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s3 m saturday sept 9 2006 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40pagess1 including gst 19 dont go cheap when gearing up for minor hockey season opinion 6 crime 7 sports 20 classified 21 1 m p ii ill iii 1 5i i i fc staff photosjoerd witteveen terry neprily and daughter bonnie left will be running in the terry fox run with terrys wife jane and their other daughter anna mr and mrs neprily have both battled cancer mr neprifts band the buzz will play at the run from the stouffville arena sept 17 mom dad do terry fox run after battling disease cancer by hannelore volpe staff writer stouffvilles terry neprily doesnt call himself a cancer survivor not yet the devastating disease became an unwelcome guest in the neprily household last november after suffering through back pain for a few months a tumour was dis covered in one of mr neprilys kidneys after surgeons removed the kidney at markham stouffville hospital further tests revealed the cancer had spread to one of his vertebrae the bone was removed in another oper ation a month later and rebuilt with a lot of pins and donations from the bone bank they were troubling times for the neprily family wife jane and two daughters anna 24 and bonnie 21 they were worried because the cancer had spread to the bone in my middle back kidney cancer spreads quickly and is unpredictable the 53yearold said the possibility of paralysis was one of the fears confronting doctors and the family every time mr neprily goes for a cat scan they hold their breath the next one is this month hell be tested every three to six months for the next couple of years and less often after that he had no chemotherapy or radi ation but he wont really consider himself a cancer survivor until hes been free of the disease for several years while the whole process was incredibly hard on the family they were awesome mr neprily said this isnt the first time cancer has reached into the household about seven years ago mrs neprily was diagnosed with breast cancer fortunately early screening meant the cancer was caught at a very early stage after surgery- and radiation she has continues to be cancerfree she is the good news story mr see cancer page 17 cooler weather doesnt end threat case by michael power staff writer a 47yearold markham woman is the first person in york region to get west nile virus prompting a warning to watch out for mosquitoes even as the weather cools we want to remind people that mosquitoes are still flying around and will be until the first frost the regions acting medical officer of health karim kurji said friday people shouldnt have a false sense of security right now the markham case was discovered thursday the woman did not need to be hospitalized and is recovering at home dr kurji said west nile virus can cause fatal inflammation of the brain or meningi tis in more than 100 bird species as well as humans in some cases people who contract the virus have no symptoms and might not know they have been infect ed others may get flulike symptoms and a rash the most severe cases less than 1 per cent cause inflammation of the brain that leads to muscle weakness headaches stiff neck vomiting nau sea and eventually a deteriorated mental state the woman who contracted the virus fell in the middle of the spectrum of symptoms dr kurji said but for every such individual we can expect another six or seven cases we dont know about because of a lack of symptoms fte rioted this year seems to have seen a drop in west nile virus across york see west page 15 hot tubs ithiritmird markham 1948030 fbeochcomber rstiiot minbitk ith a m tcvorii cnsixvpat fottjaefflls honda j v ii wuyttv honda spa tvmiiaiid country lifiilty lid 6400888 vviit xtil 11 ft tr xiinlvi 3