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whitchurchstouffvilte public lfbrat saturday nov 5 2005 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville b 44 pages1 including gst nhl lockout didnt dampen card collectors game crime 4 editorial 6 sports 17 classified 21 i 1 fugitive awaiting appeal child pornographer fled to canada by martin derbyshire staff writer instead of serving his sen tence in an ohio penitentiary convicted child pornographer robert levene has spent the past two years free to ride around his parents thornhill neighbour hood on his motorcycle and toss back a few beers at local pubs mr levene was arrested by columbus oh police in april 2001 iand charged with 88 counts of making and possessing child i pornography he pleaded guilty was con victed in april 2003 and was expected to serve 40 years but instead of showing up to his july 2003 sentencing hearing he fled north of the border to a thornhill home in the immedi ate vicinity of four elementary schools a warrant was issued in columbus for his arrest york regional police soon got wind he was here and arrested him in november 2003 chief armand la barge said mr levene who holds canadian citizenship went to court and was ordered extradited to the united states to face sen tencing but his lawyer appealed the extradition order and secured bail for mr levene putting him see were page 9 ashleemania hits mall pop star ashlee simpson inset signed copies of her new cd i am me at markville shopping centre wednesday much to the delight of her young fans the album debuted at no 1 on the billboard charts staff photossjoerd witteveen plans announced to renovate markham stouffville build new grace hospital ital wron by chris traber staffwriter a renovated markham stouffville hospital and brand new salvation army grace hospital on the same site may have markham politicians and health care providers celebrating but ontario ndp leader howard hampton says the province is let ting down york region families by allowing private financing in the project construction of the hospital will be financed andcarried out by the private sector which will assume financial risks for ensuring the proj ect is finished on time and on budg et public infrastructure renewal minister david caplan said at the official announcement thursday it will also receive funding from the renew ontario infrastructure investment plan under which the province and partners will invest 5 billion in health care facilities over the next five years and that kind of publicprivate partnership is a disservice to the community mr hampton said in a written statement dalton mcguinty says ordinary families should settle for privately financed hospitals that put profits before people mr hampton said york region deserves first rate public hospitals that put patients first if theres 10 for health care spend 10 on health care for peo ple not 8 on people and 2 on profits for corporations the funding tactic will mean higher costs and fewer patient serv- see up page 16 hot tubs beachcomber hot tubs authorized dealership seaway pools hot tubs call 2948030 27 horftago rdl itofcham wwwmarkhammazdaca markhammazdaca town and couii try itaihyjud 6400888