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't) Smokey replys to hand signals when the firefighters want him to come in or lay down but most of the time he doesn't have to he told anything. He has learned the routine at the tire station and manages to keep out of the way or just stroll around without anyone having to tell him what to do. Ac- tually. it's Smokey who trains people. The com- mon reaction when you see him is to call him over to you and you have to learn to use a method of hand signals to get your message across. Number 007 Speaking of problems, there is one slight han- dicap that Smokey has. He is totally deaf. He doesn't hear the firebell nor the sound of the engines as they roar out the door. Smokey han- dles his problem by making sure that he is out of the way when emergency calls have the firefighters moving at breakneck speed. "None of us are his master," explains Cap- tain Jack Bayley. “He is treated as a friend.“ Cap- tain Bayley explains that with the firefighters changing shifts con tinually it would be dif- ficult for Smokey to have only one master and treatirig him as jun ode of the guys appears to have solved the problem. Handicap Licensed by the Borough of York as Smokey the "Wonder Dog "Man's, best friend". Truer wordy were never spoken than when they refer to Smokey, a five- year-old Dalmatian. because Smokey is a best friend to thirty-two firefighters at the Jane Street firehall. Page 2, THE YORK NEWS June, l980 the york Distributed to 40000 Homes In The Borough of York Established January l, 1980 The York News is an independent monthly publication owned and operated by Dawne Moss. Publisher and Sales Manager Editor Office and Classified Manager Executive Adviser Distribution Manager Staff Photographer Printed By Delta Web Graphics It is a little out of the ordinary for a fire station to have a dog. But, when Smokey was about eighteen months old, two young lads brought him into the station on a Sunday asking where they would find the Animal Control. Captain Bayley was at the station that day and realized that the Animal Control would not be open. He offered to keep the dog until Monday: a short while to keep the dog, but Smokey made his presence known with his quiet ways and gen tleness. The firefighters asked permission to keep him and, alter the seven day waiting period, they became the official friends of Smokey. He has remained at the tire station since. Getting away number 007, Smokey proudly Wears his own dog tag with his special number provided by the York Animal Control each year. The Animal Control have a special interest in Smokey as they were called in when he first arrived on the scene and spent seven days with him before his release to the firefighters. Several of thc firefighters including Captain Hayley ol'len take Smokey away on vacations or lust home for the weekend. Captain Bayley 'spends u good deal of his vacation time at a resort culled Hickory Grove in Camp- bellford and Smokey ean be seen strolling the great out doors and stopping along lhe way to let children or adults pat him. A Star Smokey hccumc star recently when 269 Harvie Avenue Toronto M6E 4L1 651-2335 Hours:Mon.-Fri. 9A.M.-5P.M. Susan Hutter Wayne King Frank Hutter Dawne Moss Bruce Cole Debbie Saunders a real hc tti, Like most people with a handicuip, Smokey has learned to compensate. He lies down in positions that make sure no one can pass by him without his being aware - you usually have to step over him. He swam, when the men are cnunging shifts and is right in the door- way to any goodby to the Smokey celebrates his birthday on Easter Sun- day because ihat's the closest the firefighters could figure out his bir- thday to be. Where he got his name isn't hard to figure out. And, if he has one thaw, it's tt bark that is a little too loud. That doesn't bother Smokey: he can't hear it. No tricks tended the Canadian Hearing Society display at Harbour Front. Firefighter Norman Gourley took Smokey to the display that the York Firefighters put on during the show that ex- plained fire safety, C.P.R. training, and medical response. "Smokey was the star", said firefighter Gourlcy. “We didn't have to worry about how he would react to the crowds. He just took it in his stride." Mayor Christie and Parks and Recreation's Ian Thompson are surrounded by Moms and Tots during the tree planting at Coronation Park. QAMPEBELLFORD. ONTARIO 416 7420580 01 bedroom $12.00 per night $65.00 per week “He doesn't do any special tricks", states Captain Bayley. but It) the l'irct'ightcrs at the Jane Street Station he is truly “gt wonder r shift leaving and hello to the new one. He is con- tent to watch people strolling past the fire station but if you take a shortcut across the grass Smokey lets the firefighters know that a stranger is getting close. COTTAQ ES tr CAM PSITES - .. .. ..v 1 Toronto 705 653.2095 only 1/2 hours from -iMWar. Enjoy fishing, boating and expl'ofixig the beautiful Trent Waterivay CONSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED 1 C1m1eeiuuimmmmiuuiuuuuug,' iii Month of June Special E a $1.00 off every $10 purchase E E (offer expires June 30, 1980) '.'E 1t1t1tltnrttttmmuttmmitttitiititttuuittit Well-maybe not forestry. but on Tuesday May 6. a lot of mothers and youngsters joined Mayor Gayle Christie Members of the Borough of York's Moms and Tots program recently got into the forestry business. 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