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a ron connor has been driving snowplows for 24 years and says the job has its moments when you see a car coming at you sideways you wonder whats going to happen next he says drily police reports car bus collision a stouffville man has been charged with careless driving after a car go bus accident at hwy no 7 and bayview ave thornhill feb 2 which sent seven persons to hospital and caused an estimated 32000 damage to the vehicles opp constable bui workman said the ac- icident occurred at 140 pm last thursday when the go bus driven southbound on bayview avenue by raymond l beale 57 of 139 lundys lane newmarket was struck by an eastbound station wagon driven by ludwig schank r r 3 stouffville both drivers and five bus passengers were taken to york central library open inmarkham markham markham centennial library reopened for business yesterday wednesday morning after being closed last week when the leaking roof was judged not structurally sound structural engineers called in by the town of markham evaluated the j building and determined that the roof on the 10- yearold building is sound accordingly the building has been re opened the roof is presently not leaking but it is ex pected to drip again the next time there is a thaw the leaks in the roof cannot be repaired at present because of the amount of ice on the flat- roofed library the building has been closed for nearly two weeks since friday jan 27 it was believed at the time of closing that the wooden beams sup porting the roof would have to be reinforced with steel hospital where all except one were treated and released mrs corinne lucas 59 of 396 marybay cr richmond hill was admitted with major injuries mr schanks car was a total writeoff and damage to the bus was estimated at about 30000 a richmond hill youth has been charged with several offenses including theft under 200 following an offense at stouffville several months ago on october 3 a telephone at stouffville cn r station was torn from the wall by youths who took it to the rear of the building and removed 8600 in change from it last friday february 3 wayne ross baker 17 395 crosby avenue richmond hill gave himself up to police at 19 division and was held in custody and taken to newmarket provincial court he is charged with false pretense under 200 theft under 200 and failing to appear police indicate he has been in custody at north bay on other matters since the stouffville offense durham board does check road conditions uxbridge there is a liason between the uxbridge roads department and the board of education on winter road conditions according to councillor john paxton if at the february 2nd meeting mr paxton noted that the board of education checks with the department in an attempt to determine winter road conditions residents particularly from goodwood had com plained to council about the number of times school buses had not run even though the roads seemed clear residents oppose industrial site mr paxton com mented that bill gilfillan transportation supervisor for the durham board had called uxbridge numerous times to check the roads they look at us as an information service but they do not base their decisions to stop the buses solely on what the road department says we are not their sole prerequesite for the buses running or not mr paxton said plow drivers tell their side the tribune thursday february j19t8 3 by annegret lamttre stouffville theres no doubt about it most people have a very low opinion of snowplows they consider them lumbering nuisances that hold up traffic decapitate mailboxes and gleefully fill in freshly shovelled driveways some even go so far as to accuse them of deliberately crushing childrens sleds no wonder shaking a fist at the snowplow is a popular winter sport however ron connor who has been driving a plow for almost a quarter of a century feels that snow removal crews are unjustly maligned we try not to fill in driveways explained ron a huskky man with a weatherbeaten com plexion but it often cant be helped connor works with the depart ment of transport out of the stouffville yard and along with 23 others is responsible for 36 miles of provincial road a lot of people shake their fists at me he admitted with a rueful grin but they dont realize that i also have to clear out my own driveway after the plough goes by i know its sort of frustrating if youve just shovelled it out he also laid to rest the myth that snowplow operators take a fiendish delight in knocking mailboxes off their posts we manage to miss most of them but sometimes heavy snow coming off the blade flips the box he explained some also fall victim to the plow when they are hidden in a snowbank we cant remember every location ron said reasonably he would like to see individual boxes abolished and drop boxes spaced one mile apart put in their place this would also reduce the risk of accidents when the plow driver suddenly has to swing out into the road to avoid knocking over a box driving a plow is a demanding two people job and ron says that a good wing man is essential each truck is equipped with a blade in front and a wing at the side to clear the shoulder the wingman controls both blades it takes two pairs of eyes explained connor who is partnered by george dicks on the wing both men say that they have had their share of near misses although they have never actually hit a car some of the road crews have more than had their hands full this winter and the boys working out of the ont dept of transport depot in stouffville are no exception getting ready to wing back the shoulders on hwy 48 are george dicks and ron connor w things you see pretty well make your hair stand up straight said ron hes not worried about driving his own truck which well ballasted with gravel is very stable but passing cars ha ve given him some uneasy moments when you see a car coming at you sideways you wonder whats going to happen next he grinned rons biggest worry though is what he cant see and he fears wbiteouts more than icy roads imalwaysafraid of hitting someone thats standing behind their car he confessed stalled cars in general of course also create quite a few headaches often its difficult to skirt the vehicle and since people usually take their keys with them theyre also hard to move harold thorn stouffville patrol supervisor said that the new cars with their locking steering columns are the worst but there is really no solution to the problem since he wouldnt want to recommend leaving a car unlocked either people also become very resentful when snowplow drivers refuse to pull them out of snowbanks we try to help when we can but were not allowed to pull out cars explained the men most of the drivers have rescued motorists in one kind of trouble or another and thorn remembers once taking a woman to hospital to have her baby we plowed ahead of her all the way be recalled with a smile the one thing that never ceases to amaze the plow drivers is the inadequate way that 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