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the tribune 35000 copies vol 3 no 41 a metroland community newspaper saturday october 17 1987 56 pages 25 cents crash victimvery fortunate by alan shackleton a young west german visitor to uxbridge owes her life to the sharp eyes and quickthinking of stouffvilles gary henry claudia wesholowski 21 visit ing family in the uxbridge area is reported in fair condition at st michaels hospital following a car accident late thursday after noon claudia lost control of her volk swagen rabbit on the uxbridge- pickering townline road it careened down a 15foot slope into a wooded area of the altona road travelling in the same direc tion a few minutes- later gary henry returning home from work with his father ed an em ployee with the whitchurch- stouffville building department noticed skid marks there were clouds of dust in front of me for quite a ways gary said then i saw the tire marks i figured we better stop and take a look what they found was a wrecked car at the bottom of the embank ment and an injured driver lying nearby whitchurchstouffville and claremont firefighters re sponded the injured woman was taken to uxbridge cottage hospit al and then transferred by air ambulance to st michaels it could have been a lot worse she was very fortunate gary said were happy we happened along and could help look easy dont try it fireeating can be dangerous no one knows this better than 26yearold ashley vann twice shes been badly burned ashley is a headliner in the 6th annual stouff- ville magic festival oct 30 and 31 at the high school performance times are 8 pm oct 30 1 and 4 pm oct 31 in addition there will be childrens shows at the library oct 30 and in latcham hall oct 31 clowns magicians and jugglers will perform on main street oct 31 from 10 am to 4 pm lovely ashley suffered the burns while ex perimenting at home nothing so serious has ever occurred on stage my eyebrows and hair were singed she re calls i was unable to work for two weeks twiceburned fireeater to headline magic show both times she smothered the flames with a wet cloth ashleys been eating fire seven years fol lowing the festival here she leaves on a tour to canadas east coast it takes years of practice ashley explains its a part usually played by men she de scribes her routine as very spectacular in addition to her role as a fireeater ashley is canadas only female illusionist she teams up with husband wes and four vivacious dancers the festival described by coproducer dave houston as a show for the whole family has an admission charge of 10 adult and 5 children tickets are available at the whitchurch- stouffville recreation centre and the public lib rary ah applefest its applefest at markham museum today in getting ready for a ciderthirsty crowd elgin malcolm left and murray reesor pour cooked apples into a strainer to collect the cider and separate the pulp the apple pulp is used to make apple butter also available at applefest the museum is located on main street in markham north of 16th ave sjoerd witteveen whats inside ipf directory comment p4 sports p 20 to 21 real estate p22 to 35 entertainment p37 to 38 church page p40 41 classified p42 to 55 michael howorth big brothers execu tive in town10