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14 economist sunsuntribune sports saturday april 1 2006 03 u 1 c cd 0 z3 o a a a a 0 yrt makes it easy to connect to go 50 ride to go fare keeps riders smiling york region transit and viva provide commuters a relaxing alternative to driving to their go train stations the service is called 50 to go and it lets commuters ride viva or yrt buses to go train stations for only 50 for commuters this is ah especially convenient transit service as it takes away the frustrations of dealing with rushhour traffic and finding reasonably priced downtown parking instead riders can catch up on sleep work or even a crossword puzzle the program isnt just convenient and stressfree its affordable for just 50 yrt buses and viva rapid transit vehicles rtvs offer riders a choice of several routes servicing 13 go train stations riders can also opt to travel on yrts special go shuttles customdesigned around go train schedules these shuttle buses make connecting to go effortless yrt shuttles arrive at go train stations im york connected early and wait for commuters on arriving go trains buying a ride to go fare is simplicity itself fares can be paid by dropping in correct change upon entering a yrt bus commuters can also buy ride to go fares which are valid on both yrt and viva from oneride and multiride fane machines for more details visit yrtca ride or drive do the math so how much money can you save by taking transit consider these facts on average just the cost of gas maintenance and parking downtown works out to 1000 per month comparatively commuters using the 50f ride to go fare can get to work and back on go transit and yrt or viva for about 180 per month thats onefifth the cost what would you rather do you must have a valid go transit ticket or pass on hand to ride for 50 cents 2 on driving 80 kilometres per day 20 round trips per month at an average of 48t per kilometre and downtown parking at an average of 1 2 per day over a 20 day period 3 on the purchase of a 160 go transit monthly pass and the use of 50 to go round trip fares over a 20 day period novice ae2 waxers ice 0mha title yrt york region transit next in our series of updates how tickets that are valid for two hours set you free to do more the markham novice ae2 waxers laid claim to the ontario minor hockey asso ciation title by capturing the firsttosixpoint series over caledon last week with a dra matic 43 overtime road win brendan browne scored the gamewinning marker at the 617 mark of the first extra 10minute session that enabled the waxers to win the series in five games dean rayner and jordan sambrook assisted anthony di rito cameron searles and jonathan ang scored the other goals for the waxers who trailed 32 entering the third period with the series knotted at three points apiece through the first three contests the waxers gained the upper hand march 22 with a 31 vic tory rayner joseph mizzi and ang each scored once for the waxers and set the stage for last fridays finale coached by terry browne george jupp keith nakamichi and george geor- giou other team members included michael georgjou michael popalis emil pasini cristian giorgio kent nakamichi michael plante joshua urquhart christo pher christidis andgiancar- lo dare the waxers had a 280 mark during the regular sea son stoufmlle peewees win little nhl tournament the stouffville peewee a clippers captured their third tournament title of the sea son by defeating mooretown 41 in the final of the 32nd annual little nhl tourna ment in welland exhibiting some rust after a threeweek layoff following their ontario minor hockey association quarterfinal playdown loss to tnt the clippers defeated london sse 32 lincoln 87 and burlington 21 returning to form in time for the championship round the clippers defeated wheat- field new york 41 and sports digest thorold6l to set the stage for a showdown with moore town the only other unde feated team among the 16 entries david beloff tied for the scoring lead with eight goals and five assists josh maches- ney curtis crago and brett hembruff also placed among the tournament pointleaders playerofthegame hon ours went to joseph palladi- no lindsay burrows daniel mcmahon vanessa spataro crago and beloff also making some major contributions were robbie acton connor cadaret dal- ton mayo michael bourgeois and chris smith the netrninding tandem of gabe grunwald and kyle pontone posted a tourna mentleading 216 goals against average for the clip pers sharks devour stars the stouffville markham peewee b stars were elimi nated from the north toron to girls hockey league play off series thanks to a 21 loss to the barrie sharks last sat urday lisa king scored the lone goal for the stars the stars will play in the provincial championships next weekend bantams cage to title the markham unionville minor basketball association bantam girls held court at the toronto lords tourna ment last weekend by win ning the title with 4417 vic tory over the host lords sarah irvine was high scor er for mumba with 12 points hi reaching the final the lords defeated the york south silver knights 5749 and east toronto 4422 brittany mckay was high scorer for mumba against the silver knights with 18 points while bhavika chauhan had nine in the win over east toronto mike hayakawa i for detailed information about the new budget please call 18003377222 or visit wwwontariobudeetca paid for by the government of ontario vifitjsjls l viiv 5 1 as s i i i r i y i i j hj m jjnu kr m r a jm jt s ifc nkitelit nl4