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FL) WR ie Bh I BS SARS VA The Gillson's Point home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Popow had the roof and north wall ripped apart by the strong winds. were panning © retire to their Lake Scugog home next year. The Popows, who live in Mississauga, Yvonne Christie will seek P.C. nomination Yvonne Christie, former # chairman of the Durham Board of Educaiton and at present school trustee from Scugog Township has announced that she will seek the Progressive Conserva- tive nomination for the provincial riding "of York- Durham. Mrs. Christie made the announcement Monday morning and in doing so put .an end to speculation that she would be running for Scugog's seat on Durham Regional council in the municipal elections this November 10. In an interview with the north of Uxbridge. flames. --8cene. Three killed in crash A Port Perry teenager was among three people killed early Sunday morning when a half-ton truck went out of control and crashed on Regional Road 23, A spokesman for Dufiam Regional Police said that Carol Westwood, 18, of 435 Bay Street in Port Perry was a passenger in the 1974 GMC truck driven by' Clifford Hardy, 42, of R.R.1, Claremont. The third person in the truck was Gordon Thomp- son, 21, also of R.R. 1, Claremont. Police say the driver was northbound at about midnight when the truck went out of control, struck a culvert and then hit a fence before bursting into There were no witnesses to the accident, but a police spokesman said it appears as if the vehicle was travelling at a high speed when the accident occurred. The three victims were pronounced dead at the Star on Monday morning, Mrs. Christie admitted that she had been strongly inter- ested in seeking the seat on Regional council, and had been approached by supporters to do so. However, she has had a long-time interest in provin- cial politics, and her name has been mentioned as a possible candidate since current York-Durham MPP Bill Newman announced more than a year ago that he would not be re-election. "I have been wrestling with this for quite some time, but decided over the week- end to go after the (provincial) nomination," Mrs. Christie told the Star. A former school teacher in Blackstock, Mrs. Christie has been a school board trustee from Scugog for the past ten years, and for six of those years, she was chair- man of the School Board. A resident of Réach Town- ship, she has been a Conserv- ative Party supporter and worker for many years, and (Turn to page 2) . $426,000 addition to school Work will get underway this week on a new $426,000 addition to the Prince Albert Public School. The Durham Board of Education at its meeting September 22 awarded a general contract for the work to Tasis Construction of Pickering who submitted the lowest of four bids for the job. The Tasis bid was $359,000, but such things as furnish- ings and other fees will bring the total cost to $426,000. Plans call for a single storey addition on the west side of the school to include a new gymnasium and change rooms, a library . resource centre, and a small instruc- tion room. Jim Russell, superinten- dent of plant operations for the Durham Board of Educa- tion said last week that the addition should be ready for occupancy some time around the first week in February, 1981. The Durham Board origi- "nally had planned to issue a general contract for the project on September 8, but separate bids for the mechanical work came in over budget and the Board's Property Committee recommended that this be re-tendered. Conditions at Prince Albert School have been somewhat cramped for the 380 students and 15 teachers over the past few years, and the plans for the new addi- tion were first passed by the Board a couple of years ago. . Vol. 114 Wednesday, October 1, 1980 32 Pages Violent windstorm damages buildings A violent windstorm last Monday night (September 22) lashed areas north of Port Perry and may have upset the retirement plans of an elderly Mississauga couple. Although the brunt of the storm missed Port Perry, there are reports of wide- spread property damage in the Little Britain and Sun- derland areas and parts of - "Victoria County. One area hardest hit was Gillson's Point in Mariposa Township on the northwest shore of Lake Scugog where two summer homes directly in the path of the storm were smashed by the high winds. The summer home of Art Green of Oshawa was heav- ily damaged when the wind picked up most of the roof and carried one large section over the top of hydro lines 25 feet high, and put it down ina farmer's field about 300 feet away. A boat house on the shore in front of the home was completely flattened by the force of-the:-wind;and-Mr.= Green's yard was strewn with debris and tree bran- ches. But a home owned by his neighbour 100 feet away to the east was even harder hit by the storm. The wind lifted the entire roof off the walls in one piece and flipped it over in the back yard. And it flattened the back wall of the house at the same time. The roof was about 30 by 50 feet in size. The home is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Leo Popow of Mississauga, and they were visibly shaken the next morning as they inspected the damage. the house for the past 23 years and were planning to retire there next summer. Although insurance will cover most of the loss, Mrs. Popow said last week she's not certain if the house can (Turn to page 18) seeking quite a jack-o-lantern. Some Pumpkin! Thoughts of Hallowe'en came early for these three youngsters last week when Ernie Swain of Blackstock discovered this huge pumpkin in his garden. The pumpkin, known as an Atlantic Giant tipped the scales at 132 Ibs. and it was all that [from left], Jessica, Sherri-Lee and Valerie could do to stop it from rolling over. Mr. Swain told the Star that this type of pumpkin has been known to attain to weight of over 400 pounds. Now that would be 4 n ACA SAE RAY PIN Ber, A Gani The-Popows have 'owned