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r saturday april 7 2007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 16 pages1 including gst 3 seeing her work cut to pieces not puzzling to artist wellness 5 opinion 6 sports 10 classified 11 staff photosjoerd witteveen stouirvilles lynn chmelnitsky moors left gave this ukrainian easter egg to rosa lipari after she was told she had breast cancer in 2005 ancient art of eggs hatches new hope by hannelore volpe staff writer a ukrainian easter egg while small carries with a significant message of hope for stouffville resident rosa lipari she received die handdesigned egg from her friend lynn chmelnitsky moors a few weeks after she told her she had been diag nosed with breast cancer that was in late 2005 and touched the whole family frank rosa and their children anthony 14 josephine 11 and emmanue8 mrs lipari didnt dwell on the sadness when she talked to her friend she is a special lady mrs chmelnitsky said she was thinking ahead to her garden then mrs chmelnitsky thought about how she could help her friend others were diere to help look after the children and with other faces places domestic duties so she would do something unique and special for her it turned out to be the ancient craft of deco rating pysankas or ukrainian easter eggs which she had seen her grandmother do in montreal when mrs chmelnitsky was a littie girl she learned how to paint these special eggs in the basement of her church the painstaking and spiritual process cant be rushed as layers of wax and dye are applied to the egg on mrs liparis egg there are many designs including a star symbolizing happiness and good fortune and a spiral line representing the mystery of life we cant always understand everything life throws our way mrs chmelnitsky wrote in an article for homemakers magazine this month about the egg she created for her friend during the two or three weeks before easter the space on her kitchen table is basically cut in half since the easter eggmaking equipment dyes and wax stay out until all the eggs are done mrs chmelnitsky gave the egg to frank lipari who brought it home to rosa she gave it to me during my treatments mrs lipari said accompanying the egg was information on the symbols on the egg and what they meant it is acts of kindness such as these that have kept her strong i have a lot of support from friends and family mrs lipari said you really get to know who your friends are andwho cares soccer club library pool feeling growth newcomers arrive with questions requests by hannelore volpe staff writer when the somasundaram family moved into their new house in a brandnew subdivision in stouffville about a year ago they were all set to do many of the things they had done in their old scarborough neighbourhood the two children 13yearold kershanth and his sister mathusha 5 were looking forward to swiming playing soccer visiting the library and in the case of kershanth even tually playing hockey it wasnt too long before a welcome wagon representative range their doorbell starting off with the information in the welcome wagon basket dave and mary and the children checked out the lebovic leisure centre they also researched their new town by visiting the towns website townofwsca many new residents phone the town directly we have seen an increase in the volume and types of questions from new residents andrew brouwer the towns deputy clerk said with questions such as where do i get my green bin the program is to start here in september what recreational programs are available and what schools are around the town office often acts as a hub of information mr brouwer said the town has partnered with welcome wagon to distribute their pamphlet of new residents most see swimming page 4 ww 27 heritage rd markham 2948030 beachcomber mil 2007 juno award winner concert friday may 25fli 2007 the great markham sjmmsar xxr 26n 2007 9p ajc i 9 kb yi- natt rf0 tickefs are now on sale for george canyon on may 25 and he great markham stampede may 26 visif wwwrrtemarhtiamsfampcdecom or wwwnchefwebcom road m mb v comitiy lldylf 6400888 t