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<4 [} y LJ L 2 { | £3 LN Ww [ 2 & 7 i! A | »- - A . sabbianlifenadrnsbisnanaads a A A NER A Xan hn SH Snowmobile drag races popular event Port Perry Snowmobile - Club came out smelling like arose last Sunday afternoon when nearly 1000 persons irom every walk of life con- verged upon the lake to watch snowmobiles "drag race". Only a week earlier the races which wereafo have been held at the fair ground hdd to be cancelled because of the unseasonally mild temperatures accompanied by rain and lack of snow. On Monday all hopes to hold the races this year looked impossible. Heavy rain, flooding and mild weather removed all of the remaining snow from the track. As the week progressed, a few light snowfalls and cold- er weather returned to the area. With not enough snow on the fair grounds track the snowmobile club then had a critical decision to make. Cancel the races or reor- ganize and hold "drags" on the lake. When the decision was made, the club set to work erecting snowfences around the race area, setting up flags and measuring off the distances. Sunday, they were reward- Rain storm washes away 5,000 surplus In a year of high inflation, the Scugog Township roads department looked on with more than _a little optimism ed for all of their hard work. Bright sunny skies, brought people out by the hundreds to view the races over 70 mach- ines were entered into the drags from as far away as Peterborough. After hours and hours of preparation, and the fear that the club might lose quite a bit of-money, there success was far sweeter than it would have been a week earlier. Numerous . comments fre spectators and participants indicate that the club may well try both drag races and track racing next year. Willy Houghuys, race dir- ector told the Star that the organizers of the races were very happy with the results, and that the day went very smoothly. A list of the first and second place winners in each class follows: Super Stock B - 1st Nigel Mole, RR4, Uxbridge, 2nd Dave Goddard, Peterbor- ough. Super Stock C - 1st Peter Niklans Newmarket, 2nd Bill King, Scarborough. Super Stock D - Peter Nik- lans Newmarket, 2nd Donnie Turner Balsam. PRIN [> ~as snow removal costs rose... slower than was expected. "We spent about $5,000 less than expected on snow removal," said Roads Super- intendent Ron MacDonald, "mostly due to the light snowfall this winter." But what was an accomp- lishment of systematic luck and frugality over the many days of winter so far will not be reflected on the budget. In a matter of hours last week when the heavy rain- fall and melting snow caused extremely high water levels, the roads department used all the money it had saved, ".on washout repairs, pave- .ment patching and other road repairs. sa ¥ x FSR, e 2 Joi a a 45 ANY allt ; he a oA oo It's my turn to drive! Super Stock E - 1st Peter Niklans Newmarket, 2nd Donnie Turner Balsam. Modified A - 1st Dave God- dard = Peterborough, 2nd Kelly Patterson Port Perry. Modified B - 1st Peter Nik- * lans Newmarket, 2nd Leslie "Hutchinson Lindsay. Modified C - 1st Peter Nik- Ashburn, Spectators watch as drivers prepare their machines for their run up the strip. Over 70 snowmobiles entered. lans Newmarket, 2nd Gary Gibson Bowmanville. Modified D - 1st Bill Turner Balsam, 2nd Peter Niklans Newmarket. Open Modified - 1st Bill Turner Balsam, 2nd Stephen Kennedy Stouffille. Ladies First - 1st Nancy Hatch, 2nd Jill McEnaney Port Perry. Ladies Second - 1st Nancy Hatch RRS, Sunderland, 2nd Gail Mitchell Oshawa. Juniors - 1st Ron Card Port Perry, 2nd Irene Patterson Tottenham. 3 Area residents non-smokers The number of Port Perry and area non-smokers is growing. The Durham Region Tuber- culosis and Respiratory Disease Association said that Port Perry residents are among the many who regis- tered for smoking with- drawal course. Mrs. R. V. Sheffield, chair- man of the health education committee reported that 89 persons registered for the smoking Withdrawal Course and persons from Oshawa, Bay- - Ridges, Pickering, Bowmanville, Port Perry, Ajax and Whitby attended. Twenty-seven persons who attended the last session expressed an interest in joining the GASP programme - (Group against Smokers' Pollution) which will be starting in May. The next smoking withdrawal course will be held at the Blue Flame Room in Whitby and the dates are September 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 29 and October 2 and 6. Mrs. W. A 'Boagey will be chairman of the September program and anyone interested in attend- ing is asked to contact the TB-RD office at 723-3151 to register. A physical conditioning course for asthmatic child- ren will be starting at the Civic Auditorium in Oshawa on March 29. Any person interested in having their child participate in this pro- gram is asked to contact the Association office or their family doctor for an_applic- ation form. The next meeting of the Board will be held on April 14 al 6:30. P2RT QQ PERRY Second Section 'Vol. 109 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, March 5, 1975 -- No. 17 A quick repair before his next attempt. Pickering Airport... As a prelude to construct- ion that could begin as early as July, the federal govern- ment will take possession of 1,800 acres of land for the Pickering Airport on May 30. Notices to this effect have been mailed out to the resid- ents of the 70 parcels of land affected in Concessions 7 and 8 of the town of Pickering. There are still 36 occupied - homes on the land, said a press release issued by the Ministry of Public Works in Ottawa, Friday. The airport site occupies just one-tenth of the land' expropriated by the govern- ment in 1973. Residents of the remaining expropriated land will be given leases running until at least 1978, said a ministry official at a press conference in Toronto, Friday. Roughly, the site of the airport is the northern portion of Concession 7, lots 24 to 28, and the southern portion of Concession 8, lots 28 to 34 in the Town of Pickering. Former owners of the land will be given first option to buy and move buildings on the future airport site. If they refuse, the buildings will be put on the open market. However, the process will be complete by at least the end of May, though residents will be allowed to stay in Work to begin in July '75 their homes until the end of June. This, noted the press release, will allow children to finish their school year. In July, any homes still on site will fall to the wreckers hammer. (Oshawa Times) GM recalls workers General Motors of Canada will recall 335 workers from indefinite layoffs in the Oshawa Truck plant by mid- March due to a shift in market demand for light duty Chevrolet and GMC trucks. Another 1,600 workers in Oshawa are still on indefinite layoffs. IR NS a -------------- Ne RN od Se SA ma Co a ey oes Ah