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stouffintntnemtnars j goodbye stouflville hello abu dhabi this weekend stouffvilles rob mckenzie wife pam mandich and daughter mckenzie fly out of pear son international airport en route to abu dhabi said to be the richest city in the world abu dhabi on atshaped island jutting into the persian gulf has a population of two million its part of the united arab emirates bordering saudi arabia and oman its there mr mckenzie a former frontpage editor with the national post has accepted the challenge of starting a new international newspaper the first edition is expect ed to roll off the presses this spring hes the production manager mckenzie in grade 7 will attend a private school although a resident of stouflville only seven years pam mandich is well known because of her associations all volunteer her departure leaves big shoes to fill perhaps most prominent has been her work with the yorkdurham academy of the performing arts where she spent countless hours preparing costumes for hun dreds of children in dozens of shows in addition shes a char ter member of the toastmas- ters club and until recently served as community repre sentative on the glad park public school council she was also an enthusi astic supporter of the clock- tower theatre project and stouffvilles motus o dance company in 2006 she made a bid for a seat on whitchurch- stouffville council and although unsuccessful she considers it a valuable learn ing experience i take my hat off to any one willing to serve in this capacity she said ifs a big job born at kingston on one of five in the family of steve and carole mandich pam attended fanshawe college in london and later the uni versity of western ontario where she obtained an hon ours degree in sociology and later a masters degree in journalism roaming around with jim thomas shes already a world trav eller having visited india nepal burma indonesia malaysia and parts of south america rob is a graduate of car- leton university in ottawa before joining the staff of the globe and mail and later the national post he worked at the montreal gazette following their marriage rob and pam searched for a small town in which to put down roots initially they considered port hope or bowmanville but the distance from robs workmade them impractical then they visited stouflville we loved the old homes here and their beautiful gar dens pam recalled but most of all we appre ciated the friendliness of the people theyd wave and say hello even though they didnt know us over the internet they found a home that met their needs the minute i walked in the front door i said this is the house for us she said that was seven years ago pam describes her asso ciation with academy as amazing wayne hill the direc- tor puts his heart into this project and all for the kids she said hes totally dedicated at glad park school she and kathy mover introduced what is now known as the kissandride program with so many buses and cars converging on the area at the same time it was an accident waiting to happen slie remembered the traffic pattern now in use has solved most of these problem she thinks as for pulling up stakes come in today for our wish win event 2008 uplander ls l pric s 18888 contact nick directly at 4t64q794q7 all new redesigned malibu now in stock markville 5336 hwy 7 markham chevrolet corvette inc 9052941440 and moving to a country she knows little about pam says shes equal to the challenge life can change on a dime she said a furnished apartment will be waiting when they arrive robs been in abu dhabi since midoctober hes returning to stouflville today they leave together sunday all but one kim the familys pet bichonpoodle has been re located to a new home it was thought he wouldnt survive the areas extreme heat midsummer tempera tures in abu dhabi often reach 40 degrees celsius well miss him and well certainly miss stouflville says pam for how long a very long time she admitted sadly maybe for ever jimthomasisastouffville resident who has 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