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together to share someTservic- rs."I'm not advocating regional government," he said, "But, I can tell you we don't need a lot of fire chiefs. In Amelias- burgh, (Reeve Bill) Bonter and, in Thurlow, (Reeve Ger- ry) Masterson are stumbling blocks to this kind of area con- cept, but it'll happen some day." Belch says he plans to stay active in the community -- he already is active, he noted, in his church, College Hill Unit- ed, and in Rotary and curling circles. "Ill be busy, but not for the first six months or so." It was a heady ride for a kid from Stony Lonesome, a unique term applied to those who hail from the Hillcrest area of the city. "I came out of Stony Lone- some with guys like (Rev.) Ed Schamerhorn and (1994 de- feated mayoralty candidate) Joe Cox without, really, a clue of what I was going to end up doing. To make it to the top administrative post in the city was really a dream come true.