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mmm stouffville j oluujj vine mm m sunlfibune saturday april 192003 serving the community of whjtchurchstouffville 44 pagessi including gst 3 getting ready for earth day 2003 treeplanting events across region letters 6 health 12 sports 26 classified 27 sars fears rampant predicted spike in sars cases could delay reopening of departments women asked to leave job fair hair salon by roger varley 0 staff writer franca caschera of maple says she was asked to leave a salon her hair still dripping wet because she had recently fin- ished a quarantine for sars its just one example of ram pant fears over the outbreak of j sudden acute respiratory syndrome others include a richmond hill woman who was asked to leave a job fair at the york region headquarters and markham j businesses which are seeking financial compensation because of business losses due to sars fears ms caschera said she had completed 15 days in quarantine when she visited statement in hair april 10 i but salon owner greg pallotta he asked her to leave as a precautionary measure to ph tect his staff and other clients ms caschera said she was admitted to york central hospital in richmond hill for 212 days in late march to undergo surgery the hospital was closed indefi- nitely march 28 after it was dis covered a sars patient had been transferred there from scarborough grace hospital i was told it was ok to go home march 27 and be quaran tined at home she said mr pallotta said he calculated seed0njpage 11 by kathleen griffin staff writer markham stouffville hospital officials are playing a waiting game this weekend watching for the dra matic spike in sars cases being predicted by some public health officials who worry the potentially fatal illness is on the verge of an uncontrolled outbreak what happens over the next few in holding pattern days will determine whether or riot thehpspital reopehs its outpatient and- diagnostic testing facilities tuesday as hoped explained hospi tal president and chief executive officer dr jim maclean its still a big if he said there are a lot of potential issues out there ifthe disease is under control and we hope it is then we can look at increasing activities here if there are increases of cases in the com munity then we have to prepared to look after sick people further diminishing our ability to provide normal services the provinces commissioner of public security dr james young this week confirmed the potential for secondary transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome is now quite high the warning came after more than 30 members of atoronto church were diagnosed with probable or suspected cases of sars more than 500 have been forced into quarantine i dont want to alarm people unduly but at the same time i want them to understand this is a very critical time dr young said last week we cannot stress enough the see hospital page 7 staff photosteve somerville eggciting visitor brooke loader 5 pats the easter bunny as kirk vogan 3 and others children in the totspot play group at the stouffville united church are offered chocolates from a basket there will be plenty of egg hunts this weekend i i 27 heritage rd markham 948030 beochcombef hoi lull o north mutton honda 461 1 hwy 7 west of kennedy rd ufliodville 90547 7 2451 genuine honda oil and filter change includes pivinium qualiiy 3w20 or 30 gcniiino honda motor oil genuine llbiuiaoil filter and a new drain blue iiaskci d 2002 monthur parts and service open till midnight honda qualitv dealer 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 a 4 a