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stouffville suntribunem thursday feb 1 2007 3 stouffville says hold on tight gracie sis hip i tom reld marshal erwin rommel he was the last of the g9ntieman soldiers who lived by the rule book he had a definite view of where things should be and followed the rules of war pam crosby my dad bill he battled stomach cancer and died a year and a day after retiring he had an amazing singing voice and instilled in us the value of family getting along with friends staff photosjoerd witteveen grade a puppy schnoodle gets the first toboggan ride of her life from brianna chekay and brittany barber both 11 as they slide down on toboggan hill in memorial park writer in suspense as contest concludes stouffville author makes final four of fiction writers american idolstyle event michael keyes my parents martin and helen we shop together and i take them out to dinner the way they live their lives has inspired me by jim mason staff writer its a contest within a con test to die for literally stouffvilles kimberley howes novel one shot two kills has reached the final four of romantic times american title iii contest the fiction writers version of american idol each month the two con testants with the lowest num ber of online votes are elimi nated from the competition while the survivors battle for the grand prize a writing con tract with dorchester publish ing in new york voting in the current seg ment ends sunday it would be incredible to win said ms howe who has signed with a new york literary agent but being in the contest provides other grand opportu- nitiesfoipublishing as well mop than 250 manuscripts were rffered and narrowed down to 10 for the contest ms howe is the lone canadi an remaining in the contest the lucky winner will have his or her namesake suffer an untimely demise in her next novel to celebrate making the final four ms howe 38 is run ning a kill me off contest after voting send her an e- mail via her website kjhowecom with the phrase kill me off and your name the lucky winner will have his or her namesake suffer an untimely demise in her next novel chapter one of the romantic suspense novel is posted at yorkregioncomyryr4 penpixel you can click on the link at the bottom of the page and vote for her novel you can also vote by sending an empty email to webmasterromantictimes com with one shot two kills in the subject line the contest winner will be announced during the rt booklovers convention in houston april 27 and in the june issue of rt bqokreviews ms howe lived as child in africa the middle east europe and the caribbean books were her sanctuary an escape from the pressure of being the new child in the neighbourhood after graduating from univer sity of toronto with a degree in labour management relations she worked in the business world then as as a medical writer a career she maintains part time an excellent training ground for research and answers to countless jeopardy questions she said kimberley howe stouffville author drumming up support for entry in online competition she pursued every writing course available including obtaining a masters degree in writing popular fiction last year its pretty exciting she said this week im just trying to get the word out about the contest for more on the contest go to www romantictimescom k as part of our new growing with stouffville initiative partner members of the whitchurchstouffville soccer glub wssc will receive priority access to playing slots wjthin divisions over ordinary members partner members are those soccer players who have one or more family members that partner with wssg by performing a minimum of 5 hours of volunteer work for the club over the course of the season wssg is embarking on a number of growing with stouffville programs like this one to ensure that it meets the growing soccer needs of the community unusual population growth and limited resources like fields will likely create a capacity shortfall for the club in the short term growing with stouffville initiatives target a growth in fields volunteer assistance and other resources our next general registration day open to all will be saturday february 3 8 am 2 pm at the arena more info at wwwwsscinfo