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hibum 30000 copies vol 3 no 5 a metroland community newspaper saturday january 31 1987 56 pages 25 cents figure skater is new queen for ron femson its been a long fight back from serious injuries suffered in a headon collision last november here he is lowered into a therapeutic pool at st johns rehabilitation centre with the help of therapist karen mckay councillor opposes new post by chris shanahan staff reporter whitchurchstouffville has okayed the hiring of an engineering co ordinator but not before one councillor criticized the move as getting the cart before the horse jim sanders voiced strong objections tuesday evening when town council dealt with a personnel committee report recommending establishment of the position at an annual salary between 37300 and 43140 we havent done our homework we havent done our management and administration and we should be doing that before we hire an engineering coordinator tee ward 6 representative said before the report was approved seven separate areas of the towns municipal operation have been reviewed according to councillor sanders he feels these should now be administered to by the mayor and clerk coordinator were now putting ourselves in the position where were going to hire someone and hope they come up with all the answers he claimed well have more highpaid staff doing the same work as now mr sanders also said there is isnt an adequate job description detailing just whats expected of an engineering coordinator were putting the person in a very difficult position before they even get started he said claiming no clear pattern of organization has been established for the job ads for the opening ha ve already appeared in the classifed section of a toronto daily newspaper the successful candidate is be a certified technician with a mini mum of five years municipal or related experience in a supervisory position responsible to town council through clerk coordinator pat muir the engineering coordinator will head up the operation of the works and parks departments and town facilities this includes preparation and monitoring of the respective operating and capital budgets other duties are formulation and implementation of policies within those departments as well as administration of the engineering aspects of subdivision and site plan agreements mayor fran sainsbury said the hiring of an engineering co ordinator is intended to help ease the heavy workload carried by works superintendent ron gibson by chris shanahan staff reporter a 15yearold figure skating enthusiast will reign over claremonts fourth annual win ter carnival as 1987 snow queen samantha creet was selected from a field of nine contestants during a pageant held thursday evening at claremont commun ity centre she was crowned by 1986 queen susie pekkinen the promising uxbridge skating club member is no stranger to the competitive spotlight however as just last weekend she won a silver medal in a flight of her clubs annual invitational competition samanthas presentation dur ing the speech portion of thurs days contest centred on her ambition to compete in the free dance figure skating event at the 1996 winter olympics the grade 9 student at pick ering high schoo also enjoys dancing and reading when she can find time away from her de manding academic and skating schedule also among the five pageant finalists were first runnerup holly kelso 16 second runner- up kelly foxton 17 plus lyn- nette barry and michelle anderson other entrants were sharon uzzell kim wood leanne redshaw and wendy rykman pageant judges were global tv newscameraman dan laf- fey who resides on durham re gion rd 5 west of claremont claremont public school prin cipal gail elliott and sculptor cathy lombard of claremont carnival organizer al graham served as master of cere monies a collection was taken during the evening in aid of the family of claremonts bill pepper who died suddenly of a heart attack this past week the hamlets fiveday winter festival officially kickedoff yesterday with a torchlit parade and opening ceremony in the community park action gears up today jan 31 with everything from a para de planned along old brock rd at 10 am to a trappers ball beginning at 8 pm in the 4 sea sons golf country club car nival events carry through to sunday evening whats inside bill crothcrs speaks out on drug pricing30 directory comment p4 editors mail p5 entertainment p24 sports p32 to 33 church page p34 to 35 kids pago p36 real estate p37 to 47 classified p48 to 55 wayne andranyk markham firefigh ter photo feature26 to 27