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Stoufl'ville’s Lawson Mann of the Markham Football Rugby Club’s underâ€" 18’s carries the ball past a Lindsay player during the Toronto Rugby Union final in Markham Wednes- day. Mann passed to Connor Fitzsimmons for a try during Markham’s 44-17 win. STOUFFVILLE CLIPPERS Midget Tyke Tryouts* for 2009-2010 *Tryouts for Midget A AE teams and Tyke C 3 teams are combined Cost 31000 / 1 hr; s15°° / 1.5 hrs; ‘20°°/2hrs TEAM COACH DATE TIME ARENA TYKE C Born 2002/05 TYKE B Born 2002/05 MIDGET AE Doug Wagg Born 1992/93 905â€"640-5551 we4waggs¢sympaflcaca Peewee Scott Paisley Sept 13 2:00 ~ 3:00PM Restored Select 905-888-9474 Sept 20 2:00 - 3:00PM Born 1997/98 litflermwfannsoampaficou Sept 27 2:00 - 3:00PM Newplayonmustbonghhndonâ€"Ihobdonmwcanu-yout. GomWUOm MIDGET A Born 1992/93 josephsuflmrlandamgersmm Justin Rogers 905-642â€"0645 jusfin19rogers©hotmaloom Joe Sutheriand 905-640â€"731 5 smith.sp@rogers.com Steve Smith 905-642-6309 Whitchurch-Stouffville Minor Hockey Association P.O. Box 976, Stoufiviile, Ontario, L4A 8A1 Phone 905 642-2835 0 Fax: 905- 642-4843 www.wsmha.com 0 infoGwsmha.com Sept 1 9:30 - 11:00PM Sept 2 7:30 â€" 9:00PM Sept 8 9:00 - 11:00PM Sept 12 7:00 - 9:00PM Sept 1 Sept 3 Sept 9 5:00 STAFF PHOTOISJOERD WITTEVEEN 7:00PM 7:00PM 6:00PM Pad A Pad A Pad A Pad A Pad A Pad A Pad A Pad A Pad A Pad A With classrooms an ideal breeding ground for germs, teachers are at the frontline of the second wave of the virus expected to hit this fall. In a profession where more than 70 per cent are female, Mr. Coran said the fate of pregnant workers is a key concern. Pregnant teachers and other educators whose immune systems are com- promised should not be in a classroom with a high risk of contracting swine flu. the head of the Ontario Second~ ary School Teachers Federa- tion says. The teachers union is pre~ paring for an outbreak of the H1N1 virus, Ken Coran told the federations annual meet- ing Thursday. “If they’re pregnant and ifthere’s a risk oleNl â€"â€" if there was someone in their class or someone they come in contact with â€" we would want to put their personal interests as the No. 1 prior- ity,” Mr. Coran said at the union's summer leadership conference in Thomhill. “We would say, stay at home.” While pregnant women are no more likely to contract the virus than anyone else, medical officials say they are more likely to suffer com- plications, as are those with chronic lung, heart, kidney or liver disease, diabetes or asthma. The union represents 60,000 public high school and occasional teachers and others, including education- al assistants and continuing education teachers. TWoQuebec school boards have decided to keep preg- nant teachers at home this fall because of the threat. York Region’s public and Catholic school boards have yet to take similar precau- fiona mm the start of the school year just days away, teach- ers are expressing concern in calls to his provincial head office, Mr. Goran said. “We are reassuring them we have been working with the Ministry of Health to make sure that all precau- tions are taken,” he said. “We would be foolish to think a pandemic is not a realistic possibility. We only have to Sick teachers should stay home: union BY KIM ZARZOUR k2arzour@yrmg.com H1N1 may lead to school staffing issues look at examples this sum- mer of children’s summer camps where the flu virus spread very quickly among hundreds of children." Most school boards are gearing up for September with fresh supplies of hand sanitizers and other personal hygiene measures, he said. However, if the preventive measures aren't effective, he said the union will take those in “exceptional circurnstanc- es”, especially stafi who are pregnant, very seriously. Sick teachers will be asked to stay home until they are no longer contagious and the union will insist qualified occasional teachers be called in to replace them. But staff with York Region's separate school board say it's too early to say how it will deal with staffing challenges. York Region public health, which works with both school boards on HlNl, is also taking its direction from the ministry and, so far, the province has not followed Quebec's lead with respect to pregnant teachers, according to the health unit's Monica Bryce. “We have very strong collective agreements." he said. “We believe there is a wealth of qualified per sonnel out there and those people should be contacted first.” “We are actively working on it,” board spokesperson Chris Cable said, adding the board is awaiting guidelines from the Ministry of Health. “Certainly, we've had lessons from those with chronic lung, heart, kidney or liver disease, diabetes or asthma. While pregnant women are no more likely to contract the virus than anyone else, medical officials say they are more likely to suffer complications, as are "Because this is a new virus, we're learning more and more about it as time goes on and we’re going to maintain close contact with the school boards. It’s going to be a very different flu sea- son." But that could change, she said. New ministry guidelines for school boards released Friday reinforce “flu etiâ€" quette” â€" hygiene and cleaning â€"â€" and ask schools to report student absen- teeism rates to local public health units weekly. Pregâ€" nant teachers and those with preexisting chronic disease are advised to be especially cautious. The public board’s advice to pregnant teachers is no different from that to other staff â€"â€" focus on prevention, self-protection measures such as staying away from large crowds and, if a pregâ€" nant worker does experience flu symptoms, seeing a doc- tor right away, spokesperson Ross Virgo said. At this point, no one is anticipating school shut- downs. It’s believed students would be better off in a set- ting where personal hygiene can be monitored, but that, too, could change “in light of emerging epidemiology", according to ministry guideâ€" lines released Friday. There may be academic concerns in the case of wide- spread disruption of schools, especially for students pre- paring for university, Mr. (Ioran acknowledged. Teachers will do all they can to ensure students mas- ter the material they need for their post-secondary options, he said. “We’re professionals. Our job is to educate the students. Part of educating students is to have a full realization of the impact of this pan- demic." he said. “But we’re certainly not going to shortâ€" change the students.” Studies show prompt treatment with antiâ€"influ- enza drugs offers the best results. The public board will also emphasize “passive screen- ing” at schools. If staff notice students or co-workers with flu symptoms. they are expected to urge them to go home.