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P w-' 1lO-The Canadian Champion, Tuesday. December 30, MW0 2003 SARS outbreak leaves its mark in Halton from BLACKOIJT on page 1 ization shortly after becoming dli with symptoms like cramping, bloody dianrhea, nausea and vomiting, the statement reads. ln total, Halton Region's bealUs deparssnent confirmed that E. coli 0157:H7 - the saine strain that killed seven people in Walkerton in 2000 - was the cause of illness for at least 43 E.C. Dnay students. 3. Halton escapes SARS outbreak A severe and deadly respiratory illiss, called SARS, gripped Toronto between Marcb and May, impacting Halton. The Region's health department was swamped with dealmng witb two bouts of SARS. No one contracted thse respiratory illness in Halton, but thse close proximity to Toronto kept bealtis officiais here on guard. It had s fmnancial impact on regional hospitals. The outbreaks forced Use Province to impie- ment directives tbat, among otber tbings, restricted visitors to hospitals. The first outbreak cost Halton HealUscare Services - wbich includes Milton District and Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial bospitals - $1.3 million lu costs snd revenue. HHS bas yet to release Use coas impact of Use second round of Use outbreak. 4. Milton mans iissing Halton Regional Police are stili lookissg for a 20-year-old Milton man mississg aluce November 11. <3iuseppe 'Joseph' Manchisi was st seen leaviug bis family borne in Milton, police said. He basn't contacted suybody aluce Usen, sud bis family sud police are concemed for bis well-being. Investigators believe be may be witb Mississauga resident Robert Grewal, 22. Mr. Gi'ewal is Use subject of a rnissmng per- son appeal lu Peel Region. Mr. Mancbisi is known to frequent Use Mississauga ares. The two men may be operating a blue 1992 Honda Civic two-door batcbback wiUs licence APTL 644. Mr. Mancbisi is described as white, five- foot-nine, 144 pounda, wiUs sbort dark bair, brown eyes sud a slim buld. 5. Stokes pleads guilty to murder In September, Douglas Stokes pleaded guilty to Use second-degree murder of Murray Parrott. Mr. Parrottas body was found August 3 1, 2001 by a msu walking bis dog behind Use Miton C1urfinQ (ltub near Miliigl(- DriV,ý 4î 'kUs e tsill.ie sss,ùttds to nus ellest and neck. Mr. Stokes told Use court be kilied Mr. Pan'ott lu self defence. The case is going back to court next monUs but Usere is a publication bsu on Use details. 6. Martin Street School saved In October, parents were relieved after Use Halton District Scbool Board closed Use book on ail of its pending scisool dlo- sure studjea, including Usat of Martin Street elementary scisool. At Use trme of Use decision, Education Director Dusty Papkc cited election prom- ises made by Ontario's new Liberal gov- emmens, to revise Use education funding formula, as Use rationale for bis recom- mendation Usatsachool closure/consolida- tion studies involving 13 elcmentary scbools ha balted. Also, Use board will send a letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty detailing ira sit- uation regarding scbool aceommodation sud asking for direction regarding Use gov- emment's intentions on education funding. A report on Martin Street bad been pre- pared Use day before Use board met Usat recommended Use JK to grade 5 Frencb immersion fadility close lu June 2004 sud is Englisb-stream students be sent to J.M. Denyes Scbool. 7. Brown water to turn clear A mucb-suticipated filtration systemn was up sud running lu mid-June lu northwest Milton Usat wiIl provide consistently clear dring water drawn from municipal wells. Halton opened a new $4.5 million filtration station at Use Kelso well pumnping station. The systemn is designed to remove Use bigb levels of mangsuese tisat collected along pipes Usat periodicaily turned drink- ing water into su unappeallug brown colour. It was safe to drink, lu total about 10,000 bousebolds are serviced by Use- Kelso weli. 8. Quarry expansion gets key okay lu June, regionai council overwbelining- ly approved Dufferin Aggregate's proposai to add two quarries, totailing 82 bectares, to its currcnt 486-bectare site. It wili pro- vide for Use total extraction of 52 million tonnes of atone, startiug lu 2007. It would Restore Your Or. Sharif Tad"o MD. Directoe of Medkcal Services * Photo-rejavenation @ Rosacea, Pigmented Lestons & Wnnkles è Multiple Laser Hair Removai Systems a Botox, Artecoil & Injectable Fillers *Leg Veîn/Slerotherapy Treatments *Microdembrasion & Derniatologtcal Peels *Microsopic Comnputerized Epilatton Dy popular demaold.. 3 Photo-rejuvenatian laser tratinent $499 10% Off ail Dotz Restylane Treatment