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| a IN AEE en ys 3 § a ( y . retcitedtichdatdatrotailidiu seu > Ice cold grip Although it's nearing the end of April, the ice continues to keep a grip on Lake Scugog. On Monday when the above photo was taken, a good portion of the lake was still covered with three to four inches of the cold stuff. Should the ice linger until this Saturday, April 29, it would tie a record set in 1965 for the latest date the ice ever went out. It was 100 years ago that the ice left on March 20th, making it the earliest the disappeared from the lake. ice has Traffic lights 'at Queen-Lilla A set of fully activated traffic signals will be install- ed this summer at the inter- section of Queen and Lilla Streets in Port Perry. Roads superintendent Ron MacDonald - told Scugog Township council Monday' afternoon that Durham Reg- ion will be carrying out the installation, and the signals are expected to be operating by the end of June. Members of council react- ed favourable but a motion was passed to ask Durham Region to decrease the no parking restrictions on both sides of Queen Street from 125 feet to 100 feet from the Lilla Street intersection. The operation of the sig- nals will include a coil placed in the pavement of all ap- proaches to the intersection which will change the lights when a vehicle passes over it. The signals will also have push buttons for pedestrians which will give them 20 seconds to get across the street. Although Durham Region » will pay for the cost and installation, the Region will not pay any up-grading or improvements to the Queen Street part of the intersec- tion. After some debate on the merits of a right-turn lane Scugog hikes parking fines It's going to cost you more to park your car illegally in Port Perry, if you get caught. Scugog Township council voted Monday afternoon to increase the parking fine from $2 to $5. Before agree- ing on the hike to $5, the council rejected a motion that the increase go to $7. The move to increase the Ae ATR ATE Ja 'Hall and the Masonic Lodge from west-bound Queen onto Lilla Street, council passed a motion requesting that the Region either construct this turn lane or design the inter- section so that one could be putin at a later date. It was generally agreed by mem- bers of council that a right- turn lane onto Lilla Street Vol. 112 No. 25 Wednesday, April 26, 1978 32 Pages would help move traffic at the intersection, and that motorists would probably Young girls followed end up using the shoulder of the road to make the right hand turns even if a proper lane was not there. In order to allow motorists to get used to new signals, their operation the first few Alarmed at several incid: weeks will be flashing amber ents in recent weeks, a group for traffic on Queen and of parents in Blackstock is flashing red for traffic on attempting to form a Block Lilla. Parents organization in that The intersection has been community. a dangerous one, especially Mr. and Mrs. Clay Shaver, since Lilla Street was up- who have three young child- graded into a Regional ren, have called a meeting thoroughfare, and there for May 3 at the public school have been several accidents. in Blackstock and represent- In fact, Mayor Lawrence atives from the OPP, the Malcolm told members of schools, and the Block Par- council that he was very ent Organization in New- nearly in a collision there a castle are expected to couple of days ago. attend. The 100 foot parking re- Mr. Shaver told the Port striction on both sides of Perry Star last week that Queen Street means that part of the concern centres plans for off-street parking around incidents of break- area behind the Old Town ing, entering and vandalism in the community in the past few weeks. But what really prompted the organizational meeting was an incident recently involving two young girls on their way home from school who were followed several blocks by a young man in an automobile. The man apparently attempted to lure the girls into the car, and when" they refused he followed them until they ran will go ahead this summer. last week by: the council that revenues from parking violations should reach $325 in 1978, up $200 from the amount collected last year. Job Their domes Y tional However, by-law enforce- or Jrepss Js & nations ment officer Robert Kenny. organization which was for- Monday afternoon made it med pA London, Ontasia, clear to members of council : years ago a Re: that the $2 fine is not enough. eterrent aga nst potentia Mr. Kenny told council that Crime in residential neigh- about half the tickets handed PPurhoods Janice Slocombe who was ++. Continued on page 2 instrumental in forming the . 'Newcastle organization last year, and who will be attend- ing the meeting in Black- stock, told the Star that the idea is to serve notice that the community is looking out for trouble. Parents who become block parents dis- play large signs in their front windows which tell children they have a safe house to go to if they should happen to find themselves in difficulty. The reasons culd be if chil- dren witness a crime, become ill or injured, or if 'they feel they are in some kind of physical danger. Mrs. Slocombe explained that prior to being accepted as block parents, they must be screened by police. If the group agrees May 3 to go ahead and form the organiz- ation in Blackstock, Mrs. Slocombe suggested signs will start going up in win- dows in about two months time. The Newcastle organizat- ion, which included Bow- manville, and the rural com- Block parents to organize munities --of --Orono- and Hampton, started last April with 12 volunteers. It has grown to more than 200 'members. Since the beginning of the year there have been several incidents of vandalism and theft in Blackstock. A spokesman with the Durham, Board of Education said the public school was broken into on February 9 and 14 and a small quantity of school supplies stolen. On March 29, Cartwright High Chamber directors request BIA support With less than a week to go before a Business Improve- ment Area (BIA) could be formed in downtown Port Perry, the Scugog Chamber of Commerce directors will once again try to convince those merchants opposing the improvements to adopt the plan. Written objections or petitions must be in the Scugog Township, Office by May 3, 1978. ' On a motion by Bill Lock, chairman of the BIA steering committee, the directors voted in favour of sending a statement outlining the bene- fits of the revitalization to all the businessmen in the 'pro: ° posed area. : It was over two years ago that the general membership of the Chamber of Com- merce voted overwhelming- ly in favour of the Chamber proceeding with some plans to revitalize and beautify the downtown core. Since that time there has been a turn in the attitude of some of the merchants and at this point, it would appear that any hopes of a beautifi- cation programme in the near future are dim. The letter being sent out to the businessmen calls upon 'all parties'to put the good of the community first and be- fore that of self-interest in order to make Scugog Town- ship a better place in which to live. According to the news- letter, there are now over 60 operating BIA's in Ontario and it is a proven pro- gramme with proven bene- fits. "Your Chamber asks to reaffirm your position now and support this pro- gramme. If you have sup- ported the petition against the BIA your Chamber respectfully asks you to re- examine your opimion and remove your name' it con- cludes. ,