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EL a 3g afar ss AY WORT i VEEN ---- Challenge issued for the ard 1 seat on council - Harold Westerman has announc- ed that he'll challenge incumbent Neil Hunter for the Ward 1 seat on Scugog Township council. Mr. Westerman, 41, a materials handler at General Motors for the last 23 years, told the Star Monday morning he'll be taking a "grass- roots' approach to his campaign in the municipal election November 12. While this will be his first attempt at public office, Mr. Westerman said 36 pages Vol. 119 No. 44 it is 'something I've wanted to do for a long time. Decision made by local cougeils have the most impact on people, he said. 'They can relate to these decisions." He said he will wait until the ¢gam- paign progresses before spelling out " specific issues that prompted him to : throw his hat into the politicaliring in 1985. Mr. Westerman is married with two teen-age children, and has liv- Tuesday, October 1, 1985 ed in Scugog for the past six years. Prior to that, he lived in Oshawa and Whitby. He now lives at R.R.2, Oshawa. He's been active as a member of the executive with the Scugog Soc- cer Association for the past four years, and is a member of the Ad- ministration Committee for the Hope Christian Reformed Church in Prince Albert. (Turn to page 11) Copy 35° Port Perry Star publisher Peter Hvidsten with page one of this week's paper, which for the first time uses the new five column __format. The Star previously had been seven columns in width, but (2, the five column format is part of a Canada-wide move to standar- BS dize column widths in community papers. Although this is the first : edition using the new format, Star staff have been busy for the past month preparing for the change-over. We think the changes will make the Star a better paper and we're confident our readers will agree. Durham-Metro join in search for dump several councillors, especially those from Pickering. "Durham council is facing the same decision now that Pickering But the decision by the council last week to join with Toronto rather than develop a dump strictly for Durham was hotly opposed by Durham Region has decided to hitch its star to Metro Toronto in the lengthy and costly search for a new garbage dump. Hydro failure Much of Port Perry was without hydro power Monday morning after problems with a sub-station on Caleb Street. The power went out just after 9:00 a.m. and was restored to the com- mercial area of the community about three hours later. Scugog Hydro manager Larry Mabley told the Star just after noon on Monday that the problems occur- red following a shut-down of the Caleb street sub-station for maintenance work. At age 6 km. just It's not everyone who would celebrate a birthday by running ten km On September 15. Jim Smither- man of Port Perry cruised through the 10 km Terry Fox Run in Oshawa in a time of just under one hour That's pretty good for a guy who two days later celebrated his 61st birthday Running has become a way of life for Mr. Smitherman, who retired last year as chief custodian for public schools in Scugog Township At least three times each week and in just about any kind of weather. Mr Smitherman dons his shorts, tshirt and sneakers, and takes off on an easy four mile run, a distance he describes as "'comfor- table for me." The Terry Fox Run on September 15 was the fifth time he has taken He said Hydro crews had plann- ed to shut down the Caleb station for repairs and then carry out similar work at the system's second sub- station on Bigelow Street near Durham Road 8. But when the sub-station was taken out of service, switches, fuses and lines over-loaded, creating the power outages. Local crews worked throughout the morning to restore power to the community. (Turn to page 18) 1, ten a snap part in this fund-raising event. and he was asked by the Port Perry Legion, which contributed $100 to this worthy cause Covering the 10 km course in just under an hour was a pretty good time for him considering the very warm temperatures that day Running for recreation and fitness 1s just part of Mr Smitherman"s "retirement" these days He's a strong believer in keeping active, and if he's not putting a new roof on his home, building a deck or putter- ing in the garden. you'll likely find him working in an orchard or help- ing a friend bring the hay in As far as running is concerned. he says he has a couple of goals Some day, he'd like to tackle a true marathon of 26 miles, and he'd like to keep running each September in the Terry Fox runs, from now to the year 2000 7, ov ¥ Lo w > F 4 na 5h 5 5 Bgh oly ai x VAP A h% > gm Sun wy Ld OG "yg a 3 wg He'll keep on running Jim Smitherman of Port Perry turned 61 on September 17, but that hasn't slowed him down a step. Two days earlier, he breezed through the 10 km Terry Fox Run, and Jim says he plans to keep running for Terry Fox until the year 2000. (See story) faced several years ago. It looked good at the time financially, but in retrospect it was a mistake, and it will be a mistake for Durham now" (to get into a joint venture with Metro Toronto) argued Pickering councillor Norah Stoner. She was referring to the Metro Toronto operated landfill site at Brock Road West in Pickering. Mayor Jack Anderson said Metro has not been 'a good partner' for the Region with the Metro dump. He also suggested the Region should "go it alone' in finding a new dump, rather than get into a part- nership with Metro Toronto. But the vote to look for and develop a new dump with Metro car- ried by an easy margin of 16-10 at the September 25 meeting of (Turn to page 3) Robbery thwarted Quick action by a citizen and the Durham Regional Police foiled an early 1.10orning attempted robbery at the Greenbank General Store last week Police say a resident of Green- bank heard a commotion at the store just after 500 am. on September 24 and immediately phoned police Three cruisers arrived on the scene and found the front door of the store had been smashed. Several cartons of cigarettes and other goods were piled just inside the front (Turn to page 11)