Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), 4 Feb 2010, p. 1

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Dr. Peterlansen, who has been the Olympic women’s hockey team sport psychologist for thee “My role will be limited to a PlanB," he said. “111 beavailable by P1101197 Although Mr. Barnett will not be in British Columbia, he willsdllbeavailabletohelpthe According to Mr. Barnett, VANOC grossly underestimated the number of coaches athletes travel with, therefore, there are not enough rooms for everyone. Some people will be sleeping on cruise ships docked outside Van~ couver. “I'm disappointed by this, but it’s not totally unexpected,” he said. “I had remained ideal- ly optimistic it was going to be Stoufl'ville’s John Barnett, who has been working with the team since 2006, will be watching the Olympic games from his living room because there is literally nowhere for him to sleep. sbolan@yrmg.com Canada’s Olympic women’s hockey team will have one less performance coach to rely on when it takes to the ice later this month. Bamett will be on phone with hockey players No room at the Games for coach ( S onmail Wt “005‘ 1“ Stay/7121.118 ’ 1”"“31. ,5 un-17'I une BY SANDRA BOLAN Sac W, page 16‘ mmmgzmo I WMWGWW I mafia/51mm WE LIKE MAIL. E-MAIL LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TO JMASON@YRMG.COM Luella Lewis, 82, of Whitchurch-Stoufl'ville has made 600 quilts for babies and donated them alltoGTAhospitalsthrough the Linusprogram. Sheplanstomake 1,000.Formore, see Jim Thomas’ column on page 9. 0H BABY! 600 QflllTS AND COUNTING STAFF PHOTO/MIKE BARRETT Prior to her son’s surgery, Ms Hargrave womdlayawakeinbedlisteningtoDan “There’s no words to describe the feel- ing." she said. “In one moment, we didn’t tlfinkadonorwouldcomeindmeanddnen it happened The only way to describe it is a miracle." and, atwhatthéytlioughtwexeihefina'l moments, a donor supplied him with new lungs In 2002, doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children prepared Ms Hargrave for the pos- sibility of her son’s life lasting less than a month. His only hope was a lung transplant “He only had lO-per-cent of his lung func- tion,” Ms Hargmve said. “Think of putting a straw in your mouth and breathing through it, it prevents you from doing a lot." Dan lives with cystic fibrosis, 3 genetic multi-organ disease the lungs and digestive system. At 16, he weighed just 30 pounds, couldn’t walk and sufl‘ered from severe breathing problems. enjoyed. The fight for her Son’s life Stoufiuille-area mom urges residents to sign donor cards L It was hard for the Whjtchurch- Stouffville mom to watch her son, ‘, out on the life his teenage peers BY TERESA LATCHPORD (Ia tchfard@yrmg.com anis Hargrave is encouraging oth- ers to help create a miracle for someone else. SaMpage I7. STOUFFVILLE 6312mm

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