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4 tribune december 28 1994 opinion st holiday hospital stay not caused by luciens disease one of two possible sce narios is playing itself out as you read this the first is that i will be in montego bay today that i will have just cele brated christmas at my house for the first time and that for the next week i will be cruising the southern caribbean sipping pink and orange cocktails and breathing in warm tropical breezes the second and the one i fear is becoming most likely is not such a pleas ant scene i am still in room 1243 still in bed b still in markham stouffville hospital still carting around an iv rack and still eating hospital grub yes as i write this it is two days before christmas and i am one day out of surgery emergency surgery code red surgery that required a specialist to be brought in the crisis that sent me rushing to the hospital just two days ago a hangnail unbelievable only to sun jan 1 1995 12 noon 6 pm j entertainment by the yorkshire laf food refreshments everyone welcome markham stouffville community credit union limited notice of the annual meeting for 1994 the board ol directors of the markhamstoutfville community credit union limited has called the first annual meeting of the credit union to be held at 6 pm monday january 9th 1995 at die firelighters club 44 esna park markham this is the first official annual meeting subsequent to the merger of the ibm employees toronto credit union limited and the markhamstouffvile community credit union limited in 1993 invitation to attend this annual meeting is extended to all members at ibm markham celestica don mills unionville community and wmlchurchstouffville branches of the markhamstouhville community credit union limited the agenda wi include the following 1 report of the board of directors 2 the reports of the executive officers 3 the financial statements for the fiscal year ending september 30th 1994 4 the auditors report 5 approval of the bylaws of the cred union 6 the appointment of the audior for the fiscal year ending september 30th 1995 7 election of directors 8 new business if any consider any other matters as may be properly brought before the meeting 9 adjournment the annual report for the year ending september 30th 1994 wit be retributed it the meeting subsequently available upon request ths annual meeting was caled by the board of directors on the 15th of december 1994 as member are urged to attend this meeting as the board of directors welcomes your democratic partopatfon copies of the proposed by laws jem 5 art avalabb at the cnxit union head office and wb be dsribujtd at the ama meeting minute with mair me could this happen sunday i get a hang nail monday it gets red by tuesday my finger looks like a ballpark frank on steroids the pain in my hand would have nauseated the inquisition and my knuckles could have played a supporting role in laurence of arabia tuesday morning the doctor tells me i may have pieintheeye ten donitis or something like that he says the infection has spread to my tendon sheath i will definitely have to see the hand spe cialist i will definitely have to be admitted and before i know it theres ample talk of cutting me open the hand specialist a plastic surgeon named wallman tells me surgery is definite likely tomorrow i am admitted feeling terrible not from the fin ger but at the prospect of spending christmas day watching the queens message in a hospital common room and toast ing her with a cup of cefazolin dr wallman returns his eyebrows go up his forehead as he deter mines that the germs that have moved into my hand for the holidays have invited all their rel atives he moves the surgery up to 6 pm he comes back half an hour later looks at the germ high ways under construction along the back of my hand and tells me to be ready in 45 minutes the next thing i remem ber i am being strapped down and told that i am getting a little drowsy i wake up screaming in pain the recovery room nurse has administered the legal limit of mor phine but i beg for the rest of the hospitals sup ply after i stop seeing little blue bunnies and big wooly spiders wearing rubber boots i become aware of my hand now heavily bandaged and just as sore as before the operation and so here i sit and wait i should know by tomorrow night whether ill be home for christmas ill also know if i can take my cruise friends and relations have been calling many to find out if i had luciens dis ease i dont if there is one positive aspect about this affair it is that i have devel- town of oped a keener sense oi what is important in life especially at this time of year family friends and neighbors thats what counts and its what will help get me over this good health to you ic 1995 ill send you a post card whitchurch stouffville the parks and recreation department wishes to thank the volunteers who recently completed the trail maintenance at the whitchurchstoufrville reservoir your interest time and effort in our beautiful jewel is 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