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inside letter 6 real estate 11 faith 20 classified 22 7 talking turkey girls hockey team collects holiday food for a good cause community calendar event new years levee when wednesday jan 1 1230 pm where stoufiville royal canadian legion br 459 whitchurchstouffville public ubrar a york region matchmaker specializes in helping jews find partners serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 24 pages friday dec 27 2002 hospitals increase lobbying efforts services transferred to local facilities by lisa queen staff writer as york region races toward a population of one million within the next decade hospital leaders will step up efforts in the new year to ensure patients can access more major health ser vices close to home as hospitals take on added healthcare services transferred from toronto to york expansion plans at the regions three hospi tals are in various stages of con struction or provincial approval at the same time some vaughan leaders are lobbying queens park for a fourth hospital to serve the needs of the rapidly growing southwest area of the region dr jim maclean president of markham stouffville hospital said increased efforts on the part of hospitals to cope with growth come as a regional report high lighted historic and chronic underfunding of healthcare ser vices in york the report entitled fair is fair health care investment in york region released in the fall said some health services receive as little as 40 cents on the dollar compared to the provincial aver age the underfunding has result ed in long waiting lists and resi dents forced to seek care in other see cancer page 3 all aboard for new years eve staff photosjoerd witteveen whitchurchstoufrville mayor wayne emmerson is set for the sleighrides at his annual new years eve party from 6309 pm in memorial park hes perched atop mike the nineyearold percheron in front of the hassard farm just east of stouffville mike will help pull the sleigh childrens games a bonfire skating and fireworks are also on the agenda at the free event to reach us 905 6402612 stouffville seniors get new home 14 million price tag for new parkview home at village byjoanransberry staff writer a new parkview home for the aged with 128 beds and a pricetag of 14 million will be built near parkview village on the ninth line the site of the new longterm care facility was announced at a news conference at parkview village last monday the threestorey healthcare facility designed to serve seniors in the greater toronto area will be built on the southwest corner with access provided by the new westlawn avenue south if approved by local council construction would begin in 2004 while occupancy is expected to take place early in 2006 said melody potter chairperson of the board of parkview services for seniors the board operates parkview home for the aged a longterm care facility at 481 rupert ave a 189unit seniors housing complex on the ninth line as well as a rental housing at 465 rupert ave once the new home for the aged is ready its 109 residents living in the 40yearold parkview home for the aged on rupert will relocate to the new facility the old facility will be sold said joanna reesor mcdowell parkview director of resource development since the project includes a 3million fundraising campaign theres much work to be done she said this is a serious fundraiser for the local see fundraising page 4 tovmaiid country realtyltd