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whitchurch stouffville public library teen suicide mission kills officer markham a 26- yearold york regional police constable was in stantly killed tuesday when his cruiser was rammed headon by the same teenage youth the officer had earlier attempted to stop pc william grant died in the car described by police chief bruce crawford as a mass of twisted steel the youth allegedly bent on suicide following an argument with his girl friend took the const ables service revolver and shot himself is the head the body of lee robinson 19 of mar- kham was later found in a nearby field chief crawford dis turbed by the incident noted that robinson had earlier called two friends and said he was going to do something drastic after taking his pa rents car he was spotted driving eratically by officer grant who took up chase and followed the latemodel mercedes benz north on kennedy road south of major mackenzie drive in spector gordon bacon said pc grants last radio transmission re ported the car about mile ahead its believed he lost it but somewhere along the line the vehicle must have made a uturn said inspector bacon they collided headon chief crawford said the mercedes benz was travelling at a high rate of speed and actually struck the left front side of the police vehicle ive never seen a car collapse dike the cruiser did he said adding if another officer had been a passenger he too would have been killed the chief described the recent killing as very demoralizing to all police forces and advo cated the return of capit al punishment our whole society has become violent some thing has to be done pc grant is the sixth policeman killed in ontario in the past seven weeks officer grant a 4 ms- year veteran was mar ried and the father of a 19monthold girl his wife is expecting their second child in two weeks robinson is the son of barry and anne robin son church street mar- kham funeral service for constable grant will be held friday at 3 pm from central united church unionville with interment elmwood cemetery markham now ear piercing al ewellers mmw6 2944844 24 main w stouffville 76 main n markham serving whitchurchstouffville uxbridge area stoufftrillc tire battery your dunlop tire dealer home of generation iv the tire with the 40000 mile warranty 6404499 vol 97 no 22 a metreland community newspaper wednesday october 10 1984 34 pages 50 cents constable is among sixteen honored for deeds of heroism rushed child to hospital a york regional police constable a resident of whitchurckrstouffville a markham fire department captain and two civilians one living in markham and the other in thomhill were honored for acts of heroism thursday at an awards ceremony in the trillium room of ontario place constable wayne snooks fire captain ross lawton david hodges thornhill and hugh kellock avon- dale crescent markham were presented with honor ary testimonial certifi cates by representatives of the royal canadian humane association and the provincial ministry of community and social ser vices captain lawton unable to attend was represented by his parents constable snooks and captain lawson were two of the first on the scene of a house fire in thornhill may 16 although all occupants escaped the blaze four- yearold mark grossman son of mr and mrs larry grossman suffered severe smoke inhalation and burns when the ambulance was late in arriving constable snooks placed the boy in his cruiser and rushed him to york central hospital richmond hill en route captam lawson revived the ittleladonfwo occasions using artificial respiration life was saved hospital officials said la ter that had it not been for the fast action of these men hugh kellock left of avondale crescent markham and york regional police constable wayne snooks centre of whitchurchstouffville were two of sixteen persons recent ly honored for acts of heroism the presentation ceremony held at ontario place oct 4 was hosted by the royal canadian humane association and the ministry of com- munity and social services jack grossman right of markham presented the citation to constable snooks jim thomas act of bravery markham it was a night teresa modica of 40 bedale crescent will never forget she was eastbound on ellesmere road dec 15 around 520 pm suddenly all traffic came to an abrupt halt the result of a three- car pileup teresa couldnt stop her car rammed the rear of the vehicle ahead bursting into flames on im pact the drivers door wouldnt open i kept bang ing on it the 20yearold girl recalled it was then i realized someone had me by the hand and was helping wood is mayor stouffville for mer ward 2 councillor tom wood is the new mayor of whitchurchstouffville the appointment was approved at a 5 pm meet ing tuesday afternoon and made public tuesday night mayor wood fills the posi tion made vacant when eldred king was elected chairman of york region he will complete the re mainder of kings three- year term although council favored the appointment route for mayor they agreed to an election to fill the now- vacant ward 2 post the date has not been finalized sometime between dec 11 and 14 the tribune was told the stand by individual councillors on mayor woods appointment wasnt immediately known me out i had no idea who he was or where he was from later following her re lease from hospital teresa was given the name of her good samaritan hugh kellock 11 avondale cres