Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 06, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page b1 where the buying experience is As Good As new. A optimum. Ca City & business City editor Paul Samyn 697 7292 City. Desk free press. My. Ca i Winnipeg repress. Com monday october 6, 2008 b 1 developers concerned about u. S. Credit crunch / b6 Cynthia Chuckrey pulled off her hat sunday during the Cibic run for the cure to show How her hair had grown Back after chemotherapy. Now i have curls Chuckrey said with a big Grin across her face. I always had a Good attitude but when i got my hair Back i was alive. Chuckrey was part of the Cynthia crusaders team a group of family members walking together to support her. She was diagnosed with breast cancer last May has finished chemotherapy and her last checkup showed no signs of cancer. Chuckrey and her entourage of about 10 were part of the thousands of cancer survivors family and friends who met at the its Centre sunday morning for the 17th annual Cibic run for the cure. Chuckrey a cancer survivor who broke her Arm a year after being diagnosed said she have been Able to get through it without her friends and family. She also found strength in a furry Little cat named Jasper she found under a tree in her front Yard. This Little Kitty cat had been a Solace and Comfort to me Chuckrey said. He was right there beside me. He just knew something was wrong. Chuck reels husband Rick was impressed by his i fees strength during her treatment. His advice for families going through the same thing is quite simple remain Calm. If you dont panic the other person wont panic Chuck reels husband said. If they see you weak it wont help. For other families acceptance is an important part of support. Jean Paul Dorst became a rare statistic in 2000 he was diagnosed with breast cancer. Its a disease so rare in men a orstes son had trouble accepting that his father had breast cancer. Just As it is a myth that women in their 20s dont get breast cancer so too is it a myth that males cannot get breast cancer. At that time a orstes son was in Grade 12 and he was kind of ashamed so he said to his classmates that his dad has prostate cancer said Dorst who made a speech after the run. He made it up. By coming Forward with his Story Dorst Hopes other men will too. Marijana Dumbovic whose picture was on the front of the Pink Winnipeg free press published in june to raise Money for research was diagnosed at 28 years old. Dumbovic had one of the largest encourages at the run about 50 people with shirts that read m. J. S breast Friend. Despite a poor prognosis she is very Active. Dumbovic plays competitive volleyball performs gymnastics goes to the gym almost every Day and ran sundays event in less than 30 minutes. Cancer is one of the biggest things Ive had to face in my life and its kind of like ism preparing for it she said. I think All my fitness and working out has helped me get through my cancer treatments. Those who saw her picture on the front Page of the free press might not recognize her now she joked. Ism getting my hair Back and it feels like my life is coming Back she said. Its just another reminder ism done and ism getting Back to my life. I feel myself and healthy again. About 5,600 people showed up and raised More than $ 722,000, said Teresa Rydberg the run director. The five Kilometre route started at the its Centre went South on Carlton Street to Assiniboine Avenue then West to the legislature and Back to the its Centre. Meghan. Hurley free press. My. Ca it adds up fast hundreds of dollars to rent a band instrument for music courses charges to use the weight room or play on a school team catch All school administrative fees Money for locks and lockers and Art supplies the school fees parents pay for their kids free Public education sure mount up in a hurry. We asked Manitoba families to track their school spending throughout the year and two dozen families responded. Some of the fees they re paying Are quite unusual and surprising and some Are pretty hefty. Sure school costs such As professional photo packages or costly sports shoes Are the parents option. But when it comes to credit courses should students be expected to pay for band instruments uniforms Art and shop supplies Winnipeg school division for one does not charge students to rent instruments if they re taking music courses. And seven Oaks school division budgeted $ 40 per student this year to reduce parents costs. This is the first of several reports on school fees Well bring you throughout the school year. Lots of Steps closer to a cure students fees tax parents Long list of costly extras As new school year starts by Meghan Hurley thousands participate in City cancer run continued please see costs b 2 by Nick Martin photos by Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg free press friends Joanie Bailey left Lisa Fullerton Centre and Alice Wiebe beam sunday morning after finishing their 5 k trek. Pictured right Cynthia Chuckrey runs with her four year old Niece Kaitlyn Hinrichsen. Below Michaela kiss ova embraces Friend Michelle Hannesson and presents her with Flowers after running for her sunday. Tricia Albig was taken Aback when Henry g. Izatt school charged her $ 135 for a mandatory Grade 8 wilderness Camp for her daughter. I got a letter saying it is mandatory for me to pay $ 135 because my daughter in Grade 8 needs to attend a Camp for school. I believe in this Camp they Are going to learn Many things one of which is wilderness survival Albig said. While it sounds fun and All i believe i just spent a Fortune this summer taking my kids on outings doing All this stuff As a family said Albig. The list just goes on. I have paid a Fortune already with school fees supplies Field trips yearbooks pictures etc., Albig said. Sheds far from being alone. Peter Wall a single Parent in Morris sent $ 20 to school with each of his children for a locker fee. His Grade 7 daughter also has to pay $ 25 for class supplies for her Art course. Arlene Adamyk has three kids at or. F. W. L. Hamilton school in East st Paul. We were required to Send a Cheque on the first Day of school for $ 49 per child said Adamyk. Each Childs Agenda Book was $ 9, Craft supplies $ 15, plays and workshops Cost $ 20 apiece and there was a $ 5 charge for the artists in the school program. Mike Aporius / Winnipeg free press from left Erik 9, Brian Mitchel 9, Nicole 9, and Arlene Adamyk. Mike Aporius / Winnipeg free press from left Bailey 3, Kyla 13, Peter 5, Tom Andrea 10, Tricia Albig. A 01_ oct 06 08. Ind b1 1 0/ 5/ 08 10 26 42 pm ;