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inside letters 6 events 15 sports 18 classified 20 nailing the bad ones no licencing body for york regions 393 nail salons community calendar event moonlight madness summer street sale when thursday aug 15 7 to 10 pm where downtown stouffville 3 here yugioh again meet the latest craze to captivate kids and drain the family wallet serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 e tribune 50 cents including gst 32 rages nursing home hike phasein pleases some increase still too much for others by mitchell brown staff writer its still an increase says peter hamilton and its still too much mr hamilton whose 94-year- old mother resides in a newmarket nursing home was responding to the provinces announcement it will phase in its plans to hike nursinghome fees by 15 per cent on wednesday bowing to pressure from seniors and their families longterm care minister dan newman announced the government would introduce the increase gradually over three years we listened to the residents we listened to the families they told us they needed a little more time to budget for that he told a news conference the original plan which had been announced one day after mpps broke for the summer called for a 702 daily increase in nursing home fees effective aug 1 now the government will increase the cost by 302 sept 1 and rates will rise another 2 twice over the next two years the government also announced plans to spend 100 million on extra staff at the facilities adding 2400 nurses and personalcare workers to the system currentiy basic accommoda tion in a fourbed ward room is 4451 while a private room saturday aug 3 2002 on an adventure staff photosjoerd witteveen see mpp page 10 bailey michael and amanda all stouffville sports camp participants stayed cool on tuesday afternoon by wading in the stouffville memorial park creek the camp is run by the town of whitchurchstouffville to reach us905 640261 2 poverty home lowincome families growing in york region by jeff mitchell staff writer the enduring and troubling incidence of children living in poverty requires concerted action from all levels of government york region social services providers agree unless families have some access to a rea sonable standard of living their kids are going to start out behind and stay behind said george glover executive director of catholic community services of york region despite repeated pledges by the federal government to eradicate child poverty it per sists as a source of national shame according to the national council on welfare on monday the council released a report that shows just a 07 percentage point drop in poverty rates despite the nation having enjoyed an extended period of economic prosperity the highest potential for longterm pover ty is evident among very young children up to age six the council reported how do sixyearolds who have spent all those critical development years in poverty have a fair chance in life said allyce herle national council on welfare chairperson it is very hard for me to understand how canadian governments and citizens tolerate this we only pretend we value our children indeed families are scrambling just to secure shelter and put food on the table said mr glover whose agency counts among its clientele across the region a seewidepagell i i ut markham mazda move your family 4ms259 during our mpv clear0ut sale rw come savly for best selection s i jwf ivvvt no security deposit for most improved dealer award so why buy elsewhere jv pvm town and country realty ltd 6400888 1 n a ti ar m tttjuvwsiwfiwtr vf m mmzmmmemmzmmmitmjt9yl mmtm