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W ' LJ 4 Ey The students of Port Perry High School held a successful three-day Penny Blitz' last week and collected more than $750. The money will be turned over to the Family and Childrens Services of Durham Region. Organized by the student council, each home room at the school was responsible for raising funds, and the students of 4C brought in $120. For their efforts they were rewarded with an "'All-you-can-eat" ice cream party. Taking a brief break from counting and rolling the coins are from left: Heather Darnley, Derek Baker, Laurel Price, Paula Price, Paul Griffen, and Mike Kennedy. Mike, and fellow student Ralph Kronister were top individual fund raisers in the school. '" Central Seven workshop gets Ghristmas arrived a month early for the Central Seven Association for the Mentally Retarded, with approval in principle from - the provincial 'government for the establishment of a workshop to serve mentally handicapped adults in the Township of Scugog, Brock and Uxbridge. A letter to the Association dated 'november 2I said that the ministry ofCommunity and Social Services feels that a program need has been indentified, 'and that there is merit in the idea." A representative of the 'ministry met with members of the Association in Port Perry last Thursday night to outline plans for either purchasing a suitable building, or constructing one to meet the needs of the workshop. The workshop will be used by up to 25 mentally handi- capped adults from the three townships for a variety of jobs and services. Association president Elizabeth Fulford said in an interview last week that Town Hall grant Town Hall 1873 has receiv- ed a grant of $1500 from the Touring 'Arts Fund of the Ontario Arts Council to help cover the costs of Canadian artists performing at Town Hall during the 1977-78 sea- son. iy The money, which was received November 25, will pay- for one-half of the artists' fees during the 1977- 78 season. the go-ahead although a site for the workshop has not been selected, the go-ahead has been given to hire an architect who will handle either renovations to an existing building if a suitable one can be found, or design a new building. Mrs. Fulford said that now that the wheels are in motion, the workshop will be ready to open about a year from now. The Association has been seeking a suitable location for several months now, and ideally they would like to find one in an urban area within the three townships which would allow easy access to such things as shopping and banking facilities for the people who will be using the workshop. In order to get the funding from the provincial govern- ment, the Association must raise 20 percent of the capi- tal cost of the workshop and the first two months of the operating costs. A campaign so far has nett nearly $25,000, and now that the project is off the ground, active canvassing to make up the necessary balance will start at the end of January in the three town- ships. ANNUAL MEETING The Central Seven Associ- ation held its annual meeting December 14 in Uxbridge and the Board of Directors were named for 1978. They are from Scugog: Stuart McEntyre, Joan Paisley, Pat Reid, Elizabeth Fulford, Karel Nottinghath, and Betty Deeth. From Uxbridge: Gwynn Blake; Virginia Rich, Ann Wells and Alice Stevenson. From Brock: Dennis Weedman and Edna Eastman. It is expected that two more members from Brock will be named in the near future. (continued on page 11) Vol.112 No.7 Wednesday, December 21, 1977 Seeks third term Yvonne Christie has an- nounced that she will be seeking a third term as chairman of the Durham Board of Education. Mrs. Christie, who made the announcement at the Boards regular meeting' December 12, told trustees she decided to run again after conferring with members of her family. She has been trustee from Scugog Township since 1974 and was first elected chair- man in January 1976. The chairman is elected for a one-year term by fellow trustees, and the vote for 1978 will take place at the Board's first meeting of the New Year on January 9. No other trustees haved publically announced their intentions of seeking the position of chairman for 1978. 28 Pages Despite opposition Region approves Utica plan Despite opposition from both a land developer and a group of Utica residents concerned about new development, Regional council voted last Wednes- day on a modification of the Utica district plan which would allow ten new houses on land in the northwest quadron of the community. Mr. Doug Plitz of Jacob- sen Construction asked the regional council to postpone any decision on the Utica plan until the end of next month to allow for more review of apparently con- flicting reports about the availability of water and the suitability of soil for septic systems of new homes in the development area. Jacobsen Construction had originally planned to build 19 new homes on the northwest quadron but Dur- ham Region planners re- commended that only four new houses be allowed in. that area. In the past few months Mr. Plitz has made several appearances before Scugog Township council in an effort' to have the number of houses increas- ed, and on September 26 the local council agreed to allow ten new homes. Mr. Plitz had indicated that it would not be economically .feasible for the construction company to develop the land for just ten new houses, and he said that 16 houses would be a better figure as far as the com- pany is concerned. However, a group of citi- zens in Utica has been argu- ing against the development of even ten new houses be- cause they fear there is insufficient water and that soil conditions could lead to contamination of existing wells in the hamlet. Mr. Walter Mees, a Utica resident attended the re- gional council meeting Wed- nesday morning along with Eric Carre and John Crox- all. In addressing the council, Mr. Mees, who is a high school teacher in Ajax, cit- ed a background report on Utica prepared by Durham plannérs which said in part "the very limited extent of More minor accidents Fifteen traffic accidents, all of a minor nature were reported over the weekend in the area patrolled by the Whitby provincial police. The number pushes the figure for 1977 over the 1000 mark, which is down by more than 100 from the number of accidents in the same period last year. The number of fatalities has in- creased this year, however. MINOR ACCIDENT A two-car accident Decem- ber 15 on Queen Street in Port Perry caused about $350 damage. Police report that a car driven by Rose Ksenica of RR 1, Port Perry was backing out from an angle parking spot when it struck the side of a car driven by Daniel Taylor, 16, of RR 3, Port Perry. There were no injuries, and no charges have been laid. . WINDOW SMASHED A window in the adminis- tration office at Port Perry High School was smashed over the weekend causing about $50 damage. Police found foot-prints in the snow on the roof of the school and say that entrance to the inner court yard where the window was smashed was gained from the roof. the Port Perry Star. them all. safe holiday season. RS ti UE EEN Christmas Issue This issue of the Port Perry Star contains the special Christmas supplement with holiday and season's greetings from our advertisers. The Christmas supplement also includes letters to Santa written by children from all schools in Scugog Township. several stories under the heading 'My Most Unusual Christmas", submitted by readers of We have taken considerable effort to print as many of these contributions as possible, but because of space restrictions, could not carry The Star would like to say special thanks to those people who took the time to submit material for the Christmas edition. All of it was excellent and will be of interest to our readers at this special time of year. Thank you and have a groundwater supplies - will be the' most significant fact- or in assessing allowable growth in Utica --- many homeowners have exper- ienced water shortages." The report also says 'the soils have a high percola- tive characteristic and as a result there is a problem of separating the water supply from the septic bed." Most of the present resi- dents of Utica have shallow bored wells, and their con- cern is that if these did become contaminated through new -residential development they could be faced with costs ranging Continued on page 9 There are also AP AP a -- AP -- QP -- Ca TRE NC Ts TAC PUPA Sin pr en iin iy a A