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N \ Fo aS 2 A Ser TRE Ia SE. SRN LY Are Soba LAN SY ARS roa CLA i173 $d Anti FESR CES f Cas 3 Fle A ; Scugog mayor predicts Moderate, steady growth or '76 A year of "moderate" growth "is "what Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm expects forthe township this year, not because of the tightening of funds, but due to council's cautious ap- proach to development. "I don't think tight money will really have much affect here," he said. "We've been operating on sound, solid budgets. I think we have a fairly conservative council when it comes to spending." "In other words," he add- ed, "we don't believe in blowing the bundle all at once." : While the gradual growth, particularly in the number of subdivision going up, will make some developers happy. There will undoub- tedly be some unhappy sub- dividers. In fact, there will be more unhappy than happy developers in 1976 because only a fraction will get the go-ahead due to council's "staging" of devel- opment over the next four or five years. "It won't be a boom or bust situation in the township," said the Mayor, "no sudden surge followed by a slump. Instead, we'll have gradual, methodic growth." And for the community in general, thinks the mayor, that's a better, more manageable growth. "It'll probably be at a rafe of 6 per cent...the same as last year." Mayor Malcolm said that with a surge of commercial development in. 1975, he expects the residential side of development to "catch up" this year. The year 1976 will also give Scugog a brand new arena. Mayor Malcolm said Ontario Municipal Board approval of the building bylaw was received by the township, December 30. Al- though up to $284,000. of the project can be debentured, it need by, the mayor hopes that new grant structures and financing arrangements can be worked out that makes debenturing un- necessary. As the mayor sees it, that would be more in line with what other governments are starting to do...less borrow- ing, and more cash on the line. The school hoard has already started working in that direction, and I think the region will turn more tc operating on a cash basis. It's simply too expensive to continued on page 2 Expensive duck pond A dismayed Scugog Township Council listened, Monday night, as Mayor Lawrence Malcolm outlined some of the costs of purchasing conservation lands, particularly a section of swampland purchased for a hefty $1.5 million. "We were told that some ducks land there in March every year," said Mayor Malcolm. "For that price," reflected Coun. Reg Rose, 'they could have rented rooms at the Royal York." 20° Ld] Vol. 110 No. 9 28 Pages Serving Scugog Township EE FE To A Rd pis ~ Wednesday, January 7, 1976 It is with some mixed emotions that Per Hvidsten and son Peter look to the new year, following the January 1 change-over of the Port Perry STAR from publisher to son. While father regards the event as the culmination of a career in newspapers that began in Norway some 40 years ago, son Peter feels the weight of the additional responsibility, and faces a challenge to continue the kind of performance that has resulted in a circulation growth of the paper over the past 12 years from 1,100 to about 4,000. Mr. Hvidsten won't be withdrawing from the newspaper business altogether, however. He'll be helping out on a part-time basis in both the job of making up the paper, and "with advice', confides Petef. 11424141 {14 ERR RE ARIE ERR ARRERE ANAL LA RRR RELEL! Coun. Bob Kenny doesn't want Scugog Township readers of the STAR to get the false impression that council is blackmailing Harnden and King Con- struction Ltd. Council resolved at the December 22 meeting that thev approve a site for that company to operate a gravel pit at the south end of the township. One of the condit- ions being that "the township be given the option to pur- chase gravel at a reasonable cost." To Coun. Kenny, that Arena action With Ontario Municipal Board approval for the new arena project received last month, Scugog Township ~ Council made into law the bylaw authorizing the cap- ital works program for the construction of the arena. The bylaw gives the town- ship the flexibility, to deben- ture an amount up'to $284,000 over a term of no more than 10 vears. 3 Mavor Lawrence Malcolm feels. however, that due to a number of new develop- ments and new avenues for financing. it may be possible to build the arena without debenturing. A Wintario grant as well as an expected increase in the regular Community Centres grant are two of the ways the township hopes to avoid a heavy debenture. Public subscription, set originally at $200,000, is even more important now. as a dollar for dollar change in the Wintario grant structure means more money granted with more money raised locally. :#RRRBARRERTRRRERERREL ERRARRRRRTY: & J Sie MEN 25 Mandy White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norm White of Prince Albert, became Scugog's 1976 New Year's baby. Mandy was the first child in the new year to be born at Port Perry's Community Memorial Hospital. The 7 Ib. 82 oz. baby girl was born January 5 at 8:11 a.m., and joins a sister, 3. Diane displays a proud smile while Mandy thinks it's all a big bore. Ho hum. sounds like blackmail...at least the way it reads in the newspaper report last week. He said that what was meant was the township would he given the opportun- itv to buy at the going rate. "If we wanted gravel at a special rate. we would have included the price," said one councillor. "We are not asking that we get a cut rate | Councillors not blackmailers as a condition that we ap- prove the operation." The discussion arose after last week's minutes were discussed and approved by council, however, and coun- cil's resolution stayed as it was written. "T guess the company will have to live with the condit- ion." said Mayor Lawrence Malcolm. Costly conservation The high cost of conser- vation...particularly the enormous costs of acquiring conservation lands...was the discussion at Scugog Town- ship Council Monday night after Mayor "Lawrence Malcolm announced that council could elect a repre- sentative to the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority if they so desired. Reason being, explained the mayor, to explain the. enormous bills to the region when such bills come in. At the present time, he explain- ed. there is no one to provide information on the huge bills at budget time. Case in point, according to the mayor, was the purchase by the authority recently of a section of land...70 per cent Up & Down ........... Crressasiesanan ise marsh and underwater... that was zoned open space. When the bill for $11. million came to the region. there was some dismay. "T could see $300.000. or even $400.000." he said. "but why would vou need to pay that much..." Fire... Only minor damage resul- ted to a tractor and shed on the Scugog Island farm of Cecil Fralick. R.R.3. Port Perry. Friday morning, when efforts to start the tractor started a small fire. When the rescue van and tanker of Scugog No. 1 (Port Perry) department arrived, according to Fire Chief Jack Cook. the fire was nearly out. LY FESR RES Al Tv ERT - nN Terr - = -- SS = ess