r four craremorit guides receive allroimd cords at a ceremony june 14 in the claremont legion hall four girl guides received their allround cords honored weredeft to rightaprile winterstein deanna evanschris peddie and lori knapp the presentations were made by district commissioner tessie dempster rearieftrassistcd by guider carolyn evans jim holu a 7r- iclaremont durham board of education for one is now calling aspade a spade- trustee linda carder of claremont usedthe phrase to describe the new designation given- prbfessi6naldeveldp- ment days in the school system fromnow on theyll be known for what they are car- deiaysnoiinstructiohal daysvand unlike thejbld days when teacherscould stay away frorn school ostensibly to par- ticipate income event that would assist them in their peda- gogical role theyll now have to sign in- for programsat-the- schools the whbleday wevehad enough of this pussyfooting around says mrs carder were calling a spade a spade theyre no ion- ger professional development daysjbutnon instructional theyll be marked absent the new name arose out of a provincial study which recom- sign in mended it and various other changes in the system one of the changes recom mended but which was turned down by the board called for trustees to submit an annual evaluation of the non- instructional days to the minis try of education vm board mustbffresporisiblerfor those it- periods if the ministry feels the need for spot checks its up to them she said m scam case mrs carder said there was a chain of comnmand in the school system through which such inquiries could be made i dont thinkthe ministry needs to set up another depart- ment she said the board also agreed to another recommendation that remembrancedayjje discon tinued as a holiday at that time itwillstillbea statutory holi day but will be held on the fri day justeforetlfespring break mrs said on november 11 remembrance day students will observe the occasion by way of a brief program mrs carder said the schools will also have a holiday on the third monday in february to be known as heritage day uxbridge an uxbridge area mother who defrauded two menof more than 32000 in alstockmarket swindle last yearwill be sentenced july 16- joyce eileen williams 42 pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud over 200 carried out be tween january and july 1981 court was told the woman met an uxbridge dairyfarmer when she and her daughter bought hay from him for her animals on their farm she told the farmer she was involved in some stock transactions and he vy 5 the pickering museum located at greenwood opened its doors to the public june 12with activities continuing into the early fall here dana biernacm of pickeringopcrafes an oldfashioned spin- m- nlng wheel in oldfashioned surroundings the refurbished cole bonse originally from i6th avenue markham dates back to around 1875 v jim thomas told her to call him if she heard of any good dealsv the woman called him the next month saying hertorontb friends were underwriting a deal which would return 4 for 1 every 1 invested she said she couldnt tell him the name of thecompany because the stocks werent listed publicly the farmer gave her 1300 in cash to participate and then la- terjwas persuaded fo invest another 3600 with the prom- ise of a return of 6 for every 1 invested all told she received 26700 from the farmer and another 6630 from a friend of his only 925was recovered by the men judge gilbert murdocksaid he wanted to see a pre sent- ence reportbefore sentencing the woman is grade 13 i ntecessary v- durham region a- ratepayers group has asked education minister bette stephenson to hold onto grade 13- sandra malachowski cb- chairman of a parents advisory group in the region- said the r- extra year was necessary for children to mature a child grows up fast enough in this world today with out rushing into another walk of life without that extra year of maturity she wrote she says students would miss toomany basicrsubjects if grade 13 were abandbnedit would also meanadding another year at university she 5 the ministry of education is at present studying the idea of dropping grade 13stephenson has yet to reply to the letter- from mrs malachowski gold uxbridge the prove rbial pot of gold awaits participants in an elimina tion draw july 17 sponsored by the board arid staff of ux- bridgepublic library tickets are 100 apiece only 500 will be sold prizes valued at 25000 include a 1982 chevrolet citation from alex w illiafh- son motor sales a home video 1200 a set of golf clubs 625 aiadys suede suit 600 a set of china 450 a weekend for two at the harbour castle hilton- toronto dinner for six ca tered in your own home and many more v purchase of- a ticket in- cludes7dinnerfqr two at the arena arid an evening of dancing to a live band the committee chairper son is barbaramurphy 852- 7560 her assistants are- carol young 8527560 and audreyrutherford 852- 7412 the newmodel car will go the person holding the last ticket the automobile is valued at 10000 budget cuts durham region due to budget cuts durham region health unit nurses will no lon- ger inspectschool children for incidents of head lice news of the decision was re layed to board of education trustees by ruth lafarga chairman of personnel nurses she said will be availableto schools only as consultants rather than full-time- in an effort to solve the prob lem a meeting is proposed be tween representatives of- the board and the regions finance committee f v we cant allow the