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whi itchurchstoutivilleputtcuda stouffville saturday march 3 2007 b serving the community of whitchurchstouffville b 36 pages1 including gst 3 member of towns founding family proud to be from stouffville opinion 6 calendar 13 sports 14 classified 15 region reviewing sensitive issue roadside staff photosjoerd witteveen mom jennifer may feeds 10monthold julie and sister abby 3 as nana linda parker and beverley whittaker look during the first of the annu al lenten dinners at anglican parish of christ church on wednesday evening the weekly dinners continue this week hearts stomachs filled during lent byalyshiahiggins its wednesday night and the hearts and stomachs of residents are being filled the anglican parish of christ church has begun its 12th annual lenten dinner program gail wood is a member of the church and the dinner program coordinator she has been volunteering at the dinners for the past seven years caroline boyd started the program 12 years ago and gave out an average of 30 meals a night now the program serves more than 200 per evening about 20 volunteers help each night to pre pare and serve the meals all of those meals dont come together overnight ms wood shops a week in advance to get all the food needed for the dinners faces places it takes a long time she said i shop for an entire week just to get stocked up while the meals are free ms wood says many people give donations and that covers the cost of the food occasionally there is money left over and its put into the deacon a l fund and used to help less fortunate members of the church during needy times she says the best part of organizing the din ners is seeing familiar faces and helping peo ple out its many of the same people every year in the kitchen we have a good time too ruth taylor is one of those familiar faces mrs taylor has lived in stouffville for 49 years and has been attending the church for 45 she has been a regular at the dinners for the past five years but this year is the first she has the opportunity to enjoy the meal she has volunteered at the church during the event for the past four years and is enjoying the break theyre such good homecooked meals she said i enjoy the companionship and the friendly people the dinners are open to all and will be held march 7 14 21 and 28 at the church 254 sunset blvd the meals are free but donations are welcome anyone with questions about the meals or inquiries about deliveries is asked to call the church office 905 640 1461 distracting drivers by david blumenfeld staff writer they have become an all too famil iar sight along the roads piles of flowers sometimes teddy bears left to mark the site of a fatal accident there is no official policy about how to manage these roadside memo rials but it is something the region is examining we recognize it is a pretty sensitive issue out there among the public said brian harrison regional director of operations and roads sometimes when theyre placed on the side of the road they can become a distraction to drivers and we want to make sure that anything that goes on the side of the road that its put in a safe location where its not going to cause another problem thats the last thing we need in peel region council adopted a formal policy in 2002 allowing the placement of memorial displays for up to 12 months on regional roads in 2004 the province passed a sim ilar resolution and began installing roadside memorials for victims of drunk driving with mothers against drunk driving madd canada on provincial highways a similar approach for york region is being reviewed and will go to coun cil before the summer recess mr harrison said i know at one time we just took them down but were a little more sen sitive to the issue now he said we try to talk to the families first and say it shouldnt be there its an unsafe see main page 10 27 heritage rd markhaii 148030 beachcomber tot uu snow tire packages starting from winter can strike at any moment seo dealer fotdetafis i source 6230kaavirvoaau3araoocbvl3avs7 is your honda ready winter performance package 1 honda hq 3