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inside otters 6 new you 12 sports 26 classified 28 3 stouffville readers last chance to win by completing our 2002 readership survey community calendar event stouffville united s 149th anniversary dinner j when tonight 9056401163 where stoiiffvffle united church 34 church st fyl regions teacher of the month ended the nightmare for stouffville student serving whitchurchstouffville since 1888 tribun 50 cents including gst 44 pages saturday nov 23 2002 to reach us 905 6402612 centralized fireservice money saver for region job losses worry york firefighter unions by jeff mitchell staff writer centralizing york regions fire dispatch services in one location will cut down on per sonnel and equipment costs significantly a consultants report suggests but in the short term those savings will come at the cost of jobs for members of professional firefighters unions here the regions fire service committee heard wednesday it would appear operating efficiencies are available through centralizing of fire dispatch ser vices consultant maureen mccauleysaid she added service improve ments are more difficult to pre dict but recommended continu ing with an exercise that has been on york regions agenda for sev eral years now these service improve ments are not quantifiable but there is the potential they could see improvement with imple mentation of this approach ms mccauley said of three scenarios examined including continuing with the status quo of three dispatch cen tres or amalgamating the service into a single centre the central ized option represented the greatest cost efficiencies ms mccauley said the centralized model could see amalgamation page 8 students principal welcome chance to discuss edward street trouble by joan ransberry staff writer stouffville district secondary school sdss students and their parents should have a place at the table during an emergency meeting being held to discuss youth crime including littering on edward street said school principal tony lewis mr lewis is not only welcoming the invitation from mayor wayne emmerson to join york region district school board chairperson bill crothers and york regional police officials to the meeting hes reminding the mayor that sdss has a 50member student council and that parents play a major role in the behaviour of their children as well students using edward street located next to sdss are offering a number of suggestions to combat the littering problem on tuesday an angry edward street resident turned up at a town council meeting and dumped a bag of garbage on the floor of the coun cil chamber the resident said stu dents have turned his street into a dump ward 3 councillor peter dobrich suggested police try to find finger prints on the garbage as a way to identify whos responsible for the littering mr lewis said councillor dobrichs suggestions will not work from a logical standpoint meanwhile ward 6 councillor sue sherban said the school board has neglected sdss for more than two years sdss is in a deplorable state see councillors page 10 like a rock staff photosjoerd witteveen wes huggins 12 gets a free picture and signature from stouffvillite glenn clark assistant captain with the toronto rock lacrosse team at the stouffville arena during the stouffville spiritcouchiching terriers junior a hockey game on thursday evening the spirit won 74 see story on page 26 mm m m ms w town and country realty ltd 6400888