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wht plumbers earn more vol 91 no 40 whitchurch stouffville february 8 1979 tttt four physicians 20 cents 16 pages criticize ohip feeding time for three kids and a lamb last week twin lambs were born to a ewe on jim raes farm cone 7 whitchurchstouffville one appeared a little weaker than the other so received special care and attention here baby is given his noonday bottle by left to right kelly stacy and terry rae children of bob and sharon rae rr 2 stouffville jim thomas stouffville four out of six doctors in town say they want to opt out of the present ontario health insurance plan ohip the tribune learned through interviews with the physicians this week they generally agreed their grievances toward ohip were financial but other reasons such as government control were cited as well recent surveys show that ontario family doctors are falling drastically behind other professions in net incomes the trouble began in 1971 when ohip agreed to pay the physicians 90 per cent of the ontario medical association oma fee schedule but the payments have dropped and now there is a 36 per cent discrepancy between the two schedules if a doctor decides to with draw from the plan he would bill his patients directly using the oma fee schedule as a guideline he could charge more or less if he chooses and would be flexible with people who couldnt afford the higher rate presently ohip pays a doctor 765 for treating a patient with for example a sore throat under the association guideline he could earn 1100 dr donald smith stouff ville medical offices says he was the only one of three doctors m the office who wanted out of the plan since then the other two are considering it we work twice as long for the same pay doctors just cant afford the time away from their practices therefore enrollments are down in postgraduation schools for some doctors it has even become economically unfeasible to continue working in the emergency department of a hospital because of the time they nave to be away from their offices an mj at the stouffville medical centre dr elmer uzans says he is not satisfied with the plan the fee schedule is inadequate it seems the government is using ohip for political rather than medical reasons he has thought about opting out but at present feels it would be difficult dr donald petrie also at the centre agrees most of the gps in town are nice guys who dont want to offend people by making an issue of money if it werent for the roots established here the easiest way for us to get rid of these hassles would be to go to the states dr petrie believes doctors find it distasteful to put a price on what they do but he confesses he becomes annoyed when he compares his income to that of the average plumber or television repairman and finds his lower since dr peter izso medical offices entered the system as it presently operates he feels he hasnt much to complain about because he cant compare it with previous methods its simple and we dont have to worry about the hassles involved in private hilling i think a lot of doctors are concerned primarily with the government control ohip exerts and secondarily with the financial end of it york region road widths extreme claims town mayor water purity is suspect wedley stouffville pure water at the sanitary landfill site east of hwy 48 and north of the bloomington road theres no certainty of this says ward 2 councillor becky wedley even though the mayor she feels has indicated all is well she fears recent statements by the mayor may in her own words lull residents of whitchurchstouffville into a false sense of security she points out that opinions ex pressed by mr king are not necessarily those of council and most certainly not mine councillor wedleys con cern is based on the fact that several test holes that previously revealed some degree of pollution now are completely purepurer than any landfill site has ever shown anywhere professor rw gillham the towns watch dog over this project groundhog phil gone senile reader is it six more weeks of winter or is spring just around the corner according to officialdom in punxsutawney pennsylvania phil the towns allglorious groundhog saw his shadow friday and scurried back to his hole however mrs ed boniface of claremont feels the folks down punxsutawney way have their signals crossed she says when the groundhog sees its shadow it definitely stays out signifying springs on its way her reference is page 42 of the farmers almanac alex davidson rr 1 stouffville attended the punxsutawney ceremony last year and reports the groundhog always sees its shadow regardless of the weather and yes it runs back into its lair for another six weeks mrs boniface isnt con vinced i think old phils gone senilehad the biscuit she said and should be retired his prognostications are all wrong what does alex davidson say hes not so sure that either phil the groundhog or the farmers almanac should be taken too seriously considers this highly unusual she says so also do officials of the ministry of the environment and other engineers theres a possibility that chemical activity is taking place under the site causing clouds to travel effecting only one or two or more wells certain chemicals working together can form another chemical that has the ability to purify thus pure water at some locations on the property said the councillor it should be pointed out too she continued that certain chemicals working together can also form deadly poisons the ministry becky wedley says is working in close co operation with professor gillham in an effort to explain the unexplained certainly stated the councillor you cannot dump millions of gallons of liquid chemical waste into open lagoons daily for three years and not have it come back to haunt you with respect to the town utilizing this site councillor wedley says no way she feels such a decision would jeopardize the municipalitys position at future