inside letters 6 at schools 18 sports 20 classified 22 j t let the games community calendar begin local liberal event 55 alive course for older drivers mp on the race for when registration on sept 9 12 noon 6420187 leadership of party where royal canadian legion stouflville whjtchurchstoulrville public library 3stiffer fines for drivers who park illegally in disabled spots in york region serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 stouffville tribune 50 gents includingicst 40 rages guilty verdict pleases family grandma one of 600 infected with hepatitis by kathleen griffin and lisa queen staff writers a york region grandmother infected with hepatitis b through tainted needles is ecstatic that the neurologist who is responsi ble for ontarios worst outbreak of the disease has been found guilty of incompetence her hus band said we feel the right thing has happened we never thought we would see this day he said neither he nor his wife can be identified due to a publication ban imposed by the ontario college of physicians and surgeons during the disciplinary hearing earlier mis year that panel ruled thursday toronto neurologist dr ronald wilson was responsible for the outbreak that left one dead up to 600 patients with hepatitis b and another 14000 exposed to the potentially fatal liver disease between 1990 and 1996 seven victims are from york region all had contracted the disease at one of six eeg electroen cephalograms clinics run by dr wilson across the greater toronto area including one on main streetmarkham the tests are conducted by inserting nee dles into the patients scalp the victims contracted the disease through needles used for see markham page 9 saturday aug 24 2002 now cut that out to reach us 905 6402612 aids on the rise staff photosjoerd witteveen tina schlussler 6 cuts out an animal she has drawn on a template in a printmaking ses sion at the latcham gallery art camp held at the silver jubilee club in downtown stouffville this month tina and her friends are preparing for the start of school sept 3 lack of services blamed for new jump in cases by lisa queen staff writer an apparent increase in aids and hiv infections in york region is being blamed on a lack of medical and social services combined with a stigma that prevents its victims from disclosing they have the fatal disease while deaths from aids and hiv are down thanks to better drugs to control the disease activists at the launch of the adds committee of york region wednesday were told the region joins other communities across north america in seeing its infection rates begin to rise again after years of holding steady cathy white a member of the cbmmittee and nursing manager with the regions sexual ity and aids program said suburban areas such as york present a number of hurdles for patients living with the disease for example there are no clinics in york dedicated to aids victims and few physicians in the region are considered experts in the field the lack of services means patients either travel to toronto to get access to programs or forego treatment putting others in the region at risk of contracting the disease from them she said tracking regional aids and hiv infection rates is difficult because new cases are added to the communities in which patients are diagnosed even if they live out side those regions or move however 29 new patients were diagnosed see aids page 8 morth markham honda 4611 hwy 7 west of kennedy fid unionville 9054 7 7 2 451 genuine honda oil and filter change includes premium quality 5w20 or 5w30 motor oil genuine honda oil filter and a new drain plug gasket wonthur parts and service open till midnight uulfjmc ui imtm mmili mihii iv i i n tun ut lutttd ivn nuit tu itoiiineniil lec it my tt halt il oflul until vpn nilvt uth- jtloj d 2002 honda quality d z ale r north markham honda has been presented with the prestigious total quality dealer award from honda canada inc for 2002 town and country realty ltd 6400888 c ytimjwuv uufchfcl