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inside letter 6 travel 11 sports 17 classified 18 4 york region crash victims family angered as foulup delays sentencing whitchurchstouffville public library community calendar event 21st annual stouffville terry fox run when sunday sept 15 1 pm where stouflville arenatrack 9056404705 b apple of your eye pick your favourite variety during a fall outing in york regioa serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 32 cents including gst 32 pages ur down summer for tourism region geared up for busy year post91 1 by jeff mitchell staff writer how has the summer season unfolded for york regions tourism industry it depends on whom you talk to tourism operators are report ing varying results now that the summer season is winding down according to brenda mcgowan of york regions economic devel opment department a focus group discussion held this month indicated some oper ators are seeing their numbers up while others have had a dis appointing season but no one sector or geographical area appears to have borne the brunt of a slowdown or the fruits of a tourism gold rush theres no rhyme or reason for the fluctuations ms mcgowan said last week some operators were up and some flatlined the regions tourism industry had geared up for a busy season based on generally accepted pre dictions people would opt for shorter domestic trips in the wake of last septembers terrorist attacks in the united states york regions tourism depart ment prepared for the season by mounting advertising campaigns pitching the region as a safe entertaining and accessible des tination for ontario see tourist page 5 saturday augi 312002 several test positive for west nile virus overrun by mike adler staff writer york regions health department still wants residents to report any dead crows they find but it is no longer picking up the birds for test ing several crows found dead here have tested positive for west nile virus a diagnosis confirmed in lab oratories this month however the provincial government told health departments its laboratory has been overwhelmed by crows sent for tests it told departments from juris dictions where the presence of the virus is confirmed to stop sending birds that way the province can con centrate on birds from other areas of the province darlene keates manager of yorks infection control program said this week she urged residents to continue reporting locations of dead crows thats still valuable information for us carried by some mosquitoes west nile can cause viral meningitis and encephalitis and can in rare cases be fatal no human cases have been detected in canada laura boston who lives near yonge and centre streets in thornhill thinks the virus may to reach us 905 6402612 crows have wiped out a flock of crows she had been feeding daily for two years theyre always always always around here the crows disappeared from the neighbourhood recently after a period when they looked lethargic the region said a pair of dead crows found near leslie and john streets tested positive for west nile as did two more near bathurst street and steeles avenue firstclass preparations staff photosjoerd witteveen grade 1 french immersion teachers bianca berlatie left and chislaine rowat get ready for the new school year in their new digs at glad park public school in stouffville on thursday the schools new addition will be used for the french immersion classes with many of the students coming from nowclosed dickson hill school eeebes town and country realty ltd 6400888 vvj