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Will be made public in near future Rec study draft report A draft report of the Recreational Needs Study for. Scugog Township has been completed by the Ottawa based consulting firm of Sesquaig Incorporated. Buf the recommendations in the lengthy draft won't be made public until after the special Township committee has had a chance to study the report. The 108-page document was prepared by the consultants over the past several months and it thoroughly examines all aspects of recreational and cultural needs and" facilities in Scugog Township. - The draft contains 79 recommen- dations, some of which will be con- troversial and have long range im- has 79 recommendations plications, if adopted, for the residents of the Tow nship However, the authors of the report point out that the draft is "'for discussion only," and some of the recommendations may be changed before the final needs study is com- pleted and presented to the Township council. The draft report will be officially received this Thursday evening (Jan. 22) by the special committee appointed last year by Township council which drew up the terms of reference for the study. Cdmmittee member Dr. Jack Cot- trell said last week the draft will be made public in the next three or four weeks after the committee and Township council have thoroughly examined the report. It is likely that a special public meeting will be call- ed to discuss the recommendations contained in the draft form.. The authors of the draft report say the final Recreation Needs Study will be a "major planning tool for all areas of recreational and cultural activities and interests at the municipal level in the Township of Scugog." The Needs will Study give members of council, Township staff and residents "an assessment of the current status of recreation and to make recommendations for the future dev elopment of both pro- (Turn to page 3) Whiskers and her owner James Emerton, are virtually in- separable. "Uncle Jim," as the Blackstock resident is known, has taught the pup enough tricks to put Lassie to shame. For story and more photos, see inside. Vol. 121 No.8 Tuesday, January 20, 1987 Copy 35° 60 Pages Durham Board of Education toserve notice to Scugog Township School site expropriation gets underway . The first step in the expropriation " process for a school site in Port Perry is expected this week when the Durham Board of Education serves an application against the registered owner of the property, in this case, Scugog Township. The serving of the application will "'start' the legal clock running" in what could be a lengthy and com- plicated process, according to a spokesman for the Board of Education. This is the first expropriation the Durham Board has been involved in since 1971 when the Board used ex- propriation to'get a site for a high school in Oshawa. The Durham Board has started the proceedings in Port Perry for seven acres in the northwest corner of the Fairgrounds at Simcoe St. and Durham Road 8. That land is own! ed by the Township, but under lease to the Port Perry Fair Board. The Board wants to build a new elemen- tary school on the seven acres. The local Fair Board has declined to sur- render its lease with the Township. The municipal council is on record that it will not oppose the expropriation. The Board spokesman: said that once the application has been serv- 'ed and a legal notice of expropria- tion has been published for three consecutive weeks in - this newspaper, the owner of the land or - any party registered on title has 30 days to.request a hearing of a necessity. If there are no requests for the All former students invited to PPH reunion All students who attended Port Perry High School at any time are invited and welcome to the first ever . PPHS Reunion planned for June 26-28 this year. Members of the Reunion Organiz- irig Committee, told the Star last week there may be confusion on the part of some former PPHS students who were not mailed invitations to attend. "We want to stress that any stu- dent who attended the school (even for only a year or less) is invited to . the Reunion," said Committee members Jim Burnett, Barb Carnegie and Jeanne Jackman last week. They said the confusion probably | stems from the fact that the Com- mittee, in-attempting to contact thousands of former students, used the grade nine registration lists, ana from these lists mailed out some -5.000 invitations last Tall They want to stress that students who may have transferred from another school in grade 10 or 11, for | example, or those who were there for just a year or two, are invited, even though their names are not on grade nine registration lists and they did not 'receive the mailed invitations (Turn to-page 3) "hearing, the School Board takes ti- tle and then must wait-93 days before getting final possession. If there is a request for a hearing of necessity, the provincial govern- ment appoints a 'chief enquiry of- ficer to hear the legal arguments The Scugog Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting last week with Eric Morrison (centre) as guest speaker. Mr. Morrison is a pro- -ducer with CTV news-and he spoke about the problems the media have covering events in Iran and Afghanistan. He's also an avid scuba diver "from both sides. Once the hearing 1s over, the enquiry officer files a report within 30 days. B The Board spokesman said that even if the expropriation process is completed without formal objec- tions and a hearing, there appears - / ! \ to be little chance that construction of a new school could get underway this fall after the Labour Day Weekend Fair. However, he said if the Board was assured there will be no legal objec- (Turn to page 25) and Chamber of Commerce director Larry Em- merson took the opportunity to present Mr. Mor- rison with a special framed diving certificate. At right is Township Mayor Jerry Taylor who wish- ed the organization success in upcoming projects this year. (Story, photo on page two)