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PAGE 2THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, MARCH 6,2002 Transit to begin in September TRANSIT from pane l ing is light for ordering buses for 2002. Coun. Rowe acknowledged later. However, However, she said, "This is a major, major project and we should have followed due process. Who said we had to do this in September 2002? We could've waited until September 2003." Mr. Cannella told council he did confer confer with other transit providers including Whitby and Cobourg but he believes Oshawa is the [rest fit. The total cost of operating the service service will be about $675,000, Mr. Cannella Cannella reported. However, he added, with a very conservative estimate of revenue in the first year, the municipality can expect expect to recoup about $214,000. Capital costs must also be factored in during the first year. Two 40-foot refurbished buses, about 10 years old, will be purchased purchased this year at an additional cost of $450,000. "For what we're going to be putting out in money our service is extremely high," said Councillor Pat Pingle. The municipality will get back just over $1 million this year it had been paying toward a GO Transit operations levy and that money will finance the bus program. Last fall the Province announced announced it would lake over operating costs for GO and the money would be returned to the local municipalities and regions to be invested in transit initiatives. initiatives. Durham council voted in 2002 it would return the money to the munici- Two bus routes will help scivice Clarington residents. palitics for local transit projects instead of investing in a regional bus system. "If we didn't use it for this purpose we would lose it," Coun. Pingle noted. Councillor Charlie Trim observed transit never pays for itself and council is aware of that but with the growth in Clarington and the number of destinations destinations people need to be able to access, the scivice is worth the cost. "What we don't have is that north-south transit link and this, I believe, is a very, very good start. I see this as a beginning. There's a long way to go." The service will run Monday to Saturday Saturday at 30-minute intervals during peak hours in the morning and afternoon afternoon and at 60-minute intervals the remainder remainder of the day. Durham one of top colleges DURHAM from page I he said. Of the three KP1 results, Durham finished finished with one first- and two second- place results among the six GTA colleges, colleges, edging out Humber College, which had a first, second and third. The suivey of employers who hired 1998/99 Durham graduates shows 93.2 per cent were satisfied with the college preparation their employees received. That's the best rating in the GTA and seventh best in the province. In last year's suivey, 91 per cent of employers were satisfied with Durham graduates. However, Durham's other two KPI scores were lower than in 2001. The percentage of 1998/99 graduates who found a job six months after they graduated fell from 94.1 per cent, tops in 4-H Volunteer 4-H from page I knowledge to join, but Mr. Coombes is involved in his own initiative - sheep. "In my own club, the sheep club, I let people plan their own projects - I'm just here to help them out, I always let them do their own projects," he said. "It teaches them how to handle livestock, look after them and how to get along with people, how to be a press person, self-confidence," says Mr. Coombes. "When a young person achieves something, you get thinking back over the years and think maybe I did have something to do with that and it's an honour," adds Mr. Coombes. "It's a great feeling. The kids in 4-H, my past vet is a 4-H member and they are mechanics mechanics and architects and you think, gee whiz, that's great." The 4-H club is a program for youths 10 to 21 to help them develop skills and leam about their interests. To learn more about the club, visit www.4- hontario.ca or phone 1-877-410-6748. To have your flyers delivered by Durham's #1 Carrier Force! Call 579-4407 Wednesday, March 6,2002 Mary Browns* •Work World* • Lange's Photo* • Homes East* • Danier Leather* • Colour Your World* • Sears* • Staples/Business Depot* • Future Shop* • Sport Chek* • SAÂN* • Home Depot* • Buenos Aires* • Ho Lee Chow* • McGregor IDA* 'Flyers not necessarily In all papers Hut nol necessarily in all papers Remember, all inserts, including those on glossy paper. , .in he i coded with the rest of your ncu sp.ipci through your blue box Recycling program. the province, to 91.9 per cent, still good enough for fifth in Ontario. "It's a crapshoot year after year, and the fact that we stand at 91.9 per cent is still pretty heart-warming," said Mr. Polonsky. As well, fewer graduates said the education education they received at Durham helped them achieve their goals when they left. 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