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thursday april 3 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 32 pages1 including gst 2 busy guy doug watson leads jq uons dub chamber of commerce jiiii thomas 7 calendar 23 sports 27 classified i 29 awpfe masks of latham latcham gallery curator maura broadhurst poses alongside day and acrylicwork of artist david paolini during opening of the stouffville gallerys annual juried showsunday worksbyartisbfromthewhitchurchstouffvilleareawereamongthe32piecesofartchosenoutof 186 entries for show which runs until may 4 l- j v bill roberts photo sars shuts by joan ransberry staffwriter in the wake of the severe acute respfratpry syndrome sars scare homes fofthe iiged across ontario including three in itehurthstouffville haye been closed to thepubiic r as a preventative measure family merhbers can no longer visitthe 269 residents of parkview home for the aged buckingham manor and blbonjirigtdn cove following a mandatory direction handed down monday night by the ministry of health and dr james young ontarios comirussipner of public security none of meresidents of staff at the homes for the aged in whitchurchstouffville have sars or are suspected of having the some timesfatal disease however staff at each facility are wearing protective gowns and masks we are talcing every precaution to r protect our most vulnerable -fe- residents of parkview are taking the situa tion in stride said acting administrator fran lirid we are taking every precaution to pro- tect our most vulnerableshe said family members of 107 seniors at parkview were contacted by telephone and told not to visit most are understanding said mrsi lind whuetiie families of the 112 residents at the newly opened blopmingtori cove have questions about die sudden closure they understand and accept why they cant visit said bloorriihgton cove administrator annette zuccarovanin elaine fisher manager of buckingham manor on stduffviiles main street said the homes 50 residents arid their families were notified as quickly as possible on monday evening we areable to keep our residents comfortable we havenp trace of it sars here everything is fine said mrs fisher running otmmorst rntyoralhopefa by joan ransberry staffwriter whitchurchstouffville councillor steve pliakes wants to be mayor ay o mr pliakes filed nomination papers at the municipal office a monday for the nov 10 election hes i the first declared candidate for mayor mayor wayne emmerson announced in february he woht- seek reelection after serving three terms wayne emmerson served whitchurchstouffville well said mr pliakes i wish him all j fthebest wayne worked hard for itown l mr pliakes said hes not afraid of competition democracy includes elections im not wait- ing to see what anyone else is doing iknow what i want i want- tp help shape whitchurch stouffville t fully expect a race im the first one out of the gate- im on the campaign trail now see mayor page 22 steve pliakes ward 1 town councillor says residents must be consulted on growth plans i m fnew0anu newdecok k 43p6s55 202 hwosti unfcnvffle i