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uxbridge f a joint report from an investigation by the durham regional fire marshal and jdurham police intotafire that claimed four lives near vuxbridge early sunday morning is expected to be released this week v the blaze occurred in a combination garage and residence three miles east of uxbridge oh highway 47 around 230 am it is said to have resulted when one of the persons attending a birthday party threw a flammable substance into a downstairs wood stove and the whole place burst in flames he is thought to have tried to put out the flames himself and failing to do so ran to a neighboring farmhouse 1000 yards to the west and called in the alarm killed in the inferno were john ollard 43 who was giving the party for his son james 22 brothers michael and john robinson 17 and 19 respectively and roy crawford 17 all of uxbridge david miller 17 brad hockley 21 and james pollard all escaped miller fled through the frbntdoof while the other two jumped out a secondstorey window into the snow ux bridge fire chief norm james told the tribune the snow was higher police budget durham region the police commission of durham region has submitted a 1982 budget calling for expenditures of 196 million a 17 per cent increase over last year however the regions finance committee claims a hike of 14 per cent is the absolute maximum 11s- s p included in the 82 allocation are sufficient funds to hire 12 more civilianem- ployees although most regional departments had been advised earlier that no new equipment or personnel should be added the police budget as recommended represents half the total net expenditure 378 million for the region hard and the two men suffered cuts bruises and other in juries both were taken- to ux- bridge cottage hospital for treatment hockley was reported in stable condition monday afternoon pollard was transferred to york county hospital in newmarket where be was said to be satisfactory after surgery to repair tendon damage miller was treated at uxbridge hospital for head burns chief james said his volunteers were helpless to rescue any of the victims when they arrived on the scene the flames were already pouring through the roof when we left uxbridge the chief said on their arrival the frame building was completely engulfed he said the fatalities were the first in uxbridge township in 20 years karen cleverdon a resident to the east of the building said she called the fire department too but the alarm had already been turned in f chief james said john pollard lived alone in the bouse he said the property is owned by a german man whose name he didnt know he said the man was away and the main farmhouse is unoccupied there may have been another victim too a dog house with the inscription mork and minnies place was found relatively intact inside the building chief james said he didnt know if pollard kept an animal on the premises a spokesman for low and low funeral directors ux bridge which is handling the arrangements for the four deceased said there had been a delay in the service due to the fact the bodies had been taken to toronto for pathology tests with salary hike pieces of scorched timber are all that remain of a frame house east of uxbridge where four men died in a fire early sunday morning three escaped the inferno two by jumping from upstairs windows jim holt durham region despite voting in favor of a hew salary contract that will give them an 11 per cent increase and cost durham board of education more than 3 million durham public school teachers are pretty annoyed according to don curran chief negotiator for ontario secondary school teachers federation its certainly not a victory were going to celebrate curran said included in the oneyear agreement are raises of 98 per cent in salary retroactive to sept 1 1981 and an additional 154 per cent jan 1 at the same time theres a 100 cash payout with money at present the 1000 teachers in the system earn between516150 and 33411 a year with the new contract principals will receive boosts of 916 per cent along with higher cash payouts to bring the yearly amount of money to the same level as the teachers curran- said that the retroactive c ft mailboxes not the same more h uxbridge jthey just dont make them like they used to v with that comment an uxbridge resident asked council to reimburse him for his 33 mail box which he claimed had been damaged by a township snowplow however as with everything else- the price of mail boxes has goneup so frank leppard of rr 2 uxbridge suggested he be paid 50 instead of the original 33 they just- dont make them like they- used to he wrote the townships policy is to repair damaged boxes mayor bill ballinger said but if he wants to pursue it fine after its been used too thats the best part said councillor gerri lynn oconnor its an antique and an tiques increase in value quipped councillor ron johnson the matter was referred to the works committee reasonably good im- provementshad been made to staffing another