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benz repair sreoaust 172 bullock drive unit 31 markham 47186so th e tl stouffville weekender ribune gcs wops uutum rjnos ure insurance afwures rrfs wxpfibrion mortgages itortjam 4712311 vl jvo 45 a metroland community newspaper saturday november 111995 40 pages 50 region may vaccinate 130000 children by joan ransberry staff reporter local health officials will find out tuesday if theyll ask 130000 children in york region to roll up their sleeves to get vaccinated against measles rebecca metcalfe regional director of community health nursing said on tuesday morning minister of health jim wilson is expected to announce if province- wide immunization valued at 6 million will be carried put if were given the go ahead well immunize all thestu- dents said metcalfe its a big project ontarios public health r branch is recommending that a sweeping new round of measles vaccinations be done dn elementary and high schools across ontario including here in stouffville a single dose of vaccine is administered in infancy despite this theres been a major outbreak of measles dra richard schabas ontarios chief medical officer of health has reported tf ontario had 2199 cases of measles by the end of october compared to 323 for all of 1994 in- the past few days york regions health department has been swamped with calls from concerned parents local presidents have also been call ing family doctors and asking- if children need to be seen health officals meanwhile are stressing that there is no need for panic as most kids are protected against measles measles is a serious infection causing fever cough and a rash it can be complicated by ear infections pneumonia or encephalitis one put of every 2000 chil dren with measles gets encephalitis about one in every 3000 dies health offil rials have reported jk startup date threatened by cuts auction preview wmhv k v the latcham gallery art and silent auction is being held tonight at 730 pm and tickets are 12 at the door here scott drew brings his son benjamin foppa for an auction preview wednesday call 6402395 photarflori emmerson stouffville plaza sold to carrwing ltd the stouffville plaza has been sold the tri bune has learned carrwing investments ltd of toronto has pur chased the main street west plaza from south- wick investments of etobicoke brad smith vice president of highmark properties confirmed monday that the ninestore plaza has changed ownership highmark properties will manage the property while a few minor changes designed to improve service to the public will be undertaken no major changes are planned said smith it will be business as usual all the ten ants are good we look forward to managing in stouffville smith added by julie caspersen staff reporter the startup of junior kindergarten at york region public schools could be threat ened by future cuts by the mike harris government says the york region women teach ers association v the provincial government is looking at their whole edu cational budget arid could very well cut jk funding said joan heeler president of the union representing 2600 elementary teachers in september the govern- ment announced that jk deemed a mandatory program by the liberal government in 1989 is not optional the york region board of education does not offer the primary course based on the financial burden of setting up and operating the program the board reports that it will cost 28 million to launch the program over three years starting in the fall of 1996 and 115 million annually to keep it running however the teachers fear the board might revert back to its stand against implement ing jk if the province pulls its financial support heeler said she expected the ministry of education to announce its planned cuts by the end of the month heeler said funding for jk a program for four year olds is a sound investment in students futures investing money in children at this age is a much more effective way of preventing problems she said v the possibility of teacher lay offs due to the cancellation of jk plans is not really our con- cern our concern is for the young children heeler said remember