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p4 tribune august 15 1990 st jury still out on plan for court reform ontario attorney general ian scotts recent announcement to streamline a court system that has slowed to a crawl in recent years is encouraging but while the provincial govern ment recognizes the need for change this proposal isnt much more than a bandaid solution streamlining the court system will save administrative time but the approach fails to consider the likelihood that the burden on our courts will continue to increase we must consider too the many cases thrown out of provincial courts because of lengthy delays last year if nothing else that incident illus trated the severity of the crisis people who faced a variety of charges including many for impaired driving were set free without atrial presumably most of those people were guilty of the charges they faced it is incidents such as these which show there is much more at stake if our police are to continue doing their jobs effectively so too must the judicial system clearly a farreaching program of judicial reform is needed short notice given of new arrival things happened quickly after the 7 am phone call my wife and i received one recent saturday morn ing my sister carol ann nearing the due date for her second child was ready to go and just two short hours later she and husband desi had a new baby girl i was an uncle again and felt just as proud as the parents caitlin margaret overend seven pounds came bounding into the world on relatively short notice she has 10 perfect fingers 10 perfect toes and her dads cleft chin and to date her disposition is downright friendly katy rarely cries and doesnt seem to mind the amateur fumbling of a nervous uncle who is brave enough to hold her the phone call came early in the at random steve houston morning as my wife cheryl and i enjoyed early morning slumbers after a night of entertaining the answering machine had already clicked on by the time cheryl found the energy to answer the phone and listening to it now we realize its quite comical carol anns first child also came on short notice and judging by the tone of desis voice on the tape recording he wasnt taking any chances could we come over and babysit 2 12yearold christopher while stouffvilleuxbridge tribune patricia pappas jo ann stevenson stephen houston debra weller chris bertram publisher editorinchief editor director of advertising administration mgr dir of promotionsdistribution jennifer hutt dir of operations pam nichols published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 tel 2942200 second class registration number 1247 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday at 54 main st w stouffville is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing group of suburban newspapers which includes the acton free press aiaxpickering news advertiser aurora banner brampton guardian burlington post etobicoke adveriiserguardian georgetown independent kingston this week lindsay this week markham economist and sun milton champion mississauga news newmarket era oakville beaver oshawa- whitby this week peterborough this week richmond hiltthomhilvvaughan liberal scarborough mir ror topic newsmagazine willowdala mirror metroland printing publishing and distributing is a division ol harlequin enterprises ltd national sales representative metroland corporate sales 4931300 they raced to the hospital the script of the conversation follows desi excited and slightly out of breath carol anns water broke a while ago can you guys come over we want to leave quickly cheryl sleeping umyeah what did you say desi more excited voice rising an octave we have to get going you know what it was like the last timeshe could have it on the floor right here cheryl still sleeping okay well come over now let editors mail me wake steve up is carol ann having the baby desi very excited now yes we have to leave right away come over now okay cheryl waking up now okay let me wake steve well come over now okay ten minutes later we tumbled in the front door of their house while desi tried to contain his agitation carol ann meanwhile was the pic ture of coolness making sure desi had everything they would need she would grimace during contrac tions but otherwise performed admirably soon after that my mother arrived from her house in oshawa hair tousled and eyes still sleepy she rushed the expectant parents into their truck and sent them on their way the news of katys arrival came shortly thereafter when desi emerged later from the delivery room he began mak ing phone calls to tell family and friends of the arrival and celebrated by eating fried chicken and french fries with gravy for breakfast hon est throughout her pregnancy carol ann had hoped for a girl and judging by the way this pregnancy agreed with her it couldnt have been anything but a girl with her first child carol ann was the picture grimness as i recall she had been transformed into an unpleasant cross between godzilla and linda blairs charac ter in the exorcist forgive me big sister but i call em as i see em and for the sake of desi christo pher brothers brothersinlaw sis tersinlaw and mother we hope you have nothing but girls in the future you are having more children arent you reader defends new hospital 6402100 8529741 dear editor i have read two letters in our local papers recently which were critical of the new markham stouffville hospital they asked why we helped with fundraising for a new hospital when they cannot help the sick and needy i would like to offer a brief answer from personal observation we helped with the fundraising because there was a great need in the five months since its opening i believe thou sands have gratefully discovered nurses and doctors who have shown unusual dedication in meeting that need with friendliness patience and concern now unless as donors we expected we would be engaging a host of heavenly angels we readily admit there will always be room for some criticism but lets be fair b wallaces complaints concern treatment in the emergency ward in protesting a wait of two hours for treatment of a relatively deep cut on her hand she said it was not apparent to my husband and i that the emer gency room was busy perhaps it was also not apparent to them that part of the emergency ward which they were unlikely to see that day is a monitoring room with three beds i have seen one bed occupied by a man admitted with a serious heart condition which a team of doctors and nurses were urgently trying to stabilize while in another bed there was an elderly woman who had been rushed in with a bleeding ulcer her life depended upon stanching the loss of blood and replacing it with repeated transfu sions the third bed was occupied with a man brought in with serious hemorrhaging of the bowel how much medical staff do you think were required to meet these emergencies none of this would be evi dent to people in the waiting room as for the chronic care ward there is almost always a long waiting list doctors and staff regret all the waiting and lack of space let us be sympathetic and offer what help we can respectfully yours leila m whitcombe o t ss3m3