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sti weekender may 3 fashion in action at the maples fashions for spring were on parade at the spring fashion show for heart at the sleepy hollow golf and country club last weekend volunteer mod els like norma card carol hume marty bartley margaret lacey christine berry terri forrester cathy sutherland dr eileen lougheed dr colette pyselman sharon brazier deb bie hargrave dr janice li and jeanne major strolled through the crowd boutiques display ing the clothing included freckles ken felepchuk accent on you creative trea sures wild flower victoria ribbons charlinda choco lates malibu creative fash ions pholosjoerd witteveen bandshell proposed for thicketwood park give mea little music out of doors keats thats exactly what a group of local citizens is trying to achieve as they presented local politicians this week with a proposal for a permanent bandshell in thicket- wood park the bandshell proposal committee bpc headed by dr don petrie asked officials to approve the concept of establishing a permanent site for a multiuse band- shell so the group can continue to present a design costing funding and construction package petrie said the idea of a bandshell in whitchurch- stouffville is not a new one and added the town has held numerous outdoor concerts at different locations in the area since 1939 in a 50page report the bpc lists more than 20 com munity events including music mania festival of bells strawberry festival sacred music night and the kinsmen male quartet which could make use of the bandshell the group also lists more than 50 other school and individual achievements which have come to fruition through the art of music the group envisions the bandshell as a permanent shellshaped roofed and solidsided structure with a 20 by 40ft floor area the structure would be designed for better sound projection and would channel sound away from sur rounding homes it would have a concrete base metal health canopy with shutters in front to protect it from the ele ments the bpc estimates the bandshell construction costs would range from 130000 to 150000 but assured officials they are hoping to raise money from private enterprise and fundraising efforts the bandshell could be used as a venue for music theatre and film and would be a cultural centre for york region an attraction to the town and would encourage new town musical efforts officials supported the idea in principle and approved the thicketwood location but made no com mitment to funding tracy kibble three of four would recommend local hospital julie caspersen staff reporter three out of four patients rate markham stouffville hospital as an excellent facil ity planting a future stephen sartor marc smith and chris mason of the 1st stouf fville cubs plant trees at bruces mill 1twf v f f based on a patient poll the hospital is a benchmark facility in the overall care of its patients with 76 per cent rating it as excellent the local results were com pared to those of hospitals in the united states where the highest score for excellent overall care is 52 per cent three hundred question naires were sent to patients who checked in and out of hospital last fall and the results released last week the survey compiled by a us health care research company was geared toward a canadian population and received a 71 per cent return rate when questioned about surpiises during their hospi tal stay 18 per cent said they experienced good ones 14 per cent reported bad ones 34 per cent had both good and bad surprises while another 34 per cent had none four out offive patients would return to the hospital and recommend the three- yearold facility to family and friends less than five per cent of those questioned would not revisit the hospital markham stouffville hospi tal received more excellent ratings than the benchmark hospitals south of the board er in the areas of image liv ing and global satisfaction the hospital was below the average in the food served marked as excellent by only 13 per cent of the patients compared to a 51 per cent excellent rating by the top us hospital tested this is the first patient viewpoint survey to be con ducted in canada the results will provide input from the people who use the hospital on what they consider as excellent as opposed to standards set by hospital administrators and staff said quality assurance manager arlene kraft she said the hospital plans to send a second survey to patients this fall imignimqg9nignhgniginn mmk kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your dyers tor as little ai 4g a piece so tar this i year we have delivered 11137128 dyers doortodoor in i markham unionville milliken stouflville uxbridgel clarcmont dickson hill locust hill gormley goodwood victoria square brougham hagerman comers box grove i cedar grove buttonville sandford goodwood lcaskdale i grecnbank udora sunderland zephyr ashbum canninglon and all adjacent rural route areas we 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