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i j -k-fc- j t im jslt vkvvavwx fjt tlisnc feiitriilnourcommunity thursday jan 252061 l 1 ra-lr- dldll ij2s injured call77w025 minken associates lawyers 51 main st markham n in the heart of markham- 41 no payment until settlement tr 4t2i jtiilirl 5 3 water troubles mean it s time toiexaliiine how things work q coffeehouse come and play or come and listen for a while featuring jeff jones and the acoustics band uncle seth held at st andrews united church 32 main st 7 across from the post office 2 the door f r in the schools coli in the water creepycrawling things showing up iri private wells and talk of privatizing 7theprovinces water and sewer system reminds us that were living in changing if not questionable times mould will make you sneeze and wheeze e coli and other germs will make you gag and die and handing over our water and sewer operation to the private sector should make you worry court workers hr newmarket are doing their best to put the guilty in jail and keep the innocent out meanwhile construction workers do tlieir best to solve me courthouse mould problem criminals are the least of our worries twhen mould turned upin the court house walls remedial action was even- tually initiated today justice is being dished out in makeshift courts our judges are con ducting business in cramped trailers and borrowed offices tv mould is turning upeyerywherethis past week york region public school bbaidoffidals scrambled to clean up mould recently uncovered in portables it affected nearly 300 students at milliken mills high school fdont know much about building things i knowless about electrical or plumbing matters but thefirst time i your toronto area mazda dealers joan ransberry stepped inside a portable classroom in the mid 1970s i sensed that the little school away from the main school would be subject to dampness and dampness spells mould however i didnt know then that mould could threatenthe health of my fourth child a severe asthmatic today we know that exposure to mould can trigger- severe asthma attacks twentyfive years agol didnt know that an increase iriastrima attacks was linked to nrysons classroom as for e coli the situation in walkerton has turned into a sad joke reminding us all that we cant be too cautious weve all learned that we cant turn our backs and leave uneducated unskilled goodtime charlies in charge ofwater and while people killed by- e coli force us to focus on municipal water whos in charge of the six million private wells in rural canada lotsof unhealthy stuff is finding its way into them some of the trouble sourceisnearby farms we should be careful with this handsoff approach to the agriculture industry chemicals and other questionable things from farm fields find their way into private wells while a great majority of farmers are safety conscioiis some arent why are we treating the issue of pri vatizing water anil sewer systems with silence maybe the situation would be worse if profitdriven companies operated water and sewer treatment plants there are 600 water systems in ontario will the rightwing mind set in the premiers office turn this lucrative busiriessover to their friends in thepri- cvate sector c jz1j1zz the harris government makes a habitof discrediting public institutions and services then creating the impres sion there is a crisis and hoping the elec torate will accept radical change as a solution theres plenty to worry about at times i long for the days when we were told not to sit on a toilet seat and of course never told why