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me 123 Number 20 TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1989 Copy 50¢ 52 Pages Amazing, but true! For the third year in a row, Leanne Phil ip of Port Perry has earned an all expense pald trip to the Canada Wide Science Fair by taking the grand prize at Dur- ham Region Science Fair. The hard-working and intelligent . 16 year old will be going to Newfoundland in May. See story Inside this issue of the Star for details. 7 : Inside this issue: & Evicted family unable to find a place they 'can afford 'Seo page 4. i 2 gn aR ; Town Hall 1873 Music We. Figure Skaters Wrap up another | Successful year ~sprin Durham Region council may be getting ready to put a permanent cap on the famous Chalk Lake spring if Scugog and Uxbridge Townships throw' their support behind the idea. The spring, which bubbles out of the ground on the Ux- bridge side of Durham Road 23, is used as a source of drinking water by hundreds of people who regularly fill their jugs and containers at a large pipe on the Scugog side of the Regional Road. In a move that came as a _ surprise at the Regional council meeting April 5, both Uxbridge Mayor Gerry Lynn O'Connor and Scugog Mayor Howard Hall indicated they are in favour of permanently capping the f feel the Region has no al- ternative but to cap the spring. No matter what we do, the traf- ic dangers will remain," said Mayor O'Connor. Region a step closer to 911 Durham Region last week moved a step closer to a 911 emergency dialing system that will cost $1.7 million to put in place and just under $1 million annually to operate. Regional council "approved in principal" the Durham-wide 911 system, "subject to 1989 budget discussions." The 911 system is now widely in use across North America for police, fire and am- bulance emergency calls. Bell Canada and the Re- gion have been working for the past few years on bringing the system into Durham. In fact, Durham set aside just over $1 million in 1988 and has ear-marked another $626,000 next Xr towards the start-up cost of $1.7 million. Once the system is in place, the annual operating costs to Durham tax-payers will be about $945,000. If current timetables are (Turn to page 11) Chalk Lake watering hole may be capped Both Mayors said they will ask their councils to endorse a resolution calling on Durham to cap the spring and cut off the public's access to the water sup- ply. . But getting the support of the local councils may not be easy as Scugog Regional coun- cillor Yvonne Christie said last week she has serious mis- givings about the idea because many residents in rural areas of Scugog rely on the spring for drinking water. She noted especially that many residents of Epsom and Greenbank are experiencing well problems and use the spring as their source of drink- ing water. ; : "I am not in favour of cap- ping it, unless Durham Region can guarantee another source of drinking water for people with bad wells," she said. What to do with the Chalk Lake spring has become an is- sue this year as Durham Region suggested it would spend about $140,000 in 1989 to construct a parking lot off Durham 23 for people to stop their cars and col- lect water. But some councillors began to have second thoughts about this idea last week when they were presented with a letter from the Regional Health Unit. While the Health Unit agrees that some kind of off- road parking areaisneeded asa safety measure, the Unit also "(Turn to page 5) Joyce Matthews likes the water which comes from a nat- ural spring along Durham Road 23. In fact she likes it so much, she makes a special trip from West Hill to fill up her containers. The Star enountered people from Whitby, Rich- mond Hill and Parry Sound all within a few minutes last Fri- day at the controversial watering hole, and the Region is considering capping the source. See story for detalls. a A RE RL Sa endif ~~ er --------, " a Sh