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Vol.114 No. 23 Wednesday, April 30, 1980 $35 per average household ) Education to cost ~ Scugog extra 12% On Monday evening, David Simms, budget audit chair- man for the Durham Board of Education, presented the budget totalling $94,364,530. for elementary and second- ary school purposes of which $41,348,008 or 43.8 percent of the total expenditure is to be raised by municipal levy. This an increase of 10.94 percent or $9,303,185 over 1979. In his presentation, Mr. Simms stated that wages, salaries and benefits esti- mated at $75,645,850. an in- crease of $7,412,000 over 1979 was proposed. This item in the budget alone represents Residents ask for injunction "Lawyers for the Gerrow's Beach property owners will ask the Supreme Court of Ontario for a temporary injunction to halt a group home for mentally retarded adults proposed in that area of Scugog Island. A letter dated April 25 from the law firm of Fletcher, McKay and Mack to lawyer David Sims acting for the Central Seven Association for the Mentally Retarded says the Supreme Court action will be started '""very shortly." And Gerrow's Beach "NeW. SAS v a A Sunday afternoon fire destroyed the farm house about 2:00 p.m. and is thought to have started from and all contents owned by Harold Medd on the Purple maple sap which was being boiled off near the house. Hill Road west of Blackstock. The blaze broke out resident Gary Fitchett, who has acted as a spokesman for the property owners, told the Star Monday afternoon that a review of the interpre- tation of the Scugog zoning by-law will be sought from the Ontario Municipal Board. Scugog Township council has taken the position that the proposed group home is permitted under the present zoning by-law, while the property owners have maintained that this is not SO. (Turn to page 9) 79.67 percent of the proposed increase in budgeting expen- ditures. The total amount of tax dollars to be raised in Scugog Township is $2,275,138, and increase of $309,799 over 1979. These figures indicate that the mill rate for school purposes will be 112.42 mills for 1980 or an increase of 12.02 percent over 1979. This means a dollar increase for the average assessed home in Scugog Township of $35. A sum of $400,000 has been allocated for the construct- ion of an addition to Prince Albert school. This will pro- vide a library resource cen- tre, a classroom and' play- room-gyn which will include a small stage and mini kitchen. Both elementary and sec- ondary block budgets (supp- lies) proposed increases of $600,100 or 20.75 percent over 1979. Specifically, it is pro- posed that the elementary block budget be increased by $9.00 per student to a total of $40. per student. This is an increase of 29 percent. In the secondary block, the propos- ed increase is $17.89 per pupil to $124.89 or an in- (Turn to page 3) SERCO TI ORY ARETE AUR yf ants a 0 iy SRS 36 Pages | At Home Queen and Princess Port Perry High School held its annual "At Home" dance Friday evening and Wendy Bracken [left] was chosen "At Home' Queen for 1980. Kelly Owen was selected as Princess. [See second picture on page 2.] B will decide on 0 site of new library It could be three weeks at least before the Ontario Municipal Board hands down a decision on whether a new proposed library can be built on a portion of municipal lakefront property on Water Street in Port Perry. After hearing lengthy arguments last Thursday from citizens who are op- posed to construction of a new library on that property, the two member OMB panel reserved judgement. The land in question is the former Lake Scugog Lumber property which was pur- chased last year by the Township for $150,000. Last fall, Township council re-zoned half of the property that fronts on Water Street to allow construction of a lib- rary only. The other part of the property that fronts on the lake was re-zoned as per- manent open space or park- land. A group of citizens led by Myrtle Prentice of Port Perry and Roy Grierson of Caesarea filed formal objec- tions against the re-zoning, claiming that all the land in question should be used as parkland. Lawyer Michael Fowler, acting for the Township, told the hearing that the re- zoning complies with the Durham Region Official Plan which was approved by the provincial government earlier this year. Scugog Township's plan- ning consultant John McDer- mott testified that re-zoning a portion of the property for a library "represents a very acceptable form of land use for this site." Mr. McDermott, who has been a professional planner with the firm of Totten, Sims, Hubicki, for the past eight years, said that in his opinion a library on the property might actually lead to greater use of surrounding parkland by local residents. He also stated that the site makes good sense from a planning point of view in that it is close to the downtown area, has adequate area for parking, and would not create traffic congestion. Mr. McDermott"s testi- mony took well over an hour, (Turn to page 10) Fire destroys farm house A fire Sunday afternoon completely destroyed an old wooden house at the farm of Harold Medd, at Purple Hill, west of Blackstock. The fire broke out about 2:00 p.m., and officials with the Caesarea unit of the Scugog Fire department attribute the cause to a fire at the side of the house used to boil off maple sap. Fire officials feel that sparks from the small maple sap fire ignited the wooden structure at the rear of the house. The owner apparent- ly was not home at the time. The two-storey wooden house and almost all the contents were lost as a result of the fire, and damage is estimated by fire officials at $30,000. There apparently was no insurance. fa) 48 Sg NFA CARs - paar nT -- - Bar A oy ht "c, iy ---ei! Lo Ro