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pada Lor avi "It La WH RA RAL irs) La DACRE B70 BERS RS ot SE ih! v VFN T PAR, ORR SEL The HIN TAL NP AL IITLE $n NR SF VON] L (adh 1% ko - Rk » : ARR a Over 220 panting pedalers puffed their way into Port Perry Monday 'afternoon, and Scugog Town- ship's' Maypr - Lawrence. Malcolm was on-hand to provide the official welcome and an impromptu spin around thé arena to" show that if "the flesh 'isnt willing, at least the spirit is. The cyclists, part of the Cycle Canada '76 National bicycle tour that finishes in Montreal on July 22, will be guests of Scugog overnight. With Mayor Malcolm is Cathy Carr, 16, of so of Sarnia Memorial stolen Thievery and vandalism are almost matter-of-fact ~~ occurrences these days, but it must have been a & particularly blackhearted fellow who removed a sign ~~ dedicated to the late Joe Fowler at the Joe Fowler © Memorial Park last week. Local minor ball officials are asking that the person ~ or persons who removed the sign, the night of Tuesday -. or Wednesday morning, return it immediately. "This is not just a sign," said Vin Walker, a Port 7 Perry minor ball official. 'This is a memorial tribute "to the late Joe Fowler, a man who was part of the - growing up years of most of the young boys of Port Perry." "I know one thing. If the person responsible knew Joe Fowler, he wouldn't have done this," said Mr. Walker. *'If the person responsible is a resident of the area, we don't want him. If he's just passing through, then let's hope he keeps on going next time." Powerboat races new attraction By 1980, Ontario Provin- cial Police from Whitby and Newcastle detachments will no longer be responsible for the policing of the Scugog Township area. According to a six-year plan by the Durham Region board of Police commission- ers last week, Regional police will take over Port _ Serving Scugog Township Perry and the former town- ships of Scugog and Reach by 1979. These areas will be covered by the Uxbridge division. The following year, the former township of Cartwright comes under the jurisdiction of the Bowman- ville detachment of the Regional Police... Port Perry, Scugog Island PORT @ PERRY ViAR Wednesday, July 14, 1976 and the former township of Reach are now patrolled by Whitby detachment OPP, and the Cartwright area by Newcastle OPP. The six-year plan ham- mered out by the commiss- ioners not only involves a take-over of police 'services in Scugog area, but all other areas within the Region now serviced by the provincial police. The plan, which is due to begin Sept. 30, outlines the growth of Durham Regional Police coverage to the former townships of Scott, Darlington, Clarke, Scugog, Reach, Brock and Cart- (continued on page 3) 20° io Vol. 110 No. 36 32 Pages Women join fire department In Caesarea, they're known as "Firepersons." In an unanimous vote by Scugog Township Council Monday night, three women v «re accepted along with three male applicants as members of the Scugog Township Fire Department No. 2, ending' a six-month effort by a group of Caesarea women to overcome what they described as "sex des- crimination' by fire chief Scott. According to a letter to council signed by Scott, all the applicants have passed .the necessary aptitude, pra- tical and oral tests to join the department, but Chief Scott wants council's acceptance of the applicants into the department. Council will have to wait for any repercussions of the move, since there have been indications from within the department that there would be "mass resignations" if women were allowed to join the department. But according to Coun. Reg. Rose, council is "damned if they do and damned if they don't" since the Caesarea women have threatened legal action of the "descriminatory" practices at Caesarea are allowed to continue. Said Rose: "If it is proven that the girls can't do the duties, then they'll have to *50,000 Pen education programme Pros and Cons Committees and Fact Finding Studies may be Old Hat for Scugog residents who last year went through The Great Scugog Pen Debate, but for Uxbridge Township, it's a totally new experience, complete with pros and cons groups, penitentiary offic- ials, and even an independ- ent firm which specializes in citizen participation pro- grams. It's a four-month program to review the proposed reception centre, and it in Uxbridge includes a committee consisting Uxbridge Citiz- ens, Canadian Penitentiary Service personel, and Con- nor Development Services Ltd., an Oakville firm which has dealt with such contro- versial issues as the Haldi- man land fill site issue. Socialogist Desmond M. Conner is quick to point out that although the CPS is financing the firm's parti- cipation (it could cost up to $50,000) the private firm will report directly to the Ux- (continued on page 12) Plans completed for Western Weekend Fifty of the fastest craft on event handled by the CBF. water will highlight the new The races were to have additions to this year's Western Weekend when Canadian Boating Federa- tion-sanctioned power boat races are held on Lake Scugog off shore from Palmer Park. The power boat races signal a major expansion for the four-day event sponsor- ed annually by the Scugog Chamber of Commerce, and organizers expect the races to help bring in even more people than the -thousands who flock here every year for Western Weekend. The 50 high-powered boats will perform on Saturday from 1 to 6 p.m., the entire been part of the 1975 West- ern Weekend, but prepara- tions began too late to get the project off the ground last year. That wasn't going to happen again this year, if the chamber had anything to do with it. The races were booked in February. There's just about as many new features this year as carry-overs from last year including everything from the boat races to a two-day tennis tournament. "We've got something for everyone this year--and more of it," said Richard Drew. chamber president. ¥ EF LBs ys A og HEA The boat races are probably the major expansion, and chamber officials are hope- ful that the event will pay for itself through the larger number of people it hope- fully will attract. According to Mr. Drew, the CBF has been advertis- ing the Western Weekend boat races at all of their other sanctioned events in Ontario. * Thursday, Aug. 5, will see festivities open with a special Games Night. The Lions Club will hold Bingo at the arena, and a Euchre event will be held at the Legion, hosted by the Veter- ans' Sons organization. ° The midway will be open A ond Rs A X Sa ogy 7 ih CORALS Thursday, and so will St. Charles Saloon at the Arena. Thursday will also see an intermediate's ball game and a teen dance at the Latcham Centre. The title of 'New, Im- proved', this year goes to last year's successful Scugog Superstars, and competition is expected to be keen to take Scugog Township Mayor Lawrence Malcolm's title away from him. wl The event became an in- stant success last year, despite the fact that pro- motion and location could have been better. This year, the competition (continued on page 3) go, but we cannot stand up and say no because we think they can't do it." "It has been recommend- ed to us, and all the appli- cants have been properly tested and have met all the requirements. How can we refuse?" he asked. There was some doubt whether the resignations en mass will materialize. According to Coun. Vern Asselstine, two or three people seems to be instigat- ing the threat and have been less than successful in gathering wholehearted support from the majority of. the members. New members to the Scugog department are pro- bationary status for six months, and a number of councillors wanted to know about the chance of the probationary term passing without a major fire to test the new members. Mayor Lawrence Malcolm said that in such a case, the chief has the authority to extend the- probationary period. Chief Scott's recommend- ation to hire the new appli- cants came before council at exactly the same time as a report on municipal fire protection survey conducted by the Fire Marshal's office. Put before council at this week's meeting, the report suggests that Scugog fire- fighters be chosen on the basis of qualifications. Appli- cation for employment by all (continued on page 2 Meet Neala Philip, 7, a foremost authority on beating the summertime heat. Neala says humbug to all those multi-speed fans, air conditioners and other expensive methods we adults use to beat heat...and it's tasty, too! IRE ARE RE SIRES SE HEARN the J.G. 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