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dads ON ri ddpeantanaod But future is uncertain Xn - New lease for Marina _-- _~~ The operator of Port Perry Marine has been granted a one year lease to start this November, but the long range future of the municip- ally owned marina on Water Street remains uncertain." Scugog council Monday night agreed to grant marina operator Bill Kendry the one year lease arrangement, but at the same time, some members of council caution- ed Mr. Kendry about sinking money into the buildings or the Vol. 113 No. 39 equipment as the marina location may eventually be moved. Mr. Kendry said after the meeting that he was pleased with the new one year lease which may be renewed on a yearly basis "since it gives me a little better idea where I stand." In May of this year, Scu- gog council terminated a five year lease agreement be- tween Mr. Kendry and the municipality which was to expire in 1982. Council took that action in May because Mr. Kendry owed the Town- ship about $2000 in back rent, At the meeting Monday night, Mr. Kendry agreed that he was in violation of the terms of the lease because of the back rent owing at the time, but he did say that the notice of termination in May came as a big surprise to him. He told council on Monday that the reasons he got be Wednesday, August 15, 1979 hind in the monthly rent were poor weather in the fall last year which cut into his business revenues, and damage from a leak in the Regional sewage system in December, 1977 which flood- ed the marina building with some 10,000 gallons of raw, liquid sewage. He told coun- cil that he lost about $15,000 in revenues last year. However, he did say that the notice of termination this (Turnto page 11) 20¢ 32 Pages Vy vs 1 et Ly y , ., REET MARS 8-1, 4.5.4" Yedda ibvaneDeismitimioy sins cbotodinn (moat ceett slid TPF TVIRD IFPI PINAR SEAN ST FPP TI. ~ WEISS WT ve 's [ID BRAUN, 5 . ve, Jo : ; 4 / aliaaisaliabidore visi ss dal dr sai ub tidintida There was an abundance of cowboys and cowgirls walking the streets of Port Perry last weekend during the annual Western Weekend activities and few were more attractive than Leslie Summers. Leslie was just one of hundreds who attended one of the three dances held at the Scugog arena during the annual event. For more photos of Western Weekend, see inside this issue of the Star. Western Week called success Well, it is over again for another year. Western Weekend, Port Perry's annual three days of summer fun concluded Sun- day and organizers this year say they are generally pleased with the way things went. The event is sponsored by the Scugog Chamber of Com- merce, and Chamber presi- dent Howard Hall told the Star Monday that "it was pretty good." While there is no way of knowing precisely how many people took part in the num- erous events and activities, Mr. Hall did say that mer- chants and booth operators on Queen Street told him that they were pleased with the crowds. Although rain threatened (Turn to page 2) incidents in 1976. Swede faces fraud charge A Swedish landed immigrant, pursued by Interpol since 1977, has been arrested at his farm near Blackstock and charged with defrauding a Swedish company of more than $270,000. An RCMP spokesman said this morning the man will face three charges of fraud stemming from He is alleged to have defrauded the company he managed in Sweden of $274,529 before coming to Canada in 1977 and setting up a farm. Charged is Swante Henrik Lind, 33, formerly of Calmar, Sweden. He has been released on $10,000 bail and will appear in county court in Toronto August 17 when a date for an extradition hearing may be set. A man's world? No way Rose Cochrane is one of several girls who "man done by the so-called stronger sex. the pumps' at service stations around Port Perry, a job which up until recently was almost exclusively The girls who pump gas, clean windshields and check oil say their iob is "no big deal." [See story pictures on page 8).