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PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1996 COPY 65¢ ®61¢=4¢ GST) 36 Pages Take Had, buddy! JEFF MITCHELL/ PORT PERRY STAR Hearing coming too late for plan By Jeff Mitchell Port Perry Star It's doubtful that the #lan to carry out extensive work at the fairgrounds in Blackstock will proceed anytime soon, says the township's recreation com- mittee chair. Government money Scugog councillors were counting on to help carry out the $300,000 job disappeared with the for- mer NDP government. And a plan to rezone and sell off a small parcel of township land in Blackstock is the subject of a hearing before the Ontario Municipal Board, which starts in Port Perry tomorrow, Ward 5 Councillor Karen Puckrin said. Neighbors of the parcel, on Old Scugog Rd. in the north end of the hamlet, say it should be maintained as a park, and are challenging the township's plan to divide it into three building lots. Whichever way the OMB rules, an ambitious plan to There was a shocking scene last Friday at Port Perry $2,000 brought in... especially after the opportunity to High School, when students and staff got together to spray-paint folks like vice-principal Barbara Farrow was apply "brightly-colored hair spray to teachers and added as incentive. Here, teacher Gail Chellew gives a administration. It was a fun conclusion to a fundraiser for shot to colleague Peter Talbot, as a result of their home th (Cana ian Cancer Society, which saw more than room classes vying closely for top spot in funds raised. Gaming hall's foes wil consult lawyer: Aldred Opponents of the Scugog Island gaming hall are await- ing legal advice before mak- ing their next move. Save Scugog Island Committee chair Joel Aldred said insufficient environmen- tal studies may provide casino foes with the legal basis they need to bring work on the Great Blue Heron Entertainment Centre to a halt. Plans for the gaming hall, a project being undertaken by the Mississaugas of Scugog Island and outside investors, were unveiled at public meet- ings last week. Mississaugas Chief Gary Edgar said the Turnto Page 23 Suspected thief nabbed by Metro, Durham cops Durham Regional Police teamed up with detectives from Metro last week to nab a man who subsequently admitted to a huge Port Perry-area break- in. A Toronto man confessed to a break-in several weeks ago at Wild Willy's Western Wear in Manchester that saw more than $20,000 worth of mer- chandise stolen, police report- ed. Last week police at the Durham Regional Police sta- tion in Sunderland were alerted by intelligence officers from Metro who were trailing a stolen van with stolen plates. The local officers assisted in the arrest of a man at an Albert St. residence there. Under questioning, the man admitted to being responsible for three area break-ins, includ- ing the Manchester break-in, police said. build a new lighted ball dia- mond, install playground equipment and make improve- ments to the community centre at the fairgrounds will be on hold, said Councillor Puckrin. "It's true, the whole plan will have to be re-evaluated, based on the economic, political and real estate climate," she said in an interview last week. The township was planning to raise half of the $300,000 price tag for the project through the sale of the three lots, and was counting on the province to kick in the rest. But with the election of the Progressive Conservatives, government spending has been tightened. And the township has seen its transfer payments from the province cut back severely, Turnto Page 12 Watch next week for our Anniveisary Special PONTIAC BUICK LIMITED 10 Vanedward Drive, Port Porry 985-847 on the GMC 'Sierra' Pickup