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i from children through to seniors its been a busy christmas season within the congregation of claremont united church everyones been part of the many activities including the young people of the sunday school like five year old emily marks daughter of john and karen marks emily assisted in decorating the tree jim thomas i area gravel pit close to approval uxbridge a proposal first presented to council six years ago for approval to operate a gravel pit moved closer to finalization at a suffers injuries gormley a gormley area man is a patient in york county hospital newmarket recovering from injuries received in a fall from a roof friday at a residence on metcalfe street aurora john david lovell rr 1 gormley suffered a broken knee cap and a fractured skull meeting of the planning board last week its time we forwarded this application to the planner for professional comments on rezoning said chairman sandy ewen after listening to a presentation from robert lackey a toronto consulting engineer lackey appearing on behalf of giordano sand gravel properties ltd applied to have the area rezoned from agricultural to permit mineral extraction and gravel pit operations the site is located on the brock road cone 5 uxbridge supporting his presen tation with a brief and several drawings showing various boreholes on the site lackey detailed the extraction course fine and granular aggregate in- three areas starting in 1982 and with subsequent rehabilitation to the year 2000 he said there had been a demand from five construction companies for production from the proposed site also the muncipality has need for sand and gravel for its roads when asked by councillor don jackson how the area would be rehabilitated he was informed it would be levelled off with top soil and grass chairman ewens proposal to leave the matter with the township planner was ap proved a sad christmas buttonville for most families christmas is the happiest time of the year but not for george and carol katsios rr 1 unionville a tragic accident thursday afternoon changed all that when 11 year old dorothy dodie katsios was struck and killed while attempting to cross hwy 7 east of woodbine avenue after stepping off a markham transit bus she was en route home from unionville public school where she was a student in grade 6 driver of the car was 23 year old john rouble of 23 main street north markham attitude disturbs judge the tune can be a boom on thursday evening the 100volce choir of orchard park school and the whitchurchstouffville concert band combined their talents for an enjoyable evening of vocal and instrumental music at stouffville dist secondary school here grade 5 student darron baston clarke street takes a peak inside george peggs giant tuba holding his ears in case the toot is more than he can stand gregcoates gormley you have an attitude of supreme in difference judge fd white told a 16 year old whitchurch stouffville youth after the accused entered a plea of guilty to stealing money from his employer at a gormley service station christopher connelly was remanded in custody for sentencing this week when asked by judge white if he had anything to say for himself connelly replied that hed paid the man back his money festive mood uxbridge despite the act of passing a box of chocolates around the room planning board wasnt in that much of a festive mood and thats what denis mccarthy of uxbridge will find out on receipt of a letter from his lawyer appealing to council on his behalf paul harris had written asking that his client be reimbursed in the amount of 500 or 600 because of dealings with council that had never been completed may 5 1978 harris said mccarthy had applied to the township for the rezoning of some property and had paid the municipality 500 to cover the costs of the application a hearing was scheduled for sept 22 1980 the township then decided to adjourn the hearing sine die without date and mc carthy was asked to attend later harris said however apparently the township failed to inform the region of the adjournment resulting in further costs of 100 being assessed against mr mccarthy harris wrote under the circumstances we would request that all or at least part of the total of 600 be reimbursed to him harris said at the very least we would expect an accounting for the 500 originally paid to the township the board however gave the matter short shrift said chairman sandy ewen i thought hed know better its nonrefundable the application fee is used for administration the meeting agreed wht wrihum second section wednesday december 23 1981 farmers need help federation official york region the only solution and the con sumers not going to like it is for the farmer to receive more money for his product harold lapp president of the york county federation of agriculture claims that because people pay cash for food they complain not realizing how little the producer receives and what the costs are to produce it he recalls when eggs were selling for sixty cents a dozen and takehome pay was 40 a week now he says eggs are 120 a dozen and the con sumers earning up to 400 a some people he says will pay 78 cents a pound for carrots grown in texas while produce just as good and grown at bradford sells five pounds for 68 cents if folks would shop canadian thered be no problem he claims closer to home lapp says the price paid for soybeans from his own farm is less than two years ago yet production costs are much higher he predicts that unless theres a turnaround in agriculture economically many farmers will quit the business for something better he sees the possibility of a food shortage in canada if the trend continues right now the farmer whos forced to borrow money to keep going is having it rough due to high interest rates says lapp while unaware of any in this area whove gone under he suggests some might have sold before the real crunch came lapp doesnt lay all the blame on the government some farmers want to make a big splash and run a big show then when times get tough theyre in over their heads i couldnt sleep at night if i borrowed money that way he said banks he noted tend to keep an eye on a farmers equity taking cognizance of the worth of his land then when the equity runs out the bank suddenly quits some live in a fools paradise he said sooner or later the chickens come home to roost for the lender as well as the borrower right now he says everyones looking for a scapegoat the only solution as he sees it is higher prices for the farmers products were all consumers without food nothing else matters he concluded georgia tremaine passes on skills claremont ive finally come up with a technique im comfortable with and i think it shows says artist georgia tremaine of claremont im really excited about it owner and operator of georgias studio and gallery brock road claremont georgia also teaches art she currently has three classes which shell be cutting to one after christmas to allow more time on her own i have a few paintings awaiting completion ex plained georgia i may return to three or four classes in the spring although she personally prefers acrylics and pastels georgia teaches all mediums she also prefers to keep her classes down to seven students allowing more attention to each rates are reasonable at 50 for ten lessons with each being two and a half hours long im not out to make a killing says georgia just enough to cover costs every six months she holds a show and sale in the gallery featuring one or two local artists it gives them a chance to display their work she said there are some really talented people in the area a very personable person georgia still uses her maiden name youngs when autographing her work shes always been interested in art but never really became serious about it until six years ago employed as a registered nurse georgia started painting on the side she then worked parttime on each but finally gave up nursing to become a fulltime artist explaining that her high school never offered a very good art course georgia revealed shes pretty much selftaught in 1977 she entered a contest and won a scholarship to mary schneiders summer art school in tweed this was a great ex perience it opened a lot of doors she said after operating a gallery in scarborough just over a year georgia and her husband moved to claremont where they purchased a house they then renovated a barn at the rear to serve as a studio georgia is currently working on a project which involves painting portraits of the longtime claremont residents ive always been a people person she explains its also a way to record the culture and history of the community one thing she stresses to her students is not to take themselves too seriously you should always have a good time and experiment when paint ing she says when i find its becoming more work than fun i take a breather anyone interested in signing up for classes can contact georgia at 6492996 horned owl dies byroad claremont an adult great horned owl found by the side of the road north of the claremont conservation area has since died the discovery was made by edgerton pegg rr 2 claremont wednesday af ternoon it was first believed that the beautiful bird was only stunned it made no attempt to fly away when approached now mr pegg feels it may have consumed some poison meat the great horned is considered very useful in controlling pests par ticularly mice its fare also includes rabbits and squirrels ajax teacher reassigned durham region a 45 year old staff member at st bernadettes elementary school in ajax has been removed from the classroom and placed on special assignment after allegedly assaulting several female students peter krawetz a teacher at st bernadettes has had his permanent position terminated there the board met in com mittee for 70 minutes and later announced its decision the teacher has since been charged by durham regional police board chairman jim brady said krawetz would remain on special duty until his contract expires in august talented artist georgia tremaine of claremont is passing her skills on to others in the community through classes held at her brock road studio her current project is that of painting portraits or longtime residents in the area gregcoates