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saturday nov 15 2003 serving the community of whitchurchstouffville 40 pagess1 including gst sports 22 classified 23 thousands coiildbe asian beetle invades york region bymikeadler staff writer a tree infested with asian longhorned beetles will be care fully cut down in front of the media on a street just south of steeles avenue next week but that tree riddled with tunnels dug by the stillchewing beetle larvae inside it will just be the first of thousands removed from north york woodbridge and possibly other parts of york region the probable starting point of canadas first infestatipn of the beetle an industrial plaza on the vaughan side of steeles t- was found by chance eight weeks ago since men federal and local workers discovered toghwaysoo and 407 were not barriers big- enough to stop the spread insect captured the insect that the chinese call starry night sky has been captured in beechwopd cemetery east of jane sfreet as fafnorth as airisley grove road near chancellor district park and far west as pme valley drive at steeles l i the canadian foocf inspection agency hopes to wipe out the infestation in a single year but its employees know their us counterparts are still battling the beetle m newyork state seven years after the first see beetle page 17 stick em up staff photovmlkebarrett stouffville district secondary school assistant captain josh spang circles past a mississauga iona catholic secondary school player during stoufrvilles 90 rout of the visitors in the sdss spartans high school tourney thursday at the stouffville arena the spartans failed to reach ithe playoff round in the eightteam tourney mat ended yesterday wa nts more officers york police chief to announce 5year stafflngplan by jeff mitchell staff writer york regional police need to step up hiring ratesto deal with an exploding population and attrition the head of the officers union mid this week vvfe want to see some significant increas es unlike last year they hired 47 people when the population went up by 42000 said john miskiw president of the york regional police association mr miskiw and rank and file members are anxiously awaiting a fiveyear stafflngplan by chief armand la barge to be presented to the r police services board nov 26 it will outline me cwefs proposals for hiring and human resources management to address demands on a force serving brie of the nations fastest growing rnunicipalities- w0nt be hemmed in chief la barge has been careful not to show his cards leading up to the reports release but he has said he wont be hemmed in by committing to any specific police-to- population ratio as has been suggested by the union and some community groups one popular model is one officer for every 700 residents which would represent a vast improvement over me present ratio of one cop for nearly 900 citizens mrmiskiw realizes thats not going to hap pen over night but he wants aggressive hiring see police page 12 honda 8220 kennedy rd markham 90547 7 2451 wwwmarkhamhondacom genuine honda oil and filter change quick lube service no appointment necessary includes premium quality 5w20 or 5w30 genuine honda motor oil genuine honda oil filler and a new drain pluggaskci monthur parts and service open till midnight tovviiarici country really lid