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J Cer 1 e ERIS R IY - a Sa ESE as I I rs) "TN a Soe Ty -) ' EET Re 2 po ~ ~ = Vol.114 No. 15 "32 Pages | ve Wednesday, March 5, 1980 Reve A SINE ar 4 : eid iS - 7 : : Srp ; It y Council submits bi i : 'to purchase property Scugog Township council have been listed by a local Ward 4 councillor John has made an offer to pur- realtor recently at $73,500. Wolters voted in favour of : chase the Brignall property The resolutaion to submit 'he offer to purchase. "I Rv immediately to the east of anoffer was supported by all think we should Egoahead and ES 4 the municipal building in members of council except buy this property now for the 2 Port Perry. Reg Rose, who said he does- additional parking and for , - Council made the decision not agree that the municipai- any long term expansion S to submit an offer at its ity should be tying up money plans for the municipal regular meeting Monday at this time, and the Town- building." he said. after members had inspect- ship should not * Tock itself" He also said he calculates ed the three bedroom house into the- area ay one for it will cost the Township ® and double garage which possible expansion of the about $9000 per year to carry until recently had been used municipal buildings. the property. and like Mayor by the Port Perry Ambu- The future expansion of Taylor, councillor Wolters lance Service. the municipal buildings was urged the municipality to "1 support this offer to one of the reasons cited for start dispos ing of Township 3 purchase,"" Mayor Jerry purchas ing the property at owned properties. y Taylor told his council. "But '- time. bers mad If Je Township offer Wi a : : 'want thé council to-move © However, members made" * purchase is accepted; "the > 2%: ® ug Rall 10 11 of it very clear Monday night money will initially come LOSSA curling champions property owned by the Town- that any expansion of the from the municipal projects B RE ~-ship-to pay for this;" he - Pies) building is several f ever [ember : This curling team from Port Perry High School has added another title to the : SER years away, at least. . : . . . : } a es edi. otter Also, if the Township properties now owned by the long list with a Lake Ontario Secondary School victory in Uxbridge last week. J p : ; ; Kelly Fairman, Alison McNab, Lee Howsam [skip] and Laural Holtby will be for the purchase of the prop- - owned the property, it would Township can be sold this ! ) A p ih 1 p the Central Ontario erty has not been disclosed, provide for up to ten more spring or summer. with the competing this week against four other teams for the Ce ; @ but the house and garage parking spots. money from these sales championship, and a berth in the all-Ontario finals. [See story on sports pages]. going back into the projects fund. wo : ¥ : L £3 ~ ¥ © The property is now owned ® ® by the estate of the late - Ca im S 1 ie off ) 5% Oo ice Charles Brignall. It is app- Tro i le 8 ia i ; °® : roximately one-quarter acre in size, and the three bed- LJ get SP rucl ng U 2 room house already has two 4 offices on the main floor, and (| ' WwW (Co | Y 0 8 O is O S$ bs) The grounds in front of the The ramp will be con- two additional offices could } Port Perry Post Office build- structed along the east side be created with a minimum Members of Scugog coun- say that they would want to received approval from the £ ing will get a sprucing up this of the building, connecting to amount of work. cil said Monday they haveno have detailed information Health Unit. However. that 3 spring. the outside landing at thetop If council's offer to pur- strong objections to an over- before any approvals are proposal was never carried Plans by the federal of the stairs. _ chase is accepted, members night trailer campground on given'to the proposal. further. he said. * department of public works Tenders for the work are (Turn to page 2) Highway 12. Ron Armstrong, a lawyer. Ward 1 councillor Don he ~call for extensive land- ; : Lo However. councillors did acting for the present owners Crosier said he would not A i i . pected to be issued this " ) : : : Ed scaping with such things as spring and the project will be of Sols Spring Park told object to the idea in prin- E38 flower beds, trees, decora- : a mai on. Ch council on Monday that his . ciple. as there are no home in Hols tive planters, a couple of Jens ueing ti Queen Roca ai rman res ig ns clients are considering the the immediate area. A ; benches, and the placing of which will be undertaken by Scugog Recreation Board down from the recreation establishment of trailer Before approving a trailer & inter-locking bricks in cer- the Township this summer. chairman Chuck Preston has board. : campgrounds on the 30 acre campground. council would Ao) o tain areas of the front yard. oe . -submitted his resignation. Mr. Preston is chairman of site. require a detailed site plan Also included in the plans The original post office In a letter to council, Mr. the Scugog Public Library Mr. Armstrong said thatin spelling out the location of for the post office is a wheel building was constructed in Preston cited business press- Board. and actively involved 1974. a previous owner had the trailers and any build- chair ramp to allow access 1916, and there have been ures and his commitments to in the plans to build a new received provincial approval ings or recreation facilities )) into the building for people several additions added in other community prcjects as library this year on Water for up to 70 campsites on the used as part of the camp- 3 with physical handicaps. recent years. the reasons for stepping Street in Port Perry. grounds, and in addition had ground. h Lb \ : increase on Monday after hearing members of the museum board say a full- time curator is an absolute necessity if the museum is to continue operating. "We just can't continue to function as a museum unless "The $4000 (requested "from the Township) is a small price in tax dollars for the services the museum is providing the people of this Township," said Mr. Assel- stine. of the province. Until this year. the mus- eum had employed a part- time curator at a salary of $1500 per year and relied strictly on volunteers to do the remainder of the work. will probably be completed in the next four weeks. However. both Mr. Assel- stine and Mr. Brock stressed that the museum board feels it must know immediately whether there will be enough worked for the museum last vear and has good qualificat- ions for the position. But unless she is able to get some kind of guarantee of full-time employment. it is likely she would start looking else- where. he said. WEY RON eA IAS Wh cugog Museum to hire full-time curator vear. However, with the full- time curator, Mr. Brock said the hours of operation would be increased to 1080 over an eight month period. and this would qualify the museum for an increase in provincial operating grants. AE IRIE LC OH oy Scugog council has agreed we are able to hire a full- The museum. located on Council's decison to in- money to hire a full-time With the increased grant Ky to increase the Township time curator." executive dir- Scugog Island. celebrated its crease the grant by $2000 curator from the Township, the mus- .@ grant to the Scugog Shores ector Bill Brock told council. 10th anniversary of operat- was a bit out of the ordinary Temuseumbnshesnen. 20 board is prepared to | Museum from $2000 to $4000 - Board member Vern ion in 1979, and has many because usually requests loying Trish Holman of P27 the curator a salary of A this year, which will allow Asselstine also told council articles on display which are from various organizations ve Albert as curator about $11.000 plus a benefit BOAT the museum to hire a full- that the museum simply can- of historical value and depict for 'grant money are not during January and Feb- package worth $1000. pe time curator. not continue to operate on a the way of life during the approved until council sets ruary Mr. Brock said she In the past, the museum by Council agreed to the grant volunteer basis. early settlement of this part the Township budget. which has been open 360 hours per HR