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inside otters 6 rarisberry 7 calendar 20 classified 25 a t along the blade ao rivier cruising through the home of moose bear and otter entekiainment calendar jevent music mahia2002 when april 2527 8 pm where stouflville district secondary school oi welcome to golf r- course country region is a world leader in number of courses serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 11 m 50 cents including gst 36 pages thursday april 11 2002 rare flu outbreak hits bloomjngton nursing home residents monitored visitors screened byhannelorevolpe staff writer whitchurchstouffville is the only municipality in york region that currently has an influenza a outbreak in a longterm care facility green gables manor on the ninth line in the community of bloomingtoh reported the out break to york regions public health department last thursday one person is con- firmedas having the influenza a virus while another 12 residents with upper respiratory infections were being closely monitored there are 47 residents at the facility and 60 staff members no deaths have been report ed and none required hospital ization said kim clarke york regions media health educator the outbreak was contained- very quickly visitors to the facility are requested to wash their hands before entering the building and when they leave anyone who already has an upper respiratory infection is discouraged from vis iting residents the affected resi dent has been isolated to prevent the further spread of infection last years flu season was extremely mild said patrick casey york regions director of corporate communications with nine longterm care facilities across ontario reporting influenza a this year there have see flu page 15 the puck stops here this weekend boys staff photosjoerd witteveen stouffville clipper peewee goalies liz knox pictured here during a practice tuesday and jake balsdon will try and backstop the clippers to a provincial title this weekend at the ontario hockey federation championships at the stouffville arena local high school stu dents have helped organize the towns first ohf tournament see story on page 23 to reach us 905 6402612 crisis ooming towns 75plus population will increase 152 by 2021 by lisa queen staff writer york region must find more longterm care beds or develop new ways of accommo dating the frail elderly to handle a-200-per- cent increase in seniors predicted oyer the next two decades yorks reputation as a region of yoiing fam- ilies will change dramatically by 2021 says shawn turner the regions director of long- term care the number of seniors aged 65 and over will jump 190 per cent to 212100 from the 2001 tally of almost 73000 the number of seniors oyer age 74 will sky rocket 217 per cent to 90500 up from- the 2001 level of 28500- v mr turner warns there wont be nearly enough beds to accommodate the growing numbers but deborah egan executive director of chats community home assistance to seniors is worried too much emphasis is put on institutionalizing seniors rather than pro- viding a continuum of care to keep the elderly in their homes as long as possible no country in the world institutionalizes its seniors more than canada she said longterm beds should be the last resort not the first resort i dont think we have looked enough at what other models can sup port people ms egan urges all levels of government and service providers for the elderly to consider see keep page 10- if z- vs