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Lightning hits home, $7,000damage Bike ride preparation underway In another fire in Rich- mond Hill, Sept. 3, $5,000 damage was done to a vacant house on Con- cession 1. Family Services names director The fire, which oc- curred in the basement of Kaj Jacobson‘s house at 393 Fernleigh Circle, was put out by Richmond Hill Fire Department. An estimated $7,000 damage was done in a fire at a home in Richmond Hill, Sept. 1 about 5:50 p.m.. when lightning hit the TV set. The second annual bike- a-thon sponsored by the Kinsmen Club of Markham will take place Saturday, Sept. 17. Proceeds will go to the new Markham Pool Complex, the cystic fibrosis fund and other service projects in the Markham area. Co-chairmen Ton Idnurm and Doug Bearss are expecting this year’s event to be an even bigger success than last year. About 200 cyclists. young and not so young, are expected to collect pledges and try out the 27- mile course. ' The bikea-thon will be supervised by Kinsmen with the help of CB volunteers. Sponsor sheets are available now at many stores throughout the Markham and Unionville area and in the schools. Taylor Alexander has been named executive director of the Richmond Hill and Thornhill Family Services, it was an- nounced last week. He succeeds Dr. Frank Here's how: YOU will learn a whole new concept Of weight C0ntFO| which keeps working with YOU 7 days 3 WEEK. YQU Will learn how to 3V0id regaining IOSt pounds ever again. 'We II keep your plate full of such tasty, exciting foods as steaks. spaghetti, garlic bread, desserts, parfaits and , even a glass of wine. counterweight You will learn good eating habits that will last you a lifetime. You will learn how to return from holidays refreshed and slimmer YOU will learn how to develop an attitude that makes weight control almost second nature. counterweight is the all Canadian leader in the field of Weight Control. 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PRAYER TAKE NOTICE that the following streets will be closed to vehicular traffic be- tween 1.00 pm. and 5.00 pm. on Sat- urday, September 17th, 1977 in keeping with the Thornhill Festival activities: Colbourne Street at Yonge Street Church Street at John Street Summer Lane at John Street Eliza Street immediately south of north limits THORNHILL FESTIVAL He has worked as a family therapist at the Chedoke-McMaster Child Centre in Hamilton and was Assistant Director of the Oakville Family Service Bureau. Mr. Alexander comes to Richmond Hill after Psychology at Wilfred Laurier University where he subsequently obtained his Masters degree in Social Work. The Richmond Hill Day Care Centre held its graduation party of Kindergarten at St. Mary’s Anglican Church last week. Among the children celebrating are, left to right, Jeffrey Kusmenko, Thornhill St.. Dwayne Bacchus, Yonge St., and Jackie Dunphy, Markham Road. 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