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h o oa 4 { { | ] CE » 4 [2 LJ [2 HAC Yr fA ASA IAL 7 or Sar TL oy 4 PPR SIRI GIT AEN & i | . Hunter, Asselstine throw hats into ring The ring with the hats is. starting to fill up. Councillors Neil Hunter and Vern Asselstine announ- ced their intentions to try for another term in council, and a Ward 4 resident will attem- pt to fill the seat by retiring Don Frew. Coun: Bob Brink- man, however, has announ- ced his decisioh not to run for. another term. *Bill Brock chairman . | . Town Hall Bill Brock has been elected new chairman of the Town Hall 1873 group at the annual meeting last Wednesday. Elected first vice-chair- man was Dr. Tom Millar; 2nd vice-chairman Joan Godley; Secretary . Nancy "MacMillan and treasurer Pat Procunier. Also elections were held to fill positions on committees and other groups involved in operating 'the building 'and program, Mayor Lawrence Malcolm was on hand at the annual meeting to officially hand over a $500.00 donation from Scugog Township. Although there are not hotels in Mariposa Town- ship, several restaurants and dining spots in the town- ship will be eligible to apply for a licence to serve liquor now that the township has voted to "'go wet". The wet forces carried the day in Mariposa, located in Victoria County on the north- west end of Scugog Township when the question of liquor sales was put before local residents. Final official tabulation of the returns in the township liquor plebiscite shows total votes cast 1,434...981 yes votes and 453 nays. Percent- age-wise this amounts to 68.4 per cent for the wets and 31.6 Approve hospital budget The Ontario Ministry of Health has approved a 1976 budget for Community Memorial Hospital of $1,399,873. The Port Perry hospital's administrator Dave Brown said Monday he was 'pleased' at the approval, which was "what we asked for". "We didn't get a budget cut for the last half of the year. We should be able to / / Newcomer to the local political scene is John Goss of Nestleton, Mr. Goss told the STAR this week that unless another strong, ex- perienced and qualified can- didate comes forward in the ward, he'll try for the seat. Although not too experien- ced in local politics, Mr. Goss feels that he has the enthusiasm and interest needed to do a good job. His philosophy seems to be one of total representation. "I don't think you can sit on council and represent strict- ly the people from your own ward. - Let's face it. What- ever is done in council ef- fects everyone in the town- ship." 5 * Although Mr. Goss is '90 per cent sure" that he will* run, there are still a few minor things to be worked out, "I'm getting my affairs in order so that I can give it the time and effort the job demands," he said. Mr. Goss heads the radi- ology department at a Whit- by hospital, and is area chairman for the Cartwright Progressive Conservative Association. He also offici- ated at the recent Cartwright liquor vote. Coun. Vern Asselstine has confirmed his intention to run for area representative, and Coun, Neil Hunter has also announced that he will try for the area seat. 'Looks like one of us won't be here next year,' said Asselstine after Monday's meeting of Scugog Council. Hunter- was - the --most = laconic of the candidates, announcing wryly that he was going to run "if someone will sign my nomination". "It's a good thing," obser- ved Hunter, 'that so many people seem to be interested in the municipal election." Coun. Vern Asselstine, who was appointed to the area respresentative's posit- (continued on page 5) 'Mariposa "wet" for the drys...60 percent was required to carry the issue. The question eligible voters were asked to answer was: 'Are you in favor of the sale of spirits, beer and wine, under a dining lounge licence for consumption on licenced premises where food is avail- able?" A spokesman for the town- ship said they are not really certain just what the favor- able vote implies from the standpoint of liquor, beer and wine sales but it is assumed that anyone with . suitable premises and able to meet the other criteria re- ff quired by the Liquor Licence Board would be able to apply for a licence to vend these products. operate for the rest of the year without any cuts in staff or services," said Brown. The hospital administra- tor"s comments came after Health Minister Frank S. Miller announced hospital budget