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inside e calendar 13 sports 15 classified 19 8whitchurchstouffville town staffers compete to reduce impact on the environment arts culture calendar event uxbridge concert band in concert when 730 pm today 9059854794 where christ church anglican sunset blvd u the we essentials of clubbing irryork region can be expensive serving whitchurchstouffville since 18 churchstouffwie public library 50 cents including gsj 28 pages saturday aug 17 2002 to reach us 905 6402612 long hospital stay for girl who lost toes father says shes a little fighter by kathleen griffin staffwriter a fouryearold girl lost the five toes on her right foot after an freak accident with a riding lawn- mower on her reesor road farm just south of stouffville thursday afternoon doctors at the hospital for sick children are confident they can save rebecca ramers foot said her relieved father paul ramer at the familys farm friday the word wife jane got is they have a viable foot to work with some of her bones are severely crushed and they may have to take those out and rebuild the foot but the leg between the ankle and knee is good except its taken a lot of skin off he said shes a little fighter mr ramer added shes a very strong kid and she didnt make a big fuss the accident happened about 220 pm jane ramer was mow ing the front lawn while rebecca was playing in her sandbox at the back of the house mrs ramer rode over the edge of a field and was forced to back the mower up she didnt realize rebecca was close by the last time jane saw her she was on the other side of the house mr ramer said she stopped to back up and all of a sudden rebecca was there jane just didnt see her in time see toes page 7 but where is federal government contribution asks go transit official transi by roger varley staffwriter the provincial regional and municipal governments say theyre ready to improve public transit and reduce gridlock in the gta but the feds wont get on the bus at a news conference thursday at finch subway station ontario transportation minister norm sterling accompanied by municipal affairs minister chris hodgson listed transit projects slated for the gta in the next year including an estimated 20million worth in york region we are strongly committed to early implementation mr sterling said lets see what we can do incrementally lets not wait for a fiveyear plan- a day earlier the central ontario smart growth panel which includ ed york region chairperson bill fisch outlined transportation solu tions it said could be implemented quickly and easily however go transit managing director gary mcneil who also attended the news conference pointed out a weakness in the provinces plan to invest 9billion in transit over the next 10 years it calls for transit funding to be split evenly between the federal provin cial and municipal governments but so far ottawa has ignored calls to provide funding wheres the federal govern ment mr mcneil asked the fed eral governments not here today we have to get the federal government involved in funding public transit see province page 9 300 head of cattle safe from hay blaze staff photojoan ransberry fire roared dirough a hayfilled barn thursday on the uxbridgewhitchurchstoufrville border the barn is part of the risebrough family farm crew from three fire departments were still putting out flames friday afternoon while the blaze was being contained the family carried out reg ular milking duties in an adjacent stable the cause and damage estimates are not yet known there were no injuries mmmm jjailsjjaid mho cio 3h zmmmbll h no security 2002 mazda mpv dx if depositfor i financing 36 month and 5396 highway 7 markham mpv 24991 259 come j early for -best- jh selection m m0stimpr0ved dealer award so why buy elsewhere n tolyii and country realtyltl 6400888