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inside letters 7 events 12 leisure 17 classified 21 1 q 15yearold has impressive debut with stouffyille spirit in front of nhl scouts community calendar event stouffville kinsmen santa claus parade when saturday dec 7 2 pm where main street stouffville serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 i n kids do your homework before heading off to hockey school this year 50 cents including gst 36 pages thursday nov 28 2002 to reach us 905 6402612 flu shot complication paralyzed town man stouffville resident still recovering year later by hannelore volpe staff writer a stouffville resident who bared his arm for the flu vaccine to avoid a few days of possible ill ness last winter ended up para lyzed and on life support for sev eral months instead now one year later brian claman needs to use a cane to walk tires easily and still has some paralysis in his fingertips the 48yearolds ordeal began last nov 18 when he contracted an extremely rare disorder guillainbarre syndrome 17 days after receiving his flu vaccine although hed heard the cam paigns on television urging peo ple to be vaccinated against influenza no one ever talked to me about complications of this magnitude he said hes not against the flu vac cine but wants people to be bet ter informed about the risks hes been away from his work as security director for a down town firm for a year and is look ing to return early next year it is a nightmare mr claman said the illness affected not only him but his wife caroline his son danny and his parents and relatives as well they didnt know if i was going to live or die he said he found that because the disease is so rare many doctors know very little about see stouffville page 3 urban mayors warn ontarians theres only one taxpayer by kathleen griffin staff writer while taxpayers may be cele brating the provinces plan to cap hydro rates and send consumers rebates even those customers who arent paying their bills the celebration may be shortlived markham mayor don cousens along with other large urban may ors is warning both the province and the people there is only one taxpayer and the money for rebates and other planned legisla tive changes has to come from somewhere the whole thing has been done very quickly without any discussion with the people running the sys tem mayor cousens said and i personally find it offensive to send 75 to people who havent even paid their bill he said since premier ernie eves promised not to cut off those who fail to pay their bills until at least march many ontarians are simply not paying or paying late were very concerned with what may be happening he said the province implemented the new system now theyre telling us we cant collect the hydro cost or disconnect when people dont pay our receivables are up 50 per cent in the last 30 days while other factors have con tributed to that increase as well including the fact higher costs mean higher receivables and that retailers like direct energy have 45 days to pay markham hydro distri bution costs rather than 15 the dif- see we page 5 a child is born at the clock tower staff photomike barrett the clock tower in downtown stouffville is home to a living nativity production this week the final shows go tonight and tomorrow from 7 to 8 pm from left in front are amy williams chantel skinner stephanie findlay and kenny davie in back are trish stedman andrea lott joanna eagar and ian jenkins makes ipasstelfi monday night 2 for 1 s wings i470655 202 main st untonvibe the little dealership with a big stem special 2 wheel alignment power steering pliishwithpriniouty v llflnmflnt 4 power steering special 8995 regular 13990 10985 17490 gjfrway 7 just east of iyiccowan ij saunders 0 tbll free tq8922209