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raise by annegret lamore preston lake residents of preston lake consider saving people from drowning a normal part of their lives and hardly worth men tioning according to donald felix one of the locals there ill bet half the people living here have pulled somebody out of the lake at oie time or another he said modestly- when the tribune interviewed him after his third rescue in as many years it was nothing really he said i was at the beach with the family when we heard these two guys hollering in the middle of the lake their aluminum canoe had tipped over and they couldnt swim no life preservers either so my brotherinlaw gormley resident- bruce ireland and i launched the sailboat and went out after them here mr felix paused as if no more need be said but with a bit of prodding he provided a few more details donald felix owns a very fast very tippy one man sailboat which they proceeded to launch and sail to the stricken men by the time we got there a guy from the opposite side of the lake had paddled over in his red canoe and was cir cling them he couldnt get any closer because the guys had panicked and would have tipped him they were clutching so wildly at their canoe that it was spinning over and over then the big guy hanging on the end went down he must have weighed at least 240260 pounds and was fully clothed i guess he got tired i went overboard after him and brought him back up then i heard this splash mr felix grins engagingly at this point and continues i turn around and my sailboat had turned over v the preservers the oars hats everything was in the water with bruce 1 luckily the man in the red canoe had a ski vest and we put that on the big guy then we hung one guy off each side of the canoe and the fellow dragged them to shore bruce and i followed close behind in the l i ctt v fi i preston lake resident donald felix recently rescued two richmond hiil men from drowning it was the third time in as many years that he saved people from the lake to the right is bruce ireland a gormley resident who assisted him in the latest rescue holiday accident two killed near ballantrae ballantrae the holiday weekend had agrim beginning locally when two men were killed and three more injured on highway 48- south of ballantraej tfie accident oc curredjuly 1 about 610 pm and involved a single vehicle- a ford pickup driven by james mckibbon of toronto was southbound on high- residents fear new ammonia disaster claremont pickering council has decided to expedite any decision made by the ministry of v the en- vironment regarding the huge ammonia storage tanks located in claremont council voted monday night to support the more than 200 worried arearesidents who had petitioned council to have the tanks removed following the- latest in cident when an ammonia spill forced evacuation of homes in the hamlet vthis was the latest of t four incidents involving ammonia leaks in the past four years ac cording to brain preddy organizer of the petition the mishap occurred whena cp rail train pulled away with its ammonia unloading lines- still connected causing release of clouds of choking hydrous am monia many gardens were destroyed and damage would have been much worse if a rain had not- fallen settling the dangerous fumes residents fear even bigger disasters if a train should jump the tracks and strike one of the 15000 gallon tanks or if a major leakage should occur v r 5 a big leak would t cause destruction of crops and endanger human lives pickering council is going to examine its zoning bylaws closely to see if there are grounds j for the removal of the storage tanks the land is presently ned agricultural but ridlmaybe able to removal on the gmunds that the tanks are dangerous or ob noxious j there is quite a bit of housing near the area of the storage containers way 48 it passed another southbound vehicle then went out of control the truck skidded off the west shoulder of the highway and rolled several times four hitchhikers riding iri the vehicle were thrown out and two were killed dead is edward peters 25 and nelson young 23 both of toronto the driver and another passenger wayne robinson of toronto were reported in satisfactory condition at scarborough centenary hospital the fifth man james bacon of brechin wastreated forabroken collar bone and released stouffvillc dr- e uzans attended no inquestisplanned witnesses reported that traffic from the cottage country was delayed for several hoursthe last traces of- the accident were not clearedup until midnight on july 5 after consultation with the crown attorneys office investigating officers of the ontario provincial police broughtcharges against mckibbon he is totappcarjn court- july- yt on charges of criminal negligence causing death and careless driving- righted sailboat to make sure nobody fell off after they got to shore alright we went back and picked up the paddles life preservers and hat it was impossible to empty the water from the aluminum canoe so we finally dragged it along behind the sailboat the way it was full of water it must have been a rather tricky business two big men sailing a tippy oneman cockleshell safely to shore while towing a heavy totally un- maneuverable canoe the interviewer suggested but mr felix only shrugged what really got my brotherinlaw upset he said was that their lives werent even worth six bucks to those guys he explained that bruce had lost his sunglasses while helping with the rescue and the men were most reluctant to compensate him for them although one of their wives finally did they were sitting on the beach and saw the whole thing it never occurred to them to ob tain help oh were you drowning one of them said in surprise af terwards i thought you were only fooling around out there last years rescue was somewhat similar again it involved two inexperienced non- swimmers out on the lake without lifejackcts there were two girls maybe fourteen fifteen out in a rubber dinghy it had these little plastic oars and i guess they lost- one it was really very windy out and they couldnt control the dinghy with one oar so one of the