key issue with pupilteacher ratio moving to 1723 from 1750 he said the provincial average is 1644 he concluded that the contract for the 1000 elementary teachers is not terribly bad at the same time durhams 460 separate school teachers agreed- to a new agreement giving them in creases of 125- per cent retroactive to sept 1 of last year and 1334 per cent retroactive to the beginning of this month r the agreement extends to august4982 oppose waste plant uxbridge a petition against a proposed industrial waste centre on theuxbridge- whitchurch towriline north of lincblnville is a waste in itself a meeting of council concluded last week im not going to move we receive and file it said councillor sandy ewen as we dont even have a file on in- dustrial waste mayor bill ballinger suggested council reply to the 74signature petition however as a matter of courtesy the meeting agreed to a motion by councillor mac meyers that the writers be informed council isnt con- sidering such a proposalat this time the matter resulted from a- recent visit to council by former mayor arid now durham regional council chairman- gary herrema in which he suggested a worked- put gravel pit in the area be considered for a future liquid waste plant feelings are spice of lif e goodwood while variety is the spice of life the same can be applied to feelings donna yeats told fellow competitors in the grade 4 to 6 public speaking contest at goodwood school last week that and a few pertinent observations as how feelings touch us all helped judges decide in favor of the grade six student for- the no 1 spot right behind her were susan gribble grade 5 who spoke on salt and daphne paszterko grade 6 whose subject was the mystery of oak island in selecting- donna judges jim hunter elinor paisley and allan mcgillivray cited her good audience rapport voice other 1 humor body language t0 syntax and ability to speak without cue cards mrs paisley is a teacher at the stouffville christian school mr hunter is a teacher with the program resource department durham board of education and mr mcgillivray is a former teacher- and a twotimehigh grade 4 computers- clint school public speaking harrison grade 5- hair champion nicole koogje grade 6 donna now goes on to the fears chris winn grade 5 uxbridge legion public witchcraft and braldey speaking contest feb 28 y miller grade 4 crypto- other speakers arid their graphy topics were patricia hen- in charge of the program derson grade 4 summer- was principal richard han- vacation matthew taylor na piano teacher kristin graham glapeihont student matches big sister claremont all in thefamily so it is with the graham sisters courtney and kristin- students attending clarembnt public school two weeks ago courtney age 12 and in grade 7 won the intermediate public speaking competition the title of her subject was sandwiches last- week ten year old kristin a student in grade 5 topped the junior class her topic was problems with parents courtney now advances to the district finals feb 18 at lincoln avenue public school pickering kristinsnext round is march 9 at rosebank public school- there were nine speakers at the junior level grades 4 to 6 the runnerup was pam barber her- subject was money other contestants were christine cece who spoke on italy jennifer greer the royal wedding julie win- pickering cecilia hwang rougemount drive pickering is doubly proud this week her seven year old daughter christina received marks of 87 and 85 per cent in a piano solo and a piano duet at the 39th annual kiwanis music festival mrs hwang is her teacher christina placed third in a terstein my ancestors aprile winterstein terry fox tory falkenberg salt patti evans campv class for eight year olds and and brenda pugh comedy of under she then teamed up with errors mia kim also pf pickeringin a piano duet placing third again christina is a grade 2 pupil at sir john a mcdonald public school other activities include ballet and figure skating soon shell study violin in the piano solo class 11 years and under sandra lee of pickering placed second with a mark of 87 on feb 9 sandra joined with maflene hageman of pickering in a piano duet and came third with a mark of 84 fvi i -v- fihftt gobdwobd gu ides receive al lround cord d wci rdsr four goodwood guides now graduated to pathfinders received their allround cords at a ceremony feb 9 in the community centre honored were left to right cathy brophy melissa elson diana buchanan and jeanette st johnthe special occasion was attended by if commissioners elvira southgate and tessi dempster r jim holt york region bruce crawford york regions chief of police was admitted to york county hospital newmarket thursday after suffering chest pains- since then hes responded well to treatment and on monday was released from intensive care ni jfies sisters courtney left and krisungrah of arecent public speaking contest students attending aaremont public school courtney 12 is in grade 7 kristin 10 is in placed first in the intermediate and junior grade 5 jhn thomas