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Vol. 120 No. 39 Tuesday, August 26, 1986 Copy 35* Residents fear Post Office in Prince Albert may close The residents of Prince Albert fear that the federal government may close the Post Office in that community and they have asked Township council to relay their con- cerns to MP Allan Lawrence. A petition with more than 200 signatures was tabled at Monday's meeting of Township council. The Post Office in Prince Albert is located at the General Store in that community. The signors of the peti- tion say they have learned from sources that if the present owner of the store sells the business or ceases to act as Post-master the Post Office will be shut. The petition demands that the Post Office remain open, no matter who is running the general store. If the Postal Corporation shut the Post Office in the store, resident of Prince Albert would either get their mail in outside "community boxes," _ or come to the Port Perry. A spokesman for the Postal Cor- poration could not be reached by the Star Monday evening to determine if indeed the Prince Albert Post Of- fice is slated to be shut if the store changes ownership. However, just this spring, the Post Office in Columbus south of Port Perry was shut, when the Post- master there decided to sell her home and move to Oshawa. There had been a rural post office in that community for over a century. Residents of Columbus now get their mail in community green boxes on the street corner. To send parcles or buy money orders, they must now travel to Brooklin, Port Perry or Oshawa. % = v B A pn og Replica of famous Stonehenge Scugog Township sculpter Bill Lishman stands in front of his latest creation Autohenge, a precise replica of the famous Stonehenge in England. While the ancient Druids used huge slabs of stone, Lishman used wrecked cars. Autohenge stands in a farm field south of Port Perry and was the scene last week for a Chrysler TV commercial. (See story on page 8 for details) 40 Pages idm What did you say Joy? ET TR Port Perry Star's own Joy Werry might not have been the top dog at the Blackstock Fair celebrity milking contest, but how was she supposed to know it would be a goat she would have to milk rather than a cow. Never mind that you placed third, Joy, you're still number one with fellow Star workers. (For more photos of the Blackstock Fair, see inside) Seven members of the Port Perry Unit of the Scugog Fire Department worked for about two hours Sunday evening to help free two victims trapped in their cars after an acci- dent on the Ashburn Road, west of Durham Road 23. The Scugog Department was call- ed by Pickering Fire Department to help with the Jaws of Life and other extrication equipment to free the badly injured men. After the men were cut from the twisted wreckage of their cars, Durham Police blocked off Brock Road to allow the Air Ambulance Helicopter to land on the highway. Frank Spatz, 25, of Zephyr was taken by Air Ambulance in critical : Two men cut from 'twisted wreckage condition to the Sunnybrook Medical Centre in Toronto. The driver of the second car, 61 year old Michael Field of Oshawa was taken by ambulance to Centenary Hospital in Scarborough. His condition was described as serious with multiple fractures and internal injuries. Police said the accident took: place about 5:00 p.m., Sunday when the 1977 VW Rabbit driven by Spatz col- lided head on with a 1986 Pontiac station wagon driven by Field. As of Monday morning, the cause of the accident had not been deter- mined and police are still investigating. Victorian style lights approved for QueenSt. A project to brighten up Port Perry's main street with decorative Victorian-style street lighting looks like it will get off the ground this fall. Township Council has given the Scugog Chamber of Commerce '"'ap- proval in principle" to install 16 decorative light standards along both sides of Queen Street, along with s.veral new benches and 16 heavy duty steel garbage containers to replace the small cans that have been used for trash. The total cost of buying the lights, benches and garbage containers, along with installation of the light standards is estimated at just under And when the project was presented to Township Council Mon- day niorning by Chamber of Com- merce president Peter Hvidsten, councillors indicated they are will- ing to contribute up to $20,000 from next year's municipal budget. "I think this is a nifty project," said Ward 1 councillor Yvonne Christie. "The council has a respon- sibility to compliment and enhance what the merchants have done to their stores. It has been first rate," she stated. Ward 2 councillor Howard Hall and Ward 3 councillor Don Cochrane expressed similar feelings about the idea, but there were con- cerns about whether the light stan- dards might interfere with snow removal from the sidewalks. Mr. Hvidsten told council that the project was approved by the Chamber of Commerce directors at their last regular meeting, and he said it is hoped the light standards can be in the ground and operating by Christmas. When the Queen Street sidewalks were re-built four years ago, underground wiring was put in place, along with areas for 16 stan- dards from Water to John Streets. The project calls for the lamps to be the "acorn globe' style with high pressure sodium lights. The lights would be strong enough to replace the existing street lamps along Queen Street. . "This is a project the Chamber o Commerce has been wanting to (Tum to page 5) Hh