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stouffville suntribune saturday feb 10 2007 3 suntribune people monkey search renewed our whitchurchstouffville residents are welcome to share their life stories for more information contact editor jim mason atjmasonyrngcom or 9056402612 by linda mutch y faith in humanity has been restored all it took was for a little dog named mon key to go missing for 56 hours across three municipalities and untold kilometres the adventure started during our regular morning hike in seaton trail nearwhitevale in northern picker ing last month we adopted monkey almost a year ago from a shelter at hwy 48 and progress road in scarborough she had been abandoned for five days without food at least the human that dropped her there left her by a river so she had water since monkey has joined our family in stoufiville she has gained almost 16 pounds and has taken a large chunk of our hearts when she went missing after being startled by other hikers that sunday at 930 am all i could hope was she did not think we had aban doned her as well when something like this hap pens you as a dog owner do all the things you should you call the ani mal control office you call all local veterinary clinics and give a descrip tion of your dog their dog tag num- bers microchip number and any thing more you can think of and lastly you hope the phone rings after driving for hours that first day imagining i had seen her in every open field i could only hope she would be spotted by one of the several people i left my name and number with the phone rang at 4 pm mon key had been seen at steeles avenue and the markhampickeringtown line near scarborough in the few minutes it took to get there she was gone panic started to settle in it was getting dark and there was freezing rain in the fore cast how was i going to leave her out there overnight i was to the point of hysteria it was getting very dark and there was nothing more we could do so my partner daryl may and i reluc- linda mutch from left chelsea mutch mackenzie may connor may and ellie mae dog at right welcome monkey back to their stoufrville home after a 56hour adventure across municipal boundaries tantly decided to go home butnot to sleep or eat because neither of those things happened that night daryl was on the road again monday morning as i had to go to work we stayed in touch through out the day and met at 4 pm as daryl said it was like looking for a needle in a haystack we searched the area with friends and family past dark with fno reward we went home heavy- hearted for another restless night but there was hope in a phone call a check with animal contral informed us a dog matching mon keys description had been spotted sleeping on the back deck of a house on radford avenue in markham since late sunday night daryl and i jumped back in the car and headed to markham to get monkey we hoped but after a few hours of walking through the neighbourhood in the dark calling her we left emptyhanded tuesday morning and a new tactic instead of driving around daryl suggested alerting as many people as possible in the area we sent a picture to vanessa at magnum copy centres in stouf- fville and she put together a great flyer with monkeys picture and our cellphone numbers asking anyone who has seen her to call i picked slice of life up the flyers and headed to markham daryls mom our neigh bor dan and his father handed out flyers i went to william armstrong public school where a teacher said she would put up a flyer in each classroom every person we saw walking getting in or out of a vehi cle was also handed a flyer to our amazement our phones started to ring monkey hadbeen seen on major buttons drive then squire bakers lane and 30 minutes ago on senator reesors drive the next call said she had been seen behind a plaza on the north side of wooten way we where narrowing the search with the help of complete strangers the gods where starting to smile down on us and monkey daryl received a call at 5 pm from a man who had been out walking his dog earlier in die day and i had given him a flyer he had just seen monkey on parkway avenue as he was driving they followed her as she ran terrified of everything around her to markham district high school i arrived at the back of the school only to see her running through a ravine i ran back to my car and headed to church street as quickly as i could only to see her pass me monkey suddenly turned on to to jack court with the caravan of vehicles right behind i stopped the car and jumped out calling her to come but she was so frightened she had no idea who i was i dropped to my knees in the middle of the street and gently called her name several times as i removed my toque praying she would recognize me suddenly her ears and tail went down the barking stopped and she ran like the wind to me i was knocked flat on my back in the middle of the street with monkey crying and kissing my face with everything she was worth we finally had her now you can imagine the tears of joy that were shed from every one involved that day and that ladies and gentlemen is how my faith in humanity was restoredthankyou thank you to the many people who searched phoned or went out of their way to help us find our monkey together we did it whitchurchstouffville news digest visit yorkregioncom for more on these and other stories suv driver rescued from tenth line rollover a man had to be rescued from his suv with the jaws of life after it rolled on the tenth line just north of 19th avenue wednesday at 11 pm the vehicle was heading north when the driver lost con trol and it ended up in the ditch the driver the lone occupant was trapped until whitchurch- stouffville firefighters opened the roof he was taken to hospi tal by ambulance with unknown injuries bowl for boys girls sake bowl for kids sake the annual fundraiser for big brothers big sisters of york takes over the stouffville bowling centre feb 24 openings for bowlers remain 7b register call 9058950289 to spon- sor a suntribune team member call 905- 6402612 or emailjmasonyrngcom gas leak closes woodbine woodbine avenue was closed north of gormley for a short time last saturday night after a driver lost control of her car on a snow- covered road and it hit a natural gas line whitchurchstouffville fire fighters diverted traffic to avoid the possibility of the gas being ignited deputy chief rob mckenzie said gas company staff shut off the gas and made the necessary repairs the area wasnt evacuated since high winds dissipated the gas york regional police spokesperson kathleen griffin said the driver was not injured sound off have something to say about these or other stories email us at lettersstouffvillecom reveal your true beauty at medispa clinic on main laser hair removal safe effective and with proven longterm results february special underams or bikini just 49 per treatment medispa clinic on mail 6038 main street stouffville 9056400092 fat cellulite reduction accent rf technology as featured in 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