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stouffville suntribune thursday jan 4 2007 7 your christmas trees days are numbered by hannelore volpe staff writer pitch those trees you have a week or less to enjoy your christmas tree if you want it picked up by the town your regular garbage col lection day next week is also your christmas tree pickup day for example if your garbage is usually picked up tuesday you can put that slightly raggedlooking tree on the curb jan 9 for pickup all decorations have to be removed and the tree cant be bagged if its taller than six feet 18 meters be sure to cut it in half the town picked up fewer trees last year than the year before 1450 trees were sent to the bloomington road composting facility at the beginning of 2006 while 1546 were picked up in 2005 the public works depart ment advises trees should be on the curb before 7 am on your pickup day in previous years when there have been high snow drifts trees put out too late were still there when the snow melted away in the spring better overnight fire protection the new year brings the town of whitchurch-stouf- fville 11 new volunteer fire fighters and that means better service particularly for rural residents the parttimers recently completed their training with whitchurchstouffville fire and emergency services bringing the total number of parttime firefighters to 50 that means there is a larger pool to draw from between 7 pm and 7 am severe meek m back pain it appears that a technology exists that may show hope for people suffering from herniated bulging and slipped discs cases with arthritis and degenerative back conditions and cases that may be on their way to elective surgery now there is a back pain guide that your doctor may not even know about that you can receive for free entitled the severe neck back and sciatica pain guide that reveals a relatively new surgery free non invasive technology designed to treat severe low back neck and leg pain along with herniated and slipped discs so if you are wondering if 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addition to this sound also travels through the skull this process called bone conduction totally bypasses the outer and middle ear and goes directly to the cochlea a type of hearing instrument called the bone conductive hearing instrument utilizes this method to help people hear a man uses a different hearing mechanism to listen to a womans voice as compared to another mans voice take time for yourself now if you experience diminished vision or cant remember when you last had a hearing evaluation please call us to schedule a convenientappointmentahearing evaluation includes a speech reception test word recognition test and loudness test we offer the latest in highfidelity digitally programmable and 100 digital hearing instruments that give you not only an accurate fitting but a more natural sound quality markham 9054714327 mrtihm stoufmh h stvfco 377 ckurei st suk soj etobicoke 4162338581 wmt cnd hmring 124 blngttn ara suit 171 1 north york 4164984151 the auokhooy centre ctutittttud ixe 1w3 shopped avo e sjtol 340 the volunteers take over after fulltime firefighters have finished their shifts there are 14 fulltime fire fighters working from the stouffville and ballantrae fire stations the new recruits have completed the same three- month basic training as full- time firefighters they learn how to respond to medical emergencies put out fires extricate people from vehi cles in accidents and do a variety of rescues the train ing program was led by cap tain tom brillinger the fire and emergency services department has tra ditionally found it more diffi cult to recruit firefighters for rural areas the additional recruits will be an asset to the department particularly in responding to emergencies and fires in rural areas deputy chief rob mckenzie said maps and paintings at latcham gallery elora artist phil irish incorporates other peoples maps into his evocative paintings his oneman show is at the latcham gallery from jan 13 until feb 17 with the opening reception on 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