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whats inside uxbridge guide will represent canada11 directory comment p4 entertainment p19 to p21 childrens page p22 sports p16 to p18 real estate p23 to p25 classified p26 to 31 waxer goalie hot rich tabaracci hot in playoffs 16 the tribune fvlui 6st 25000 copies vol 2 no 12 a metroland community newspaper saturday march 22 1986 32 pages 25 cents irl hero in goodwood fire come in breaker breaker fiveyearold cameron straughan takes a mi nute to chat with a travelways dispatcher on the cb before his mother moira starts her daily bus route though he is blind cameron is a kinder- garten student at william armstrong public school and enjoys many of the same activities and tasks as sighted children in his class for more on cameron and his mom see page 5 sjoerd witteveen family escapes earlymorning blaze by jim thomas a goodwood family of six owe their lives to swift action by a 17- yearold girl heidi todd daughter of stan and judy todd woke up shortly after 1 am thursday to see flames spreading through a wooden grate in her bedroom floor and reaching almost to the ceiling without thought for her own safety heidi awakened her pa rents brothers cameron and ste wart ages 17 and 16 and her nine- yearold sister becky clad only in night attire she drove up the street to the home of don and june harper and called in the alarm a few more minutes and it would have been too late her thankful father told the weeken der she did a super job mr todd said seconds after heidi escaped her room the ceil ing came crashing down the house was a total loss with damage excluding contents valued at 80000 mr todd principal of south- wood park public school ajax said his wife ran out in the freez ing cold in an attempt to summon help but due to the lateness of the hour no one was up at a third house she managed to arouse the occupants their own phone had already been cut off by the fast- moving flames he said i knew even before firefigh ters arrived there was no chance todd said he praised the swift action of fire volunteers from stouffville uxbridge and pickering they were able to save a nearby twostorey garage com pleted only recently cameron picked up his guitar and a motorcycle helmet on the way out and stewart grabbed a coat all else was lost mr todd said everything seemed fine when he and his wife retired around midnight judy had attended a music mania prac tice in stouffville that evening her costume was destroyed in the blaze along with copies of some of the skits mrs todd suffered a minor in jury when she slipped and fell on a patch of ice mr todd blistered one hand of greater concern was the loss of staff papers hed brought home from school im afraid theyll have to be done all over again he said the former principal of claremont public school and joseph gould sr public school uxbridge expects to be back at his desk monday stan and judy todd moved to goodwood from bay ridges thir teen years ago since buying the property theyd spent close to 30000 on improvements the house is insured but some of the contents can never be replaced he said there are many things money cant buy todd said he and his family have been overwhelmed by con cern and generosity shown by friends even before the embers had cooled the goodwood lions club had responded with dona tions of clothing on thursday he received a cheque for 500 from the parents of students at south- wood park school mr todd said he hopes to re build our neighbors are superb we dont want to leave he con cluded for fire photos sec page 3 ebffinwp5gv donkey ball various types of softball games have been featured on stouff ville diamonds in recent seasons slowpitch fastpitch tball and lobball on july 1 a ball game of a different kind will be played on donkeys donkey baseball is just that players riding or trying to ride donkeys the cost of bringing the team to stouffville from ottawa will be 700 organizers are still looking for riders the chamber of commerce and town council hope to field entries the event is all part of the towns strawberry festival and canada day weekend june 25 through july 1