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v stouffville teen stephen old ham has defied the odds and is bammg back in a toronto rehabil itation centre this month after a nearfatal motorcycle crash april stephen 18 a stouffville dis trict secondary school student is doing extremely well at the riveidalerehabilitation centre says his mother janine arid the teen says hes picking up everyday on all the exercises hes doing and expects to be home for good later this month the youth spent several weeks in critical condition at suririy- brbok medical health science centre following the early mom- ing motorcycle crash on millard street v v stephen consequently hadhis left leg amputated below the knee as a result of irreversible muscle tissue damage he also spent sev eral days in a coma but now he is doing great at the riverdale centre and his mother says- the therapist is extremely pleased- with his progress although stephen comes home on the weekends he returns dur ing the week for daily therapeutic exercise to strengthen his mus- clesshe says he was fitted with a prosthesis just for the sessions before he willbe permanently fitted with one says mrs oldham at first stephen was tested on the parallel bars for stability and strengthlbut did so well on those that the therapist moved him onto bigger and better things a walk- er his girlfriend has been there many times and although i haven r seen him yet she says he is doing extremely well with the walker mrs oldham says and stephen too is please with his recovery im on canes now he says he believes his progress is proba bly better than average he still experiences some phan tom sensations a phenomenon common to amputees but says for home hell get used to it its a tinghng and itching feel ing sometimes its painful but not usually stephen says the riverdale therapist working with the stouffville teen told him he would be leaving july 27 but stephen is confident that in a cou ple of weeks ill be gdne meanwhile the stouffville com- photosbill lanning munity and stephens peers have been busy working to help him an sdss accounting class recently banded together and raised money in stephens honor to help stouffville teen stephen old- j ham is hard at work these days at the riverdale rehabili- tation centre in toronto learn ing how to walk with a pros thetic leg after it was amputat ed by doctors in april follow ing a nearfatal motorcycle crash on millard street the teen is seen here being fitted with his prosthesis left photo by physiotherapist jane tam- madge and above learning to walk with the use of canes i officials at the centrgsay i stephen will likely be released late next month but he remains optimistic and hopes to be home in two weeks with his postoperative recovery for that hes grateful i think its really great says stephen it rnakes me feel good to know everyone is behind me parking spots dangerous bank a local credit union wants to eliminate a parking space on either side of its main street building but some local official are concerned about losing much- needed parking space for shoppers markhamstouffville community credit union lim ited mortgage officerbeveriy smith wrote council last month to request elimination of two parking spaces based on safety concerns presently vehicles park right up to the exit and it is bur understanding that there should be at least 20 feet of space on each side of jthe driveway there has just recently been an accident at this location ms smith wrote but ward 2 councillor ron robb wants to know why the paiking lot in back is always full and said the town needs as much parking space as it can get that parking lot is manawfullott in fact its usu- ally cramped but here we are talking about deleting two more parking spaces when were crying we dont have enough councillor robb countered he suggested the credit union would have to provide two additional spaces if those two were eliminated but ward 4 councillor wayne emmerson suggested restarting parking in the two spaces to certain hours however public works director paul whitehouse said a restriction wont stop people from parking there jthis a safety concern its a dangerous situation councillor robb still wantedto know who was nark ing in the lot f where are all those cars coming from he inquired committee voted to have staff prepare a report that would outline various other solutions epprt mt p