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the tribune 30000 copies vol 2 no 24 a metroland community newspaper saturday june 14 1986 44 pages 25 cents former teacher still teaching professor gerald graham of london eng land a former student of franklin street public school markham and markham high school attended a reunion recently on the grounds of the markham museum in attendance was a for mer teacher on the staff of franklin school catherine johnston thomas village squire apartments markham mrs thomas then catherine johnston provided afterhours tutor ing for the then sr fourth pupil to help him pass his final exams others attending the gathering were former schoolmates ellsworth stonehouse austin reesor walter atkinson and aubrey stephenson along with former museum curator john lunau prior to his return professor gra ham attended a convocation at the university of western ontario where he received an honorary doctorate degree jim thomas its our 1 st birthday crack open the champagne and grab a balloon its our anniversary today marks a full year of publishing the weekender the tabloid newspaper which was first published as an experiment on june 15 1985 has grown in size cir culation and success since its inception publisher bruce annan said im delighted with the response from readers and proud of the- product turned out by the people at our mar kham and stouffville offices he described the newspaper as an alternative to the wednesday papers with a greater emphasis on lifestyle and leisure stories and more photos the economist and sun will celebrate its 130th birthday july 1 he added that the balance of hard news an editorial page and letters to the editor with general interest stories and photos makes for a good read on a saturday morning unlike the wednesday edi tions of the economist and sun and the tribune the weeken der is massdistributed to ev ery home in our market area as the population in the area increases we will match that increase with a bigger pressrun mr annan said in its first year circulation of the weekender has in creased from an initial 23000 copies to 25000 and now stands at 30000 issues delivered in markham unionville mil- liken stouffville and even box grove on behalf of his staff mr annan thanks readers and advertisers for supporting the saturday paper and said we look forward to the next 129 years of the weekender heart transplant markham woman had only days to find new heart by paula crowell staff reporter may 10 marked a new beginning for colette babineau heart transplant surgery has given the 23yearold markham resident a new lease on life mrs babineau discovered she had a heart condition at the age of 12 while growing up in stouffville doctors said the problem was caused by an enlarged muscle on the left side of her heart i had to take it easy and not participate in too many sports she explained i couldnt do any running i knew my limits and if i felt i needed sleep i would sleep other than fatigue mrs babineau lived a normal life until last christmas when she be came ill and got progressively worse she couldnt eat and her hus band jeff says she eventually couldnt even take water her breathing was shallow and la bored flown to toronto she was home with her parents al and meryl hudson in minden when her condition became so bad they took her to the hospital loc al doctors soon realized she needed care beyond what they could give a team of medical staff was flown from toronto general hos pital tgh to treat her while she was in transit from minden she was trans ported to bracebridge and flown to buttonville airport a helicop- tor ambulance delivered her to tgh where she stayed for about a month while in intensive care her weight dropped from a petite 105 pounds to 65 pounds even now a month after surgery her arms and legs are slender more like a childs than a womans but her face radiates confidence as she slowly returns to her normal weight mr babineau explains they the doctors thought she picked up some kind of infection they didnt think it was her heart she was released from hospital and returned to cottage country but not for long she wanted to lay down so we put her in her parents bed i went in to see her and her lips were turning blue he said we thought if they gave her oxygen shed be fine we took her to the minden hospital and they gave her oxygen and something to make her sleep cold and clammy but when i touched her hand it was cold and clammy he says recalling his shock about the severity of her illness she was taken to hospital in lindsay which is betterequipped to deal with serious health prob lems they contacted heart spe cialists at tgh who told them to get her to toronto as soon as possible i didnt realize i was that sick she says i just kept saying i wanted to sleep had she been allowed to sleep she later learned she might never have awakened when she arrived at tgh doc tors were upfront and honest ab out her condition they told me right away that i needed a new heart they found an extra beat that was causing the problem she explains heaping praise on the medical staff at toronto western hospital where the surgery was actually per formed toronto western and toronto general hospitals recently un ited toronto western is the only hospital in toronto which does heart transplants the first suc cessful heart transplant was per formed at the hospital on march 7 1985 in the first year seven such operations were done six were successful since the end of march four additional transplants have been done three patients have died while on the waiting list for donor hearts although the procedure is re latively new to hospital medical staff theyve mastered the art of dealing with their patients mrs babineau said on waiting list they were so straight with me if something was wrong they told you they told me every day see page 3 whats inside markhams mr mom brian heaiy8 directory comment p4 church page p 14 childrens page p25 entertainment p22 sports p27 to 29 real estate p30 to 36 classified 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