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s 3 increase constable susan storry a member of the opp detachment at midland has realized the fulfillment of a lifelong dream she was home on leave last week spending some time visit ing her parents noel and jean storry rr 1 claremont jim thomas uxbridge anger ex- pressed by uxbridge twp council members thursday night prompted a motion to oppose a request by bell tele phone for a 25 per cent rate in crease as of jan 17 1983 the decision was in response to a letter from transport and communications minister james snow requesting input from municipalities on behalf of telephone subscribers its the mininstrys intention to challenge bell canadas argument that such a rate hike isnecessary councillor maustyn mcknight tabled the resolution rejecting the increase remark- ing that theperceritage is way out of line obviously bell canada is not listening to the federal governments request for restraint he stated need single exchange it was suggested by council lor sandy ewen that since the for constable susan storry claremont most kids play cops and robbers for- susan storry thegamevas for real no not the shooting part but certainly the role of policewoman now in life its for real a career dream come true susans an officer with the midland detachment of the oprrw- j i think i was ten when i first started thinking about it she fsaid bythe end of high school 1 was sure full greens claremont fortytwo players comprising 14 teams filled the greens july 21 for the annual hiram walker mens i trebles lawnbowling tourna- ment a high for three wins was roy watts rink from newmarket with fred haines arid bill greig completirig the entry high for two wins was a rich- mond hill rink skipped by roy clark along with daws hare and al meredith- j high for one win wasanother richmond hill rink headed by larry wales with son david and morley hall cash prizes were presented by don hedges tournament records were maintained by tom hammond the next claremont tourney is an open trebles aug 7 however her initial applica- i tion was turned downshe was todpyoungtf rcflt was cpl david bourne of bloomington now with the opp at whitby who encour- aged her tofollow through she filled outaformand was accepted may 28 1982 was a proud day for susan- she graduated from the ontario police college at aylmer her parents noel and jean storry formerly of rr2 stouffville and now living near coppins corners were seated in the audience for them it was an equally proud moment susans the only police woman in the detachment at midland but this presents no problems she describes the officers as a great bunch 6f- guys f on occasions being a woman works to her advani tagcshesevennmotorists say ytharikyou w receipt of a ticket 4 susan venjoysthevariety everysituations the same onlytiifferent she says- some- nights are quiet and others are crazy she prefers the afternoon shift its not like on tv she says its much like i ex- pected in cases of emergen cy help isalways as close as her twoway radio v susan lives at penetan- guishine only a stonesthrow from the station she enjoys her work and the people she works with however at every oppor tunity she heads for home still thebest place in the world guest claremont the claremont lawn bowling club hosted a guest all the way from melbourne au stralia july 21 betty snelling was a spec tator at the annual hiram walker tournament a mens trebles that attracted- a full house of 14 teams mrs snelling a member of the richmond unionsbowling club in melbourne was accompanied by daughter carole zorzi of 1238 maple ridge drive pickering before returning home she will visit her son peter in san fransisco the lawn bowling season in melbourne begins around the end of august mrs snell ing said shes been a partici pant in the sport about nine years i deadlines because aug 2is a public- holiday the tribunes display advertising department must meet an earlier deadline all display ads must be in the office not later than 5 pm fimayjifsx v sjf the deadline v classified t ads remainsunchanged at 10 am tuesday your co- operation is appreciated ministry appears to be in a re ceptive mood they should be in formed that the municipality is unhappy with the -five- exchange system presently in operation there are instances he said where two subscribers on different exchanges living three hundred yards apart have to pay long distance charges to speak tpone another i think its about time we were served by a single ex- change final word on the subject came from mayor bill ballin- ger imagine he said asking the taxpayers of ux- bridge for a 25 increase the town wouldnt be big enough to hidein over 30000 saved council spent considerable time discussing whether to purchase a new dump box for a recently purchased tandem truck or renovate aused one at a cost of 2600 it waseveritual- ly agreed that the purchase of a used box and the carrying out of modifications to the truck would show a considerable sav- ing in capital outlay it was also agreed to purchase a new sand- hopper at a cost of 7930 mayor bill ballinger apolo- gized for the length of time re- quired discussingthepurj chases iwoumjremind mem- bersthatjwhen the original proposal was put forward tor- purchase these items the estit mates stood at 75000 plus the cost of a hopper our decision to purchase good used equipment has saved the taxpayers of this- municipality over 30000 i think its been time well spent cruelty durham regiona17 year old youth has been charged withcruelty following 1 death by strangulation of a per sian cat j aspokesmanfor durham re gional police said the animal was discoveredwith its head placed- between two strandsof clothesline a cigarette had- beeninsertedin its mouth to appear in court is james nichols of no fixed address miss 362536 she was the crowds choice asa in the miss bikini ontario contest- 1982twcnty year old tammy mclntyre bent the needle on the applause meter at the6th annual county jam boree near brougham- saturday tammys vital statistics read 36-25-36- iv- jim thomas kayak tirturns glen major this com- munity was saddened thurs daywhen word was received on the drowning deaths of 26 i the claremont lawn bowling club hosted a full green wednesday for theannnal hiram walker tournamentplayed under perfect weather con- sam editions one of the participants above was san spencer rr i ashburn j s v l jim thomas service uxbridge -r- the 25- member continental singers accompanied by an 11piece orchestra will present a con cert of contemporary christ- ian music sunday aug 1 in the uxbridge baptist church time of the service is 10 am since organized in 1967 the continental singers have- made nearly 7000 domestic and 1900 foreign appear ances before more than four million people they have recorded eight een albums concerts are held nightly seven days a week perfor mers for the 75day summer tour are selected by audi- tions from thousands of high school and college young people h the chorus and orchestra is- based out of thousand oaks california year old kenneth third and his girlfriend jane carter- age 25 ken is the son of bert and bet- ty third formerly of 19th ave nue markham almira and now of janetville northeast of port perry his grandmother mrs charles fiss resides near glen major jane is from peter- borough while information on the accident remains sketchy it is believed the victims were out in a kayak somewhere off the coast of vancouver island when fined durhamregion plas tics surfacefinishers ltd of whitby were fined 12000 af ter pleading guilty in provincial court to 24 counts of illegal dumping of chemical wastes into the whitby sewage system the charges were laid by the- region which stated that quan tities of nickel copper and chromium were discharged into the system during a four- day period in march of this year v v according to regional solici tor reino kallio tests done near the plant showed high readings of chemical waste i they encountered heayy-bff- skore currents and thecraft overturned janes body was recovered monday ken was found tuesday both were wearing life jackets 7 because of the lengthy search that followed a missing persons report and the dis tance factor between here and the west coast family mem bers werent notified of the tragedy until thursday a dou ble service was conducted from the mackie funeral home in lindsay monday many from this area attended ken grew up in the almira community attending public school at melville and dick sons hill and high school in stouffville and lindsay he was a qualified welder working to- wards his plumbers and steamfittcrs license he was also a licensed pilot he had been living at victoriaalmost two years besides his parents and grandparents ken is survived by two sisters vicki mrs brad findlay of bognor near owen sound lori mrs david fergu- sbnof lindsay and one brother michael of dunsford jane leaves her parents two sisters and a brother t r mm h