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PI. re-- EEN SE, Ar AA in na, LES TIN 15¢ per copy 24 Pages Volume 108 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 1974 - No. 15 - Parks-community halls create "headaches for Scugog council Scugog council hopes to iron out most of the wrinkles remaining in the areas community centres when it meets at 7:30 p.m. next Wednesday. ¥ Administrator Neil Brodie has prepared a by-law for council's consideration which, if passed, would desi- gnate 19 sites as centres under the Community Centres Act. These include everything from the ballfield at Seagrave to the arenas in Port Perry and Blackstock. At the same meeting € council hopes to find out how many parks and closed grave yards it owns. These will be administered by a Parks and Property board which may also be named at the February 13 meeting. LOTS OF PROBLEMS The problems connected with parks and community I" centres may be attributed to many causes including; the fact that a number of sites which were used for munici- pal offices last year became vacant as of January 1 and for lack of anything better to do with them will become centres, a number of sub division parks and closed cemetaries exist in the area but no, one seems too sure where they all are, and public understanding of what purpose centres serve and what regulations govern them under the new regional government system is poor. SENIOR CITIZENS CENTRE For example the publicity given. the gift of Arthur Latcham to the community last year, and the name "Latcham Community Centre" given to the building has led some to suppose that the building is for the use of Charged with break in Police have charged two Port Perry teenagers with involvement in the break in of the Canadian Tire Store on Queen Street. Officers of the Whitby 'Detachment, Ontario Pro- vincial Police, led by Const- able Harold Hockins exer- cised a search warrant for an apartment at 135 Perry Street last week and recov- ered property believed to have been taken in the break in Charged with break, enter and theft are Jeffrey Brian Freer, 18, and Steven Arnold Williams, 16. After further investigation both youths were charged with additional thefts which are alleged to have taken place in 1973. The local tire store was broken into during the night 6f January 27. At that time entrance was gained through a rear door. Cash estimated at $346. and merchandise reported to be worth. $693. were-taken. the community and is under the control of council. The fact is council has given, in writing and legal language, the Port Perry Senior Citizens Club complete con- trol of the building for the next five years. The club has not always demonstrated a willingness to share their new building with the com- munity. COUNCIL PAYS BILLS Another problem could arise if boards who ran the halls in the past try to authorize major expen- ditures or renovations with- out council approval. In many cases, particularly in the former Reach Township, halls have been run very well for many years by indepen- dent boards. As of January 1, the law says council must be the board of management, and has to authorize all expendi- tures. At Wednesday's meet- ing council is expected to appoint the old hall boards as, '"'committees" to advise and assist in running the halls so the change will not be too drastic, but the boards no longer have the right to make changes without coun- cil being informed. OTHER APPOINTMENTS At Wednesday's meeting council may also consider the appointment of persons to the Library Board and Committee of Adjustment. The public is permitted to attend council meetings. "New hospital Administrator Port Perry's Community Memorial Hospital has a new "administrator. He is. 32 year old David Brown of Oshawa: A father of three boys Mr. Brown has worked at Bowmanville hospital for the past seven and half years. He was assistant administrator for five of those years. Mr. Brown has a certifi- cate in Hospital Administra- os N y We] / pug, 4 Gama tion and Management and is a member of the Canadian College of Health Services Executives. . He replaces Mr. James Van Camp, whe has accep- ted a position in Toronto. » a 8 | JSF THAR SHE BLOWS. High winds huffed and they puffed and they blew the place down Thursday at the Simcoe Street site of Mother Jacksons Open Kitchens plant in Port Perry. Workers involved in construction of the plant had been sent home at noon because of the weather, so no one was around when the wall was blown over at 2:30 p.m. The wall was 225 feet long and 16 feet high. Ratepayers to elect 1974 executive at Feb. meeting Executive elections tor the Scugog Ratepayers Associ- ation will take place when Malcolm compromise adopted the group meets in Port Perry February 28. The association was after 3 hour region debate "I sat there and listened to those guys argue for about 20 minutes, then I started to .write something out on a piece of paper," commented Mayor Malcolm after regio- nal council had spent three hours locked in private session debating staff class- ifications and salaries last week. The January 30 meeting of Durbam council in Whitby had no sooner started when Whitby Mayor Des Newman moved that the press and public be asked to leave so the recommendations for the Executive committee regar- ding staff could be discussed in private. Council was still, "in camera," two hours later when it broke for lunch. It took a good meal and another hour of private dis- cussion to settle on a com- promise by Mayor Malcolm that the Administrator and Personel Officer be tempor- Hospital Report Week Ending Jan. 31st Admissions... 35 Births ........ 3 Deaths ...... 1 Emergency ............9 Operating .. | 17 Discharges ... ...... .. 36 Remaining . ..... 38 arily given authority to hire people at, "reasonable," salaries until a permanent policy is established regard- ing job classifications and wages. When the private session ended and the press was allowed to return Mayor Newman took another half hour trying to have Mayor Malcolm's compromise set aside. He failed, then de- manded a recorded vote. All northern representatives, councillors from Uxbridge, Brock and of course Reg Rose of Scugog, supported Mr. Malcolm's suggestion. The problem started when the Executive committee recommended that a number of job classifications be set, and that salaries ranging all the way from $5,000. a year for typists to $20,000 a year for lawyers be established. That recommendation took three hours of secret debate without being settled. Mayor Malcolm's compro- mise motion specifies that the issue is to be settled by council in the tuture, but in the meantime the Admin- istrator and Personel Officer have the right to hire people at "reasonable, composite rates, established in relation to the prevailing rates in the Region." founded in February of last year with a president, vice president, Secretary-treasu- rer and two directors from each of the new township's four wards. President Paul Arculus has announced that he will not stand for re-election. Mr. Arculus is a high school teacher. Next spring he will be accompanying about 200 local high school students on a tour of Great Britain, and would not be available to perform duties as president for several weeks during the tour. In addition Mr. Arculus has explained to the STAR that his work requires a certain amount of study to keep qualifications up to date, and the heavy load of ratepayers responsibility detracts from time avail- able for studies. Vice president Frank Godley has indicated a willingness to stand as a nominee for president at the, February meeting. Mr. Arculus will continue to serve on the executive as past president. Medal ? Coun Keith Ross (Oshawa) urged regional council to adopt a medal or scroll it could give to indivi- duals who had performed an act of heroism, such as the Deep River policeman who saved a kidnapped Ajax boy recently. The matter was sent to the executive com- mittee. a AAT i vo mt: SRT TNT 3 SOG Dr Re A GFP ra PI og So Sr i - A As eS » ri RTE TT