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editors mail reader fears bigotry weekender june 14 1986 p3 dear sir our beautiful town of mar- kham is being divided by a fren zied wall of bigotry the board of any company or hospital must be comprised of free thinking manyfaceted peo ple who can debate each problem that arises in a humanistic fair manner at the election for hospital board members last thursday the decision to raise annual dues for members to an amount that will restrict a portion of hard working markhamites and our young future leaders to a non voting role of their hospital is very sad indeed i have been left with the horri ble feeling that before i sit to a cup of tea with a companion or do business in markham i should first ask which side they are on which of us has not in our life time tried to rescue a nest of un- hatched robins eggs from pre dators i have does that make me prolife or for life certain ly but not singleissue rather it is the basis for caring about our elderly abused children and adults widows and everyone who suffers from where i sat last thurs day i would rather have voted for the school bus driver or the fair- minded young people that spoke up seeking an equal voice in their hospital than the folks that have dollars in their eyes and who seemed only interested in keeping out people with views other than theirs our long awaited hospital wont be worth having if it is not one body listening to all its parts and beating with one human heart lets get off our wall and embrace one another and together build a real community hospital where everyones views and feelings will be respected kathleen ramsperger markham its a celebration economist and sun staff took a minute from busy weekender schedules re cently to pay tribute to a successful first year of weekender circulation publisher bruce annan proudly holds our first anniversary cake and said he looks forward to future successes sjoerd witteveen local pharmacist fights battle against opa by paul pivato most pharmacists either dont give a damn or are too afraid to speak out says bill crothers owner of crothers pharmacy stores in markham and union- ville but the same cant be said of mr crothers an outspoken critic of the organizations who govern ontarios pharmacies for the last year mr crothers has been involved in a long and tangled legal battle with the ontario pharmacists association opa last week he scored a ma jor victory when judge douglas coo ruled that the opa president was holding office illegally and could no longer serve on council mr crothers argued that the president was not elected and therefore held office in violation of the corporations act we told the board of directors what they were doing was illegal but they kept putting things off and stalling says mr crothers at that point he enlisted the aid of his brother richard a lawyer from orillia and filed a series of injunctions to prevent nonelected members from serving on the opa council despite last weeks legal triumph mr crothers is still waiting for a decision on a series of other related cases before the court its taking up too much time says mr crothers a silver medal winner in the 1964 summer olym pics there are times when you feel like youre banging your head against a brick wall just recently mr crothers be came embroiled in another con- heart transplant successful from page 1 whether or not i was going to get a heart she adds explaining that her request for a donor heart was circulated throughout north america she waited about three weeks until may 9 before receiving the good news a suitable donor was available and the transplant was to take place the next day i had about a week to live when we got the heart she says wring ing her slender hands its a very scary feeling but i wanted to keep fighting for my family and my husband among the relatives rooting for her were her parents her inlaws brother darryl and sister maria and her husband kevin fraser her aunts and uncles elda and harold knights and darlene and grant wideman also kept close touch as did her pastor myles toop her husband explained that de spite the weight she had lost and her weak condition she was at a peak when they received word of the donor heart she was the ninth heart trans plant patient to undergo surgery colette babineaus glowing face belies her stillweak condition the heart transplant recipient has returned to her parents home in min- den to recouperate and rcacquaint herself with the rest of her family and her husband its like getting remarried she said the 23-year- old markham resident formerly of stouffvillc thanks her family friends and members of local churches for their prayers and good wishes at toronto western the opera tion was under the direction of dr tirone magic fingers david 4vahour surgery surgery began at 1 am and heart donor coordinator eileen young acted as a relay messen ger for the full 4a hours dividing her time between the observation area of the operating room and mrs babineaus family we always knew what was going on thanks to her mr babineau said the frail but strong woman cre dits the success of her operation to a devoted faith in god and the prayers said for her by members of markham and stouffville mis sionary churches minden bap tist church and smythe st cathedral in fredericton new brunswick mr babineaus hometown god has a purpose for every bodys life she says with convic tion hes using me this way so that if somebody sees me theyre going to ask about me and i can try to strengthen them by telling them about god she tells of phone calls from strangers who knew about her condition through her fathers business contacts i had people from montreal to south carolina praying for me these people didnt even know me but they would call me at the hospital there was so much love coming from them she said when asked what she looked forward to most mrs babineau replied with a smile my first swim in the lake and telling others to give as donors mr and mrs babineau agreed there is a serious shortage of organ donations which could be alleviated if people realized what a gift it is someone gave me life again she says with a determined look that tells us she will live a full life for herself and the donor of her heart who wasnt as lucky as she troversy with the ontario college of pharmacists ocp the ocp found 11 pharmacists guilty of professional misconduct for over- charging but mr crothers argues that the ocps council members are not being investi gated for the same offense they council members are being treated differently says mr crothers they should be the first to be disciplined and they should be the most severely disci plined ocp registrar william wensley denies charges that council mem bers are being shielded from dis ciplinary measures all of the people in the province are being treated the same way he says but the ocp registrar is aware of mr crothers protest i was a little sad when he saw fit to say our activity was morally atro- editors mail cious perhaps he didnt have all the facts mr crothers says he has re ceived little in the way of moral support and no financial support mostfof the pharmacists just dont give a damn its like any thing else if it doesnt affect you you dont bother about it when bill crothers served as an opa council member 10 years ago he was the only member who did not accept an honorarium he refused the honorarium as a mat ter of principle i dont believe in it he says i served in order to give my personal contribution not for money today 10 years later mr crothers is still fighting on mat ters of principle if you know something is wrong and you dont do anything about it then youre as bad as the others board access exclusive dear sir in regard to your commentary on the upcoming election for trus tees for the markhamstouffville hospital i was surprised by your open support of the wealthy being the voice of the people many young families have not 40 to become members of the hospital yet they too care greatly about the stan dard of our hospital the rich have a long record of abusing their power if we want a vote by the people give the people oppor tunity to speak every person pro or con the abortion issue can take the time and afford the 5 mem bership do i sense a fear that the people may truly be against an abortion clinic if that is true god will truly bless our hospital and its endeavors to save the lives of all not only babies who are unable to help themselves teresa l ninkovic stouffville we deliver we can deliver your flyers for as little as 3sc each call advertising at 2942200 or distribution at 2944244 1986 flyers delivered to may 1 economist suntribune 3640300 mclroland distributing 93336900 flyers with weekender biway canadian tire eastmark lumber perkins sunday june 15 kmart sears cadillac lumber scott stinson