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whrtctiyretieiite wwte uban saturday saturday sept 3 2005 b serving the community of whitchurchstouffville b 36 pages1 including aggressive bees wasps on the prowl this summer education 3 opinion 6 sports 20 classified 23 motorist demand acti by roy green staff writer skyrocketing gas prices will likely cost the regions transit sys tem an extra 3 million in the next year according to don gordon general manager of york region transit as gas prices in the gta were hovering around 120 per litre thursday mr gordon sat down to look at the fuel- escalation clause in the contracts yrt has with the contractors who operate the regions fleet of more than 200 buses were just in the process of revising our budget numbers for next year mr gordon said in terms of fuelescalation payments it looks like it could be in excess of 3 million prices began to rise drastically wednesday a day after the united states gulf coast which produces a quarter of all us crude oil was decimated by hurricane katrina wrecking oil and gas platforms pipelines tanker ports and shut ting down eight to 10 refineries analysts say prices will remain high for a while yet telephone lines at the central ontario office of caainthornhill were jammed by angry motorists thursday said kris barnier tve spent three hours talking to members who are very upset he said theyre demanding action on gas taxes from the fed eral government they take in about 2 billion in tax not count ing the gst and they charge tax on top of the gst and pst thats wrong i dont know what its going to take to convince ottawa theyve got to give us a break see cabbies page 12 1 75th match plows into town today me3asm pj fsssssf b ff5 ib mm ci-j- iiii mm l hsg ff staff photosjoerd witteveen ken ferguson of stouffville will compete in the 175th york region plowman association plowing match today in north markham the town of markham employee is a former regional provincial and national champion who has represented canada at six interna tional competitions see story on page 7 for more information problem unrelated to sewer york officials insist by joan ransberry staff writer details of a class action law suit linked to private wells going dry in markham and wwtchurchstouffville will be outlined at a public meeting in lemonville thursday toronto environmental lawyer david donnelly has been hired to take action against york region after property owners blamed sewer construction for dry wells and unusual ly low water levels in ponds and streams as far north as bethesda road but york region officials continue to insist construction of the 16th avenue sewer trunk in markham and the 9th line sewer project in whitchurchstouffville is not impacting pri vate wells in this area a consultant has advised us that the zone of influence does not extend to the bethesda road area said project manager nitti subramanian adding a hydrogeologist has suggested the problem may be linked to an increased number of naturallyoccurring artesian wells in the area artesian wells force water to the surface which can impact private wells theres an artesian condition in the area mr subramanian said a hydrogeologist has reported that there has been an increase number of ponds resulting in an impact on existing wells see people page 10 27 heritage rd markham 8030 beocrccrriber nor ijii 8220 kennedy rd markham 905 4 7 7 2 4 5 1 wwwmarkhamhondacom a i -i- gg spring performance 1 package honda genuine for peak performance this slimmer dont open your hood to strangers bring your vehicle home to honda for a comprehensive multipoint inspection plus a genuine honda oil and filter change bring it home to honda available for most honda models taxes nol included provincial environmental fees if am excluded toenail cooiyfry itaiiiyjud 6400888