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"e * ment Scugog Township Council voted monday to offer Van Edwards Development per- mission to build 150 housing units over the next five years in exchange for the develop- and = servicing of industrial lands just south of Port Pérry on the Oshawa Road. . The action, urged by the Scugog Chamber of Com- merce in" a brief before council Monday afternoon, is the first step toward procur- ing much-needed industry to PORT { PERRY Serving Scugog Township the community. According to chamber spokesman, council's action would be all that is needed to "start the wheels rolling." The motion also included a . clause rescinding an April 1 motion that adopted the al- 4 Wednesday, February 18, 1976 location of development rights as per the Knox re- port. The development rights were divided up among Van Edwards, Ribcor Holdings, High Chaparral, Carlan, Bertan Developments Athika and Grumble Hill 32 Pages Sea Cadets fold: No support - The lack of parent partic- ipation is one of the main reasons given for the folding of the local sea cadets, a "youth organization that at one time involved some _ thirty boys and brough home - .to the area honours. and awards including an all- Ontario shooting compet- ition. The sponsoring Port Perry Navy League who have single-handedly struggled to keep the boys' club going despite dwindling member- ship and poor support from parents, had to call it quits last week when the Depart- ment of National Defence pulled out their portion of the support. At best, the DND support (things such as uniforms, equipment) has been pro- bationary for the past couple of years. The department demands membership "be around 30 to get department assistance, but due to the extraordinary effort put forth by the local Navy League, DND provided their assistance despite the fact that the organization was understrength. Why understrength? Although organizers admit that "an uncompromising demand for short hair has resulted in some boys drop- ping out, the main reason behind the poor membership (continued on page 15) An unusual visual 3 a % NE RA a mer TL effect resulted when this picture was taken with a wide-angle lens and a 35 mm camera. We challenge the reader to figure out just what it is. For answer, see pages 24 and 25. * Action could bring industry developments. Chamber representatives. told council they were pre- pared to join council in the application of pressure "where it is needed to get these thing underway." "Proper industrial growth is vital to the economic health of our community," stated the chamber's brief, "by providing local employ- ment it will prevent us from becoming even more of a bedroom community than at present. Without increased industrial assessment, the tax burden will increase be- yond the: means' of the average homeowner." The chamber asked that immediate action be taken by council to allocate the available residential lots, and that priority be given to those developers who are prepared to develop indus- trial land concurrent with residential. They urged that the . developers be given sufficient proportions of resi- dential lots to make it economically sound for them to develop their industrial property. Although Chamber repre- sentatives said they were primarily interested in bringing industry to the air, and not promoting any singu- lar site or industry, they did inform council that there is a suitable industry prepared to locate in- Scugog township this year, but that the loca- tion is required within the next month. Van Edwards, according to chamber members, is willing to move on this immediately on the basis that he be allowed enough housing lots to make the servicing of industrial lands a viable operation. The chamber felt that be- cause sufficient water has been found and it was the past water shortage that has resulted in the problem with industrial growth in the com- munity, the problem is now solved. There was some hesitancy at first to the Chamber's suggestions, and councillors pointed out that it is not a water problem now, but a (continued on page 7) Meeting clarifies residents' views Just how eager some Port " Perry residents are getting their views across about the proposed three-lane Lilla Street could be seen at a special public. meeting held Sunday at the Old Town Hall 1873 where the 'group set up an impressive exhibit rang- ing from Lilla Street draw- ings and concepts to working models of intersections complete with vehicles and signals. Although organizers were somewhat disappointed at the turnout, those who did show up for the six-hour exhibit were told in no un- certain terms just what Scugog Council's position was and what local residents think. "If nothing else," said one Port Perry resident, a mem- ber of the citizens' group that set up the exhibit, 'regional council has no longer the excuse that they don't under- stand what we want." According to Bev Muir, a Lilla Street resident and one of those opposing the widen- ing for some time, there are some members of the Region who have pointed to "a con- fusion in communication" as the reason for an unclear picture of just what local residents want. But only three members of Regional Council (outside of Scugog representatives) showed up. Chairman Walter Beath, works committee chairman Carl Puterbough and John Howden, a member of the works committee, attended the meeting. Town Hall Open House It'll be open house this Saturday at the newly- renovated Old Town Hall 1873, a chance for support- ers and the public at large to see just what has been ac- 'complished since the project got underway over a year ago. Saturday's program includes entertainment as well, supplied by a number of local vocalists and instru- mentalists. The open house will be from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., and no admission will be charged. The official opening of the building will take place the following day, Sunday, February 22, following the early afternoon perform- ance of internationally- known Canadian contralto, Maureen Forrester. Flamingos trail Port Perry Flamingos now trail in their semi-final ser- ies against Cobourg Cougars two games to one. The Coug- ars defeated Port Perry 5-4 Monday night after playing 3 overtime periods. Next games is scheduled for Port Perry Arena, Sun- day, Feb. 22. Scheduled to be on hand for the official opening are a number of local, provincial and federal officials includ- . ing representatives of the (continued on page 3) No word on reprimands The Port Perry Minor Hockey Association has decided to say nothing about the action it took against at least two members of the Port Perry Juvenile hockey team following a fight in Uxbridge two weeks ago. The game was called off due to the unruliness of the Port Perry team. Jan Franssen, who heads the local Minor Hockey Association, said Monday that he could not release any information about action taken by the association against members of the team. He said that this was decided at the meeting, and that there would be no word until the organization has word back from Ed Grim- shaw, Ontario Association Convenor. TVR WT, § Ce FN Ces SEA wth + costa Ere I rey or Rok = rt NS Loins A TERI XIAN, WN ~~ . Hy Ty "- ha Sy 2S pe nL TRE RENE OT Tot ¥ rd LA rs oe, Pat rly = SP I po 3c