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y thursday dec 42003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36 pages1 including gst 22 peewees work overtime to keep weekend tourney title at home opinion 6 jl kxx li i m jl j vuxcilu3x i zjt classified j25 j r i i downtown youngpeople inmayor ma s by joan ransberry staff writer its official mayor sue sherban is presiding over wwtchurchstouirvijle on tuesday evening a standihgi roomonly crowd witnessed the swearingin ceremony in which mrs sherban tdok the oath of office to become the new mayor the 45yearold former councillor from ward 6 defeated steve pliakes andlrandy mole in the nov 10 munic ipal election also taking the official oath admin istered by lawyer michael bigioni at the inaugural meeting were council lors ken ferdinands- phil bannon clyde smith susanhe hilton harry bowes and rob hargrave open door policy during her inaugural address mrs sherban said she is adopting an open door policy with the citizens i will be working on getting more information into the citizens hands through quarterly newsletters town j hall meetings and public focus groups she said i am currently working on creating a committee of business leaders to look at broadening our tax base by attracting more business and industry to our community she said i stouffvilles downtown area expect some special attention in the next three years vf i believe we need to celebrate our heritage by protecting our downtown core and i am committed to see the town take a strong leadership role she told the audience throughout the election campaign mrs sherban stressed the need to look out for the youth in the community i young people were not left but of her see new page 1 3 staff photobill roberts itbiiiilil taylor glififord front and mitchell price both 10 slide down backwards during their first sledding session of the season oh the toboggan hiu m stoufiradue memorial park saturday physicians not accepting- new patients g by joan ransberry stdffwriier wwtchurchrstbuffville has a seri ous shortage of family doctors dr donald petrie and dr peter izso are two of eight family physicians practising medicine in whitchurch- stouffville like most of his colleagues dr petrie is no longer accepting new patients his patient load is beyond full you cant look after the ones youre committed to he said from his main street office you cant look after the whole world theres a limit while dr izso continues to accept new patients he admits its getting dif ficult people are moving in from all directions yes were short of doctors he said in ontario theres one family doc tor for every 1204 people in york region there is one doctor for every 1598 people however in vibftchurchtstouffville eight family physicians are serving a population of 23000 the local doctorpatient ratio is an alarming one to almost 3000 dr petrie pointed out population growing v with the population expected to expand the situation can only get worse he said theres a definite shortage doctors refusing to take new patients is not isolated to whitchurchstouffville the ontario medical association recently report ed that provincewide only about 12 per cent of general practitioners in ontario are accepting new patients the remaining 88 per cent of primary see council page 10 rtsr ma i i k i i vacuum repairs to all makes models saios service installations 908479427 4355 hwy 7 unlonvllje bosldo railway tracks chevrolet oldsmobile inc 5336 hwy- 7 markham just east of mccowan 905 vpirana opening special ssseb okfessss w ksbbf 15 hi m lm