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econo taxi to airport special 6405466 stouffville econo taxi 405466 vol 105 no 27 a metroland community newspaper wednesday july 7 j 1993 16 pages 50 cents fire track chief meets engineers out west tracy kibble staff reporter whitchurchstouffville fire chief bill brown is heading out west this week to meet with the engineers ofthe towns soontobebuilt firetruek chief brown will leave for red deer alberta thursday for a fourday conference with superior emergency se engi neers the builder of stouf- fvilles 513000 custom built truck the tribune has learned the town has signed the con tract and chief brown is expected to go over the final man nearly severs two fingers using electric saw a local man working in an industrial area on sandiford drive last wednesday nearly severed two fingers while using a wideblade electric table saw the tribune has learned whitchurchstouffville emer gency crews rushed to an undisclosed sandiford drive location last wednesday at approximately 115 pm where they discovered a man had severely damaged and nearly severed two fingers while woodworking in one of the units emergency workers ban daged the fingers in attempts to slow the bleeding and keep the nerves intact the patient was then rushed by ambulance to the markham stouffville hospital where he received treatment for his injuries drawings or specs with se officials to ensure all details and features requested will be incorporated into the state-of- theart machine local politicians unanimously accepted a tender from se two months ago to custombuild a rig fire experts say will effec tively perform the job of three to four different trucks the rig will have tower water capabilities to protect adjoining buildings such as attached dwellings and will more effec tively provide a safer working environment for firefighters manning the machine the truck dubbed a dualjob rig will carry and transport water rescue equipment and its men experts say stouffvilles new truck will arrive next february and will be subject to two more months of tune- ups and servic ing before it ready to serve the residents se a sub sidiary of emergency one or eone is the worlds largest manu- brown facturer of fire and emergency equipment and is a division of federal siren and signal a traffic warning light company based in chicago with plants in alberta and ocala florida se remains a canadianbased entity portions of the truck will be built in canada while the ladder and mechanisms will be constructed by independent engineers based in florida monday accident photostevesomervule three people were rushed to hospital one with serious injuries another broadside when it entered bloomington road sending after a twocar crash monday at about 1030 am at the mccowan its three occupants to hospital after the car rolled onto the shoul- and bloomington roads n iow a sr hil 1 m vj 1 0 f s s i i 4 1 asnt that a party festival was a smash what a party despite financial cutbacks this years straw- berry festival was a winner all the way thanks to the enormous amount of work put in by committee members and other volun teers and the happy cooperation of the weather whitchurchstouffvilles salute to canada day turned out to be a truly memo rable event from the stouffville lions beef barbecue to the stunning firework display generously funded by local businesses and organizations and attended by thousands of residents and visitors the actionpacked five day festival had something for everyone saturdays street closing turned downtown stouffville into an open air marketplace where friends and neighbors met and chatted please see pages 2 and 3 for more browsed among the craft booths and admired the antique car display and took advantage of a delicious selection of refreshments in the towns food court nonstop entertainment included magic demonstrations dancing and some fabulous live music the music mania singers coped valiantly with some unscheduled competition from fire department vehicles as they launched into a spirited version of bear necessities the weather continued to cooperate throughout allowing the community to enjoy the annual open air church service in memori al park and a full slate of activities in the park on sunday f i y r r a y i v 9- w v