbies playing basketball chilling with friends saving money for clothes and shoes interestshobbies reading collecting stamps and jogging saving money for college interestshobbies desmond table tennis video games oscar bike riding video games saving moneypoints for desmond university and xbox oscar university and playstation games saving money for trip for family to disney world to be a carrier for the economist or tribune call 905 2948244 bowmen rebuilding ballantrae home the york county bowmen have been given the goahead from whitchurch- stouffville council to replace their ballantrae clubhouse severely damaged by fire a year ago without the facility the archers were forced to curtail some winter activities the club has been at the same site on mccowan road north of aurora road in rural whitchurchstouffville since 1952 club members decided to rebuild rather than make costly renovations the new structure will occupy the same perimeter and area as the old 3482- squarefoot clubhouse cost is estimat ed at between 120000 arid 140000 club president willi wakenhut said the bowmen applied for a 100000 trillium grant but it fell through last fall now funds for the project are to come from club reserves member donations and fundraising events whitchurchstouffville firefighters will use the old building for training exercises before destroying it in a con trolled burn over the winter the clubs 128 mem bers were confined tooutdoor activities since the building housed their indoor shooting range a small portable was set up in the interim archery enthusiasts travel to the club from across the gta the bowmen are planning a fiul slate of spring and summer events they include popular 3d competitions where archers follow a marked trail leading to lifesize replicas of animals scattered over the course the popularity of the sport has been growing mr wakenhut said particular ly since the introduction of saturday morning and afternoon archery lessons we have childrens programs and a lot of families come out he added the bowmen also host corporate archery clinics and teambuilding events led by 10 certified coaches for more information on archery and the bow men call 9056420695 hannelore volpe onnflc im q ccc no rnnnv 5308 hwy 7 east markham ontario 9054710044