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When Bob James installed a 42-foot tall wind turbine on his family’s Musselman’s Lake prop- erty two years ago, the Province of Ontario provided just over $8,000 in rebates. The federal government pro. vided nothing. Mr. James said. But it wasn’t because it didn’t want to, it constitutionally can’t, according to Paul Calandra, MP for Oak Ridges-Markham. “You're looking at. a resource (wind) that is specific to a region,” he said. “Like oil is a resource of the province, wind is a resource of a particular province. So the province takes the lead." Leading by example is exact- ly what George Smitherman, Ontario’s Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, is hoping Mr. Iames’ personal quest to utilize wind in order to offset his energy draw, will do. “We feel Ontario is a big enough place we should be able to put them somewhere," Mr. Smitherman said, who along with Oak Ridges-Markham MPP Helena Iaczek visited the James’ property Monday to get a first- hand look at the wind turbine in action. Family applauded for energy production See DOCUMENTARY, page IO. BY SANDRA BOLAN sbolan@yrmg.com GO GREEN. EARTH DAY EVENTS AT STOUFFVILLE RESERVOIR SATURDAY. GO TO: TOWNOF WS.COM Tli'ibune TWINE!” I WWWOFWW I MMESISI NCUDNGGST Lukas Vadeike (from left), Joshua Mazano and Michael Subtelny have fun climbing on a pile of cut trees during the Spring Forest Festival, which promoted sustainable logging practices, in the York Regional Forest, north of Ballantrae Saturday. KING OF THE FOREST HOSPITAL TO ’CLOSE’ 10 DAYS Markham Stouffville Hospital will be shut- ting down non-essential services for 10 days Reducing staffing levels for two days in July, five in August, two in October and one in November will save the hospital an esti- mated $1 million, according to Neil Walker, the hospital's chief operating oflicer. It’s due â€"the hoépital is taking to balance its budget, he said. “We're going to move to operating the organization (on those days) as we do on most Saturdays and Sundays," he said. That means that non-essential clinics will be closed and the hospital will only be run- ning one operating room (instead of five or six), Mr. Walker explained. This leads to need- ing less environmental services. food services. information technology. finance and admin- istration staff. He emphasized the emergency room: labour ‘and delivery department and in- patient services won't be affected. 4 Visitors to the hospital during closure days shouldn’t notice a difl‘erence. Mr. Walker said. “If the community member requires urgent care, they will have access to care.” $1 million in savings by not operating non-essential services Stafi hot needed on closure days will still be paid, he explained. They will use the days as vacation days. D Op/Ed summér, he went on to say. usually Things to do Sports BY KEELY GRASSER kgrasser@yrmg.com Sec CLOSURE. pagc arthau ewellers (905) 640-4646 6312 Mail St. 19