air condftloning systems 191wd5ngmsteunt7 4711748 ernftsnmiisliip thethbune community heating air conditioning 4418 hwy 7 upstairs torn unionvoe video 4791290 woxiki nith ik cmmaitffu tht ccmmail serving whitchurchstouftville uxbridge and area a metroland community newspaper wednesday june 24 1987 stouffville man makes fashions fit for royalty royal designs musselmans lake resident kenneth e jobe recently returned from corpus christi texas where he de signed costumes for royalty crowned at one of that citys most prestigious social events mr jobe pic- lured here with a selection of his elaborate fashion designs hopes to soon host an exhibition of his work in whilchurchstouffville chris garbutt claremont back in movies as derelict house featured by chris shanahan community editor itll be lights camera action in the claremont area again this summer as yet another movie crew films on location a canadian action thriller with the working title assault will go into production next week at an abandoned north pickering farm house according to directorproducer robert bergman the low budget film is utilizing strictly homegrown canadian talent while no big stars are involved many of the actors are well known from their frequent appearances in tv commercials and other pro jects were concentrating on a good story line and interesting charac ters rather than elaborate special effects mr bergman said of the cops and robbers feature a crew from firelight produc tions is now onsite at an expropri ated pickering airport property north of durham region rd 5 an old red brick house left un attended after it was damaged by fire several years ago will be the focal point of the shoot during the month of july cosmetic improvements arc being been made to thederelict building for filming purposes according to mr bergman who said firelight has the full co operation of property owner transport canada the structure is considered a safety hazard and will eventually be burned to the ground as part of the movies final scene claremont has recently been fe atured in several feature films in cluding strange invaders and the pink chiquitas by chris garbutt theres a royal fashion desig ner in whitchurchstouffville and hed like to see his work on display here kenneth e jobe has returned from a successful exhibition of his talents in corpus christi where he designed clothing for a coronation at that texas citys buccaneer days the americans love royal ty but they dont have any the musselmans lake resident said so in corpus christi the high light of the buccaneer days fes tival is the crowning of the royalty a queen princess and 28 duchesses are chosen by las donas de la corte from socially prominent families within the city and outoftown the coronation is a formal blacktie affair the women of the royalty wear elaborate dresses with eightfoot trains for the duchesses and 15- footers for the queen and prin cess sewn by band mr jobe designed the dresses for all the royal women as well as their servants he also drew up the plans for the coronations stage the gowns were designed with the theme heroines of fact and fantasy in mind they rep resent famous women such as cinderella joan of arc and bet sy ross the dresses took six to seven months to make as they had to be hand sewn mr jobe said the dresses ought to be seen to believed you just dont get the same effect with pictures events an brief aoohess york north mpp greg sorbara recently announced whitchurchstouffvilles eligibility to receive up to 5291 per cent of the cost of a water supply and distribution system for the community of mussel mans lake a declaration of eligibilty is an impor tant first step in the process by which the ministry of the environment provides funds for capital pro jects such as this one mr sorbara said the final commitment of funds awaits the engineering work which is still to be done such work will ensure that most costefficient means will be used to complete this supply and distribution system he added bruces mill conservation area is open to swim mers daily until labor day the beach has clean water because of the installation of a swimming curtain and chlorine system the conservation area offers refreshment facilities change rooms and picnic and barbecue areas bruces mill is lo cated between warden ave and kennedy rd on the south side of stouffville rd and is open from 10 am to 8 pm the 1987 junior agriculturalist program for durham and york was set in motion in uxbridge at a recent orientation session the project is spon sored by the ministry of agriculture and food and the ministry of skills development to allow non- farm students age 16 to 18 to gain experience on area farms workers began june 22 and will con tinue to aug 21 so far students have been placed on farms in uxbridge keswick beaverton and pefferlaw the event was a resounding success according to mr jobe who claimed they think it was the best most lavish coronation they ever had the designer spent about a year working on the gowns and he said he was pleased with the results i enjoyed it you meet a lot of interesting people felt almost numb on the big evening he said he was relieved and almost numb its like i cant believe its finally happening mr jobe explained the event was taking time out of his other activities hes also involved in writing publishing and adver tising they asked me to do it next year but it takes too much time maybe in a few years they could talk me into doing it again he said fashion is not necessari ly my specialty its just one of the things i do local display his work is now being display ed in the gallery at the corpus christi museum until june 28 some of his drawings and sketches have been sold but the rest will be coming back to canada and mr jobe hopes to display them locally id like it to be in stouffville because i live here he said but if he cant show them in whitchurchstouffville hell consider the offers he has already had from some toronto galleries i want to make sure i have a couple of shows in september walking safely