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st i w v vthe tribune thursdavmargh-s- 998 p3 speech funds dream come true from page 1 hiring 14 speech pathologists and communications assistants and operating a 1800 number serving the whole region said the hospi tals president elizabeth wood bury she pledged to run the program in cooperation with the regional governments which had resisted putting the hospital in charge after a district health council committee recommended the hos pital serve as a lead agency york region council wrote to witmers ministry last year arguing the regions own early intervention services should control the project but the ministry followed advice from the committee formed by red cross month stouffville mayor wayne emmcrson and paul delia torre right a red cross volunteer raise the red cross flag at the stouffville town hall on tuesday march 3 to indicate that march is red cross month photo by sjoerd witteveen market events return to councils attention an april home and trade show strawberry festival events and a summer elvis weekend will be held if council gives the goahead at a march 16 meeting the ongoing concerns linked to special events held at stouffville country market were once again voiced at a public meeting monday whitchurchstouffville council heard from a few 10th line and area residents concerning the desire of local businesses to continue to host dog shows home and trade shows strawberry festival events and the summer elvis weekend rob shannon manager of the country market reminded everyone that special events do not include concerts or monster truck shows shannon acknowledged that such events did pose noise problems for the neighborhood in the past we will not be having any more con certs said shannon ward 1 councillor steve pliakes reminded shannon that business offi cials shouldnt make excuse after excuse area residents lorctta lavell told council that while the issue is com plex council is not blurred and cloudy she added that this council is quite able to look after the publics needs the meeting was of particular interest to the local chamber of com- rhcrce its annual home and trade show set for april 1719 is a very important event interms of promotion and fund raising were holding it said barb st john chamber manager the home and trade show is comprised of 70 booths giving busi ness a chance to display their wares and information stressed cham ber president helene johnson at the march 16 meeting council will decide if it grants the country market permission to continue to hold special events school board and hospital speech professionals in 1992 when such services were being cut back in the region the committee was later joined by concerned parents like fergu son whose son now six is much improved since he got therapy after six years of stretching dol lars to continue what services remained the provinces pledge is a dream come true committee chair gary ryan told witmer speech pathologists in the regions hospitals often see chil dren one or two years old who say nothing or children aged four who talk but cannot be understood said ryan manager of the speech pro gram at york county hospital in newmarket sometimes hearing loss or brain damage causes the problem but most of the time it cant be found he said it just seems that speech is a complicated thing to learn health officials estimate 10 per cent of preschoolers are at risk for communications disorders about 4725 in the region speaking out on bad road joan ransberry staff reporter immediate action is under way to bring 50 preston lake families back to civilization on monday north road residents turned out in droves to tell whitchurchstouffville council how their lives are being threatened by a broken down privately-owned- road at times ambulances and firefighters cant reach people homecare workers and nurses refuse to travel the road to tend to a seriously ill senior some wonder if two momstobe will need a trauma unit to carry them out and residents coming home from work abandon their cars on the main road and walk 1 2 kms in the mud council was told measures will be taken to bring these people back to civilization said ward 1 councillor steve pliakes after being lobbied by ward 3 councillor peter dobrich council approved a s2500-win- ter control grant along with emergency repairs to guarantee spring access if the emer gency work exceeds 5000 council must be consulted after hearing from abbotsford road residents council shied away from opening up the con necting street to let north street residents use it george tashos and nigel oneill both said opening up abbotsford was not the solution oneill suggested a committee of north and west shore residents come up with a game plan for the road council also wants thepreston lake country club plcc to increase its fees and to continue to work with the town to find a longterm solution rev perry oneill mcadam united church minister reverend mj perry welcomes councils action recently in a nineday span perry said four homecare workers refused to come back to care for her seriously ill mother while a nurse said shed never return north rd poses a special worry for barb mcadams family her husband and pregnant daughter both suffer from epilepsy in an emotional appeal mcadam said on average her daughter is taken to hospir tal by ambulance 15 times ayear road conditions have also caused feuds in the neighborhood said leigh north rd homeowners are each expect ed to pay 325 a year towards road maintenance a catch22 situation pre sented itself some homeowners refused to pay the fee because the road is a mess consequently theres not enough money to maintain the road said leigh but those who dont pay continue to use the road asking the people who live paytopay even more is difficult we have seniors and we have people on fixed incomes said leigh while residents struggle with the problem the town is trying to determine road ownership local mayor wayne emmerson explained that north rd is the property of a numbered company with 40 own ers a bankruptcy has put the road into a tax sale posi tion it could be settled in october said emmerson town officials arent sure however if the town wants to own north rd it could cost about 600000 to fix north road and another 800000 to bring connecting streets up to standard public works director paul whitehouse said spending more than 1 million in one little area is a tremendous undertaking for the town emmerson stressed the preston lake residents were told that 500000 has been budgeted this year for road repair for the entire town idss career fair a success more than 70 coop students took partin last thursday s career fair at stouffville district sec- ondary school career fair a career fair was held in the gyrii at spss last tkur day students at left patient alex chacinskircccivcstrcatirh from rightj tim wiles tim coopted at york region base hospi which is responsible for ambulance services in the region through the school s coop pro gram the students were recently placed in a wide range of local businesses at the fair each student set up a booth in the gym and spent an hour explaining their particular career placement local students were placed at such places as hospitals police stations veterinarian clinics garages and graphic design busi nesses during the career fair the stur dents also answered questions and handed out flyers advertising their particular placement this was done for the benefit of stu dents who might be taking part in coop placements next year explained coop coordinator scott crouct the interes yrlisiijf 4