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kttffibxfc stoufiville suntribune thursday aug 7 2003 17 i i students from anne milnes school of dance- in- stoufiville were ranked among the top highland dancers in the i country at the recent scotdance canada championships in st catharines we had about 15 trophy winners at this event ms milne said four of them will soon be packing up their kilts and dancing shoes to compete in scotland at the world highland dancing championships and the commonwealth championships the commonwealth championships are sunday aug 24 with the world highland dancing championships tak ing place the next weekend burlington resident courtneyanne mcritchie who has been coming to anne milnes studio for only a year is this years canadian and north american champion for 11yearolds stouflvilles georgina muir 17 was the second runner up at scotdance canada while her sister lucy was fourth runnerup among the 11-year- blds last year georgina won the our town withhannelore volpe canadian championship in her- age category while lucy won an ontario tide v georgina overcame dancerelated injuries to compete again most peo ple wouldnt have been able to make a comeback ms milne said dancers across canada are impressed with that- i ms milne has been teaching high- land aridlrish dancing at the masonic- hall on ninth line for three years registration for fall classes is today and tuesday sept 2 for more information call 9056423963 teens run french storrtime two stouffville teens kate karczmar and helen drew come to the wmtchmchstouffville public library every saturdaymorning arms ladeii with french language books games arid worksheets theyre among the eight bilingual student members of the optimist club of markham who are spearheading york regions first library reading project in collaboration with the york region chapter of canadian parents for french v 7 they are leading the jibfarys sum mer french storytirhe for french immersion students in grades 1 to 4 for eight weeks until aug 16 there are separate storyrlrries for the younger and the older students canadian parents for french which sponsors the programprovided 2500 for french materials and books to the library ms karczmar and ms drew are enter ing grade 11 at pierre elliott trudeau high school in ijniohville this fall they are working under the guid ance of teacher yvonne dufauit who is head of french immersion at pierre elliott trudeau high and teacher biahca berlatie of glad park public school in stouffville sttiderits gain community service hours while providing service to the library ms dufault noted ibugh year fbr mafkham stouffville hospital frontpage 1 pleased to hear they are getting addi tional funog they pointed out they are still facing combined accumulated debts of more than 30 million sputhlake is expecting its debt to hit about 15 million this year while york centrials debtls more than 10 million and markham stoufrville is reporting a 55 million loss fii we will continue to look at our operating costs on a monthby month basis said markham stouffville vice- president lome zoh adding his admirustration is looking forward to the financial iew promise by m province for all hospitals at die end of september i york centrals acting president asniitagulahi said she was pleased with mr eves funding ahnduncementr ms giuahi alsppraised the province for j reimbursing york centrals sars costs estimated at 4 r million as the richmqnd hill facilityfwasonfeof the hardest hit hospitals during the out break l it was forced to close for 20 days in thespring following an mternal spread of the deadly respiratory illness mr caniere said die province has already reimbursed 75 per cent of sbuthlakes 12milli6n sars costs the hospital also received 240000 to help alleviate the backlog in surgery created by the sars crisis markham stouffvilles mr zoh said his staff is still compiling sarstfelated costs and lost revenue which includes parking lot feescatering profits and semi-private- and private rooms that- sat empty as the hospital struggled to cpntam me diseased its about what we expected he saidoftiiel9 v sars aggravates crunch but most hospitals inthe gta mcluding marktiairi stouffville are fac ing a serious cash crunch and sars has only aggravated that mr zori pointed out were getting through a tough year normal volumes are down normal projections arent me same hb said addinghospitals are also dealing with the massive backlog of services post poned during the crisis were playing catch up butthathas costs including the physical capacity of bur staff thats true of every hospi tal v meanwhile oha president hilary short praised mr eves for the cash infusion we appreciate premier eves sub- stahtiaicomhidtmeht tbhospitais she said the premier has provided the full amount promised in the provinces march 2003 budget andincreased it significantly hehas also providedimmediate relief for those hospitals most affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome sars mr eves who said hes boosted hos pital 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