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whitchurchstpuffvite public library stouflville saturday may 24 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40 pages1 including gst 15 york regions top teacher uses fun spirituality in classroom letters 6 new you 9 sports 17 classified 18 m mad cow disease worries producers expect major losses as beef orders cancelled by jeff mitchell staff writer next few days will prove crucial for canadas beef industry as the mad cow disease scare continues retailers and produc- erssay jjh producers are obviously upset and extremely worried said kelly daynard corrununica- tibns manager with the ontario cattlemens association 4 there have been significant drops in market price and vol ume the r discovery of a cow in alberta with bovine spongiform encephalopathy bse has senta chill throughout the world with a number of major trading partners imposing temporary bans on canadian beef imports 4- right down to local con- sumersr fmumption of bsetainted meat has been linked with gruetzfeldtjakbb disease a fatal brain- wasting condition in humans a foodrejated outbreak in britain in the 1990s killed approximately 130 people were getting a few questions which is understandable said gbrd bodthby of boothbys freezer meats in keswick ini sure ifs going to scare some people off he said j its definitely a concern biit theres not a lot at this level we see customers page 5 cleaning up for parkview jfcrt staff photobill roberts emily manninen 13 and harley johnson 12 soap up a car during a car wash hosted by the youth of st james presbyterian church at the stouffville ap last saturday the event raised money for the new parkview home for seniors a fundraising campaign is under way for the new parkview which will be built on the ninth line next to parkview village hospital watch dont panic region tells residents of latest sars scare by simone joseph and kathleen griffin staff writers almost a dozen york region residents -f- and maybe many more are in voluntary quarantine after visiting st johns rehabilitation hospital intoronto the scene of a possible sarsoutbreakv while there were no confirmed cases of the infectious disease in the region as of friday afternoon- the regions associate medical ofib- cer of health is concerned the disease could spreadhere dr hanifkassamsdd tihie number of york region residents who visited st johns during the infectious peripd may 9 to 20 is still unknown they may be put in the community flunking they have a cold and may have infected other individuals he said but he warned residents not to overreact people in york region should not be para- ndtheyshould not be alarmed we are not dealing with an outbreak in york region we dont have any documented transmission in york region he said one of those quarantined is markham res ident debraweuer managing director of the york region newspaper groups events team and fonrier economist suni advertising manager her family gathered at the st johns centre where her father is a patient last sunday for a see family pages 27 heritage rd markham 3348030 jg vim i group town and country realty ltd 6400888