p tribune december 24 1996 st newsmakers february trip was nearly deadly for stouffville man a stouffville man was one of 100 canadians stricken with a lifethreatening mystery disease while on a vacation in mexico in midfebruary although 10 months have past bob bowman is still recovering a few days after arriving in mexico the 49yearold elec trician experienced severe stomach cramps and vomit ing- withering in pain his wife henrike got him to hospital within minutes bowmans condition turned critical he underwent lifesaving surgery in a hospital in the yucatan peninsula he was then airlifted to toronto where he underwent emergency surgery again a few days later bowman returned to the operating room when once again doc tors saved his life court cases including one for bowman are pending new years eve dinner dance musteiiy p jtisdi per couple 42 0 plfsingle all you can eat drink starts 800 pm roast beef buffet at 1030 pm f h btmjbjeubjbjbjbjajajajgjbjbjbjb come celebrate with us restaurant banquet hall llbo 67 edward st stouffville 905 6426524 for a new years eve celebration gavin 905 6423 or ken 95 ii286 jgbr tonriosd ltonptfv proceeafmioris projects erin chapman erin chapman has always loved books so it came as something of a shock when whitchurchstouffville library told her she was not eligible to carry her own library card the problem erin was four- yearsold and library policy dictated that cards could be issued only to those aged 7 and up since the youngster had already held cards from libraries in north york and australia however she and her mother patricia decided to challenge the ruling further investigation revealed that neighboring libraries were more flexible uxbridge does not have a min imum age requirement and markham in conjunction with markham stouffville hospital actively encourages new moth ers to sigh their babies up through the born to read pro gram the impasse was resolved to everyones satisfac tion when the library board rescinded the age restriction at a regular meeting erin now proudly carries her own library card and has paved the way for other youthful readers to do the same boxing week saving gas fireplace sale msbessmmrnxsmammabm pousse zid si per b per 00 e north we are here hwy47 j j main street 7- tdiiardst rbr