please help red shield appeal blitz nightmay 2 ibbiblmuilur li i si rir- i on new escorts ft mustangs jiimcarthurs l smsifi vsbmcei hjlmtamim t 47413s0 2945400 f replade one 1 j 1 ov- v durham region three will take the place of one in the administration department of durham board of education last week the board de cided to hire three people at a total cost of 46299 to work in tive area that led to the firing of its former man ager of construction and maintenance george stan ford stanford was fired in january after being con victed of evading 3091112 in taxes on 139000 he re- improved herd award durham region don jamieson of rr 1 ashburn has won the 198283 most improved herd award in durham west the honor was announced march 24 at the annual meeting of the dairy herd improvement asso ciation in trinity united church hall uxbndge others recognized for herd excellence follow highest bc a douglas and paul harder rr 5 sunderland runnerup bert vandyk onllia best calving interval nealbirdrr lbrooklin runnerup tom verhoog seagrave ed geisberger manilla jack skelding port perry and appleby and westcottfbrechm best plus production- cow norman meek sand- ford runnerup zion farms uxbndge runnersup in the categ ory of most improved herd were dean beatty of can- nington and john vantol of oshawa dairy herd improvement committee members for 1983 are don jamieson ashburn theo denouden uxbridge and paul harder sunderland voting dele gates are norm wilson and murray cox of uxbndge alternatested lamb port perry and grant mustard of uxbridge set date claremont june 7 has been set as the date for a preliminary hearing in ajax for three men charged with the murder of duncan spang 71 of claremont spang died march 26 three months after being shot in the stomach during a burglary at his farm home ronald perrault 22 of seagrave is charged with firstdegree murder while wayne kennedy 22 and randy kennedy 20 of oshawa are with seconddegree murder the trio also faces charges of break enter and theft being armed while committing an indictable offence possession of housebreaking tools and possession of a 12gauge shotgun discuss rape crisis goodwood the goodwood lions club in a continuing effort to provide residents of the community with prog rams of interest and con cern will have as its guest monday april 25 a representative of the scugog and district sex ual abuse rape centre jenette ross will dis- cuss the organizations role and answer ques tions from the audience lthe meeting open to the public will be held in the goodwood commun- ity centre beginning at spnw ceived in payments form board contractors the laying of criminal charges against standford is still a possibility accord ing to board trustee larry corrigan of the three new em ployees two are working to reorganize the purchasing department while the third is overseeing the auditing of the plant department an investigation of the boards internal business practices over the past 10 years by its external au ditor deloitte haskins and sells showed that staff de ficiencies in the purchasing department resulted in the maintenance department taking over some of its re sponsibilities according to trustee ian brown that allowed one or more individual people to submit fictitious in voices or to award con tracts to suppliers of their choice 4 trustee corrigan said the report showed the necessity for tighter controls includ ing clarification of job de scriptions he said that a followup audit will be presented to the board in june of next year another trustee cathy oflynn said that policies werent always observed in ordering and payment be cause the purchasing de partment didnt always understand the require ments of the maintenance department however addition of the new staff will plug in holes with regards to stopping the kind of thing that was going on she said trustee brown said he hopes to amend the boards purchasing policy so that the department may establish an annual timet able for the tendering and purchasing of goods and services the amendment would also see that purchasing is done by the purchasing de partment with the director of education having the au thority to buy up to 75 per cent previously 50 per cent of the previous years need for supplies the board has also approved job descriptions for the manager of con struction and maintenance and the new administrative personnel councillor fears highway curve a hazard this curve on the claremont road east of the markham- pickering townline has been the scene of many accidents over the years some serious regional councillor norah stoner feels the highways design may be partly responsi ble shes asking motorists and area residents to give her a call if they share her concern jim thomas claremont ps students oliver stage hundreds pay last respects claremont oliv er will be making his appearance at claremont public school april 27 and 28 and he may be just look ing better than ever weve made some revi sions said principal mary hearn director of the famed dickens story now set to music weve taken out the bad parts by bad mrs hearnex- plamed that meant some of the harsher scenes so that it all winds up in a happy en ding jennifer greer who claremont the oneill funeral chapel stouffville was filled to overflowing saturday as relatives and friends gathered to pay their re spects to the memory of earl mcmullen formerly of claremont and more re cently at rr 2 castleton mr mcmullen passed away april 13 in cobourg general hospital where hed been a patient about seven weeks born at stouffville he la ter farmed near claremont where he gained much en joyment from the raising of horses on occasions he assisted in the operation of area gravel pits about nine years ago he purchased property near castleton and managed that acreage until his retire ment v besides his wife the for mer evelyn armstrong he is survived by two sons murray of windsor and stan of claremont three daugh ters erma mrs david mccomb of castleton charlene mrs howard davis of columbus sheila mrs robert smith of port hope 16 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren there are four brothers lome and ross of stouffvill- e clifford in toronto joseph of uxbridge and three sisters margaret mrs ab boake of pine orchard dora reaman and luella fuller both of stouffville rev john torrance of strathroy conducted the funeral service assisted by rev blair clark of claremont six grandsons served as pallbearers- wayne mccomb kevin davis murray mcmullen michael smith ron mcmul len and gary mcmullen along with fellow gradefive student jason budd won the provincial fire preven tion bureau poster contest in their division plays the title role of oliver opposing her as the noto rious fagin the old villain who teaches young boys and girls to be thieves is courte- nay graham courtenay a grade 8 stu dent has been a regular winner in