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teen queen of uxbridge fair meet 19 year old sheena macaskill maple street uxbridge the 1980 queen of uxbridge fair sheena a grade 13 graduate of uxbridge secondary school and an ontario scholar was selected in a competition june 25 during the towns spring water days she was sponsored by the uxbridge iode sheena was crowned by the queen of 79 andrea tuck claremont rr 1 jim thomas town wants to help polluted well water t v gormley whitchurch- stouffville council will see what it can do to help a gormley resident in his continuing battle for compensation for a polluted well on his property the latter occurred after a buildup of the road by his house ed hakonson told council that road salt had polluted his well so much over the past year that he had todig a new one he was 5240 out of pocket as a result with no sign of any reimbursement he said that his second child had been born june 5 1979 since that time a sample of the well water showed it to be 100 parts per litre over the ac ceptable sodium content level salt could cause vital damage to a baby he said hakonson said an appeal to york region had been turned over to the insurance company which in turn handed it over to its adjuster the latter had rejected his claim saying the well was in poor condition and suggested he move his house back from the road hakonson said he said the aluminum edging on his house had also been destroyed by salt he is win awards uxbridge deborah devries rr 2 uxbridge and fscott harper goodwood both 14 were named top girl and jtop boy respectively when joseph gould sr public school held its annual grade 8 scott harper graduation exercises june 26 both debbie and scott received scholarships presented by branch 170 of the royal canadian legion scott was the class valedictorian the mc was karen timmins subject awards were presented to leigh ann colquhaun english 1st sheryl rogers english 2nd robbie bharrucha mathematics 1st peter locke geography 1st individual subject awards were received by grade 7 louise dempster english john davidson history sherri mcmillan science kelleyanne smith mathematics kristi watson french and elaine ehinger geography grade 8 teresa dejong art dorothy barth history annetta postma french harold kim science tracey ware vocal music angie taylor in strumental music heather bell family studies john low industrial arts and cathy meredith special achievement arm operation unsuccessful greenwood a thirteenhour operation that temporarily reattached a two year old girls left arm has failed denise swedlo had to have the limb removed when the blood flow stopped and attempts to reinduce it were unsuccessful the injury occurred when the child was caught in the blade of a mower on the farm of her grandfather herb middleton greenwood her right hand was also badly damaged the seriousness of the injury plus the age of the girl made surgery difficult dr ronald zuker of the hospital for sick children said denise is the daughter of earl and brenda swedlo rr l locust hill now using his new well which has a sodium content of 38 compared with 350 in the old one hakonson said that dealings with the ministry of the en vironment on the first well brought excellent co operation the ministry said the well was contaminated with salt aggravated by in- sufficient ditching the problem was said to be con sistent with road salting hakonson said he was bringing his case to council for three reasons to endeavour to amend legislation that exempts road salt unless applied negligently be compensated for his new well and direct the regional engineer to survey his land and drain properly councillor becky wedley said it wasnt the first time council had faced that problem after a road had been recon structed council then agreed it would approach the private systems renewal program to see what assistance hakonson might be given braille plaque stouffville an historical plaque honoring edgar robinson a native of stouffville and founder of canadas first braille library will be unveiled thursday to day at 2 pm in markham the ceremony a co operative effort of cnib and the heritage conservation division of the ontario ministry of culture and recreation will take place at 152 main street north edgar bertram freel robinson 18721908 was the first blind graduate of an on tario university he was a strong supporter of improving the lives of visually impaired canadians in 1906 he established from his home a lending library containing 81 braille volumes serving 26 subscribers in 1919 the library was amalgamated by the canadian national institute for the blind and formed the basis of the national library which now contains 9000 books magazines and periodicals that serve 10000 blind canadians the property where todays ceremony will be held is the same building that ac commodated the original blind library ontario scholars uxbridge a grade 13 graduate from uxbridge secondary school has attained an overall average of 908 per cent bill lautscfa an ontario scholar resides at rr 1 zephyr other recipients of provincial scholarships from uxbridge high follow john clarke rr 2 andrew eng franzis henke cheryl hodgutsoa glen irwin david lapp sbeena macaskill and jean paty all of uxbridge and linda maniw of mount albert whitchurch stouffville reject bike races stouffville