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whitchurchstouffvilie public tibrari thursday sept4 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 36 pages1 including gst 29 spirit gets busy in preparation for junior a hockey opener opinion v wheels 21 calendar v 31 classified 32 candidates atodds onstateof healthcare york hospitals aided by tories klees by joan ransberry and hannelore volpe rstaffwriter garididates from the three major parties are talking health care on the campaign trail in the riding of oak ridges premier ernie eves annouriced tuesday the long- awaited provincial election wot take place oct 2 if claimmg health care and edu cation will dominate the cam paign in oak ridges tory mpp frank klees said hes more than eager to meet the voters oak ridges includes whitchurchstbiitfyillev richmond hill and northern markham tve got my running shoes on imout there im ready to deal with the issues mr klees said trie voters have a clear cut absolute choice between the par ties its a whole new electorate theyre well informed the focus wiulie on the main issues of heath care and educa- vtionahd it will be on leadership the people yvill assess how weuivedbne myjob as an mpp v locally he said r he says york regions three hospitals havebenefited under tory rule- the people know bur government has made a strong commitment to better health care services he said a conservative promise to ban teacher strikes should be see eves page 5 barricaded homeowner stays on line with police g into home by patrick mangion staffwriter toxicology results may give police a better idea why a 27tyear- bld toronto man died minutes after breaking into a whitchurch- stouflville home friday yorkregional police were called to a home oh jesse thomson road a rural area off kennedy road south of aurora road near ballantrae about 240 pm after receiving a call from the homeown er who had barricaded himself in a main floor room the man reportedly in his 60s called 911 operators kept the man on the line untiibfflcers arrived a short time later police said several cruisers arrived at the home approximately eight minutes after receiving a call of a man kickingin the front door of- thehohie r det john southwell said officers entered the home about 15 minutes after it had been secured and dis covered a man dead inside the deceased has been identi fied astzanetostzbrtzouklis police said the homeowner and the deceased did not know one another and the two men did not confront one another an autopsy was conducted sunday however a cause of death m has yet to be established yesterday police were still avvait- ing toxicology results det southwell said it may take two to four months before ah exacf cause of death is known it appears this was totally ran- dbm t dont think the home was targeted by any means det southwell said see deceased page 17 vacations over kids staff photosjoerd witteveen students in grade 1 at glad park public school in stoufrville learn to count under the tutelage of teacher linda wagg on the fkst day back to school tuesday canister vacuum cleaners orn5f sales service installations k 4355 hwy 7 unlonviiii beside rltwsytack t 6312 main st stbuffvute v 905 6404646