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saturday march 1 0 2007 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36pages1 including gst grade 3 summitview student inspires school on aids work opinion 6 march break 7 sports 15 classified 18 energy miser producer rewarded home solar plant earns ontario honour by hannelore volpe staff writer whitchurchstouffvilles sal amenta is an energy miser of the best kind he enjoys watching his hydro run in reverse as the first homeowner to sign on with an ontario program that encourages people to generate their own energy by using solar wind bioenergy or water power he is poised to sell his electricity back to the grid mr amenta is awaiting the installation of a second hydro meter under the renewable energy standard offer program resop from the ontario power authority which was launched nov 22 with the second meter in place hell receive 42 cents per kilowatt hour for the energy the six rooftop solar panels on his house generate residents usual ly pay around 11 cents per kilo watt hour for hydro he is the smallest microgen erator of renewable energy of the 22 projects under the program so far they were honoured by energy minister dwight duncan earlier this month the standard offer program pays 11 cents per kilowatthour for power that comes from wind water or biomass and 42 cents per kilowatthour for solar elec tricity the projects have to be 10 see government page 8 yokes on you staff photosjoerd witteveen alice an tries the yoke as guide ken tranter and visitor hadiatou barry look on at bruces mill conservation area friday the annual maple syrup festival is on at the park through april 9 there are daily events thoughout march break for more information see page 7 osdita potentially deadly bacteria still not reportable illness by joan ransberry staff writer york region health officials are on the look out for the potentially fatal clostridium diffi cile bacteria while the bacteria has not proven fatal in the region lately that could change at any time an expert says c difficile is in every hospital all of the time and its everywhere richmond hills dr danny chen said a specialist in infectious diseases who practises at york central hospital dr chen suggests c difficile should never be underes timated all cases are potentially dangerous dr chen said some strains can produce more toxins and be harder to treat in the past two weeks the potentially fatal stomach bug has hit barrie with 39 cases being reported and claimed four lives in mississauga alarm bells rang especially loud across ontario when it was reported recently the bacteria has killed 2000 in quebec during the past three years when it comes to c difficile local labora tory testing does not differentiate strains i cant say that the quebec strain is not here dr chen said theres no specific test to say its the quebec strain the calculated rate for c difficile in canada is five to 10 for every 1000 patients we are within that range at york central dr see washing page 10 poofs hot tubs 27hmtmerd mmkham 8030 beachcomber of lilt town and country itaikylid 6400888