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Eh LA | 2 20700 FS fo. A \ . ams ehhh did deitonsiricsiione aa a eB for 1978. Leslie Forder [second from left] was N - At Home Beauties i Anna Robertson [second from right] was named Princess with Kelly Fairman [left] and crowned Port Perry High School's At Home Queen Gina Brinkman [right] runners-up. pictures on page 12.] [Story and Vol. 112 No. 26 Wednesday, Ma. 3, 1978 36 Pages Council inspects Scugog pot holes If you have noticed that the roads and streets of Scugog Township appear to be in worse shape this spring than #in years gone by, you're right. Some roads in the Town- ship have been especially hard hit with frost heaves and boils. In fact, some people are claiming that cer- tain areas that have never been hit in the past, are now suffering damage as the frost comes out of the ground. ® There seems to be a couple of reasons why the frost heaves are so plentiful and so severe in some areas. The cold winter apparently drove the frost deeper into the ground this year and it is taking longer to come up. Also contributing is the fact that this spring there have been few warm rainstorms which usually help to bring the frost up out of the ground. The Scugog roads depart- ment is working on repairs to the areas hit by the frost heaves and the work will be stepped up -when the half- load restrictions are lifted on the concession roads. Also, Mother Nature still has not taken her course, as there is Oh m'gawd the truck's on fire!! * The Port Perry Unit of the Scugog Fire department will be without its tank truck for an indefinite period of time following a fire which badly damaged the engine com- partment. The 1971 G.M. tanker was on its way to a grass fire last Friday morning when a gas line burst and caused the e engine compartment to break into flames. Fire Chief Jack Cook says the truck is being repaired, but the length of time before it is back on the road will depend on the availability of necessary parts. Mr. Cook added that no estimate of the total damage has been made at this time. In the meantime the department has secured a replacement truck on loan from the Whitby fire depart- ment. There were no injuries to fire fighters in the truck when the incident took place near Manchester about 11:00 o'clock Friday morning. TR : * frost remaining at this date. Scugog Township council had an opportunity to get a good look at the condition of the roads during the annual spring inspection -tour on Monday. The full council and roads superintendent Ron MacDonald boarded a school bus and spent the morning touring the nor- thern section of Ward 1. During the afternoon, the group looked at the area in the south of the Township; Port Perry, Cartwright and Scugog Island were also to get an inspection by the councillors. In addition to looking at roads, the inspection tour, which is carried out each spring and fall, gives coun- cillors a chance to look at properties and lands that have been under discussion for one reason or another at council meetings, or are like- ly to be on the agenda at meetings in the near future. Scugog Mayor Lawrence Malcolm indicated that the repairs to the roads dam- aged by frost will come out of the regular maintenance budget. Because the frost is late coming out of the ground this year, work crews will be spending a longer time on the repairs than they ordin- arily would, A v "et a LL 4 A &'e0 'y / ee] yee Fs ; AT Viv ASSEN a a. L blaine ty) Senior citizen housing one step closer A land severance applica- tion by Ontario Housing . Corporation for a 35-unit senior citizens housing site on Rosa Street in Port Perry received favourable com- ment from Scugog Township council April 24, and will now go before the Durham Land Division Committee for approval May 8. No objection to the sever- ance is expected at the Reg- ional level, and once the approval has been granted, a zoning change will be sought by Scugog Township. A spokesman for OHC said last week that if the re- zoning is not held up by an objection to the Ontario Municipal Board, tenders for the rent-geared-to-income project for senior citizens could be called late this summer. With a date for an actual construction start set for October of this year, the building could be ready for occupancy by early summer, 1979. The proposed 1.1 acre site is located on the east side of Rosa Street just south of the Port Perry Fairgrounds, and adjacent to a multiple unit housing complex that is being planned on 2.5 acres by Scot-Can Builders of Brook- lin. Earlier this winter, the senior citizens housing pro- ject cleared a major hurdle when Regional council agreed to hold the per unit levy at the rates in force as of February 1, rather than the rate-which was increased by the Region February 12 from $1225. to $1410. per unit. OHC had requested that the levy rate be held at the earlier level and suggested; . that if it was not the entire project could be put in jeopardy. Ice out but no record Finally, after six months of cold, snow and ice, Mother Nature released her winter grip and last week treated us to some warm, bright Spring days. And with the warmer temperatures the ice finally disappeared from Lake Scugog. The ice officially went out of Lake Scugog on Friday, April 28th this year, just one day short of tieing a record for the latest date the ice has ever left the lake. It was on April 29th, 1965 that the ice persisted with us until that late date and only because of Continued on page 3 available at the arena. ro Roller Derby Queens The roller skating season got underway last week at Scugog Community Arena and Mary Drumm and Linda Tran were just a couple of the dozens of people who attended. Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday nights from 7 to 10 p.m. and skates are Roller skating takes place every or CRE 345)" LOA 33 zo