Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 6, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba J4 Winnipeg free september 1994 North Northeast new school stresses parental involvement staff reporter two years pastor Joe Macdonald was named Impact person of the year in Macdonald was rewarded for his efforts turning a tiny i student Baptist private school into a school with More than 300 the pastor will try to duplicate the feat in Winnipeg with the recent opening of the Keystone Christian school in the former Brooklands collegiate on King Edward when you get Christian and accredited and a great that a winning Combina said who grew up in Macdonald initially refused to be come a pastor of the Kirkfield Park Baptist Church because of the school it the school had just nine students last year and was run out of the Church i didst want Slipshod youre never going to grow a school in the basement of a he i told them we needed a Complete when the Church Mac Donald packed his bags and moved to Macdonald philosophy is that parents become More involved in we believe god gave parents the right and responsibility to raise their and were Only Here to help the that Means students will receive an assignment pad each night that a Parent must every week a newsletter will go out to parents showing All the tests a student has As detention slips must be signed by a the school is not just open to peo ple of the Baptist Macdonald the curriculum will include Bible and christianity will also spill Over into other in Grade 3 you might have an example Jesus had 12 disc six went out for How Many disciples Are left Mac Donald the school will also have a dress there will also be emphasis on building character in Mac Donald he will serve As school the new school will offer pro Grams from kindergarten to Grade 12 and opened with More than 100 students and eight the building has capacity for More than 350 tuition is for one and for two or More Parent volunteers have been in Strumental in helping to ready the former Brooklands collegiate for the All the floors Are being stripped and and they Are also fundraising for playground Phil free i pastor Joe administrator of Keystone Christian feels parents should become More involved in annual Marathon keeps Terry Fox dream from dying Houlda got it but didst 11 i m i weve got income get sidewalk Sale september 711 shopping spree entries at All stores ballot Box at Centre court draw september 12 youre Back at youve seen whats now you know what you cant live place 1qoq to saturday to sunday noon to c by Manfred Jager staff writer thousands of Manitoban Are expected to hit the streets later this month to make sure Terry Fox dream never a whopping Manitoban rollerblade and propelled their wheelchairs during last years Terry Fox this the provincial Branch of the Terry Fox foundation Hopes to improve on Terry Fox run events occurred in 275 locations throughout Manitoba last the largest number Joanne one of the organizers of the 18 noncompetitive 10kilometre said last week the provincial foundation raised last walkers and other participants at Winnipeg three Terry Fox run centres at Lipsett Harbour View Golf and country club and the Forks garnered sponsorships netting and the degree to which people re main committed to his cause still amazes terrys Mother Betty Fox told a luncheon last week in Fox Marathon of Hope started in in the Spring of it ended 143 Days later near Thunder when a recur rence of cancer forced him to he Felt he had let Down the can cer patients hed left behind in the and the Canadian people who had supported him so Betty Fox but he never Felt he had Betty Fox said Terry knew before he died in 1981 a run would be found he set the timing for it a Christian play and learn Day can Centra open pm licensed child care 12 weeks 5 old full and part time spaces available two snacks hot lunch 1511 Gateway 6636691 someone suggested it be Terry said it should be september because april is the traditional can cer fundraising and because he had to end his run in Storz said this years run will Start with registration at 8 18 in Lipsett at Kenaston Boulevard and Grant the run at that location starts one hour the Lipsett Hall run will take participants through parts of Assiniboine Park and the Assiniboine the Forks run will take in parts of Norwood Flats and Osborne while the run at har Bour View will take place along the perimeter of the Golf last More than Winni Eggers registered for the run at Lipsett Hall registration and Start times Are 8 and 9 respectively for the while times at Harbour View Are one hour pledge cards for participants Are available through All Scotia Bank Kmart Turbo gasoline hmm record stores and Baskin Rob ins ice Cream locations in held for the first time Only weeks after 22yearold Terry Fox Storz said the an Nual run has become the biggest on Day fundraising event in the with participants now in 35 despite having lost his right leg to Bone who was born in Winnipeg july set out on a Cros Canada run from in april dubbing it the Marathon of the Young Man ran the equivalent of a 42kilometre Marathon every Day until he had to give up just East of Thunder cancer had spread to his he had raised million through sponsorships and direct do former governor general Edward Schreyer honoured Fox with an appointment to the highest compan Ion rank of the order of Canada during the Young mans final in the annual runs have raised million so National cancer Institute of can Ada statistics indicate that Manitoba scientists will be receiving in Terry Fox support this year and the 1993 Effort raised million in City of Winnipeg Canoe club 50 Dunkirk place instruction Competition in Squash Badminton racquetball for adults All Levels of ability adults months includes All 3 sports drop o Lour of our facilities come to our open House 17 it 18 ;