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weekender jkne1vcbi pi ministry may give green light for hospital monday l by ed rogers construction of the markham- stouffville hospital may get the go ahead monday at a stouffville press conference held by york uprth mpp greg sorbara the press conferences topic hasnt been announced but we have every reason to believe it will favorably concern the hospit al says hospital president michael butcher the hospital board has been waiting for provincial approval of ellisdon construction ltds 426million tender since may 16 and the province has an accept orreject deadline of july 14 the 244bed facility at hwy 7 and 9th line is expected to take two years to build when in full operation it should employ 750 people with a payroll of more than 23 million senior staff are expected to be hired by mid1988 meanwhile the slate of men and women recommended by the nominating committee were un- contested at the hospitals annual general meeting wednesday the hospital board of directors will serve three year terms ex cept for ken bourrie and myron pestaluky one year keith brown and jean mann both founding members harry bowes betty chambers mac cosburn glenn crosby philip mihorean and keith sutherland will serve on the board steaming parents swamp town hall fivecar pile up ambulance attendants help an injured eric boss of ajax following a fivecar collision wednesday morning on hwy 7 near the markville shopping centre a locust hill woman was also slightly injured and damage to her 1981 chevy is esti mated at 3500 damage to all five cars is esti mated at close to 10000 opp police charged a 54yearold scarborough man with tailgating bill lanning by paul pivato staff reporter irate parents from the raymer- ville neighborhood swamped the mayors office thursday with calls complaining about mar- khams overcrowded schools the telephone campaign was sparked by the ramer wood ac tion group a parents coalition june is seniors month grey power is being recog nized this month with the pro vincial governments proc lamation that june is senior citizens month the theme for june is aging is a lifelong affair it was announced earlier this month by senior citizens affairs minister ron van home copies of ontarios guide for senior citizens services and programs in ontario can obtained at mr sorbaras con stituency offices call 8898622 in aurora or 7271985 in wood- bridge for information opposed to a recent public school board attendence proposal the proposal which would cap the population at markham dis trict high school mdhs may force ramer wood students to be bused out of the community for high school either to milliken or to stouffville mayor carole bell said she re ceived more than 100 calls thurs day morning from raymerville parents complaining about the proposal and urging immediate construction of a new high school calling markhams congested school halls a disgrace mrs bell said she supports the parents in their fight to have their chil dren attend mdhs nobody should have to go to stouffville for school said the mayor absolutely not mrs bell said she told parents that attendance areas came under the jurisdiction of the york region board of education but the town would work with the board in seeking a solution she added that some parents are demanding a moratorium on all future development in mar kham in order to stem the flood of new students entering the schools but the mayor called a ban on building an unlikely solution igher insurance costs traced to markham fire ed claudette jk lb youre right he is an american express preferred appli- by paul pivato staff reporter the cost of buying a new home could go up as a result of the mas sive subdivision fire in markham last month said the president of a toronto insurance company mario laraia of capri insur ance brokers said builders now face increased costs for insurance and other safety measures be cause of the 21 million markham fire the bad news for home buyers is that builders will likely tack the cost of higher insurance pre miums onto the price of a new house said mr laraia you can expect rates to go up as a result of the fire he said and that will increase the cost of homes he also said that builders across ontario are finding it har der to get risk insurance and the insurance squeeze can be directly traced to the markham fire for many insurers the mar kham fire was the straw that broke the camels back said catherine mcgregor media rela tions officer for the insurance bureau of canada insurance companies arc now demanding that certain safety measures are met before they consider insuring developers she said and some of those measures in clude checking water valves to make sure theyre in working order a problem associated with the fire in markham officials said closed water valves hindered firefighters and allowed the markham blaze to rage out of control burning down 108 unfinished houses at the time of the fire markham fire chief ken beckett com mented that damage could have been cut in half if key water valves were open insurers may now require that builders keep water valves scaled open and obtain a record from the local municipality stating that the valves are in working order said mr laraia other safety measures on the blowtorches to carry fire exting uishers h mandatory nighttime security personnel prohibiting construction site bonfires more disposal bins and clean up crews mr laraia added that good reputable builders currently en force many of these safety mea sures he said more stringent and costly safety measures are a better alternative than no insur ance at all insurance companies could say goodbye guys youre no longer insurable he explained but they want to give builders a chance to clean up their act he said one of the largest insur ance firms wont provide risk in surance to new builders until it studies the effectiveness of the safety measures others may follow suit he added catherine mcgregor of the in surance bureau of canada said insurers are ready 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