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stouffville suntribune saturday march 24 20073 suntribune people grandma turns heads for leukemia patients by jim mason staff writer isabella dunn lives to turn heads if she is not shaving or decorating hers shes colouring her hair its all in the name of leukemia the 67yearold stouffvilles residents grand daughter christina was 18 when she visited the doctor her energy was zapped and she was over sleeping even by teenaged standards the diagnosis hit the family hardacute lym- phoblast leukemia given a month to live without treatment the bowmanville resident went through more than two years of intense radiation and chemotherapy she put her life on hold to focus on recovery and treatment her mother former stouffville resident brenda caverly said christina who turns 20 in june is in remis sion her familys work on behalf of people with leukemia isnt brenda is working out with team in training the fundraising campaign for the leukemia and lymphona society their goal is to find the cure for all blood cancers christina has been named their honourary teammate for 2007 brenda will run the halfmarathon with the isabella dunn right and granddaughter christina had matching lids in 2005 faces places team at the ing ottawa marathon may 27 there are some people who arent as suc cessful as christina she said thafs who this is for back in stouffville mrs dunn is again raising money for her daughters run in her grand daughters name she has 400 of her 1500 goal she collected more than 1700 last year she shaved her head to match christinas as part of the effort in 2005 shes coloured her hair again this year and is attaching bows to her glasses and earrings peo ple stop to ask why she tells christinas story they usually give you something even if its just 1 she said the kids in town keep me going they say they love my hair or wish their mom would do the same people always ask if im crazy or doing a ben efit i tell them im a little of both for more information on christina and brenda go to team- intrainingorgeorto donate call isabella dunn at 9056408411 recognize this man robbery suspect caught on video suspect in third robbery in recent months at stouffvilles pace credit union by joe fantauzzi staff writer do you know this man he is wanted by york regional police in connection with the rob bery of pace credit union on stouffvilles main street last week after walking into the branch march 14 around 1 pm he demanded cash while keeping his hand inside the blue nike hoodie he was wearing suggesting he was packing a weapon police said after getting the money which he placed in a creamcoloured lcbo bag he ran through the rear of the bank and westbound across the parking lot towards lloyd street there were no customers inside the branch at the time of robbery and no employees were hurt there were no customers inside the branch at the time of robbery and no employees were hurt holdup squad investigators released surveillance pictures of him earlier this week he is described as male with light brown skin between 28 and 30 years old sixfeet twoinches tall with a medium build short black hair dark eyes and was unshaven he was wearing the nike hood ie black pants tan shoes and black gloves a call to the pace credit union thursday was not returned anyone with information about the robbery is urged to call the york regional police at 1- 8668765423 ext 7873 crime stoppers anonymously at 1800222t1ps or leave a tip online at www1800222tipscom whitchurchstouffville news digest visit yorkregioncom for more on these and other stories gun charges laid near lake awhitchurchstouffville man is facing charges after york regional police got a report of a shotgun being fired north of musselmans lake thursday night the weapon was being dis charged in the ninth line and aurora road area according to a suntribune reader no injuries and no damage were reported police said a 48yearold man was charged with the careless use of a firearm unauthorized posses sion of a firearm and possession of a weapon for a dangerous pur pose survivor speaks at dinner kathleen kenna a canadian journalist who survived a grenade attack in afghanistan is the guest speaker at the night of a thousand dinners which rais es funds to eradicate landmines around the world presented by the stouffville rotary club the april 12 event at the sleepy hollow golf club is held in conjunction with the canadian landmines founda tion money raised at the dinners funds landmine removal and helps victims of landmines ms kenna was a foreign cor respondent in 2002 in afghanistan writing about the war for the toronto star when a grenade was thrown into her vehicle she was so severely injured she wasnt expected to survive ms kenna- is now a fulltime student in a masters program in rehabilitation counselling tickets are 25 from 9056429507 9056402376 or 9056403131 sound off have something to say about these or other stories email us at lettersstouffvillecom reveal your carefree hairfree body this spring 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