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saturday dec 15 2007 b serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 28 pages1 including gst 3 a canine kiss for the holidays at safety village celebration community 2 opinion 6 sports 10 classified 12 world for blind readers clients rely on blind mission readers by hannelore volpe staff writer talking books have helped lift karen rae out of a small dark world thats the way the stouffville resident described her life after she lost sight in one eye almost overnight due to a corneal ulcer she also developed an extreme light sensitivity the audio books became an important window on the world for her talking books have been recorded and distributed from christian blind mission interna tional in wwtchiirchstoufiviile since 1986 and are enjoyed by around 450 clients across can ada including about 25 in the us see video report at yorkregioncom click on video section most of the volunteer narra tors travel to the cbmi offices once a week to read from a wide variety of books for about two hours at a time some are retired broadcast ers such as donald lawrie bob willson henry shannon and carl banas along witii retired and current teachers business people and others the talking book library has more than 2200 tides most on see talking page 9 solo from stouffville staff photomike barrett jathuri sivanantham 10 of stouffville performs a solo dance at the launch of a seniors wellness program for tamils at milliken mills high school last saturday the program is sponsored by chats and funded by the united way of york region markham stouffville looks at extra shifts to treat patients by michael power staff writer repairs on the nuclear reactor at chalk river are now under way with production of medical isotopes slated to restart this week all three york region hospitals have been forced to reschedule appointments for patients awaiting tests dependent on the iso topes which are used to help detect cancer and heart disease along with less serious conditions such as bone fractures everybody is in the same boat said james doran a radiologist at york central hospital earlier this week york central usually treats about 30 patients per day with isotopes but had cut that number to about 10 meanwhile markham stouffville hospital might start evening or weekend shifts to deal with the patient backlog once a more regular supply of isotopes resumes said dr carlos de sequeira the hospitals chief of diagnostic imaging the reactor in chalk river northwest of petawawa closed nov 18 for routine mainte nance only to remain closed after an inspec tion revealed safety upgrades connecting cooling pumps to an emergency power sup ply had not been completed that put the reactor in violation of its oper ating license mps passed emergency legislation dec 11 allowing the facility which produces more than half the isotopes used in cancer and see legislation page 4 1948030 rbeochxmber stouffvilleconnectscom our mission to maintain a thriving prosperous stouffville check the site for coupons ap and ida jobs artists local businesses any questions call ian batt sales representative sutton grouptown and ckwntry realty ud brokerage indeperkjeritly owned and operated office 9056400888 not intended to solicit parties already under contract direct 41 6881 9544