Whitby Free Press, 8 Aug 1990, p. 10

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PAGE'10, WH1TY FR.ý PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 19m Veteran coptoface dseil.nay ribna .Charges of discreditable con- duct hav been -laid agaiat Durham Regional Policé officer after a two-weekmnstgto into complaints ofsexual harass- ment from two femalo rookie police ofiqes 'hcha ,ges were laid J~zy2 a eint 32-year-old Cone.Jo. Mitshan, alO-earveteran ithheforce. Mitschang works as a a !train- igoffi*e with the fir out of 2»~dlionand, acri toa Montse<~ two female fa~s Mitscb nng is eedildto appeaý befoîeo&a discip aytri-, bunal Sept. 11. h care Tepritd to ims~rmthea fore> iiinthe.otcmeof the hean. Accoding .to DeputyChief Trévor McCaghertyMtchn has been transferred to a -plaoo a byfom! the1 two femal' The Yan kees are. comng, the Yankees are coming By Trudie Zavadovics Once agamn, Pickering Museum Village will march imtoyetm- teryear sud host a, Civil War re-enactment. More than 300 historians from Ontario -and the United States will gather at the village Aug. 11-12 to bring to life CMiiWr histoiy. A total of six artillery pieces, four cannons and two mortars amidst soldiers with period weapons will add authen- ticity and delight spectators. Tthe re-enactors, some travel- ling up to 700 miles to partici- pato, corne from. units in Vir- ginia, West Virginia,. Penusyl- vania, New York state, Michigan and Illnois, as well as units'from around Ontario. Most of the enlisted men sleep on straw iu small open-ended dog tents,' while officers are per- mitted the luxury of a. frame or wall tent. AIl cooking is done over woodflires. During the two days, visitors will be with~ess to living history as the hands of time retreat to the 1860s. Demonstrations of foot drill rifle drill, bayonet drill auJ shooting drill will be staged regularly., A nxock calvary skirmn- ish will acquaint spectators with mounted warfare. Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m., a truoe will ho called iu the' hostilities to permit an authentic nineteenth century wedding. Ray Huf of Pickening is the first vioe-president of t he Civil War Historical Re-enactment Society Company 'C' of 10 Làou- Ho says that recruitment and training for re-enactmnents take Up mnuch of the year., "In Aýpril we start training for the re-enactments,» says Huff weeks, w. have a full day of basic training. We use the 'School of the Soldier' which is the saine trainlug manual as 125 years ago." He aids that there is a strict code of safety. Ho says that it is both enter- taiingsudeducational and a full ,da or weekend of enjoyment for the whole family.: THE EHIBITION, 'A Celtic- Conscious, by Sean from Aug.,8 to 31. A reception to meet the artist wil McQuay, wiil be held at the Whitby Pulic Library be held Wednesday, Aug. 22,7 to 9 p.m Gallery eirm"-bits contemporary period MICHAEL EARE'Spaloosa and lion,'9 at'The Station Galiery Aug; il11t the Hound,' part ofthe lehibition, Sept. 2. * *~~* 'Selection fr-om the Permianent'f

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