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SCUGOG ARENA ROMPIN' RONNIE % HAWKINS big AT... JuLY 14 Ld it i ada sig ne PERSON CO Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins is coming to town on July 14 and here he takes time out of his busy schedule to help promote the dance which will be held in the Scugog Arena. The "Hawk."' as he is com- monly known, will be here as part of the Western Days celebrations, and will perform at the arena on Saturday, July 14. Advance tickets are now being sold at $10 each and can be obtained at Irwin Smith Music or the Port Perry Star. For more on the 'Hawk,' read Chat- terbox on page 4 of this week's issue of the Star. Vol. 118 No. 28 40 pages Tuesday, June 12, 1984 Sunrise residents 'say no to new road The residents of Sun- rise Beach on Scugog Island sent a clear message to Township council Monday night. They are adamently opposed to any plan by the Township to put in a road linking Sunrise with Aldred's Beach to. the south. Jim Love, a resident of Sunrise Beach for the last ten years, told That great silver salmon More than a few people did a double take last Friday afternoon as a giant silver salmon made its way along Queen Street in down- town Port Perry. And their eyes were not playing tricks on them. The salmon, all 27 feet and 1500 pounds, is the latest creation from the studio of sculpter Bill Lishman, and he hauled it by trailer to Port Perry to help generate some publicity for the June 30 "Big Bass Derby" on Lake Scugog in which a tagged fish worth a cool $30,000 will be released into the lake. The salmon, made of stainless steel over the last six months by Mr. Lishman and assistant Richard Van Heuvelen, won't get anywhere near Lake Scugog, how- ever. It will be shipped this summer to Campbell- town, New Brunswick, where it will be the focal point of a waterfront restoration project and the envy no doubt of fishermen in that can sure stop the traffic community who take part in the Restigouche Salmon derby each July. The Mayor of Camp- belltown is expected to arrive at Mr. Lishman's studio at Purple Hill, near Blackstock, in the near future to haul the salmon by trailer to its (Turn to page 3) council that of the 69 property owners on the Beach, sixty are oppos- ed to the road linking the two areas. About 35 ratepayers, most of them from Sunrise Beach and a few from Aldred's Beach, crowded into the council chambers Monday evening to press their opposition to the linkage plan. "We don't understand why this roadway must be opened up. It could turn into a racetrack and we are concerned about increased traffic and the safety of child- ren,'"' said Mr. Love. He went on to say that many residents of the beach left the city or town to get away from traffic and congestion, and they don't want the peace and quiet dist- urbed. Township Mayor Jerry Taylor said the council's intention in linking the approximate quarter mile between the two beaches is to provide better service in terms of snow plowing and sanding, and also to provide a double access to the main centre island road for use by emergency vehicles. The only access to Sunrise now is via Con- cession 11, Nelson Patterson, who lives on Aldred's Beach to the south, told council that about 90 per cent of the residents there are opposed to the linkage plan. He said that traffic along Aldred"s Beach road has increased since a new road was built to connect it with the 9th Concession fur- ther to the south. Council recently en- tered into a preliminary agreement with a de- veloper which opens the way for the developer to pay for construction of the proposed road be- tween Sunrise and Al- dred's Beach. Mr. Patterson and Mr. Love both said that while they understand that council was acting in good faith and with good intentions to put the new road in, they disappointed there had not been more commun- ications between the Township and the rate- payers who live on the beach roads. Mr. Patterson also raised the question of whether it is the long range plan of the Town- ship to eventually link all the beach roads on Scugog Island. While council declined Monday evening to drop the plans completely, Mayor Taylor did say the issue would be reviewed by councillors and a decision maken some time within the next four weeks. Following the meet- ing, Mr. Love said he was satisfied with this response, but added the residents will continue to oppose any road that links the two beaches. i)! Star wins two national awards The Port Perry Star is pleased to announce that it has once again been judged as one of the top community newspapers in its class across Canada. The Star received notice last week that it 'was among the award winners in the Canadian Community Newspaper Competit- ions, and would receive awards for the Best Front Page and the Best All-Round Newspaper in the class of papers with circulation from 5,000 to 9,999. The Star currently prints 5400 papers each week. Scoring in the competition takes into account use of pictures, news, features, columns and advertising, as well as design and content of the front page, editorial page and community pages. The Star received top marks for its front page so will receive this award for the second year in a row. This is the third time the Star has taken this award in the past five years. The Star came second in the Best All-Round Newspaper category this year, losing the top spot to an Alberta newspaper, the Leduc Representative. The I educ paper has a total of 9462 readers and aiso won the Best Editorial page and came second behind the Star in the Best Front page category. The awards will be presented at the Annual Canadian Community Newspaper convention to be held in Penticton, B.C. this July. D pro Leapin' lizards, we always knew the fish grew big in Lake Scugog, but this is ridiculous. No, this is not the $30,000 bass for the June 30 Big Bass Derby, but a 27 foot stainless steel Atlantic Salmon created by sculptor Bill Lishman at his Purple Hill studio. Bill hauled this fish over to Lake Scugog last Friday afternoon, but it will soon be on its way to Cambeliton, New Brunswick. Com- menting on this fish, Bill said with a smile, "'you should see the size of the worms he eats.'" As for the Big Bass Derby on June 30 for Lake Scugog, entry forms are now on sale and some lucky fisherman could hook a special- "ly tagged bass worth a cool $30,000. And that would be a few tins of salmon. (See story)