its doubtful therell be any complaints from residents in the hillsdale drive area of musselmans lake july 27 but town councillor jim doble for one may find the day a little slow an application to have that date and site devoted to a series of motorcycle races known as motocross was made june 24 by frank sutton of oshawa the terrain with its rolling hills would be ideal for the event sutton told council he said he already had permission from the landowner to stage the six- hour show councillor becky wedley said that while she wasnt opposed to the event the noise might be disturbing to nearby homeowners 22 in total on hillsdale drive to allow for any in convenience sutton said the club would give out free said councillor doble there has to be some provision for people who ride bikes if it was acontinuing thing id say no i wouldnt care if it was put next to me for a day you get two passes replied sutton members however decided the race course would be too close for comfort and turned the proposition down i guess that means i dont get my tickets con cluded doble wht wrifoum second section i thursday july 3 1980 crops and buildings ravaged by tornado yorkdurham a tornado accompanied by hail and heavy rain cut a milewide swath through sections of york and durham regions thur sday toppling trees and damaging buildings in its path the storm that broke shortly after 3 pm extended from mount albert through to whitby three hours later children were still scooping hail stones off the ground by the handfuls grain and corn crops were cut to ribbons and vegetable gardens were ruined many windows were broken the gordon timbers property on the whitchurch- uxbridge townline bore the full brunt of the blast the top twenty feet of a cement block silo was blown through the barn roof pieces of the structure were strewn about a field a quarter mile away there were cows in the barn at the time but all escaped injury a rain guage near the house showed a fall of more than wo inches in twenty ninutes at the iglar horse farm to the east the roof was lifted off a large shed and relocated on the ground a short distance away norma iglar told the tribune she saw the storm ajproaching and attempted to drive the animals twenty in number under cover we werent sure what would be best to leave them outside and take the risk theyd be struck by lightning or herd them inside and have the barn collapse norma iglar told the tribune gusts wereso strong she feared the foals might blow away sherrie tymkow a resident in the second house on the property looked out the window and saw the shed roof coming in her direction she ran out a back door 5 father to the south winds broke down trees in the laneway entrance to the elsie boland property cone 3 uxbridge north of goodwood one landed on a car a section of the boland barn was blown away average 91 big wind in brooklin pickering a student from pickering dist high school has graduated from grade 13 with an average of 913 per cent glyn morgan an ontario scholar resides at 469 broadgreen street pickering other recipients of provincial scholarships from pickering high are michael arnts brock- road north mark bain carwin- crescent anna davis fairview avenue marilyn dunnill yeremi street kelly flattery rr 2 reglna grwatz fairview avenue joseph henein jacwin drive marian hunter rosefield road jacqueline koender church street north karin kueper rr 2 michelle labrie rr 1 grace loney westney road anne mclean sherwood road east wendy murphy parkham crescent susan near mill street lauraine newell sherwood road east nicholas ovsenek park road north john pontone rr 2 manoj ravindran helen street wanda romaiec helen crescent linda thomas carwin crescent ophelia tong bronte square all of pickering walter bentley rr 1 locust hill daniel lane ajax ronald mcmullen rr 1 claremont mary mowbray rr 1 brooklin yee wah quan roosevelt drive ajax barbara san derson michael blvd whitby and keith tapscott rr 2 claremont durham region the high wmd that swept through durham region last week seemed to save most of its breath for columbus road in the brooklin area power was cut and trees were uprooted as gusts reached 60 mph gertie taber said she was at an upstairs window in her columbus road home when the lights went out with a bang at the same time a 100yearold elm crashed down on the roof linda neault of columbus road west said the wind and rain cut visibility to zero and also dropped two large trees onto her house also on columbus road west two barns had their roofs torn off the storm cut power to about 5500 north whitby residents for several hours area native ross phillips manager of bethany lodge unionville conducted the service for mrs albert boomer from the oneill funeral chapel following her passing june 27 in scarborough centenary hospital mrs boomer the former adelaide coates was born near claremont a resident of bethany lodge she had been in declining health for the past six years i besides her husband she is survived by one brother bill coates in claremont she was predeceased by one brother and one sister interment was made in the family plot at uxbridge valedictorian awarded lions trophy valedictorian laura vale receives the general proficiency award from claremont lions president glen hammond at the claremont public school graduation held on thursday june 19 jim holt