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mm 1 1 ahitchurchuttvile public librae thursday april 1 7 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40 pagessi including gst whitdiurchstouffville minor hockey makes aaa move to markham letters business calendar classified 6 21 22 26 1 isiiatiit onfield fecial stouffville district secondary school spartan tyler mcmaster straightarms jeremiah elie of the markham father michael mcgivney catholic academy magi in a presea son york region high school game monday the visiting spartans prevailed 3612 the regular season begins april 30 the spartans first game is tentatively slated for may5 v l sjoerd witteveen photo 12 m turns town hall into seniors centre byhannelorevolpe staff writer vvtiitchurchtbufrville councillors app- roved 12rniuionrenovannplahs tuesday that will turn stouffvilles old town hall into a seniors community centre council voted to go to the designstage of trie projecfand to apply for federal grants toj preserve me heritage look of the building at 19civicave i- x the new facility will give seniors twice as much space as their current silver jubilee club quarters atmain and market streets more programs will also be possible with the mbvevx vxx xxxxx x there are a lot of taxpayer dollars going into the building sd we want to maximize the use of the building said clarence fockler president of the silver jubilee club as a seniors centre the building would be used by all seniors in the municipality not just club members mf jfockler said there are at least 4000 people 55 years and older currently living in the municipality v v funding would come from a variety of- sources including grants donations revr enues from the sale of surplus buildings and the towns reserve mhds the silver jubilee club is in the i process of becoming incorpo rated enabling it to apply for atrilliumfund grant if all goes as planned the seniors will move into the old town hall in one year mayor wayne emmerson said earlier council in december 2002 to put the seniors centre in the old town hall the clock tower theatre association had wanted to turn the building into a meatre wme ward 6 councillor sue sherban wanted the build- ing used for a multipurpose cultural centre- s at tuesdays council meeting councillor sherban and ward 2 councillor mark carroll objected to having the building for the exclu sive use of the seniors councillor sherban seetownfpagell emergency open again sars takes toll at hospital by kathleen griffin andjjsaqueen stdffwriters xx markham stouffville hospital reopened its emergency room wednesday morning despite the fact protective measures taken by healthcare workers may not always be enough to halt the spread of sars xx hospital president dr jini maclean closed the emergency- room saturday to all but life- threatehing cases after two staff members caring for patients suf fering from severe acute respiratory syndrome contracted the potentially- fatal iuness even though they were protected byv gowhsrriasks gloves and goggles a 72hour assessment period was necessary dr maclean said not only to minimize every possi ble risk to health care workers and patients but because staffers are so exhausted they needed the break s safe environment weve done a lot of work both physical changes as well as educating staff to make sure were doing everything we can to provide a safe environment for staff and patients he said theres no question that across the province all the pre cautions have been very effective at reducing transmission but we know no system is 100 per cent perfect xx- meanwhile the regions acting medical officer of health dr hanif kassam is wprried the dis ease is spreading further into the community beyond healthcare workers treating sars patients the information i have to datethe outbreak is far from see residents page 10 m m i i i it k a m i si m i m 41 itfiuuil ligf during all ymco r m10x955 202wnstlwoavflk i i i ix i i the little dealership with a big 6336 highway 7- juemww i x21440bh- fre1 80cb0t rx sale moatliuir8y9 m 9 pm iffiiutiixm6 howtlstimaep sat r 8 am 6 pra v sl 8 am 1 pen fi rjify wn o rt h p o i ritch ovoi d s co m jump into these spring specials m m do it ygurselfers lube oil filter i 15 point inspection plus taxes oh mostgm vec8icles with this coupon 0n most gm vehicles not to be used in conjunction with any other discounts ends april 30th 2003 i i happy easter barthau jewellers 6312 main st stouhrfbe 9056404646 1 j i v i h a