girls had gone overboard after it but she couldnt get back to the dinghybecausethe wind blewjt further and further away when we heard them holler i sailed over with a friend and jumped in with a life preserver mr felix shrugged then we helped the girl back into the dinghy and away they went it was in 1974 just after he had acquired his sailboat that donald felix made his first rescue i was just trying out the boat one evening when this guy tipped his canoe he couldnt swim so i took off my preserver and threw it to him he hung on and i towed him in mr felix couldnt see anything remarkable about his rescues anybody would have done the same he said and mentioned a neigh bour to prove his point yeah i pulled out his guy once said ross gibson as a matter of fact my son was with me that day we were out sailing when we saw an overturned rubber dinghy the guy was trying to climb back in no i dont need any help he said the first time we passed him but we came back again a few minutes later to check lucky we did he was just about ready to sink and sure didnt object that time oh he was drunk as a lord we had passed him earlier on and all you could see sticking out were two feet and a head with a bottle of beer theres far too much drinking and boating remarked mr gibson did any of the people rescued thank them the tribune wanted to know mr gibson was just as ribnplussed as mr felix had been when that question was raised oh theres lots have pulled people out of the lake he said non chalantly and pointed back -to- don felixs house i believe don there pulled out a couple pictured here are ross gibson and his son bert they saved a man who had fallen out of his rubber dinghy and was about to drown in preston lake lawyer challenges legality of land freeze pickering a toronto lawyer is seeking to wipe out the four-year- old land freeze in the area surrounding the north pickering project and the defunct airport david estrin is ac ting on behalf of ronald and elaine massey who own property in the frozen area near the york durham townline two provincial ministries housing and the- at- torneygerneral have been served with notices that a judicial review is being sought estrintermedthe application for review urgent- and has requested that it come before the supreme court of ontario july 14 the masseys pur chased their land in 1971 and upgraded it by the construction of a road and culverts as well as landscaping when the freeze was suddenly imposed in march 1972 they were unable to build and have been forced to rent a house estrin claims that the freeze has meant a drop of 20000 in the price for which mr mrs massey could sell their landif his argument is accepted by the court the land freeze might ultimately be voided i mother cat takes care of two litters plus a stranger fcjk23s3 story and photos by john montgomery rrr skpsfk the herrell family cat is a patient and long- suffering animal the poor creature has been called upon to nurture its own kittens a litter of abandoned kit tens and a deserted ferret the litter of kittens the herrells owned was actually abondoned two adult ferrets which by one of the -foster- they kept for pets the female gave birth and then the pair made a successful- break for freedom leaving the young one behind mothers own offspring the herrells discovered the litter stashed in a piece of farm machinery in their barn one of the kittens had anita and marie fallen into some water herrell daughters of and the resultant racket now a month old and rosemarie herrell 2nd tipped off the family seems to be thriving well line uxbridge brought all this extra chore was on feline milk although it this extra work on their supplemented again by finds the kittens oc- catshead through their the arrival of the baby- casionally play a little habit of collecting pets ferret- rough the young ferret is thismother cat looks somewhat less than kittens as well as a baby ferretthe kitten and pleased to say the least and who could blame theferret seem more concerned with getting a her she has been saddled with two litters of meal than with each other steve middlcton tees off at- sleepy hollow golf course in the opening rounds of the ontario junior qualifying tournament four local youths became eligible for the junior open- tight gfimes f in league play the meal completed the two turn to some serious fooling around the kitten appears to be giving the ferret a friendly embrace fun is fun but obviously the ferret has had enough of the kittens rambunctiousness the play looks a little rough at times but the ferret emerged unscathed from the experience stouffville in the peewec boys division of the house league merv degeers whomsley real estate defeated good wood by a vnarrow margin the final score was 108 tim henniger and wayne lock belted in home runs cliff lee and kevin grosse were the winning pitchercatcher team merv degeers whomsley real estate dumped b j s variety 8- 4 cliff lee hit the only homerofthegamekevin grosse counted for 3 runs oddfellows and rebekahs played to a 55 tie with merv degeers whomsley real estate home runs came off the bats of cliff lee and tim- henninger east view sales and- service clouted merv degeers whomsley real estate 52 squirt boys eric whomsley real estate skimmed by ed sidsworth haulage 1413 eddie harper in left field mark belisle in right and steve hoover on second base played an out standing game eric whomsley real estate came from behind to whallop hutchinson bulldozing 1810 pecwee girls goodwood swamped lloyd britton auto sales 2212maria schembri belted two home runs and tammy verlch debbie rbnchen and shcrri coppin each hit one u lloyd britton auto sales bounced backlto thump the stouffville iga 188 joanne dart hit the only homer of the game stouffville iga was victorious over the ladies auxiliary 1614 sandra hinks and gloria mintz both scored home runs bcrnice armet and lisa henderson counted- for three runs each srjy- rkarenslecth didta superb job in right field sharon xdykstra sand sandy hincks were tbe winning- pitchercatcher combo ellen bingham and ji karen jemby managed to tally up four runseach for the ladies auxiliary team fc