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= -- AA a. Tn PEN en i TR Pere nt sy ---- A pes Vol. 128 No.7 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1994 28 Pages i A OL 5 tr A Ir de a A Rs Ee "New blood" breathes new life into C of C says president By Julia Dempsey | Port Perry Star Fears that the Scugog Cham- ber of Commerce would disband have been put to rest. Chamber president Bill Dow- son announced in late Novem- ber that the organization may disband if it wasn't able to at- tract enough members to sit on its board of directors. "There's been a good turn- 2round," Mr. Dowson told the Star last week, adding 14 people have offered to sit on the board. The chamber's constitution requires the board to have 15 di- rectors. Three of the present di- rectors will remain on the board. An election during the chamber"s annual dinner meet- . ingindJanuary will decide which of the 14 nominees will serve as directors. 5 "We have really good people interested in becoming direc- tors," Mr. Dowson said, adding the board will be revitalized by the "new blood." "We're getting a whole new flavox and I think that is what's needed)' he added. Standing for election are Dave Hillier from the Antrim House Pub; Rick McCoshen from Rick's Barber Shop; Shawn Parker from Lakeside Golf and Hockey; Paul Michel from Raglan Welding; Don Sur- man from Bell Canada; Crag. Taylor from Re/Max; Tony Jars. sen from Port Perry Printing; Robert Van Camp from Brook's Feed Store; Marina Brock from Brock's Department Store; Ian Griffen from Lake Scugog Lum- ber; Murray Jacklin from CIBC; Paul Taalman from CHEX; Alli- sa Smith from Irwin Smith Mu- sic Ltd.; and Ray Brown from CAT Enterprises. Nominations will be taken from the floor before the elec- tion of officers by secret ballot. "It's important to note that only members that are present at the annual meeting will be able to vote," Mr. Dowson said. Pat Olive, commissioner of the Durham Region Economic Development Department, will be the guest speaker at the meeting. Another highlight of the event will'be the unveilingofthe logo for the Township of Scugog Economic Development Com- mittee. The committee includes one representative from both the Chamber of Commerce and the Business Improvement Area, and two members of coun- cil. The committee members work together to promote a unit- ed economic plan for the Town- ship of Scugog. The new logo was designed by Port Perry resident Roger Hath- away, a professor of graphics and marketing at a Toronto- based college. The annual dinner meeting -will be held at Western Spurz restaurant on Thursday, Jan. 13. Tickets are $15 a person or $25 a couple and can be pur- chased at Emmerson Insurance and Century 21 On Track Real- ty Limited. ~ A | Of 0 oe a ne er a har Shi Winter Sailing ¢ on Lake Sc ugog 0S ~The final day of 1993 was a perfect day for sailing, so at the IoRation' of thor Perry resident Frank Besse, standing, friends Rick Swinton and John Bladon of Orillia traveled to Port Perry to try ice sailing on Lake Scugog. The two men have he been ice sailing for three years and said the ice conditions on Lake Scugog were "ideal." Also enjoying the lake over the weekend were dozens, of tamflies. S skating, kids playing hockey. and the snowmobilers. : - No further impaired charges laid in 1993 By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star The last week of 1993 did not bring many statistical changes to the Durham Regional Police's holiday RIDE figures. Only one ALERT tt was administered in the final week as well as one more 12-hour suspension and one exceeding the .081egal blood alcohol limit. \ As of January 3 a total of 6,348 drivers were stopped in Dis- trict 2, which takes in Scugog, Ajax, Pickering, Brock and Ux- bridge Townships. As a result of those cars stopped, 122 ALERT tests were ad- ministered, and 21 twelve-hour suspensions were issued. One driver in District 2 was charged with impaired driving and four for exceeding the .08 legal lood alcohol limit. Other charges to date are 15 under the Highway Traffic Act, six under the Liquor Licence Act and seven under the Narcot- ics Control Act. Durham Regional Police's RIDE program will continue through this week. Final figures for all of Durham Region will be available next week. Ice Palace may open Jan. 8 If all goes well, the Open Air Ice Palace could be ready for use this weekend. Accarding to Dave Goldberg, a rink organizer, a crew will be working on the facility today (January 4) to install the fenc- ing around the rink. Once the fence is in place, the rink can be used. Although the organizers don't believe it will be fully operation - al until January 15, Mr. Gold- berg said it is possible the rink will be plowed and ready for skatingby January 8. With the deep freeze the re- gion experienced over the past few weeks the ice on Lake Scu- gog 1s approximately 10-12 inches thick. This is the re- quired thickness to allow vehi- cles to access the area. Mr. Goldberg is particularly excited about this year's facility adding it will be "bigger than ever." This year it will be the size of approximately 2.5 foot- ball fields, stretching from the foot of Queen Street to the ten- nis courts. The popular facility will fea- ture three areas for skaters of all skill levels. It will include the usual family skating area, as well as an additional area for families to gather. A third area, which will dra- matically increase the size of the rink, is a speedskating oval. This portion of the rink will fea- ture speadsleating races and ex- hibitions. The rink will be a focal point of winter activity this year as it will be used extensively during the Snow Flake Festival to be held on two weekends later this month. Events planned on the rink include broomball, golf and snowball tournaments. As in other years, the usual facilities will be available in- cluding a change area and re- freshment stand. A skate sharp- ening service by Pineridge Sports has been added this year as well. The hours for the Ice Palace will be weekdays 4 p.m. to. 9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 9a. m. to 7 p.m.