The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

LAY 14 LS ALF AN 8) J ta ¥ 'FN THs edi EAA § 1A dg A i Y AGREES Western Weekend Aug. 5-8 If you're a_dunkee or a dunker, superstar or mini- star, onlooker or -partici- pant, this year's Western Weekend will likely go down as one of the best so far. Minor details have been ironed out such as the tem- porary boat launching facil- ities for the Power Boat Races scheduled for Satur- day afternoon. The boats will be allowed to be launch- ed from the old facilities at the east end of Queen Street. The Canadian Boating Federation-sanctioned power boat races are per- haps the single most ambit- ious expansion in the festiv- ities for some time, and the races are expected to-bring in even more people than the thousands that annually take part in the four days of action and entertainment. Scugog"s road superinten- dent Ron MacDonald is the newest entry in the Scugog Superstars competition, and PORT & PERRY will be in the competitors circle when other like Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm and members of - council toss eggs, spit water- melon seeds, and perform other such tests of skill, One change in the line-up will be the Friday night teen dance at the Latcham Centre. The rock group 'Blacksteel will not be per- forming. Instead, it will be a group célled Ice Nine. There's just about as Thursday, August 5, 1976 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. 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 Vol. 110 No. 39 '32 Pages A -- One of the main features at Scugog Shores Historical Museum on Scugog Island this year is the watchmaking-clock repair exhibit manned by Fred A retired jeweller, Mr. Cavannah of Seagrave. J.G. Photo Cavannah is on hand at the museum on most weekends and periodically throughout the week. The museum also features a wide range of other exhibits ranging from an old-time general store to a carpenter shop. or . PPR EA, 5 RT RRL AER RT SAR VEER BA SYA LY LEY AVL TN ie y AN RE Fxg" Aon - ' d J Ml ERs) CATR aN 3 A bud srasadoticninbidud don dadai OIN IN THE FUN Legion, hosted by the Veter- ans' Sons organization. The midway will be open 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. The event became an in- stant success last year, despite the fact that pro- \ Aen allah dsp ddl db abd candi ed dade ad a let § 12 motion and location could have been better. This year, the competition (continued on page 2) "No Pen Here" attitude causes hostage-taking A more positive response from the public towards the building of new (peniten- tiary) institutions would help bring an end to incidents such as the host- age-taking incident at the British Columbia early this year. In an admistrative inquiry into the hostage-taking in- cident, Canadian Peniten- tiary Service Commissioner Andre Therrien said that the service's building program is now almost three years behind schedule. "We need these new insti- tutions to achieve our goals of control and - resocializ- ation of inmates. Without new facilities, it's almost impossible to implement the living Unit Concept, a pro- gram that teaches inmates to face their responsibilites. and instills self-respect," said the commissioners. He added that commun- ities must take another. "long, sober look at allowing us to establish these institu- tions." According to the inquiry findings, the outdated peni- tentiary and over-population were the main factors res- ponsible for the incident. "The outdated facilities and overcrowding seriously compromise the efficiency of the staff. The prevailing conditions make it difficult to react adequately under crisis conditions and the re- sulting frustrations led to procedural difficulties," the report states. The inquire, a normal pro- cedure in the Canadian Pen- itentiary Service following such incidents, was estab- lished after three inmates seized three guards and hetd them hostage to various demands, including trans- fers to other penitentiaries. The demand for a transfer to the Dorchester, New Brunswick, maximum security institution was granted because plans had already been made for the exchange of dangerous inmates and in the face of a threat to the lives of the hostages it was expedient to proceed with the transfer. The periodical transfer of inmates from one institution to another is a normal administrative practice in CPS. All three hostages were released unharmed. "It's difficult to keep staff in overcrowded older institu- tions and the resulting turn- over means we're always in the process of training per- sonnel," Mr. Therrien said. "The system can only deteriorate if we're not allowed to have the tools we need to do the job." Cottages entered P.C. Foley and P.C. Arm- strong are investigating a series of break and enters in the Chalk Lake area, Twp. of Scugog. Several cottages were entered by parties un- known and ransacked thor- oughly. These unknown par- ties dumped out the drawers of dressers, emptied kitchen cupboards, overturned beds, destroyed living room furn- iture, spread cleansing pow- ders throughout the cottages. Bomb squad search bus for explosives A police roadblock at the Highway 7A causeway was in operation for about two hours Tuesday while a bomb squad searched the evening Lindsay-bound bus out of Toronto for explosives. According to a Travelways spokesman, the bus was one of many that was stopped after the company's head office received a telephone call that one of their buses would be blown up if 'a sum of money' had not been delivered to a Toronto location by 7 p.m. last Tues- day. The problem was aggra- vated by the fact that most of the buses were en route at the time of the threatening call, about 6 p.m. Officials said, however, that with the co-operation of the provinc- ial and local police in most areas, all buses were stop- ed and searched. No bomb was found. Peter Sweetman, who operates the Port Perry bus depot, received a call from (continued on page 3) nA nd TRA WL TY 4 3 DT ASE -- a - ra