hearings or law suits should stouffvilles water become polluted w region of york praise for poliee york region praise for police sure all the time revealed chief bruce crawford at a com mission meeting last week chief crawford said that in january alone he had received no less than fifteen letters of commendation from residents within the region copies of each were presented to board members for their perusal for the most part the correspondence indicated residents appreciation for the work of individual of ficers beyond the call of duty cream of the crop expert gymnasts stouffville when it comes to athletics boys are in a class by themselves so they think however they might think differently should they be so brave as to attend an extra curricular gymnastics course thursday afternoons at orchard park school the neat trim athletes are you guessed it all girls hourlong workouts are deadly serious yet fun the kids are preparing for an area meet in may likely at aurora volunteer instructors in clude staff teachers ron rob- bins and eva wolf along with barbara halmague a coach from york university karen smith and stacey lintner two orchard park grads now at tending stouffville high often drop by to lend a hand both ron and eva are pleased with the progress the girls have made ron manages the older gals eva the smaller ones each participant is looking forward to the day she can test her skill against gymnasts from other schools team members includetracey emery robyn grove tammy yake norma sayers anne christie laura baatz jenny tosney leslie stronacb cbarmalne lintner nicojette ertl elaine marshall melanie hoff michelle bridgman and penny lan tone stouffville mayor eldred king doesnt agree with york regions general policy on road allowances not in whit churchstouffville anyway he feels road widths fence-to- fence should not be a full 120 feet such rightofways he claims tend to encourage future councils to expand pavement widths and thus accommodate heavier volumes of traffic maintenance costs are also higher he says regional cohort ron moran of markham doesnt altogether follow mayor kings line of thought he says a 120 foot road allowance is not only good planning but smart thinking economically now is the time to do it he told the tribune the purchase price of land is a lot less today than in the future mr moran points to 17th avenue in markham as an example the road there has been reconstructed for two lanes and may stay that way for 15 years but the road allowance is 120 feet to accommodate expansion if needed with regard to mccowan road 7th concession ron moran says no decision had been reached on future width in fact the project is only in an early design stage he notes however that jog eliminations had been approved for the in tersections of 16th 18th and 19th avenues on the same subject eldred king says the dogleg at the corner of 7th line and the stouffvillegormley road will be removed similar to whats already been done at the 5th concession also a 2300 foot section of the 7th from lemonville church through to the bloomington road will be widened and rebuilt exconvict needs a job can you help bob neilson recently released from kingston penitentiary is looking for permanent work any kind of work for almost two months hes been searching the ads and walking the streets without success hes discouraged if youre in a position to employ this man he can be reached by calling 8881750 he says you wont be sorry lions club winter mardigras in park and arena stouffville the annual midwinter mardigras sponsored by the stouffville lions club will be held this saturday in the town park and at die arena activities will include- sleigh cutter and snowmobile rides 11 am to 1 pm competitions between service clubs 2 pm an exhibition of skill by the stouffville figure skating club 8 pm a teen dance in latcham hall 830 pm a broomball game between the kinsmen and the lions 845 pm and public skating with prizes for best costumes at 915 pm coffee and refreshments will be provided by the kinettes hot dogs by the firemen admission is free to all arena events also the teen dance in latcham hall inland newspapers capture 22 awards this spring fourteen young gymnasts will represent stouffville at an area meet likely in aurora one of these is certain to be 10 year old jennifer tosney north street stouffville here she practices a handstand under the watchful eye of karen smith elm road jim thomas sister newspapers of this newspaper owned by inland publishing co limited are winners of 22 awards in the ontario weekly newspapers associations ownai better newspaper competition leading the way is the mississauga news winner of six awards including best overall newspaper in class 7 ontarios largest circulation group for newspapers over 16001 other awards for the mississauga news in its class are best sports pages best local advertising best classified advertising and in the premier awards category best photo layout and best special edition 6501 and over all newspapers enter the premier competitions oshawa this week is third in the same class capturing four awards included are best composition and layout best editorial page and best tabloid front page in the premier division the brampton guardian has the best front page and best photography in the same class the georgetown independent is the best newspaper in class 5 circulation 6501 to 10000 with five awards in addition to best overall georgetown independent has the best editorial page best sports pages best classified advertising and best news and feature the milton canadian champion is third in this class the newmarket era is third in class 6 circulation 10001 to 16000 it also wins best front page best classified advertising and in the premier division champion correspondent for marie wheelers column last year inland publishing co limited newspapers captured 14 awards- the awards will be presented at the ownas annual convention to be held march 13 in toronto