The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

saab repair specialist 172 knock drive um 31 markham 4718660 saturday december 13 1997 vol 13 no 50 weekender 36 pages 50 gstincl k metroian d piitilwition serving whiichiitch sitiitfflyiueificv 1 888 fltlamclal 51ivicis ike bedgltoiceujlvtel 5 yr 575 gics rrsps mutual funds ufe insurance anhwtes rhfs tax preparation mortgages 96 main st n 0 markham 4712311 tv- ti b c r 0 s s 13 w 0 r d 13 1 ii utfl eim 1 m si i h l i pi lisa queen metroland staff j5 york regions new chairperson markham regional councillor bill fisch is vowing to streamline municipal services while sidelin ing the controversial issue of amal- ame gamating towns its better to rationalize services than amalgamate boundaries fisch said moments after his first- round victory thursday night against richmond hill mayor bill bell and georgina mayor rob grossi iona former newmarket mayor john cole and former richmond hill councillor gail blackburn both pulled out of the race because they didnt have enough support fischs reluctance to resurrect the boundary debate comes as wel come relief to yorks antiamalga mation forces including mayors in aurora east gwillimbury and king bell and grossi are more recep tive to amalgamations i think we should cut to the chase im identified as mr amal gamation i think its cost me sup port and i think thats unfortunate said bell who believes one york city is the best way to protect all of the regions communities and fend off takeover attempts by toronto but bell stressed any amalgama tions should emerge only after local and regional services are streamlined fisch who appeared more open to restructuring during last terms governance discussions acknowl edged the region is heading into a challenging term we face some of the most pro- si please see page 3 is bill fisch wins seat as york regional chairman in first round thursday new school 13th on list mike adler staff reporter spending thyme with sage santa greets sage at the local pet valu which invited the jolly old elf in to hear the christmas wishes of all the cats and dogs in whitchurchstouffville recently photo by cheryl johnson it could be quite a while before whitchurchstouffville gets a sec ond catholic elementary school but dulverton as the project is being called is now on an elemen tary accommodation priority list approved by york regions separate school board unfortunately its 1 3th on the list meaning that building on the site is a lot less important to the board than meeting its dire needs in parts of vaughan newmarket and rich mond hill and the board isnt certain how many schools it will be able to build yet all it knows said its associate director john sabo is that the province will use a new funding formula next month to determine how many new pupil places are needed after that happens the board will education decide what to build and how to build it sabo said in stouffville the board has only one school st mark and that school is overcrowded he said but sabo said it may be better to change boundaries and relieve the school than to build at the dulver ton site on millard st between linden ln and greenwood rd mtixh m the size of the whitchurch- stouffville hydro commission will shrink if council goes along with a proposal to reduce its size on monday local politicians will consider reducing the five- member commission by two seats if council agrees the new threemember utility commis sion would be made up of the mayor or an appointed dele gate and two members of the community at large h winter festival 97 stouffville district secondary schools music department is presenting winter festival 97 ontues dec 16 at 730 pm free will donation at the door basic black p 4 kates corner p 6 from where i live p10 crossword p 14 classified p 22 meline 6402 1 00 ffgr mcarthur ford presents ibbifisb 0 financing on most instock 1997 models and 1998 ford windstar fserfes and explorer for a maximum of 48 months on approved credit limited time otter all offers must be purchased by december 31 1997 and delivered by january 3rd 1998 offer may change without notice see dealer for details it make your best deal and get 0 48month financing on all 98 fseries 98 windstars98 explorers and most 97 models including 1997 aspire escort mustang probe contour taurus thunderbird crown victoria ranger villager explorer windstar aerostar and fseries kennedy rd just south of hwy 7 won 474- 1 35