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18 stouffville suntribune thursday may 27 2004 awardwinning sdss student thinks of others by hannelore volpe staff writer lyndsay thompson has made the world her own the grade 12 student at stouffville district secondary school is involved in her community communities in other countries and her school she was one of 20 students hon oured by the york region district school board for outstanding aca demic achievement and significant contributions to their schools and communities they were chosen from the approximately 100000 students in york region schools at the celebrating student success evening awards were presented to the students by board director bill hogarth and chairperson bill crothers a lifelong stouffville resident ms thompson brings her enthusiasm and caring to a wide field of interests she hops on a bus to downtown toronto to feed the homeless she will be running her first half- marathon shortly and is on the sdss mountain biking and golf teams she is also president of the schools athlet ic council the 17yearold leads the inter- school christian fellowship at sdss the regional municipality of york highway 404 midblock crossing between highway and 16th avenue municipal class environmental assessment schedule c notice of public consultation centre the regional municipality of york jointly with the town of richmond hill and the town of markham are undertaking a transportation and class environmental assessment study class ea to address the need for additional capacity across the highway 404 corridor between highway 7 and 16th avenue the study area is shown on the attached key map and is bounded by leslie street to the west woodbine avenue to the east highway 7 to the south and 16th avenue to the north this project is- being planned in accordance with schedule c of the municipal class environmental assessment june 2000 the public is invited to a public consultation centre to introduce you to the project and obtain comments so your input can be considered in the planning of this project major elements presented will include opportunity statement understanding the environment and alternatives under consideration wednesday june 2 2004 200 pm to 500 pm and 600 pm to 800pm town of richmond hill committee room 1 225 east beaver creek road richmond hill on if you are unable to attend the public consultation centre but would like to provide us with your comments please provide us with your name address and telephone number or email to any one of the four team members scott thorburn urs canada inc 75 commerce valley drive east markham ontario l3t7n9 tel 905 8824401 ex 534 fax 905 8824399 email scottthorburnurscorpcom george flint town of richmond hill 225 east beaver creek road richmond hill ontario l4b 1m7 tel 905 7718836 ex 2455 fax5057712405 email gflintrichmondhillca steve mota the regional municipality of york 17250 yonge street newmarket ontario l3y 6z1 tel 905 8304444 ex 5056 fax 905 8950191 email stevemotaregidnyorkonca lloyd fernandes town of markham 101 town centre boulevard markham ontario l3r 9w3 tel 905 4777000 ex 2414 fax905479-7773- email lfernandesmarkhamca has aided children overseas and helps feed homeless people once a month she hops on a bus with other members of markham missionary church to drive to down town toronto to feed the homeless in the churchs street connection pro gram as well as meeting every wednesday morning the inter- school christian fellowship has expanded to offer quest a thursday lunchhour program where students watch videos and discuss issues ms thompson is concerned about the global community as well she visit ed trinidad in december to distribute shoe boxes filled with gifts for children as part of the samaritans purse project she led the initiative at sdss to encour age students to donate to operation christmas child to fill shoe boxes her work for children in other countries will lead her to a bible col lege in manitoba next fall for cultural studies and training in teaching english as a second language her goal is to teach english over seas she said before the end of the school year ms thompson would like to organize a penny drive to benefit covenant house a toronto youth shelter she has been inspired most by her art teacher catherine chartrand librarian judy mcknight and parents bill and louise staff photomike barrett lyndsay thompson with charm her golden retriever was one of 20 students from york region to be honoured this spring advertising feature vm tm 4lwjlws wpmkh am jmmm m fmgmm meat shops fjtvieflst franchiseeowners paul and joanne guest would like to thank the community for their support in raising 155000 at the annual mm charity bbq for the crohns colitis foundation of canada across canada an outstanding 135000000 was raised together we make a difference ss0a a place in markham for people ages 1 6 and up to meet friends use a computer see movies learn to cook receive supportive counselling find out about local services a safe open and fun environment the living room is a program of the canadian mental health association york region 0 a member agency of united way ofyork region 9052010432 this message brought to you as a community service of the economist sunsuntribune