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h 2 CULT HT L NR ai var AEE ul TEA al w ERT A ns TIO Td RA rtp ery Hep oh © FIRST Eta eo 4 : Hark SIRE ERNST Vol. 112 No. 21 Wednesday, March 29, 1978 32 Pages LTT Rm A EL ORR COLE | Despite objections from some councillors and reluc- tance on the part of others, Durham Region council last Wednesday voted to ask the _. provincial government to | child k A two-year-old Toronto girl was killed Friday even- ing following a two-vehicle collision on Highway 48 just west of the Highway 12 inter- section, Lisa MacCharles died when a Volkswagon driven by her mother, Julia, col- * lided with a pick-up truck shortly after 8:00 p.m. The girl's father, William, and FE 0S Go Fly A Kite ~ Even though there is still snow on the ground, Spring has officially begun and Julia Crabtree, left, Jimmy Mosher and Rose Mosher aren't waiting a minute longer' to utilize the milder -- EEE OnE "Time for an extensive ove review the efficiency of Durham and the Region's present boundaries and re- presentation. ..The motion. initiated. by Oshawa councillors John illed another daughter Sharon suffered injuries in the crash. The driver of the truck, Percy Skinner, 38, of Can- nington, has been charged by Beaverton OPP with impair- ed driving. Damage to the two vehic- les was estimated by police at $2,700.00. temperatures. The kids were home from school on Easter Monday and had a great time trying to get their kites to fly. But it was back to school on Tuesday to finish out the last term before summer DeHart and Bruce Mec- Arthur calls on the provin- cial government "to under- take a complete review of -the Durham -Aet,"'-in terms of efficiency and savings and boundaries and repre- sentation. : The vote, after consider- able debate, carried by a wide margin of 194 (with seven _councillors - absent) and Scugog Mayor Law- rence Malcolm was one of those, who voted against the review. Speaking on the issue Mayor Malcolm said he would not be opposed to a review of the set-up and functions of Durham if the intent was to make im- provements, and he sug- NE rns 48 hod i gested that it would not be necessary to have outsiders make the recommendations. "I think any improve- ments," "he "said, "'cai "be" done by the people here." (Regional staff and council- lors.) Mayor Malcolm went on to express faith in the Reg- ional 'concept saying in his opinion it has not gone all wrong. In reference to the call to review the boundar- ies, Mayor Malcolm sug- gested that it would not be Wise to start tampering at this time, because in Scugog people are just starting to get used to the new bound- aries, and the new system is working better now than it was two years ago. - square foot Purchase land the adult retarded is to be located. in the Township of Scugog. Elizabeth Fulford, president of Central Seven Association for the Mentally Retarded, announced the recent purchase of a parcel of land from Cesaroni Holdings Limited. The 1.2 parcel is part of Lot 18, Concession 7, in the Township of Scugog, (form- erly Reach), just north of the Port Perry - Fair Grounds on the north-east corner of Simcoe Street north and Regional Road number 8. Plans call for a 4,000 building to accommodate 25 trainable mentally retarded adults . living in the northern town- ships of Durham Region. Construction on the building will begin within the next two months and the 'Workshop will be in operation by late fall. , "Central Seven Associa- tion has been planning and dreaming of this type of Dead a for retarded 'workshop A Sheltered Workshop for * facility for five years, and we have . been working closely with the Ministry of Community and - Social Services," Mrs. Fulford stated. In order to raise funds, and "Original Sponsors" campaign is in operation. Fund-raising Committee spokesman, Joseph T. Baxter, reports that there has already been generous response and it is intended to honour the "Original Sponsors" in a fitting way when the building is erect- ed. The annual public fund- raising appeal, "Flowers of Hope", will be mailed to every householder during National Week for the Mentally Retarded - May 14 to May 20. A good response to this appeal is being counted upon by the local Association to aid its Work- shop project as well as its * ongoing programme. ~ Central Seven Association for the Mentally Retarded Continued on page 10 cause alarm The "mystery" surround- ing several dead dogs and other animals discovered Friday by a Port Perry area woman near the Scugog Island causeway has been solved. A spokesman for the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said Monday that, dead animals found along the highways during the winter months are placed in that location until the spring when they are then taken back from the highway and buried. The woman complained to an Oshawa newspaper over the weekend after her son found the dead animals close to a picnic area on the north side of Highway 7A just east of Port Perry. The MTC told Port Perry Star that the dead animals, which included a cat and racoon, will be properly buried in the very near future, Region considers major expansion Durham Region is con- sidering an $8.5 million ex- pansion to the headquarters building on Rossland Road in Whitby. oo If approved, the two add-. rhavl He also questioned the amount of money needed for such a study (thought to ...be_in the neighbourhood of $250,000) suggesting that Durham could hardly go on record as being concerned about public spending when it goes ahead and calls on the provincial government to spend that amount for the study. Although he voted in favour of the motion Scugog councillor Reg Rose ex- pressed some reservations and even went so far as to say that asking the provin- cial government represents .a "failure on our (Dur- ham's) part" to offer con- ' Continued on page 6 itions at the west end of the present building would expand the space now occu- pied by provincial agencies to about 145,000 square feet. Officer R.F. Richardson said the plan is still in the preliminary stages and a final decision will depend on leasing agreements between the Region and the provin- cial government. The prov- incial agencies involved include court rooms, regis- try offices and assessment departments. If agreements can be wor- ked out with the province, construction could get under- way in the spring of 1979 with occupancy late in 1980. The Durham Management Committee has recommend- .ed that the $8.5 million be included in next year's capital budget, and $450,000. be included in this year's budget for engineering and architectural work. The cost of the two addit- ions could be recovered by the Region with a 20-year lease agreement with the provincial government. EPSTEIN TBA, | nt a NR Wl A DE SOR ap Pe a CU dR A SEER ER ¥ boi 4% 32 om -r Po A Ad Ltd 3 a.