oratorical con tests for the school for the past several years girls in fact occupy most of the male roles with sher- new faces school posts a first claremont claremont public school scored a first when two of its students swept the top awards in the recent grade 5 poster contest of the fire pre vention bureau the two jennifer greer and jason budd were provincial win ners after first winning the pickering division and then being in the top three of the finals for durham region jason budd was first in all three divisions as a result of their pro vincial win the two will now have an allexpense trip to north bay to pick up their awards and 125 prize money as well another honor will be extended next year when their posters are used in the annual fire prevention week cam paign throughout the province claremont i ha vent had time to think ab out it theres so much going on around here thats the way claremont public school principal mary hearn reflected on her recent promotion to principal of vaughan wil- lard public school in pick ering in an interview with the tribune this week mrs hearn who will be moving to her new post in september will be suc ceeded by jim crosbie viceprincipal of harwood secondary school in pick ering at the claremont school theatre meeting uxbridge a meeting will be held wednesday night april 20 at the music hall at 730 to discuss the formation of a new drama group organizers liz larter and brenda smith said the meeting will be of an infor mal nature along the style of a coffee clatch with cof fee very much in attend ance everyone is welcome the two said there has always been a problem in the adult department of theatre groups and they wanted to look into that aspect the past three years mrs hearn has been as active in the extracurricular activi ties as she has in her role of principal right now shes busy put ting together the musical oliver for presentation april 27 and 28 and thats been on her mind more than the new job the latter came up sud denly she said and she had to decide in a hurry while one always wonders about making the right decision mrs hearn says she is look ing forward to going to the pickering school and sees it as a big challenge but ill miss my chil dren she said of the claremont students mrs hearn who started teaching at lord durham public school in 1958 also taught at st andrews pub lic school ajax and sir john a macdonald pick ering she also served as vice- principal at schools in frenchmans bay and oshawa cedardale she hasnt spent all her time in the classroom however taking time off to raise her family of three bill 21 brian 19 anddar- lene 11 mrs hearn and her hus band william recently celebrated their 25th wed ding anniversary a1 county diplomas presented at 4h achievement day at a 4h achievement day held recently in the green- wood community centre five girls received their county honors certificates four are pictured here left toright penny ross goodwood janice evans bethesdakeach i jennifer guthrie and rebecca finlay of greenwood ab sent when the photo was taken was sharlene carson mount zion vt i ry carruthers playing both mr bumble and a policeman and karen fal- kenberg performing the part of mr brownlow and also appearing as a street boy the boys here are all girls too male leads are kevin myers as artful dodger and tim evans as bill sykes the other two principals are chris peddie as nan cy and tory johnston as mrs c other members of the cast are orphan boys jason yoshida tambrey van der gulik rosalyn beek jenriifevmccance and lynette berry street boys- jennifer empring- ham falkenberg kurts lisa riste julie win- terstein catherine mobney and lisa wardrop accordion players are aprile winterstein and leanne redshaw recor ders sharon craig pam barber karen walker and tiffany houston choir members are christina cece soma cece laureen edwards patti evans claire falkenberg maria finn andrew gillep- sie bev ingersoll linda locke pam jackson rhon da lewis jessica lusted sharon uzzell lori mac- neall heather mccance shannon mcginnis mary morrison sarah mulveney leanne redshaw pam ritchie nicole schuchardt michelle stewart amy wil son trudi wilson ste- pahnie wollin and kim wood mrs carole redshaw is the choir leader while mrs andrea graham and mrs sue solomon are the choreographers in charge of lighting is wardmccance mrs c6rindabarber mrs fay greer and mrs gfaham handle costumes rick fockler props and mrs lym craig makeup the two public showings will be held april 27 at 130 p m and april 28 at 7 pm a separate showing for the school will be held monday april 25 at 1 pm tickets are 150 senior citizens free leaves girl and flees uxbridge durham regional police are still looking for a motorist who fled on foot after a high speed chase in which a police car was damaged according to the ux bridge detachment the chase began on beaver rd in uxbridge about 1209 am april 15 and ended on the outskirts of stouffville when one of the pursuing police cars was hit and the driver of the other vehicle drove into the ditch police said he then got out of his car and ran off leav ing his girl friend behind police are seeking lloyd harber 21 of uxbridge he faces charges of dangerous driving and driving while under suspension a claremont man was charged with impaired driv ing following an incident in the area last week police said that john ren- nie 66 of lot 18 con 9 was arrested after a motorist was stopped for erratic driving about 1220 am april 14 the accused is scheduled to appear in ajax court april 28 i costumes add to boyfriend uxbridge it wasnt a costume party or at least it wasnt meant to be but the costumes were definitely among the highlights at ux bridge secondary schools production of the boyf riend last weekend at the school everything from the beach to the ballroom was vividly captured in this live ly and colorful presentation of the musical classic of the 20s- the performers too kept pace with their finery dis playing just the right touches of dash and daring throughout sustaining the kind of energy demanded by something as quick moving as the boy friend and while all may not have been technically per fect there was always enough spirit ind sparkle from the cast of 25 to keep the large audience happily entranced there were also some nice individual perform ances dancers chris rutherford and heather cornell did a fine romp as a couple of spanish dancers rod corbett established his comic character early and pulled off a few crazy cap ers along the way and tracey ware and raj singh were impressive in their version of never too late to fall in love leslie pritchard sustain ing a rich french accent and partner jodi arm strong also brought their share of showmanship to it all f ij a most enjoyable produc tion from director john gar- butt and choreographer w henry and of course from every member of this very fine cast v