region to solve its budget problems by adding to the boards lafarga said uxbridge stouffvillede- vyeloper ginotestatookux bridge township planning board to task at a recent nieet- irig and in the end moved a lit- tie closer toward realizing his 10yearfold goal of putting up a subdivision on reach street in the village area ive fooled around with this land for 10 years said testa but i dont get any co operation from you people came here to help this town- what do you want me to do the speaker made his re marks after mayor bill ballin- ger told him he could support his plan but not until two un- pro vemerits t made on the which wasrepiitedly the scene of loud paiesqatbejiveefiends and of seeing that a road testa had put in waskeptclean testa said thej road wasco- vered with grassland wasdiist free he said he had planned to use the house as an officel i after somemoredebate on the subject during which the speaker protested that none of the board members had been out to see the property council lor don jackson suggested we -vit5s-li- go out there right nows as a rultjtesta mayor ballingef and two mem3 hereof the pressi left forariim- promptu visit of the grounds tupon theirreturnthe board mqyed to support the registra tiqn of the 19 lotssubject to re- mbval of the house arid thel erection of a reach tstreetto prevent any access to- the land n v earlier in the meeting john hudspith speaking for tlie de- y eloper said the lots could be serviced from the existing de- velopnient seeks print plme uxbridge the unsteadi ness of the current economy prompted a visit to planning board by a stouffville resident- sqeking help in starting his own business bob gettinby rr 3 stouffvil le told a recentmeeting that he was a typesetter but the indus- try was facing a possible strike which appalls me business was also slow and i dont feel very secure he added x he said he did some freelance work bookbinding and cameraready copy from his home and would like to ex pand what was literally a hob by intoa business his proposed printing shop would be located on concession 2 of the former township of scott- councillor maustyn mcknight said the property in question could be legally classi- f ied as it wasa nonconforming use this allowed the use that was there when the bylaw was enacted providing gettinby didnt exparid rezoning wasnt necessary- l gettinby was advised to take upthe matter further with the thetownship solicitor sister convicted pickering the high cost of maintaining a saddle horse were said to be behind a recent fraud case involving a couple of pickering sisters candace simonsen 19 was convicted of two counts of de frauding her sister joan 21 of 1150 which was withdrawn from the latters canadian im- joan simonsen told a recent cqurt hearing that she became aware of the missing money when she went to get a new pass book to replace one thathad previously beenin herdesk drawer at that time bank em ployees showed her two with- drawal slips against her account signed in her name in the amounts of 800 and 350 joan denied any knowledge of the transactions she said she had saved the money by working in a grocery store and planned do use it to complete a physiotherapy course at university shesaidthat her sister can- sjdscefhsdissked herto loanherr 300 to maintain her horse- l told her id consider it joan said later when she confronted her sister aboutithe missing inoneyfslufdidntanswer irie one way or another she told the court- testimony of handwriting ex- voice fears durham region near by residentshave voiced their displeasure over recent approval by durham regional council for construction of 76 estate homes in chalk lake just north of whitby the area is part of the oak- ridges moraine which abounds in numerous species of wildlifeand residents clairii the newdevelopment will cause extra environmental hardships they also fear an in- crease in traffic and a decrease in their water supply the home owners have urged environmental studies 1 mayor jerry taylor of scu- gog howeversays the project has met all the environmental concerns of thetownship council the matter will now go to the iriiriister of municipal affairs i and housing for approval pert norman duxbury of toronto helped convicted the accused when he said that he found significantsimilar handwriting between her signature and that found on the withdrawal slips v judge gilbert murdock said i he accepted the evidence and also pointed out thatthe ex- perises onjaintairiiiig a saddle horse wereajdrainioiicari- daces finances she will be sentenced july 16 in accident claremont a 20 year old claremont man charged with careless driving in the op- eration of a snowmobile was fined 28 following his convic tion by justice of thepeace opal rosamond in port perry traffic court kenneth white was involved in an accident jan 1 that seriously injured- 19 year old colleen burtonvdaughterof ho- ward and doris burton rr i claremont cblleenwas thrown from whites machine and struck by another following be hind she suffered abroten- back asff mtimqr v r aunt ednas reminiscences prove popular aa i a va aii for years mrs george mutch edna to her in total- they instantly became prized posses friends has been jotting personal momentos sionsand now very few remain mrs mutch the j down on paper recently however at the urging former edna kayes resided on the 4th of picker- of her niece marion haddow of bolton- she ingtownshipbeforemovingtopickeringvillage agreed to pnt them in booklet form sixty books u jim thomas i v