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inside lett 6 real estate 11 sports 18 classified 20 iq obituary librarian sheila mcleod was a friend to trie children of whitchurchstoufrville community calendar event kids dance ages 9 to 12 when friday jan 11 7 to 930 prh where latcham hall stouffville 905852 jz feeling good being healthy involves body mind and soul experts say serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 ill m 50 cents including gst 24 pages saturday jan 5 2002 to reach us 905 2942200 stouffville firefighters irk town will now get voice in york amalgamation by joan ransberry staff writer whitchurchstouffvilles full- time firefighters have unionized much to the surprise and disap pointment of mayor wayne emmerson a few days ago whitchurch- stouffville council was notified by newlyappointed union local president john winters that the local firefighters unanimously voted to affiliate with the international association of fire fighters based in washington dc the six fulltime firefighters who work out of fiie halls in stouffville and ballantrae are now members of the whitchurchstouffville professional fire fighters association iaff local 4152 the town has 54 parttime firefighters who are not merri- bers of the union they earn between 2897 and 3292 an hour winters arid other union rep resentatives will sit down with town officials and iron out their first contract over the next few weeks whitchurchstouffville council is expected to appoint chief administrative officer nick kristoffy as the towns represen tative for the contract negotia tions emmerson says he would prefer the town not be at the bar gaining table i admit to being disappoint- see amalgamation page 4 holiday ride program charges across the gta buck the trend here drunk driving down in york by roger varley staff writer york regional police stopped fewer drivers who had a drink than any other force in the gta during the holiday ride program and york regions numbers indi cate area motorists are beginning to get the message about drinking and driving out of 21251 vehicles stopped in december in the ride reduce impaired driving everywhere pro gram only eight motorists were charged with impaired driving another 26 were issued 12hour drivers licence suspensions other forces saw more drinking drivers in toronto police laid 103 drinking- and- driving related charges and suspended 312 licences after pulling over 84098 vehicles peel police charged 39 drivers after stopping 175598 vehicles- in the gtas most ambitious program in durham police arrested 62 drivers for drinking out of 24000 cars stopped last month york regions figures show a sharp contrast from december 2000 when 19 were charged with impaired driving i think the message is starting to get out said sgt tom carrique of the traffic bureau as a traffic officer its my hope that drinking and driving is finally becoming socially unacceptable and the numbers are decreasing but we still have a long way to go carrique warned wed be see impaired page 7 staff photoerin riley- speaking to the masses tv and radio show host michael coren was the guest speaker at the third annual whitchurchstouffville community church service sunday at the stouffville country market about 1100 people attended betz pools 5688 main st jammm mmmm 2cm2 grv ex automatic 29700 ms rp introducing the all2002rtvsare weuequipped with standard features 160hp 24 litre nilnew uu llf- if uvtic engine cfcfreeair conditioning power windows door locks door from 26900 msrf mirrohanthlockbrawngsystemtabsjremtimerawheel driven dual front airbags amfm stereo cdarid cassette player with speakers audio antitheft 15 steel wheels irhmbmfeey jhefc deterrent system 5speed manual transmission a6040 split sliding rear seats removable toldingpicnicjable control fuel injection rear washerwiperj micron air filtration system childproof reardoorlocks child- safelyseat atichorsj3 seat belts iriall seating positions front and rear- stabilizebasj rearmuajguards lid release thisrcrtlxincludesspeed automatictransmissioti bodycoloured 1 iheated rower doortmirrors drivers side airbag passengers side airbag- wrttksmart seatsensorsamfm stereacdandcassette player with6rf pamoaftbthftk feeels hatcjvprivacy glassja mom2g3eihy v yn or lease it for 358 per month for 48 months wjth jw3 down- freights pde included kg lis vvt5s more horsepower torque cargo space interior space rear legroom compared to 2001 crv north markham honda i- town and country v 6400888 a i