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Al TIL ere fo i "a Port Perry Senior Basketball team has gained a berth In the all-Ontario high school playdowns in London March 21 - 23. Front row, left to right: Ron Redman, Laurie Williams, Gary Lefort, 'Ted Hall and Jim Zoet. Back, left to right: Coach 'Arend Mi . Dean Beare and Bill Slute (Mar.). Missing are Mark Hunter, Steve Cochrane and Richard Lerch. Team will play an exhibition contest this Thursday night at the high school to raise finals in London. Dekker, Rolland Skinner, Don Sinclair, Jim Moore; money for the three- -day tr LLf i Port Perry As a result of winning the Georgian Bay Secondary School Basketball playdowns held in' Uxbridge last Sat- urday, Port . Perry High School Seniors will now compete in thé all-Ontario Golden Ball Championship March 21-23 at University of Western Ontario, London. In the first game on the way to the championship, Port Perry played good heads - up ball to defeat Almaguin 70 51. Dean Beare provided the fire-power with 16 points, Don Sinclair had 12, and Jim Zoet and Richard Lerch 10 each. In. the Championship game, the Seniors showed their strength as they doub- led the score on Base Bordon 82 - 41. Although Borden put up some stubborn opposition, they were simply outclassed by the Seniors. Steady play- making by Roland Skinner + and excellent rebounding by Jim Zoet were highlights of the Port Perry win. The game was close until mid- way into the second quarter when Port Perry began to take"advantage of full-court . press which - opened the game up. Dan Sinclair was No Government funds Ministers for Parks Committee - Invited... submitted by Port Perry Parks. Committee to federal government's Local Initiatives Program has been turned down. A letter: to Parks: Com- mittee Chairman Howard * Hall from thé Department of Manpower and Immigration gives no reason why the Port _ Perry application was re- jected, other than "it was assessed in relation to the objectives of the program and also in relation to the other applications re- ceived." On' hearing of the reject- ion, Mr. Hall said he 'was very disappointed," adding that he had been positive the money would have been 'made available. "I'm also a little "bit angry when I consider where some of the LIP money has been spent,' said Mr. Hall. Had the application been accepted, the Parks Com- mittee would have used the "money to finance half the 'cost of two separate build- ings. each with wash and change room facilities. One of the new buildings is to improve existing facilities at the Birdseye Centre Park swimming pool, and the other is to provide new facilities for a new . ball diamond near Palmer Park., Part of the financing was also to have come from money raised last year by the Chamber 'of Commerce - Centennial Committee. The new facilities are part of a long-range park de- velopment plan for the Port -. Perry lakefront area. It was hoped that both the buildings could have been An Snlication for $22,000 the built this summer. However, with no federal funds avail- able, Mr. Hall says it's possible just one" of the buildings will be built this vear. Financial assistance is being . sought through . the provincial treasury. Mr. Hall is not 'optimistic that funds will be available in the Port Perry budget as road ex- . penditures are going to account for a large portion of spending by the, Village this vear, The application for assist- ance under LIP was sub- mitted in advance to the January 31 deadline. The federal government had made available $150 million to municipalities and organ- fo meefing Ministers of both the 'federal and provincial gov- ernments have been invited to attend a mass meeting on the new airport location in Pickering Friday. "Transport Minister Don Jamieson and his co-ordin- ators and provincial treas- urer Darcy McKeough in particular have been asked to » state "their positions on the location for Toronto's second international airport at the Friday meeting to be held in -~the Pickering High School.