Issue of December 6, 2006

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25 Caught in WayneNET’s Clean Up


Tuesday, December 5 2006
Drug Sweep nets street-level dealers across the county

Local law enforcement see the Dec. 1 arrest of 25 people suspected of drug trafficking locally as a loud wake-up call.
“Our message to those who choose to deal drugs in Wayne County is: ‘You will get caught,” members of the Wayne County Narcotics Enforcement Team confirmed in a press release issued about the far-reaching drug sweep that involved more than 60 police officers in a cooperative effort that started at dawn.
Police described the sweep, based on five months of investigation into street-level drug sales as “the first of many to come,” and one of the largest in Wayne County history. It is aimed at “putting a dent” in the drug trade.

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50-Cent Drop in Wayne Tax Rate Expected

Louise Hoffman Broach, Wayuga Editor
Tuesday, December 5 2006
County manager position to be re-advertised

LYONS - Property owners would see their county tax rate drop and additional 20 cents per $1,000 of assessed value as a result of action Wayne County Board of Supervisors was to have taken Dec. 5.
Acting County Manager Keith Kubasik said the board’s intention was to apply additional fund balance - money not expended in 2006 - to flatten out the tax levy on the 2007, $154.3 million budget.

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“Sixteen Different Careers” Serving the Community He Loves

Louise Hoffman Broach, Wayuga Editor
Tuesday, December 5 2006
County Personnel Director Peter Stirpe Retires

Image 1577 LYONS – Peter Stirpe has been a police officer, investigator, printer, paper salesman, newspaper publisher, village board member, Army Reserve instructor, master sergeant and in his early years, he worked in his family’s paving company.
“My wife Donna figured out that I’ve had a total of 16 different careers,” said Stirpe, Wayne County’s personnel director for the past 17 years. He also doubles as head of the county’s printing department.

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Wayne County Town and Village Police Officers Complete Training


Tuesday, December 5 2006
LYONS - Police officers in the towns and villages of Wayne County recently completed the fall session of the semi-annual training program, designed to comply with state standards for in-service training and to improve the knowledge and professionalism of the individual officers attending.

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