uss students win science olympics uxbridge secondary school students had a rewarding mental workout at the second annual durham science olympics the quickthinking grade 9 trio of brooke fletcher kristina lukavsky and matthew bells won the intermediate title oct 25 at whitbys anderson collegiate another uss entry made up of grade 10 students stephanie long michelle dejak and heather williams placed third in the same event gordon imrie assistant science head at uss was im pressed by uxbridges strong showing to place first and third out of 13 high school teams is pretty good says mr imrie one of three durham region teachers who organized the competition students were judged on how quickly they answered a series of challenging mathematical brainteasers its a relay race against time where students are awarded so many points for correct answers mr imrie says the other phase tested the engineering abilities of team members who were required to construct a bridgetype structure using straws strings and one metre of tape with those materials they had to build in a 50minute time period the tallest and strongest bridge the structures were then judged according to how much weight they could hold and on their size results of the two event com ponents were added up to deter mine the winning teams members of the top three schools were awarded plaques while all entrants received lapel pins and ribbons uss was not represented in the senior division won by henry street high school of whitby everybody had a good time mr imrie says its not a reportcard session its more of a creative sort of fastthinking competition i claremont scarecrow contest winners claremont residents showed a flair for eerily creative halloween displays this year in the communitys annual scarecrow contest prize money was awarded to the top five creations put together by local residents from first to fifth place the winners are the stephan family who created a wicked witch display they win 100 the bell family of old brock rd for the halloween fun display they take second place and 50 the bigalke family for their space age creation they win 25 the card family for their light changer display they win 15 norrine hill wins for her fun display on dow street she wins 10 shoppe is back at 348 main st n kwy 48 markham just south of 16th ave same location as discount pets food and supples where pets get more for vqut money come and see our birds and animals 4722461 open sunday 12 noon till 4 pm monwed 930700 thurs fri 930 800 saturday 900 600 distribution 52000 copies to be distributed on november 26th size qv2 x 11 magazine format format 100 advertorial ft adlines proof november 17th final november 20th 1st come 1st serve positioning to advertise in this dining feature please call 2942200 the tribune wednesday november 8 1989 p17 toronto factory outlet 100 thorncuff park drive 416 4213280 canadian mdel6tqwmumesspomffcarsmamcan only be purchased at our toronto lanark factory outlets special 15 racks new fal merchandfee arriving daty bs openalyear new fall hours tues wed thurs fri sat 930 am to 430 pm visa and mastercard welcome present this ad a our flyer for a 5 discount 11 consumers gas and economist suntribune present up with people come 11 1 ii come face to face with the time of your life two hours of sizzling songs dozzling dance brought to you by over 1 00 talented young people from all over the world get your tickets now the international cast on world tour dates site tickets outlets monday november 27 tuesday november 28 wednesday november 29 thursday november 30 friday december 1- cast arrival community involvement day community involvement day show face to face at 800 pm community involvement day minkler auditorium seneca college north york 14soadults 12 and senior citizens 2 per ticket discount for groups of 20 or more reserved seating minkler auditorium box office afl ticket master locations or phone order at 8721111 for more information contact the up with people advance team at 8849105 j