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Another storm slashes across Scugog Township # . Severe storms with high winds seem to be the norm in Scugog Township this summer as yet another lashed its way through Port Perry early Friday evening. The electrical storm with high winds and torrential rain hit just after the supper hour and lasted about 20 minutes. There were reports of numerous large trees up-rooted or snapped off causing property damage in several locations. Hydro to homes on John Street was out for about two hours and those on Perry Street were without power for about five hours. Power to several other individual homes in the community was interrupted when trees or branches fell across . the feeder lines from the street. "We were fortunate this time that only one primary line was affected by the storm," said Scugog Hydro manager Larry Mabley. But a fair- ly large area near the downtown core was without street lights after a huge tree fell directly across Queen Street at Rose knocking down a circuit for street lights in the pro- cess. Traffic on Queen Street had to be re-routed around the tree until Township work crews cleared away the mess. There were other isolated cases of property damage in Port Perry in- cluding a home on the west side of Lilla Street near McDonald which had the side of the roof clipped by a large tree. On Kent Street in north Port Perry, two vehicles parked in driveways sustained damage when hit by large trees. Other areas of the community that appeared hardest hit by the storm included Cochrane, Bigelow and Rosa Streets. Pro wrestling returned to Port Perry last Saturday night for "the first time in a decade and more than 500 fans saw plenty of slam-bank, knock-em down action at the Scugog Arena. In this photo, one of the Kelly Twins (Pat and Mike) is re-arranging the teeth and jaw of Nick DeCarlo in the feature tag-team event. For more photos and story of the wrestling action, turn to the sports Vol. 120 No. 37 The severe wind and electrical storm that hit Port Perry Friday evening caused con- siderable property damage in the community, in- story) | Tuesday, August 12, 1986 cluding this car parked in a driveway on Kent Street. There were no reported injuries. (See Copy 35°¢ - 36 pages Strong job market cited as one factor House prices way up Just in case you haven't noticed, the price of real estate in Scugog Township and all over Durham has sky-rocketed in the past year or so. Falling interest rates are one of the reasons, of course, but a more telling factor for the steep hike in housing costs may be that the overall economy and especially the job market in Durham Region, is booming. Gary Thompson, manager of the CMHC Regional office in Oshawa, told the Star last week that people from all over Canada are coming to Durham Region for the job oppor- tunities, especially in the construc- tion and the skilled trades fields. With the Region-wide apartment vacancy rate at virtually zero, these people have to live somewhere, so they are buying homes, which in turn puts a strain on the available inventory. It's the old adage of supp- ly and demand which is helping to drive up the price of homes and pro- perty, he explained. Gary Hillier, of the Canada Thieves grab scuba gear Durham Police say three more homes in Scugog Township were burglarized in the past week as the rash of break-ins continues. Over the past few weeks, there have been numerous house break- ins with thousands of dollars in items stolen. On August 9, a Rosa Street residence was entered through a back door and $2400 worth of diving equipment was reported missing, including tanks, regulators and a diving suit. That same morning, a resident of Concession Two, Scugog, told police that somebody broke into his home while he was gone for a little over an hour. The thieves gained entry through a back door and made off with tools and household items valued at $1,000. And a Toronto resident who owns a cottage in the Seagrave area reported $150 damage to his proper- ty when thieves broke in and made off with about $80 in household items. Employment Centre in Oshawa, said that Durham"s jobless rate is hovering at about five per cent, the lowest figure in years and the lowest rate of any area in the country. Skill- ed trades people are leaving the hard-hit Alberta and British Colum- bia to take construction jobs at the billion dollar Darlington Nuclear Plant near Bowmanville, and also at the multi-million dollar expansions at General Motors in Oshawa. These two large projects have created thousands of direct jobs and thousands more in the so-called spin-off industries needed to support them. 'German only' land sale investigation A Hamilton man has launched a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission against a privately owned development area in Scugog Township which demands that anyone buying property there must be German speaking. According to documents filed with the Commission, Paul Gregory of Hamilton claims that the German speaking requirement for ownership is discrimination on the grounds of ethnic origin, place of origin, race and ancestry. He filed the complaint late last month against the Donauschwaben Park Waldheim Incorp., the com- While precise figures on how much property values have gone up in Durham over the past year are not readily available, Mr. Thomp- son said a "30 per cent hike" for some kinds of housing is an accurate guess. Three bedroom homes in Port Perry and area that were selling about a year ago from $85,000 to $90,000 are today fetching anywhere from $110,000 to $120,000 depending on the location and other factors. Local realtor George Stone told the Star that two semi-detached (Turn to page 2) pany which owns the land on Con- cession 5, Scugog Township, north of the tiny hamlet of Cadmus in Ward 4. Mr. Gregory has also lodged a complaint against the Oshawa office of the W. Frank Real Estate Com- pany which listed the specific house he tried to purchase in June. Included in the documents filed by Mr. Gregory with the Commission is a listing agreement for the pro- perty which clearly stipulates that "one person has to be German ex- traction or speaking to buy this (Turn to page 2)