Whitby Free Press, 12 Aug 1992, p. 10

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PAGE 10, WH1IY FREE pRESSWEDNE8DAYK UGUVr 1I,1992 EikvLedgL 3,000expeted t festival' Fairview Ldesthird. annual sumnmer festival, taking. place Saturdayî, Aug. 29 from,-10 a.m.' to 4 p mà promises to be the» bgsinâbest yet. Fairview activity' director Deb-' bie Brown says there will be l1ive entertainment aIl day, featuring local band Prime T yme, singn policeman Meredith Cuttingn tJazzcats games, a bmg, craft and wkite elephant sale, clownis, ponyrides, a dunk tank, petting 1'zoo *celebrities, a tug- o-War... the fst goes on. kAbout 100- antique cars are expected to show up for- the car show sponsored by Van Hemn- men 'ires, and two players from the Oshawa Generals 'are plan- ning to- -be on hand to sign autogra hs Thereil be a hockey ,shootout, with a radar gun to measure the speed of shots, and the Town parka and rec department will be joining Whitby -Hydro and the fire department in their third annual tug-o-war.' Whitby Hydro' will be out foiý revenge, after losing the last two years. There will be plenty of food - Two charged with theft Two young offenders from Aax were arrested Friday aftr trying to pawn stolen rings at Parkys 2ndHand Store. Police say they were called by the owner, wlio. bame suspi- cious when two people tried *to pawn one silver and one- gold wedding band and another ring.' The rings were stole from a van, in Ajax earlier ini tIe week. The culprits, who were StUR In the Store, are charged'with theft and possession under $1,000.> * 24 HouerviService Aa * Ide Aea PHOgIg hambeurgesht eo, cand flssbaegoodu.andalices of ice. cream cake from. Dairy Queen. Brw ays local servince clubs ar gan pIaying !a biq parti thé festival, assisting- m. every- thing from st-up 'and 'running booths to.volunteermng as clowns and helping out financially. At least 20 local, businesses have also-helped out with dona- tions or gift certificéates. 1 Residents look -forwaýrd to the festival,. says Brown.. «It's gone ovèr -really well.. a lot of pCple don't know what Fairview'sie.. and are nervous to step in the doors. Mehii a waq to open itupto the community. Organizers are expecting 3,000 peoletisyear ... they had about 2,500 lest year -- and are hoping to raise* $9,000, which wiI1 go- to Fairview's Alzheimer day' program and to ý improve social and rec activities for resi- dents. Police seize marI"juana plants Police are still looking for sus- pects after seizig 356 marijuana plants near Myrtle.' Police say t he plants, some Of which were four feet taîl, have a street value of about $85,000. They discovered the plants in a woodlot on the northwest corner of Duifs Rd. and Myrtle Rd after receiving an anonymous tip. Sgt. -Dave Wilson of the Dur- ham Regional Police drug squad says the would-be farmers plan- ted the seeds on somebody else's land marked off the area and left l~em to grow.' «It wes in an iolatedàspot, out of the wa~y that nobody ould really see," Wilson saYs. RON and Anne Shaddock recently pur- chased this courtesy van which- they're offering free for use, by seniors, non-profit TORONTO actor'Frank Savage gets- his makeup touched up before going ahead with a scene in 'Killing Grounds,' a sus- groups or- people who buy', or seli real estate through them. - Photo by M"r ReesSi. WbItby Fiee Pres pensethriller. which was fiImed last week at Chalk Lake., P11hoto by Mairk Reesor, Whltby Free Press Sanidoz Canada saye it wl hire more than 30-n e eole.at its 'Consumners,' Dr. 'plant, in Whitby Te additional jobs corne -with the company's. decisionto,,spend. almiost $14 million . -on a, new faciliy o roduce Theraflu (cal- led NoCitran-inCanada) Sandoz public,,afairs director Jean-Pierre Trudel estimatâîsthe ««world-class ,manufacturing and ,distribution cnre eil more than $65 million'w* h of the-product- to -the U.S. alone over the ýnext five years. ý:ýThe new ,facility -doubles the capýacity of'the plant', enarbling it tô proïduce -some 15 Filion pouhesof heproduct ayear, Sdoz. andawill; owbe the «sole,., world-wide-.manufac- turingan<Ldistrfbution centrefo -bbtý"M erafl ad.'ieCa nàdan equivalent, Neo-Citran,.» Trudel says. ! SUMMER SPECIAI? Unemployed workers to- me Gift Certificates'Available I i.Unmplcg" ..-Woeker' nmpaydworke ad some c LROSSLAND MASSAGE -I2hREG.'-îR-45. THERAPY AND 701 Rossland >IGarclen-Plaz CHIROPACTICCLINIC Site 2049 Whitby 3-77 Aoiatioei wIIi hold -an .nfoenation mein nTuesay, Aug. 25, 7 tote 9 'pm., at the Steelwcrkers?'-Union Hll Corner cif John andAlst teou Osha& A nàumber of speakers frm the. communmity will talk about thé. ùf the ways to resove them. Ontario Durhai -?7,cifurtiier ' Infoma '*- ei- Pekina at(416) .62-4919 Film, shot local'ly' l : h:1 os whintby busimnes Fum"Iav a

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