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Region to study sewer plant capacity The Durham Region Works department is recommending that the consulting firm of Totten Sims Hubicki carry out two stud- ies this year in Port Perry. One would be to examine the qaulity of water in the Port Perry system and suggest ways (0 im- prove the quality. The Region has received a number of complaints about the quality of water used by Port Per- Vol. 122 No. 21 ry residents. Port Perry gets its water from deep wells located on the east side of the Oshawa Road about four three miles south of the community. It is estimated that the cost of the water quality study would be about $10,000. : And the Region's Works de- partment is recommending that a $40,000 study be carried out to look at the feasibility of expand- ing the sewage treatment lagoon Tuesday, April 19, 1988 system northwest of Port Perry. That treatment facility is now at near maximum capacity and has been for several years. The result has been a virtual freeze on any new residential, industrial or com- mercial development on full mu- - nicipal services (sewer and water) Regional council will have to give final approval for these stud- ies at its regular meeting this week in Whitby. Copy 50¢ 52 Pages Township office decision still two-three years off Although the present Scugog municipal building on Perry Street no longer meets the needs of the Township, it will be two or three years at least before any firm decision is taken on whether to construct a new building. Hours fo be longer The hours of operation at the Scugog dump could be extended on several Saturdays this spring and fall. The Regional Works depart- ment wants the Saturday hours extended from the current 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM closing time on five straight Saturdays starting April 30 and again for four Satur- days starting October 8. Although these extended hours on Saturdays will make it a little more convenient for Scugog residents to get trash to the dump during the traditional yard clean- (Turn to page 3) It is an issue the new council (which takes office for a three year term this November) will have to address, Township administrator Earl Cuddie told the Star last week. While the present council has held some preliminary and general discussions on the issue, the council has not yet even decided to put some funds into a special account this year for future use on a new municipal building. Mr. Cuddie said the present building is no longer adequate in "size or the design to meet the needs of a growing municipality. Some renovations have been done this year to free up more area for office space, but working condi- tions for staff remain cramped and inefficient. The present building is about 3400 square feet in size, and if a new building is constructed it would be about 10,000 square feet, including the council cham- bers. A building that size would serve the needs of the Township to a population of 25,000. Cur- rently, Scugog's population is just over 15,000 people. The need for more office space for staff has forced the mayor's of- fice to be moved into a committee room off the council chambers. ~ And there is a possibility that the Roads department may be moved to offices in the house owned by Scugog at the back of the munici- pal building. If the future council decides to go ahead with a new building in two or three years time, it most likely will constructed on the present site on Perry Street. While he stressed that deci- sion will rest with the in-coming council, Mr. Cuddie said he hopes the present council will ear-mark some funds in this budget for the planning and design of a new building. The cost of a new municipal building is estimated between $500,000 and $1 million. It would have to have adequate park- ing according to local by-law re- quirements and be fully accessible to the people in wheel-chairs. The present building is completely in- adequate as far as wheel chair ac- cessibility is concerned. . Bhi ia a # LE 4 a * LP EE ee # : 3 yr, PE y ? # R Bs x ve 8 ' 2 & x bok 2 RTA Two in a row for Leanne Leanne Philip has done something rare, wonderful, and Important. For the second year in a row, she has earned a shot at the Canada-Wide Science Fair, be- ing held this year in Winnipeg. She claimed this pre- stigious honour after her project was judged among the top four at the Durham Regional Science Fair, held recently in Uxbridge. More than 200 young peo- ple (all winners from their own schools) participated in the Durham-wide contest, and Leanne, a 15 year old Port Perry High School student, outsmarted them all with an amazing project that has even transporta- tion experts interested. See inside this issue of the Port Perry Star for more about Leanne's outstanding accomplishment. Take another bow The Borelians Theatre of Port Perry can take another well- deserved curtain call. The production of Nobody Loves a Dragon, that delightful musical seen last November at Town Hall, won three THEA awards over the weekend. At the Association of Com- munity Theatres of Central Onta- rio awards night April 16 at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto, this musical won firsts for best set de- sign by Les Parkes; best direction by Chris Rollo and best presenta- tion of a musical for Susan Ellis, producer, and Debbie Thompson, musical director. Nobody Loves a Dragon was competing against ten other musi- cals from theatre groups in the Toronto area. And the production was se- lected to compete in the Theatre Ontario Festival for province-wide judging. There will be one perfor- mance in North Bay on May 17. ti| Is there any need to | fear a Nuclear Power plant in the area? John McClelland and Peter Hvidsten of the Port Perry Star toured the Pickering Generat- ing Station last week and many of their fears about Nuclear Power were answered. See pages 12 and 14 in this issue for an in- sight on the workings of this massive nuclear station, just 25 minutes from our doorstep.