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Township says no to liquor use at events in schools Scugog Township has told the Durham Board of Education it does not want schools here used for special events where liquor could be avail- able. Scugog is among three Region municipal- ities so far to respond negatively to the con- troversial changes in the regulations pro- posed earlier this fall by the Board of Education. The other two are Oshawa and Ajax, while Pickering and Brock Township have issued positive responses to the proposal. The Township dec- ision not to ask for a school to be designated as community use for such things as bingos, lotteries or events sell- ing liquor, was greeted favourably by Rev. Stuart McEntyre, Scugog's trustee on the Durham Board. He has been opposed to the change in regul- ations and said last week schools should not be used for these pur- poses, as they could. provide a bad example for school children. "The Board has rec- eived a lot of comments on those changes, all of it negative," he told the Star. A letter from Scugog Township was sent to the Durham Board of Education recently when a majority of local councillors indicated informally they were not in favour of having a school designated for such uses. Local hydro to increase by 9.4% Residents of Port Perry will be paying 9.4 per cent more for elec- tric power in 1984. That will mean about $4 per month more on the bill of the average home owner, according to Scugog Hydro Commis- sion chairman Bert Dejeet. The Scugog Commis- siorragreed to the 9.4 per cent hike on the recom- mendation of reps' from Ontario Hydro at a meeting in Port Perry, November 15. The increase is 1.4 per cent more than the eight per cent hike in the bulk rate to municipal utilities announced recently by Ontario Hydro. Following the meeting with Ontario Hydro reps last week, Mr. Dejeet told the Star the local in- crease is more than the bulk rate hike because the Scugog Commission needs to bolster its reserve fund which he describes as being dangerously low at this time. "If we had a serious emergency (involving replacement of equip- ment) we would have to pay for it through deben- ture," he said. - Mr. Dejeet noted that the local hydro increase (Turn to page 6) Building value close to $10 M. The value of building permits issued by Scugog Township to the end of October pushed close to the $10 million Township. of this week. Scugog buses still running A strike by drivers of Travelways School Transit has not affected students in Scugog Bus drivers in Scugog Township work for a different company than Travelways. However, more than 3500 students in Durham Region are affected by the strike which began last Thursday in Whitby, Pickering and Uxbridge. : About 220 drivers are on strike for higher wages, and a company offer of six per cent and five per cent over two years has been Telesis by the union. alks were expected to continue on Monday mark, more than double the value during the same period last year. According to a report from Township building inspector Ray Penney, Scugog has issued per- mits for $9,850,000 worth of construction so far this year. Last year, the figure was just over $4 million. Possibly the main reason for the dramatic up-turn in construction activity in Scugog in 1983 has been the number of new homes. The Township has issued permits for 105 of them to the end of September, compared with 43 in the same period in 1982. The value of those new homes is $6.3 million. While industrial and commercial construc- tion has dropped off in (Turn to page 6) Annual parade will start at 2:00 PM Vol. 117 No. 51 Tues. November 22, 1983 36 pages This is it! Anybody who has children under the age of 10 will immediately recognize this face, the wide-eyed soft and scrunchable Cabbage Patch Kid. The dolls are the hottest Christmas item since Santa Claus himself, and if you haven't got hold of one yet, you may not be pleased to note that there isn't one doll left for sale in all of Port Perry. For more info on what's hot this Christmas, see pages 14 and 15. Santa coming to town this Saturday Jingle bells, jingle bells...Ho,Ho, Ho. Downtown Port Perry will be alive with the sights and sounds of Christmas this coming Saturday afternoon as the annual Santa Claus Parade makes its way along Queen and Water Streets. Sponsored by the Scugog Chamber of Commerce, the parade this year will feature 30 fantastic floats and eight marching bands, all guaranteed to put everyone in the mood for the Christmas season. Paradeorganizer Miriam Price says there is a major change in the route this year, as the floats, bands and clowns will start at Port Perry High School, make their way along Queen Street and then turn south along Water Street. In years past, the parade ended at the foot of Queen Street. As always, there will be prizes for the best float, and some of the music will be provided by the Uxbridge Legion Pipe Band, the popular Rebels, and the Danny Reesor Band, back again for another year. As he has for many years, Gerry Nelson of Port Perry will act as Parade Marshall. The first float will leave Port Perry High School at 2:00 P.M. this Saturday (Nov. 26) afternoon so people are advised to be downtown early to be sure to get a good spot along the route where the kids can see all the excitement. Of course, the special guest of honour will be old Saint Nick himself in his traditional spot at the end of the parade. And as always, once the parade is over, Santa will be at the Latcham Centre (at the foot of Queen Street) to greet all the youngsters and hand out bags of goodies. One new feature of the Santa Claus Parade comes from the people who work at the Port Perry Post Office. Postmaster Bob Walker says letter carriers in uniform will follow the parade to collect all letters to Santa from the children. Mr. Walker says that local employees of the Post Office have vol- unteered their tinue 0 answer these letters, so the kids should include their return address with the letters. The parade promises to bring fun and joy to people of all ages. So don't miss Santa and his friends, this coming Sat- urday in, Port Perry, starting at 2:00 P.M.