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p 2 weekender saturday september 27 1997 st an opportunity for you 4 weeks of computers employability skills for jobs in a variety of fields customer service shippingreceiving retail sales hotelrestaurant service order desk inventorywarehouse call centres and many others all programs are 4 weeks in length and provide an introduction to computer applications such as windows 95 ms word ms excel lotus and ms access gamno w tqlregister academy of learning richmond hill 905 5085791 thomhlll 905 8824004 newmarket 905 8368973 first interact sve computer college richmond hill 905 7378089 newmarket 905 898291 1 georgina job skills keswick 905 4768088 fasttrsckyouroptionspuls tear iipl 3 p and take action sponsored by human resources development canada developpement des ressources humaines canada to fcr bring back frank scarpitti to regional council these informed people know what frank can do bring back frank frank was a leader in making council listen to the people also in these times when its so important for governments to work closely together frank is a master i- strongly recommend him markham needs frank scarpitti jim jones mp markham former ward 3 councillor bring back frank all of us on council have worked well with frank scarpitti we know him and what he can accomplish everyone likes frank for his honesty his caring and his willingness to listen to all points of view frank is a real consensus builder carole bell deputy mayor markham bring back frank over the last few years ratepayers have felt disenfranchised no longer do we feel that our concerns are being sincerely listened to we are concerned with what this town will look like in 10 years frank on the other hand listens and he works very hard he fights for what is best for the town and its residents he cares colin creasy cochair federation of markham ratepayers bring back frank in my activity as president of the local cupe for town employees i meet and work with a lot of people in public life frank scarpitti is a jewel hes anything but a push over but he listens he advises and he truly cares working with markham council would be a lot less confrontational with frank back lets all work and vote on nov 10th to bring frank back kevin ottaway president cupe local 1219 bring back frank bringing frank back as a regional councillor will really help us all the next council will be faced with a number of real challenges not the least of which is forging harmony and ties between new and established residents frank scarpitti has a unique talent for brining people together resolving differences making good things happen dr ken ns vote frank scarpitti 1st on nov 10th 8 get a strong voice on council frank scarpitti campaign hq 4997 hwy 7 east across from markville mall tel 905 9449086 poetic duo performs off the cuff oct 1 uncritical mass off the cuff now theres an intriguing title no its not a book or video its a performance of poetry that will be teased into provocative stanzas at the library on wednesday oct 1 at 7 pm charlene jones and linda stitt will do the teasing and theres no doubt that the audience will be com pletely captivated by their poetic yarns and the impromptu spin they give to their performance a profile in literary perfor mance scenes describes the duo as one of the most popular literary acts around when it comes to cap turing the hearts of those whove never been to a poetry reading theyre second to none what greater encouragement can we give you to attend than this acclamation except to add that admission to uncritical mass is free there will be a small box with a slot somewhere in sight during the evening and donations towards the library will be poetically appreciat ed video limit lifted audiovisual materials comprise a growing part of our library service the video collection with its mix ture of general entertainment docu mentary and educational titles is library news especially popular since the collec tion has now grown to over 1000 titles we have decided to lift the checkout limit of two videos per library card and let patrons take out as many as they feel they want to view during the threeday loan peri od heres a cautionary and sobering aside to the video news flash the fine is still 2 a day on each video thats returned after the due date on the audioonly side of our col lection there are more than 2000 music cassettes rock classical middleoftheroad folk country- western childrens international everything from bag pipes to balalaikas recently we added cds to this musical bonanza and we hope to build up the collection in response to the increased popularity of this format all our talking books are in cas sette form their popularity has never waned over the years as more and more people discover the plea sure of listening to these dramatic book presentations r markham stouffville hospital bile duct injury report inaccurate and misleading markham stouffville hospital will be retaining legal counsel to determine the appropriate action to be taken in response to the articles published by the toronto star about the number of bile duct injuries reportedly to have occurred at markham stouffville hospital the hospitals analysis- of health records shows that there were 0 laparoscopic cholecystecomy keyhole gall bladder surgery bile duct injuries between 1990 and 1995 and not 24 as reported by lisa priest on september 22 1997 markham stouffville hospitals statistics are based on a coding system which is a thorough analysis and interpretation of a patients clinical case it appears that lisa priest has reported data without a thorough understanding of the coding method used this inaccurate and misleading reporting has lead to undue concern from our patients staff and community members since 1991 our surgeons have conducted over 1000 laparoscopic cholecystectomies they are highly trained and skilled in this procedure which is reflected in the high quality medical care they provide to their patients markham stouffville hospital has been acknowledged for quality patient care by receiving a 4 year accreditation award accreditation with distinction from the canadian council on health services accreditation and the national quality institutes 1995 canada award for excellence in quality health care category please contact your surgeons office directly or our public relations office at 905 4727095 should you have any questions or concerns regarding this matter damian l bassett chair board of directors