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Volume 122 Number 48 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1988 52 Pages . With downtown Port Perry al- ready flourishing, merchants in the core area indicated last Thursday evening they are prepared to go one step further and form a BIA (Business Improvement Area). At a special meeting held by the Downtown Merchants, representa- tives from about 40 businesses lis- tened to two speakers explain the advantages of having a BIA in the community. _ Alan Greenfield, chairman of the Simcoe, Ontario BIA told the gathering he has been involved with the BIA program in his home town for seven years, and he can 't say enough about the benefit to both the merchants and the people of the community. "The BIA program is a perfect example of government encourage- Christmas comes early The spirit of Christmas was present in more ways than one at the Craft Show at Port Perry High School last Saturday. While taking in the Craft Show, Theresa Patterson of Port Perry lost her bankbook and $160 cash inside. She wasn't aware of the loss until she got home. Returning to the Show, she asked at the desk a whi Wi Ye Author W.H. (Bill) Graham has completed his In and sure enough, her passbook with the cash had been turned in. "It's really nice to know this kind of thing happens in our com- munity," she told the Star later. Mrs. Patterson doesn't know who turned in the book and the cash, other than it was a young couple. But she would like to say thank you very much. vo 55 Sit & £8 ol BE ae depth history of Greenbank and Reach Township. His book, "Greenbank. Country Matters In 19th Century Ontario" has gone to press and will be on sale early in November. He spent eight years researching and writing the book, and last week, he talked about this "labour of love" at length with Star editor John B. McClelland. Mr. Graham did much of the writing In his easy chair In the comfortable study at his Greenbank area farm. (see story in Star this week) Merchants in favour of new BIA proposal ment, without handouts. They have created a vehicle for us all to help ourselves," he said. Enthusiastically stating that the central business district was the 'heart' of the community he sug- gested if you "screw up your heart, you'll ruin the whole body of the community." Helen Break, a community plan- ner with the Community Renewal ~ Branch of the Ministry of Munici- pal Affairs in Toronto also ad- dressed the merchants, explaining the structure of the BIA and how it is formed. ~ 'She said it is not a program of the Ministry, and there are no fi- nances or granis available from the Province for setting up a Business Improvement Area. "This is a program encouraged ~ by the government, but you do all the work and share the costs", she said. In outlining the proceedure to form the BIA, Ms. Break said that the first thing to be done is decide on the area you want included in the designation, and then list the potential memebers in that arca. The Downtown Merchants have already indicated the arca they are dealing with is bounded by North, Mary, Water and Lilla Streets. The next step, according to Ms. Break is to approach the local council and ask them to pass a by- law to create the Business Im- provement Area. (Turn to page 12) Rehearsing for "Oliver" The Scugog Choral Society's performance. of "Oliver" gets underway in about two weeks and the cast and production crew are busy rehearsing for the nine performances that will take place in November. Above, cast members rehearse one of the scenes in which Bill Sikes (Rick DeJong) , fights with Nancy (Sheila Rogerson) while young Oliver (Brad Goreski) looks on in disbelief. I Councillor Malcolm seeks reversal on garbage vote Scugog councillor Lawrence Malcolm says he wants Durham Region council to re-consider its actions of October 19 in which Durham told Metro Toronto it won't take any more garbage and won't co-operate with Metro to find a new garabage dump. 'Councillor Malcolm told the Star he will officially ask for a re- consideration vote when Regional council holds a special meeting today (October 25) e argued and voted against a resolution passed by Regional council October 19 which effec- tively calls on Durham to "go it alone" without Metro Toronto in the search for a new dump, and in- forms Metro Durham won't allow any Metro garbage to be dumped here once the Metro owned Brock West dump is filled next year. The October 19 resolution, the latest volley in what has be- come a "garbage war" between Durham and Metro was sponsored by Ajax Mayor-elect Jim Witty and Pickering councillor Bob Mitchell who is secking re- . election in November. Their resolution was strongly supported by PACT, a citizen group based in Ajax-Pickering that wants Metro to keep its trash. The resolution carried by a 19- 9 margin and had the support fo Regional chairman Gary Herrema who said it's time to send a strong message to Metro over the gar- bage issue. But councillor Malcolm is very concerned about the resolu- tion for a couple of reasons. First, he said, it does nothing to hel Durham solve its own garbage cri- sis. "We have to be practical," he said. "We have to have a place to put our (Durham's) garbage." He was referring to the fact that Durham is now allowed dumping privileges at the Brock West dump, but that will be filled within a year. And he later told the Star he fears that once Metro Icarns that Durham has shut the door on joint efforts to find a new landfill site, Metro may wave its tipping fce rebate to Durham. Metro charges Durham $50 per tonne to dump Durham gar- bage in Brock West, but rebates Durham $28 per tonne. Over a year, that rebate amounts to some $1.7 million. Councillor Malcolm said he doesn't believe any of the rebate money has been turned over to Durham this year, and Metro may decide not to rebate any of it. The Regional council meeting of October 19 over the garbage is- sue was a stormy one, with many Regional councillors upset over the way Metro is dealing with Durham on the garbage crisis. (Turn to page 3)