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saturdayjuly 142007 b servingthe community of whitchurchstouffville b 28 pages1 including gst get set for a visit from stanley aug15whrtdiurchstouffvile community 5 opinion 6 sports 10 classified 11 accident victim dream lives at centre more than martial arts at downtown gym by jim thomas a new martial arts centre in downtown stouffville was michael tawadros dream united martial arts canada opened its doors at 6276 main st in a former furniture store thursday the centre was the vision of mr tawadros a unionville native mr tawadros a former bar tender at stouffvilles shoe less joes restaurant was killed in a multivehicle collision oh stouffville road june 5 but his vision didnt end there doug job the centres chief martial artsinstructor said mr towadros parents made sure their sons dream lived on we thought everything would be done and over with when mike died but mikes parents wanted to follow up on his vision mr job said it is be very unique he said the fourthdegree black belt said the facility with more than 5000square feet of floor space will be the only place in stouffville that will provide a vari ety of choices for people wishing to find a place to improve their physical and mental wellbeing its just not a martial arts school the martial arts will take place in the upstairs and down- sec yoga page 4 staff photosjoerd witteveen mary babler of over the moon and yellow labs willow left and tonka owned by jeni hoover are ready for christmas in july a downtown stouffville street sale with a christmas flavour next saturday for more information call the stouffville business improvement area at 9056400749 yes santa claus will make an appearance former stouffville resident killed in apartment fire byjoefantauzzi staff writer isabell hammond was the social fabrip and the glue of her family her son zubin abidi said ms hammond 57 died saturday at her newmarket home after a fire ripped through the threestorey queen street apartment a woman known to her family as a great cook who would make homemade cakes for birthdays and loved riding her bicycle her motto was the early bird catches the worm mr abidi 23 said she was always up at the crack of dawn he said as mr abidi grew up his mom was his confidante someone he could tell about school issues and relationships he saw ms hammond and her daughter mary- ann holmes develop a beautiful mother- daughter relationship mom always made him feel like the decisions he made in life were the right ones mr abidi said i hope she knows i love her he said adding if he could he would hug just a few seconds more each time because she gave the greatest hugs the third youngest of 10 children ms hammond moved to newmarket after liv ing briefly in stouffville and richmond hill her brother george hammond of new market called her a lovely lady see family page 7 27 heritage rd markham 2m8030 beochcomber hotlou e co n n e els eo m our mission to maintain a thriving prosperous stouffville a major part of maintaining the vitality of the town lis resident support of local businesses make it easy to find your business register how go to vamstouffwlleconnectscom click on local business enter your business profile in the spaces provided any questions call ian batt sutton grouptown and country realty ltd brokerage independent owned and operated office 9056400888 not intended to solicit parties already under contract direct 4168819544 town and country realty ltd 6400888