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a6 tribune february 5 1986 third annual claremont winter carnival when it snows it really snowsl i a new mascot helped add a little spark to officiate at virtually every event including a gala claremonts third annual winter carnival jan 29 to parade on saturday feb 2 giant gopher mr cyvcwas on hand to saturdays blizzardlike conditions failed to dam pen the spirits of claremont winter carnival com- petitors like 25yearold tom bouchard the picker ing man scurried to the top in 1240 seconds to cap ture individual honors in a hydro pole climbing con test held at the park mr bouchard registered another fast time to pace his threeman toronto hydro unit to a 45second victory in the team event he also combined with carl clark and gary lavallie to claim the title of best overall utility rene rennie left and fellow cry babies were part of the prizewinning legion ladies auxiliary parade entry- it won in the most humorous category while the ucw had the most original float and claremont boy scouts the best overall carnivalgoers all had their own methods of cop ing with the brutalsnow storm on saturday after noon crystal greene of unionville found comfort next to one of dave aingers sled dogs photos by chris shanahan al redshaw right won claremonts community snow sculpturing contest with his detailed hunter shoots bear creation the franklin street resident checks out his handywork along with mr cvvc played here by his 13yearold daughter leanne mr redshaw receives 100 murray carson and family collects 50 for their secondplace sculpture and pam and jake taylor get 25 for placing third karen marks right was a repeat selection as diamond lil of the trappers ball and danny pettit was chosen the new trapper jack the gala dance was heldjjaijirday at claremont community centre these two beared hombres raised many an eyebrow when they suddenly joined the field saturday during judging of a beard- growing contest hiding behind the rather obviously fake facial fibres are linda pettit right and al redshaw the real winners were best trimmed doug rowe untrimmed gabby hayes david grainger mustache john quinnell and established gary postiil claremonts 1986 snow queen susie pekklnen is flanked by her princesses deanna evans 15 right and 16yearold dianne pain ter they were selected from a field of nine pickering high school girls at a pageant thursday susie 15 was a runnerup to the carniv als 1985 queen karen carson