cent markham on thursday at ontario place mr kellock was pre sented with an honorary testimonial certificate by the royal canadian humane association and the ministry of community and social services he was one of sixteen persons rec ognized for acts of bravery i was pretty banged up teresa told the tribune my left side was partially paralyzed although she later talked to mr kellock by phone she said she wished she could have attended the ceremony thursday and thanked him personally contest its called the great pumpkin contest and boys and girls from whitchurchstouffville are invited to enter there are 100 would- be jackolanterns avail able theyre being re served on a firstcome basis the contest sponsor is family trust 18 main street west stouffville there are five pump kincarving categories also a competition to guess the weight of the super pumpkin judg ing will take place at 12 noon oct 27 reserved pumpkins are available for pickup oct 20 for additional in formation phone the family trust office at 6402082 at st marks classroom fire trap stouffville a grade 6 portable that accommodates 35 students at st marks separate school is a fire trap mem bers of the parents guild claim they say the fire exit door is locked and windows are boarded up theyre de manding action to have the problems corrected the issue was raised at a parents guild meeting thursday st marks principal ken mcclennon admits concern but describes the situation as more of an inconveni ence than a hazard windows have been ordered he said and should be installed wednesday hes awaiting a report from the fire chief concerning the necessity of exit doors hes suspicious most portables fall short in this regard its not an adequate learning environment mr mcclennon said the principal has deman ded of his staff that at no time should students be left on their own without a teacher until conditions are corrected the child would have died meanwhile mr hodges a neighbor of the grossmans not knowing everyone was out of the house braved de nse smoke to check each of the bedrooms for possible victims he himself was overcome and required medical attention rescued from car mr kellock was honored for going to the assistance of a 20yearold bedale cres cent girl trapped in her blazing car on ellesmere road scarborough teresa modica was in volved in a four- vehicle pile- up during the late afternoon of dec 15 heraufobursr into flames on impact mr kellock rushed to the girls aid helped her from the car and placed her in his own automobile he then flagged down a passing ttc bus and using the onboard fire extinguisher put out they cared enough said robert mcdonald deputyminister of com munity and social services most are hesitant about getting involved in the slightest thing out of the ordinary these people be came heroes not because they wanted to but because they cared enough to save another person the twelve other citation recipients were from brampton hamilton niagara falls scarbor ough etobicoke and toronto a miracle owners find valuable dogs markham two valu able dogs a breed known as lhaso apso are back with their rightful owners john and cathy wensink follow ing a bizarre chain of events mrs wensink said the skates on gold cheryl simpson ballantrae its triple gold for 18yearold cheryl simpson of ballan- trae the talented skater pre viously a club member at stouffville and now union ville attained this level of skating perfection in tests oct 2 the triple gold re lates to figures freestyle and dance cheryls the daughter of harry and marlene simp son rr 3 stouffville cheryls partner in this most recent achievement was club professional dan ny sorley of newmarket previously she obtained her gold figure and gold freestyle with professional jack belec of markham the accomplishment rep resents a high point in cheryls 14year skating career three judges attended last weeks tests mrs simpson was present also my mothers been there every time cheryl said another unionville club member wendy cleveley 18 of 20 greentrec road obtained her double gold in freestyle and dance she hopes to try her gold in fi gures this winter this week cheryl joins the staff of agincourt fi gure skating club shell provide instruction for chil dren fouryearsold and up twentymonthold kenny wensink 17th avenue markham is reunited with rocky left and sadie after the two lhaso apso dogs were taken from in front of his parents home sept 18 the pets were later recovered in toronto jim thomas pets rocky and sadie were at the road near their 17th avenue laneway entr ance when a man stopped and picked them up when his actions were questioned he said he plan ned to drop them off at a neighbors but instead con tinued west towards the 9th concession a stouffville woman sharon maude of glad park avenue took note of the car and con tacted mrs wensink when a lost ad appeared in the tribune the vehicles own er was traced to an apart ment near the corner of bloor and yonge streets toronto at first the suspect de nied all knowledge of the dogs mr wensink said but later admitted picking them up and then giving them away although both were soon recovered the female had been spayed the lady whod taken sadie into home was heart broken at having to give her up cathy said because the females no longer useful for breeding purposes cathy may give it back cathy described the dogs recovery as a miracle the adoptive owners she said treated them well v f