- izations for worthwhile pro- jects which create jobs for thie unemployed. Development plan may save jobs at A spokesman for a develop: ment corporation, which at this time wishes to be unnamed. says that negoti- ations are under wav now that could lead to the saving of some or all of the jobs at the Uxbridge Coulter-Comeo plant. The spokesman added that il the negotiations, prove satisfactory. Comcao could be operating at a new site as carly as May 1. using machinery from the com- pany's Orangeville plant, and personnel from the plant in Uxbridge. ,The same source said there could be 45 - 80 persons employed by October, and as many as 200 in the next two vears. - Pending the outcome of the COMCO negotiations. it was reported that other industries have expressed '"'interest' in lo- cating at the same site. These include a manufac- turer of house trailors, warehousing for a hardware chain, and a printing com- pany. The spokesman said that the plans have received approval from departments in the provincial and now hinge on whether agree- 'ments with two municipal governments can be worked out. It is expected that complete . details of the scheme will be made avail- able. in the next few days. including éxact location of the site which is reported to be in the Port Perry area. _ pects that competition in the Seniors in | all Ontario playdowns top scorer with 24 points. Jim Zoet ~and Laurie Williams had 18 each, and Dean Beare chipped in with 10. Coach Arend Dekker ex-! upcoming championships in London will be very tough. However, Port Perry has defeated one of the teams that will be competing, and Mrs. Dekker is . confident thatthe Seniors will give a' credible showing against the best 'high school basketball teams in the province. The Port Perry STAR wishes them luck. While the Senior team is into the finals, the. Port Perry Juniors were elimin- ated in GBSSA playdowns on Saturday. In the first game, the Juniors nipped Orillia 45-43 in a thrilling game that had Steve Brain sink two crucial foul shots with five seconds remaining to gain the win. Steve Brain was also the offensive star with 27 points. In the Championship game, the juniors put up a good effort, but some erratic shodting and passing parti- ally enabled Barric East- view to win 53 - 41. NINN Volume 106 -- Port Perry, Ontario, Wednesday, March 15. 1972 -- No. 21 Snow removal debate continues in Council A resolution by Councillor Gerald Jackman asking that high snow banks causing traffic hazards at - inter- sections in the Village be loaded and hauled to a dump-site was defeated by a 3-2 vote in Council March 7. The defeated resolution was also critical of the Village Works Department for the manner in which certain snow plowing opera- tions were carried out on Queen Street, March 7. Councillors Jackman and Howard Hall voted in favour of the resolution, while Councillor Grant Mc-Der- mott. Deputy-reeve Phil Orde and Reeve Robert Kenny were opposed. Councillor Jackman put forward the resolution as a result of snow plowing which HOSPITAL BE Cis] For week ending March 9th Admissions... 68 Bifths ........0 010 lees 1 Deaths'... 000 x Nil Emergencies .... 79 Operations. ......... 10 Discharges ... ...... .. .. 39 Remaining ....... .. .. 33 he said "created a worsened driving hazard at inter- sections on Queen Street, made it unduly hard on residents to shovel the por- tion of driveway on the road allowance, and also created a hazard and inconvenience by pushing large portions of snow onto the sidewalk. He said that a complaint had been received from a citizen about a large chunk of frozen snow that had heen pushed' onto the citizen's driveway. He described the driving hazard created' by snow being pushed up onto _existing high banks around intersections. and said the only way to get rid of these hazards would be to haul the banks away. Deputy-reeve Phil Orfde, who is alsb Roads Com- mittee Chairman said the Works Department is simply trying to do. its job, and seems to be getting criticism when it doesn't try to remove show. and when it does. _ Reeve Robert Kenny said he objected to the resolution because the cost of hauling away snowbanks hazardous from intersect- ions would be too high. deemed Councillor Hall asked if hazardous driving conditions do exist at every intersection in the Village, should the snow banks not he hauled away? The Reeve agreed that they should, but only if the Village is prepared to meet the costs. Councillor Jackman said the costs would indeed be high. but in his opinion there is now no other alternative to getting rid of the snow. The defeated resolution called for the removal of the snow banks to be made at the discretion of the Roads Committee. Ommission In carrying a news item last week about a United Church Hymn Sing with Church choir and director Glen Taylor, the STAR omitted a paragraph which said how popular and well received the Hymn Sing had been. and how there are plans for a similar event to he held on an annual basis.