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p20 weekender april 19 1986 plight of elderly prompts pc report by robert donnelly the provincial progressive conservative party released a discussion paper monday calling for an extensive revamping of the present health care system for the elderly what is happening in mar- kham is indicative of the situation in the whole province said local mpp for york centre don cousens as the partys critic for community and social services he was appointed chairman of the task force addressing the issue the study suggests there be a reallocation of funding towards alternative support programs for the elderly and greater support for volunteer services the cur rent liberal minority govern ment spends 85 million on these services according to mr cousens markham has a large shortage of nursing homes and chronic health care facilities adding that the new markham stouffvil- le hospital doesnt even begin to cover it one area of concern the study raises is with elderly patients who are inappropriately placed in the wrong health care facilities there by costing taxpayers more than 885 million annually the document also indicated that a review of the ontario drug benefit program revealed that many of our seniors are over- drugged and concluded that be tween 10 to 15 per cent admitted into hospitals are for drugrelated problems we want to see people con tinue to live on their own in their own homes with their own self re spect and in their own environ ment as much as possible said mr cousens all maxx best pizzas include 100 keai dairq cheese our special blend of sauce and your choice of the finest toppings moneq can buu two medium pizzas featuring 100 real cheese our special sauce and 3 additional toppings of your choice plus tax maxx best special on carry out only choose from these toppings mushrooms green peppers onions tomato slices olives hot peppers pepperoni ham 5 bacon italian sausage anchovies almonds pineapple 55 wellington street w markham 0nt dal no coupon required nobodq beats vs for value r ipifi v j f ith lie vvhitchurchstouffville mayor fran sainsbury left congratulates john whytall president of countrye tyme realty ltd as he launches a preapproval service in conjunction with the bank of montreal also on hand to introduce the program are mike wollenberg mortgage development officer for york region and his supervisor heather grand of the bank of montreal plus bob dart countrye tymes managerassociate broker chris shanahan new mortgage plan is offered by country tyme stouffvilles countrye tyme realty ltd has entered an exclu sive mortgage preapproval prog ram in association with the bank of montreal country tyme president john whytall described it as an in novative and progressive ven ture designed to approve poten tial buyers for their mortgage financing needs before entering an agreement of purchase and sale he said this eliminates the need for lengthy financing conditions that may or may not be fulfilled while tying up the vendors prop erty from potential buyers those who take advantage of the country tyme preapproved mortgage plan simply do not have to think about looking for a home until they have been approved and have the written commitment in hand mr whytall explained in a press release once they know their limitations they simp ly inspect properties with one of the sales people from country tyme and when the right home comes along they are able to make an offer without financing conditions and they eliminate the hassle and anxiety associated with meeting conditions related to financing the realtor claims the offer is exciting for vendors as well the prospect of having pre- approved buyers looking at your home eliminates many showings and invariably will result in fater sales to firm purchasers according to the release it vir tually eliminates showing a prop erty to a client only to find out later that it was never in their capacities to a purchase or b maintain in the first place the program also offers com petitive interest rates that will be guaranteed for up to 75 days with several flexible repayment op tions including monthly weekly biweekly or accelerated and it features benefits such as 10 plus 10 life insurance interest rate protection portability and the largest selection of terms available the cost to clients is minimal as there are no application fees no standby charges and no commit ment fees of any kind in fact the only associated cost is a flat rate of 125 anywhere in york region to have property appraised as a verification of value once a suit able home is selected by the pur chaser mr whytall said the pre- approved mortgage program will provide peace of mind to pur chasers and vendors alike unionville high students score well in math contest unionville high school students figured it all out and placed first in york region in two national math contests recently sponsored by the faculty of mathematics at waterloo uni versity the competition saw over 52000 students participate from more than 1650 schools across the nation in the grade 9 pacal contest 50 uhs students participated with 40 achieving a mark higher than the canadian average of 22000 participants gannon jones heidi bernard and leon tom placed first out of york regions 18 schools and were ranked 4gth out of 561 parti cipating schools in ontario gan non jones named to the ontario honor roll placed 194th out of 9545 students fourteen grade 9 ui is students succeeded in being named to york regions honor roll joing gan non heidi bernard leon tom nikki barrett danielle gaudet yvette liem becky lindley eric tursman vanessa scto hitesh lad terry woo debbie larner charmain chong and tony searle in the grade 10 cayley contest 26 uhs students participated un- ionvilles team of karen neuge- bauer tom sfetkopoulos and ronok sarker topped york re gions 18 schools and were 27th in ontarios 538 participating schools karen ranked 158th of 16618 canadian participants and her score placed her in 80th posi tion of 7967 ontario students joining her on the ontario honor roll is tom who was 107th in the grade 1 1 fermat contest three uhs students took part kurosh hormozian david liew and mike vlachopoulos placed seventh in york region and each of the three achieved a score high er than the canadian average for 13000 students ah three were named to the york region honor roll diabetes group holds 25000 sweepstake the canadian diabetes asso ciation is holding an ontariowide sweepstakes draw july 12 with a first prize of 25000 going to the holder of the winning ticket tickets for the draw are 1 and proceeds will go towards re search childrens camps educa tional programs and services for seniors a second prize of 5000 and three prizes of 1000 will also be awarded the york region branch of the association hopes to meet last years total of 2838 tickets sold says sweepstakes chairman gitta gamm we are at about onethird of that now she said adding that the provincial goal is to improve 20 per cent from last year mrs gamm says last years draw raised 221733 for the asso ciation tickets are available from members of the association or by calling 6406471