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inside letters 6 bridal 10 sports 15 classified 16 2 tony clements wants to be premier but he doesnt want a twotier health care system whitchurchstouffville public library community calendar event internet job search lecture when wednesday jan 16 9056402856 where whitchurchstoufiville public library- lj dollars to donuts j- battle of the baked goods means extreme sales strategies serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 50 cents including gst 32 pages 5 billion plan to relieve gridlock a third of commuters to use public transit by jeff mitchell staff writer york region councillors have endorsed a plan to spend up to 5 billion over the next 30 years to upgrade its transit and roads sys tem the transportation master plan called for heavy investment a minimum of 140 million a year from the region and other levels of government to address gridlock and make pub lic transit the choice of onethird of yorks commuters go trains an expanded bus system and eventually subway links should be considered as the region attempts to alleviate traffic on a roads system that can only be expanded so far consultant dick gordon told members of the transportation and works committee wednesday this master plan we have developed is based on a signifi cant increase in travel by transit mr gordon said he called for efforts aimed at commuters trav elling to toronto and inside the region to make it easier for york region drivers to park and take transit we feel an aggressive transit campaign is required to change peoples travel habits he said mr gordon said the massive improvements needed to keep the region moving will require significant spending see feds page 4 saturday jan 12 2002 before the thaw staff photosjoerd witteveen joel leuscher 6 hangs on to his fathers dave coattails as they skate on the stoufryille memorial park ice rink before warm temperatures late this week melted the ice skaters and skiers will be hoping for some more belowzero activity next week to reach us 905 2942200 300000 damage in chicken barn fire 60000 birds set to move into barn day after vandorf blaze by joan ransberry staff writer more than 60000 chickens escaped an early death after fire swept through what was to be their new home in vandorf in northwestern whitchurchstouffville wednesday night damage is estimated at 300000 from the fire at the vandorf poultry farm the building was insured the cause is unknown fire officials said seven fire trucks and 31 firefighters from the whitchurchstouffville and aurora fire departments responded to the blaze on slaters road in vandorf in the woodbine avenue and aurora road area the fire destroyed a 300footlong two- storey barn the chickens were to move into the next day the fire was heavily involved prior to our arrival said whitchurchstouffville deputy fire chief tim beckett it was quite a job jt took us 90 minutes to bring the fire under control one whitchurchstouffville firefighter sustained minor injuries after falling on ice while fighting the blaze because of the freezing weather firefighters were forced to work in ice build conditions said beckett the owners are busy getting 30000 of the chickens settled into another barn beckett said and trying to find places for other 30000 birds representatives of the owners insur ance company were at the scene friday surveying the damage betz pools pad mam 5688 mairitst stouffville 9056401424 st fk rvrr town and country realty ltd 6400888 ftsrytttfj sfersttns9j 4 i