approvals revealing a $211 million (13.4 per cent) increase in allocated funds by the province. "Despite cutbacks, bed continued on page 2 PORT & PERRY Serving Scugog Township Wednesday, September 29, 1976 20° Re ~ "7 Vol. 110 No. 47 32 Pages Board secures Fair property The question of who pays the insurance was answered Monday night when a dele- gation representing the Blackstock Agricultural Society agreed to accept - ownership . of the grand-. stand and judges stand at the Blackstock fairgrounds, pro- viding the township provide . a long-term lease of the fairground land. Coungil balked at a sug- gestion by the fair board at last week's meeting that the township foot the cost of increasing the $1,300. insur- ance coverage on the build- ing. Councillors felt that although the structure is theirs, it may not be worth anymore than $1,300. to the' township, Since the grandstand is obviously worth much more to the fair board, council suggested last week that the board pay any additional insurance above the $1,300. John Wolters, chairman of the Blackstock society and spokesman of the delegation, suggested a figure of around $5,000 or $6,000 as appropri- ate coverage. He said the fair board would be lost without the grandstand. He said the organization now paints, repairs, and pays maintenance costs on the structure, and feels that council should pay the insur- ance since it is officially their building. (It is leased annually to the board for the week of the Blackstock Fair). The problem as Coun. Reg Rose saw it, was one of equity. "We are trying to establish some kind of equity in dealing with the two fair boards," he said, noting that the Port Perry board pays all its own insurance costs. Hamlet crossing guard considered A group of concerned par- ents in the Greenbank area may have to wait for further reports before a school cros- sing guard is posted on what local residents claim is a very dangerous crossing on Highway 12 that up to '17 public school students must g Tr -- 4 Tweedle Dee Don Tran (lower) and Tweedle Dum Mike Adams (upper) show make daily to get to the Greenbank school. It was Coun. Reg Rose who pointed out that since Scugog provides the service in other areas, it has no alternative but to provide it here. But motions made by Rose to get the guard and get the pro- , an agressive stance before the tricycle race got underway in the halls of Port Perry High School. The races were part of the school's "'English" week event. See story, photo on page 13. vince to erect the appropri- ate signs proved premature later, when an Ontario Pro- vincial Police representative appearing before council as well, suggested that the cros- sing itself may not be suit- able to the Ministry of Trans- port and Communications. He suggested that both the 0.P.P. and M.T.C. would be "very interested' in what council is trying to do at Greenbank, since the high- way is a major north-south artery. It was hinted that __stopping - traffic at some spots in the Greenbank "S" curve might be more danger- ous than simply letting traf- fic move unhindered. Coun. Vern Asselstine feared that overprotecting youngsters can become al- most as bad as neglecting them. 'They get to take it for granted, and "become careless'," said Asselstine. He warned that a policy is . needed to determine what * constitutes enough hazard to warrant a crossing guard. "Where do we draw the line on these requests?' he asked. Council moved to get M.T.C., O.P.P. advice on location of the crosswalk. Loto-Luck selling well Disasterous effects on the LOTO-LUCK lottery by the new provincial event have failed to materialize, accord- ing to the chairman of the local lottery which boasts strictly local beneficiaries. The second drawing of Loto-Luck takes place on Thanksgiving Day at the Scugog Shores Historical Museum on Scugog Island, and Chairman Bill Brock announced that tickets are selling well. "The concern committee members had felt in recent weeks over possible dis- asterous competition from the new provincial $5.00 lot- tery was premature," he said. 'People seem general- ly to agree that there are too many lottery schemes avail- able, hut for various reasons, they seem willing to help with Loto-Luck."" One reason, thinks Brock, - (continued on page 3) TY CRRA Es LNCS Cre, wa TANNA 7 ET Mad BAL 3 An RE ans ot tts Ta deh 9 CECT, om a SRE 5 ee CNL ~ <7 Sn &: ge Pt i Se ERIE > Lee eX