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sports lltsialbb sports classified 6407724 124 main st w stoufnnae tuesday is pasta wight second section bbm ii 1 1 111 iii ii iwiiiiiihi 1 1 hi charges pending in crash uxbridgetwp an antici pated announcement of charges stemming from an aug 28 crash between a school bus and dump truck has been delayed durham regional police are expected to finalize charges to day but the information was not available at press time ej police have concluded a leng thy investigation into the accident jn conjunction with the crown attorneys office but a police spokesperson said the severity of the case has caused some delay sources involved in the inves tigation earlier revealed that both drivers involved in the accident were to be charged with careless driving dozens of passengers suffered minor injuries when a charter- ways bus loaded with children and camp counsellors was in colli sion with a truck on brock road near the entrance to pleasure valley park nearly 50 members of the whit by youth action group at st john the evangelist catholic church were on their way to a daylong routing at the uxbridge twp site at the time of the mishap guest speaker claremont the claremont and district commun ity association holds a general meeting tonight oct 8 at 8 pm the citizens group will elect a new executive during the session at claremont community centre area school trustee lyn craig is guest speaker a metroland community newspaper wednesday october 8 198 three vehicles involved in foggy hwy 47 collision the bloomington roadhwy 47 junction was the scene of two motor vehicle accidents last week on friday at 315 pm two trucks and a motorcycle were involved in a pileup during foggy weather according to whitby opp a stake truck driven by tim taylor 27 of brampton was attempting to make a uturn on hwy 47 when it was struck by an eastbound pickup truck driven by alex andruss 38 of rr 4 uxbridge a 52yearold port perry motor- 1 cyclist then collided with the pickup but none of the drivers were seriously hurt and on sept 30 two toronto men escaped serious injury when their 1984 honda left hwy 47 near york region road 30 and came to rest at the bottom of a steep embankment chris shanahan lions club folds goodwood members of the goodwood lions club have folded the chapter because there just isnt enough local interest to keep it going it just got that the mem bership was down and no one is town seemed to want to join for mer club president brian plewes said in a telephone interview i hated to see it go but you can only- beat a dead horse so long he explained that a small group of dedicated service club volun teers met sept 29 and unanimous ly agreed to disband earlier attempts were made to recruit new people according to mr plewes however this vas dif ficult due to the communitys small size the club was chartered in march of 1981 and built a mem- bership of about 14 but was com prised mainly of a core group of only six or seven men we all agreed that just be cause theres no lions club- it doesnt mean we wont all still help out in the community mr plewes said about 1900 in remaining funds have been distributed by the lions to a variety of groups in cluding goodwood brownies cubs and beavers minor ball as well as uxbridge cottage hospit al and markham stouffville hos pital a main club fundraiser were regular bingo nights at the com munity centre noted mr plewes who said some other organization may continue to operate these games in goodwood success of crime stoppers pleases durham officials by chris shanahan durham region tips to toronto and regional crime stop pers have led to the arrest of everyone from suspected murderers to alleged drug traf fickers crime stoppers works said durham regional police sgt sandy ryrie who uses impress ive statistics to back up that claim up to the end of july the prog ram was responsible for the arrest of 421 people on 1203 charges in metro toronto and durham york and peel regions it also led to the recovery of 255229 in stolen property and the seizure of drugs with a sfreet value of more than 113 million ft sgt ryrie claimed calls to the hotline have increased at least jhreefold since durham york gmd peel regional police forces joined with metropolitan toronto police in the crime stoppers net work crime stoppers received ab out 80 calls a month before the other three forces became in volved earlier this year and now were up to 400 calls a month the durham program coordinator said a main reason for its success according to sgt ryrie is the widespread support provided by the news media crime stoppers is promoted through television re- enactments of unsolved crimes and with similar appeals in news papers and on radio stations callers to crime stoppers speak with a police officer who does not request names but does take the information and assign code numbers tips are investigated and cal lers are asked to phone back to be told if the information led to an arrest if an arrest is made a caller is eligible for a cash reward of up to 1000 the tollfree crime stop pers number is 18003878477 durham regional police chief jon jenkins and police commis sion chairman bob attersley agree cime stoppers is a cost effective program and definitely helps keep our streets safe less than 70 is being spent to resolve each case called to crime stoppers which is a registered charitable organization a volun teer board of directors made up of citizens in the community de termine the amount of the reward and make payments to those sup plying information police are not involved when re wards are paid the program was originated by canadianborn detective greg macaleese in september of 1976 and now operates in more than 600 communities throughout north america iifsffl 3 1 b young canoeists honored at st johns school st johns school of ontario held a banquet saturday evening to honor students who com pleted challenging summer canoe trips as part of the schools outdoor program here headmaster mike maunder right presents crests to stouff- villes shane stapley 11 left and 14yearold darryl hooper of markham the 10yearold pri- vate boarding school is located on durham re gion road 5 west of claremont chris shanahan markham fair tractor pull machines roar to victory claremont craftsman woodcrafter gord brook of claremont was one of the areas many commercial exhibitors at the 131st annual markham fair oct 15 he displayed a wide selection of wooden merchandise including this haiidpainted duck decoy chris shanahan markham stouffville en trants mike holmes and brian richards both powered to victory friday at markham fairs trac tor pull a list of the top three finishers in each class follows stock tractor 7500 1 mike holmes rr 1 stouffville ley- land 187 2 steve little lit tle britain international 400 151ys and brian gibson gorm- iey oliver 880 151 modified tractor 5200 1 de nnis walker oshawa cockshutt 40 2424 2 charlie wilcox michigan massey 44 198 3 glen james uxbridge cockshutt 40 1574 modified tractor 6000 1 charlie wilcox massey 44 250 2 glen james cockshutt 40 241 3 dennis walker cockshutt 40 227 prostock tractor 5500 1 don white rr 1 locust hill cockshutt 1650 234 2 kris vareyk tyrone oliver 18915 16 3 mark kargas rr 1 ariss oliver 880 utw prostock tractor 7000 1 don white 199 2 mark kar gas 69 v prostock tractor 13000 1 brian richards stouffville int 1066 2638 2 glen gowland grand valley int 1086 243 w 3 norm james uxbridge 680 ac 136 2- wd trucks 5500 1 roger cochrane rr 4 bowmanville 1986 ford254 2 harry schill ings nestleton 68 chevy 454 227 3 joe balson hampton 454 gmc 188 a 2wd modified trucks 5800 1 harry schillings 68 chevy 454 250 2 roger cochrane 1986 ford 236 3 joe balson gmc 209 a weekend warrior uxbridges peter robinson entered his modified didnt prevent the powerful machinery from pulling tractor nicknamed weekend warrior in markham some good distances fairs annual pull saturday muddy track conditions chris shanahan