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hi t fr j wilson shoes jtd s family i footwear skates v 7 main st 6402429 stoufmile -a-k-i- 7s tondon fog pierrecahdmm v vahd many other- canadian name brands 55 main w- stouffville 640-6859- fine start to a new year cliff and catherine bass are two of the proudest parents in the region of durham on jan 3 they welcomed their first child jeremy clifford weighing 7 pounds 12 ounces jeremy arrived at 621 am at york central hospital richmond hill cliff catherine and family re side in altona jim thomas the first arrival at uxbridge cottage hospit al in 1983 was lovely megan sara taylor daughter of john and margaret taylor rri uxbridge megan made her debut at 205 am jan 3 a 9 pound 5 ounce baby sister for michael six and julie three mrs taylor is a secretary on the staff of the guidance depart ment at stouffville dist secondary school jim thomas uxbridge john finlay associate agricultural repre sentative in durham west for the past 7 16 years has been promoted to the position of agricultural representative in durham east with head office at bowmanville john and wife lynn and fami ly have already moved from greenbank to a new home in orono in appreciation of his work with the durham west jr far mers he was presented with a gift at the annual awards ban quet in sunderland saturday ivan bell agricultural rep resentative for durham west praised his former associates efforts siriceeoming to the ux bridge office from university he was highly respected here he told the tribune the promotion is well de served heads jr farmers durham region mrs brian lee of greenbank is the 1983 president of durham west jr farmers she waswel- comed officially at the annual banquet and dance in the sunderland community tre saturday she succeeds neil guthrie rr 1 pickering never say no to an oppor tunity is her motto she de- scribes the position as a learn ing experience the 23yearold computer su- pervisor with ontario hydio is the former janice tilt a mem ber ofa wellknown greenbank area family durham west jr farmers includes clubs from brooklin uxbridge beavcrton and greenbank she was theorga- nizations vicepresident in 1982 uxbridge township plan ning board was a few minutes late in getting underway last week but there was a good reason for it j- at least it scorned a good idea at the time to mayor bill ballinger who went home to pick up his portable television set so the board could tunc into the ussrphiladelphia flyers hockey game after the meeting its all part of our camar aderie the mayor explained to the press as it turned out however it was more comrades than camaraderie asthe soviets easily demolished their nhl opponents 51 treatnieiit irritated trusted awaits his fate claremont claremonts representative on durham board of education linda carder is still nonplus sed over the way the matter in volving george stanford man ager of maintenance and con struction for the board has been handled stanford 62 recently pleaded guilty in durham pro vincial court to charges of fail ing to report income in the amount of 139893 between 197780 despite the fact stanford was in charge of supervising school construction projects from the letting of the tenders to the complettion of the jobs the board only found out about his charge by accident trustee carder told the tribune she said that one of the board trustees a lawyer just hap pened to be in the whitby court during one of stanfords appearances otherwise the board might have been some time in finding out you would think that he would have let us know he was involved in a tax matter mrs carder said she said too the very fact that stanford was charged with healthy payoff durham bettor durham region a pickering man bccamean in stant millionaire this week when his lottario selections brought him winnings totalling 115873920 and it wasnt because anthony mediati just picked a number out of a hat he worked at it he also spent what would probably be a small fortune to most people doling out close to 2000 a week on the tickets for the past three weeks and be- wcen 500 and 600 weekly the six months prior to that you just keep at it said the 34yearold separated father of four owner of a hairdressing salon and a restaurant in pick ering he prayed a cbmination of the numbers 15 611 18 and 38 forhisfirst down payment of 112108640 it was the seventh largest payoff in the history of the lot tery mediati had 100 tickets for the draw he won 11 cheques all told including five for 5 for his win nings other extras amounted to 22000 the big winner said he plans to give his wife and children some money then he hopes to try his luck at the gambling tables in atlantic city and las vegas i usually take two or three gambling holidays a year he said mediati said that 1600 was the most he had evcrwoniffthe lottario draw before income tax evasion and not some criminal offence makes it mandatory for the board to continue paying him even though he hes been suspended from work mrs carder said that durham regional police are also looking into the matter but do not consider it one of their top priorities she said the board would be dealing with it again this week at its regular meeting at that time it will investigate all the building contracts let out by stanford as well as the jobs done and supervised by him review his job description so that any new person that might be hired would not be put in a similar position of possible temptation mrs carder said that the board was still in a state of shock over the incident it had that holier