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TA PEN pS lm, iy. a 17 db abt, n 5 Te Ved v) ES USAR Lh BY LL Chery! Wright was chosen Heart Queen at Cartwright High School Friday night. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wright, R. R. No. 1, Blackstock. (See account and other picture of event elsewhere in this issue.) Photo: Arnold Roach Region postpones tax deadline By Bruce Arnold Mayor Lawrence Malcolm told Durham Region Council February 20 he, "turned white with shock," when he read a Finance Committee recommendation which would have forced Scugog to pay its $300,456. share of the region's tax pre levy, before the local council has a chance to collect the money. The mayor is a member of the Finance Committee. He said he opposed the tax due dates at a committee meet- ing. "but I could not get Fire caused by faulty wir- ing did about $25,000.00 da- mage to a large two storey brick home in Prince Albert on Saturday evening. The local fire depart- ment received the call at 10:15 a.m. and upon arriving found that the fire had already spread from the basement to an upstairs bed- room. With no water readily available, a Mutual Aid call for assistance was put out with trucks from Caesarea, Uxbridge and Whitby fire departments responded to Scugog Township approves budget Scugog Township has ap- proved the 1974 roads depart- ment budget of $336,900. About half of that - $172,200 is eligible for provincial sub- sidy. A supplementary budget in the amount of $105,800 will also be presented to the provincial government for w approval with a subsidy of $61,900. If the supplementary bud- get is approved the toal road budget will be $442,700. anyone to agree with my reasoning." Mr. Malcolm had better luck with the whole council. A motion by him and Whitby Mayor Des Newman, which set the dates back two months, carried. : If the original recommen- dation had gone -through Scugog would have been able to collect just under $325,000. on March 15, but would have had to pay the region $300.456. of that amount on April 30. Council would have had less than $25,000. left to the call for help. At the height of the fire, six trucks and about 30 firemen were on the scene. Firemen fought the stubborn blaze for six hours before the fire was extinguished. The upstairs portion and the roof was completely gutted. The home which belonged to James Hale was unoccu- pied at the time of the fire. Last Wednesday morning, February 20th, the fire department was summoned to the home of Mrs. M. Kerr at R. R. No. 1, Port Perry when smoke completely filled the house. The fire which caused about $7,000., damage to the house and contents was caused by a faulty electric heater in an upstairs bedroom. The cord from the heater shorted out starting the bed on fire and burned down through the floor. The excessive heat caused by the fire caused considerable damage to the remainder of the upstairs of the home. The house was owned by Peter Osaduke of Toronto. | Firemen were on the scene for two hours. run Scugog on until its next collection date, July 2. Council agreed to move the date for paying the region back to June 30. after Mayor Malcolm threatened not to pay. Scugog's second collection date will be July 2, two days alter its regional pre levy is due. If the date had not been sel back Scugog would have had to borrow from the bank in order to pay the region, then local taxpayers would be (continued on page 11) lia Firemen fight fire at the home of Mrs. M. Kerr, R. R. No. 1, PORT PERRY TAR 15¢ per copy 24 Pages Volume 108 -- PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, Wednesday. Feb. 27, 1974 - No. 18 Proposed 4 lanes on Lilla St. becomes controversialissue The proposed reconstruc- tion of Lilla Street to a four lane street (two lanes for driving and two for parking came under discussion at Thursday, February 18 council meeting. Councillor Robert Kenny a strong spokesman for the chance emphasized among his many suggestions that properties on both sides of the street would increase considerably in value. A petition circulated by ratepayers in the village claims that 2500 cars per day are running on the street and fear the four lanes would invite to more excessive speeds. The widening is called for two driving lanes and two parking lanes, but is still only in the planning stages at Appointed to committee In order to avoid confusion and misunderstanding by the residents in relation to the appointed Committee of Ad- justment, it was decided to add "for Minor Variances" to the name. Work formerly done by the Committee of Adjustment is now the responsibility of the Region's Land Division Com- mittee. Members appointed to the Committee of Adjustment for Minor Variances are Norman Mairs, Fred Olsen and Phil Orde. Durham Region Works De- partment. Mr. Kenny couldn't under- stand why some people in the Village were so much against the wideing of the street to four lanes and said many communities have the same in order to keep traffic moving smoothly. "Just look at Simcoe Street going out of Oshawa, Mr. Kenny said, with homes. valued in the range $150,000 to $200,000 on both sides of the street, they don't appear to have any difficulties there." "If people in this commun- ity want to keep the two- lane street, I couldn't care less, Mr. Kenny said, but the traffic isn't going to go around the Village and 1 don't think the Region is going to be prepared to build Port Perry by pass. In Mr. Kenny's opinion, the advantages outweighed the disadvantages. He explained the storm sewer problems on Lilla Street would be eliminated by new construction, the residents would have a good street, decent sidewalks, etc. Ratepayers Association will discuss Lilla Street One of the most contro- versial topics to hit. Port Perry in decades will be aired this Thursday. The fact that Lilla Street is scheduled to be widened to acccom- modate through traffic has raised serious concern among the residents of Port Perry. Spokesmen for Lilla Street residents and area residents in general will be given an opportunity to air their views on this issue. Another topic of growing concern, snowmobiles, will also be discussed. A panel discussion with representa- tives from the snowmobile club, police and area resi- dents will take place. This portion of the meeting will be chaired by Mrs. Bev. Muir. Of vital concern to the association itself is the elec- tion of officers for the year 1974. Along with a president, vice president, treasurer and secretary, two directors from each ward have to be elected. Paul Arculus, 1973, presi- dent says: In this year ahead, 'there are going to be several major issues affect- ing the residents of this area: Lilla Street, rising salaries for councillors, gar- bage dumps, re-zoning and development. In order to make sure that the public is given a strong voice, it is important that the Rate- payes have a strong execu- tive and membership. Firemen from 4 departments fight '25,000 blaze Port Perry.