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tw J3 3 34 3 3 3 3 3 Nw t J J 3 3 3 3 3 J 23 Ne | DOON [age » . o) DOON mMAZSS, Doon Heritage Crossroads 3 km North of Highway 401 on Homer Watson Blyvd., Kitchener 519â€"748â€"1914 Village Craft m Over 25 juried crafts people Great Christmas gift ideas Teddy bears, angels, toys, frames, Jolk art and more Food available * Free parking Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20 10:00 am â€" 4:00 pm tit [ERITAGE CRO Sponsored hy The gl)’:ndv of Doon Heritage Crossroads Shooolcie. Cookies, Quick Suppers, , etc . t heâ€" 9.99 Canadian Living Best series of cookbooks James Barber cookbooks Ginger Tea Quick & Easy Christmas CIORS less than 90 days to go! Wilfrid Laurier University graduates Paul Gagnon (left} and Chris Rushforth took a crack at the jousting event 3t the WLU homecomâ€" ing activities held recently at University Stadium. The friends graduated in 1980, and have attended 23 consecutive homecoming celebrations. Your Miracle Brain m Carper on sharpening the grey Fear of Frying, Flash in the Pan, Rock ‘em, Sock ‘em alumni 100 King Street S. Waterloo oppos. Waterloo Square Back in Stock Sale 9 to 9 Weekdays 9 to 6 Sat.. 12 to 5 Sun Finve Quaritty LEatHER APPAREL 3235 Fairview St. 884â€"2665 Present this ad at either location & we will pay the tax* HURRY... Offer Expires Dec. 24/02! 18 Mary DESORAK CRaNDALL PHOT Giant Discount Warehouse 2.99 4.99 is G st. ~« 905â€"523â€"1768 st. â€" 905â€"631â€"2868 Continued from page 3 of doctors practising mediâ€" cine in the early 1990s. That was the biggest mistake the provincial government ever made, he said. Local doctor retires after 60 years "That‘s why we have a shortage now. They should take more students in the medical schools â€" that‘s the only real answer." But he looks on with interest at what‘s being proâ€" posed to address the shortâ€" age, including proposed priâ€" mary care networks that will for sharing in our special 527 Bridgeport Rd. E. Kitchener (Bridgeport & Lancaster) 30th ANNIVERSARY Celebration 742â€"1051 THANK YOU It might lose that personâ€" al touch. That‘s something that McMurchy has delightâ€" ed in over the years. have patients rostered with a group of doctors. "They‘re going to change the system to make it more efficient and bring groups of doctors together with nursâ€" es," he said. "It‘ll make things more efficient, but I don‘t know about better." "It was always something different," he said. "There were no two patients who were the same. "Everyone is interesting in their own way. That‘s what kept me in medicine, finding a way to relieve them." One thing that should help attract doctors to the area is the addition of advanced cancer care and cardiac care with the new centres at Grand River Hosâ€" pital and St. Mary‘s Hospital. "That will put us on the map," said McMurchy. Just keeping up with the number of retiring doctors has dominated the work of the Chamber of Commerce‘s Physician Recruitment Task Force in the past year. The head of that task force, Gien Mathers, said it‘s going to be a tough job to keep up with all the doctors who can potentially retire over the next few years. "The number of people who need a family doctor has remained static in the last year," said Mathers. "We‘ve had people retire but we‘ve had people come to keep pace with those retireâ€" ments. "In the first few years we were able to autpace the attrition rate, but last year the attrition rate went up. it‘s an ongoing thing because in the next couple of years there will be a lot more doctors retiring." The task force is continuâ€" ing its work to bring new doctors to the area, and will be touring each of the province‘s five medical teaching centres later this week with the help of the Professional Association of Interns and Residents of Ontario. The taskforce also has a physician _ recruitment weekend set up for Novemâ€" ber, hoping to attract more doctors to the area by showâ€" ing what the Waterloo region has to offer. "We‘ve dane our best to stay a cut above all our comâ€" petitors," said Mathers about a competition that sees more than 90 Ontario communities _ declared underserviced "If we remained static. and didn‘t continue to recruit, we‘d lose our edge."