than thou atti tude that all was well but such acts must be common mrs carder said also that the public school at zephyr was closing after years in the educa tion business its just not practical to keep it open she said theres no development or any projection of growth ahead on the positive side val- leyview public school which had gone for some years with out any indentifying marker finally got its name posted at claremont public school the crossing guard station was moved about 150 feet east to eli minate any possible danger of cars coming across it too fast after coming over the incline to the west the crossing was formerly directly across from the school entrance the school also got its park ing lot both extended and paved mrs carder said uxbridge train said no go could wreck home controversial clause dropped uxbridge it will be a waiting and watching game for the township of uxbridge where seeking go train ser vice is concerned says mayor bill ballinger gos latest schedule shows that there still wont be any rail service between uxbridge and stouffville but the mayor looks at it as all a matter of numbers well be waiting and watch ing stbuffvilles numbers he said theyre not as strong as had been expected for the daily ridership he said also that right now uxbridge owning the rightofway to their property should give them a few rights in other ways tom and barb reeves concession 5 ux- renew vows goodwood when mr and mrs cyril ball of good wood first took their wedding vows they took them to last now 59 years later its not as if they didnt expect them to hold up but they did think it would be a nice idea if they took another look at them thats why last week they renewed them in a special wed ding ceremony at newmarket hospital where both are now patients mr ball has been in hospital for four years but mrs ball just entered recently as the re sult of a stroke the ceremony was attended by somenurses and the balls daughter mrs marjory jordan young farmer honored durham west all in the family best describes the hon or bestowed on dwight guthrie of rr 2 whitby saturday night dwight was selected durham wests outstanding jr far mer at an svards banquet in the sunderland community centre last year his older brother neil of rr 1 picker ing was similarly recognizedi the presentation of an en graved plaque was made by agricultural representative ivan bell also honored on the same occasion were 1982s top jr farmer athletes joan smal- ley and bill kcstcr both mem bers of the uxbridge club the years 4h champions were three members of brook lin jr farmers linda jones wendle wcrry and charles fiss bridge told a meeting of the township planning board last week according to the pair while applying for a mortgage for their home they came across a clause in their deed which made securing the latter an im possibility the clause said that if the owners lost the rightofway the township could tear their place down the clause the said was a sticky one it was also redundant said mayor bill ballinger moving that an amendment be pre pared striking the clause you see nothing to it he said as the motion was carried drug awareness night goodwood on mon jan 24 goodwood lions club is sponsoring a drug awareness night in the community hall time of the meeting is 830 pm representatives from the rcmp and durham re gional police will discuss the drug problem at both the national and local levels the public is invited janice lee of greenbank is the 1983 prcsldentof durham west jr farmers a computer supervisor with ontario hydro janice succeeds neil guthrie of rr 1 pickering thcprcsldenl in 82 the announcement was made at the annual awards banquet in the sunderland community centre saturday night c jim thomas the go bus was more flexible the latter goes every day from uxbridge to the downtown limits of toronto times are 615 am 635 655 1000 315 pm and 730 pm the bus also goes to stouffvil le monday to friday at 635 am to connect with the 710- go train there no tax cut fbr trinity uxbridge an uxbridge home for the elderly has pushed this nonprofit thing too far mayor bill ballinger told a meetimg of the planning board last week the mayors remarks were apropos of a request from trin ity manor for an exemption from their 1982property taxes of 20780 the mayor said the township had helped the home out before referring to the waiving of their 500 application fee and the possible waiving of their lot fees they must still pay taxes mayor ballinger said i dont care if theyre profit or nori- profit in toronto this can hap pen but theres no reason for it to happen here planning board chairman sandy ewen said the home had a new board of directors they were inexperienced and had received bad advice a motion to turn down the ap plication was carried charges laid in fatality uxbridge chargesof dangerous driving and careless driving have been laid against one of the drivers in an accident at the intersection of major mackenzie drive and mcco- wan rd dec 28 the collision took the lives of david and emily garvin both 54 of baldwin william pritch- ard25 of uxbridge driver of the other vehicle suffered minor injuries he has now been charged with the two counts according to insp ted mcbricn of york regional police the accident took place about 620 pm during a windstorm which blacked out trafiic lights at the intersection the bald win car was northbound on mccowan road when it was in collision with the castbound pritchard van mr garvin was pronounced dead on arrival at york central hospital his wife died an hour later h j 7