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24 - 'WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE THIS MONTH" â€" See wwwbowtechxom Visceral Manipulation Integrated Lymph Drainage 905-642-2600 Markham Stouflville NOV. 10 Bowen Therapy It’s' For more intonnatlon see Therapeutic Touch Craniosacral Therapy Reflexology Reiki Other modalities ofi‘ered: T Former city boy embraces country life 'Carol Burnett and Elizabeth Taylor were making a made for TV ”The theatre is a different life,” he said. “For the actors, it's home on the road.‘ He applied for the hospitality and tourism program at Ryerson, working in the evenings to put himself through school. When he graduated from Ryerson, he was the first person to be hired into the Four Seasons' training program for managers. He grew up in downtown Toronto "under the neon signs of Honest Ed". and when high school teachers went on a three-month strike in his final year. he got a iob at Ed's Warehouse to earn some extra money. No weeks later. his boss offered him work at the Royal Alex. and he decided to quit school and pursue his dreams. The Ballantrae resident arrived in Montreal from his native Portugal in Feb. 1966 during a blizâ€" zard. "l was eight-and-a-half. and my father. who had been here a number of months. picked us up in a beaten up Aston Martin." he recalled. "It was snowing so hard you couldn't see the lines on the 40]." All his life. lohn Paulino has made the most of opportunities that have come his way, and has never stopped learning from expe- rience. By Kate Gilderdale Stouffville This Month us on ‘www.stouffvilleonline.com' After two years working in lasper, Alta, he returned to Toronto with a different view of city life. 'I never wanted to live in the city again. I came back as catering manager at the Elmwood Club. Then lopened Markham Suites." Because of his background in the hotel industry. he was invited to movie and stayed at the hotel for three months.‘ It was in the early 805. and he recalls one occasion when he was hooking up Carol Burnett's VCR. "lohn Ritter came up asked if we had a facsimile machine. I thought he was speak- ing another language, because they were very new at the time." A 3 km guided nature walk will be held Nov. I5 from 9 am. to noon, and on Dec. 20. everyone is welcome to join a hike through the forest to learn about the effects of winter on our natural habitat. For more infor- mation visit www.region.york.on.ca. ' The dates Oct. I8. Nov. l5 and Dec. 20 were incorrectly listed in the October issue as Fall Forest Festival events offered by the York Regional Forest staff; The school is located at 565 Uxbridgeâ€"Picken‘ng Townline, iust five minutes from downtown Stouffville. The 'Christmas Store' will be open 9 am. to 8 pm. Dec. 4 and 5, and 9 am. to l p.m. Dec. 6. Everyone is wel- come to drop by and get an early start on Christmas shopping. A sale of crafts. gifts and baked goods will be held at Stouffville Christian School Dec. 4, 5 and 6 to raise funds for the school. "I became more fascinated with the computer aspect than the hotel aspect. I ran training opera- tions for Computer City Canada which involved training both cus- tomers and staff on computer applications." He ended up work- teach at George Brown College and his career took a completely different turn as a result. The event is sponsored by St. larrres i’resbytefian Church to encourage young people to pursue their artistic endeavours. Choirs, bands. dancers and individual performers from the 'family of schools‘ in and around Stouffville will present an evening of beauti- ful music and dance. A freewill offering will be collected during the program. with all proceeds to the participating schools. Stouffville District Secondary School is the venue for the 2003 Student Music Scholarship Copper}, taking place Nov. 7 at 7:30 pm. Christmas Sale at Christian School Student Music Scholarship Concert Correction Now he has found his niche as an investment re'bresentative at Edward Jones in Stouffville, a com- munity he is happy'to call home. "Everything has fallen into place and l'm doing the things I want to in an incredible community." ing in the States for a Canadian company, but the constant travel- ling began to wear him down. ST OUFFVILLE WWW ATTENTION WIIITCIIUBCII- STOUFFVlLLl-l RESIDENTS: Volunteers have recently been trained to do V fingerprint identification. We now have available at the train station. Please call to set up an appointment. 905-640-4248 “SAFETY IN .4 GROWING AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY" NOVEMBER 2003