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About 4000 Ontario Hydro cusfomers, including ail of Port Perry, were without. wi power for just under an hour July 26 when .a fire burned i the top of a transmission "pole. A spokesman. for the Hydro office in Bowmanville "said the service went out shortly before 1:00 p.m. and was restored 50 minutes later through an altérnate «Red from the east. The fire occurred on the line northwest of Columbus and crews worked about five by John McClélland. The two Toronto area soft- ®ball teams involved in a . bench clearing brawl during the final game of tournament July 16 in Port Perry have season. In addition, the ruling handed down after a special Ontario Amateur Softball Association (OASA) July 27; on the coaches 'and mana- players from Willowdale Scarborough Cedar Hills. OASA secretary Keith Fleming told-the Star in an indefinite Suspensions mean the playebs and team offi- cials cited are out of organ- ized softball until the Asso- 4 them mean that both Scarborough and Willowdale will be barred from any further league, play-off or tourna- ment play in 1978. Commenting on the sever- «-) Aty of ruling; Mr«#leming acknowledged that innocent players from both clubs are i being penalized, but he dded that since the tourna- : "ment was sarctiofied by the OASA, the executive felt interview. after the ruling was handed down, that the And the team suspensions suspended for tourney fight obliged to take this tough action in'light of what hap- << been suspended from all play for the remainder of this executive meeting of the - Ro1aps indefinite suspensions Faster Linen and one from - ciation decides to re-instate . <i - very harsh". "Fire A out power The exact cause of the blaze which burned the top x off the pole is not known but the Hydro spokesman specu- lated that it could have been caused by lightning, willful . damage-to an insulator, or the collection of dirt and dust which sometimes causes the insulator to act as a conduc- tor of voltage. The area affected by the power failure included all of : - Port Perry, Manchester, * £ Utica, the north end of Scu- gog Island, and areas be- tween the Windfield Farm in 'Oshawa north to Port Perry. pened during the final game, and in the game immediate- _ - ly preceeding the final, also between Willowdale and Scarborough. Mr. Fleming added" that this is the harshest disciplin- ary action the OASA has taken "in my ten years or so with the Association'. The incident erupted half way. through the final game ~ of the three day tournament with-Scarbrough leading by _ a4to0score. A Scarborough base runner was thrown out at home plate by the catcher who ended up on top of the runner. When the two play- ers came up pushing and punching, both benches emptied onto the playing field resulting in a "brief melle. Tournament officials quickly turned out the flood- lights, and after order was restored made a decision on the spot to call the tourna- ment off without a winner being declared. SHOCK On learning of the OASA decision to suspend the teams, managers from both clubs expressed shock and fewiicn'comacted by the Star last week. .Scarborough manager George Doughty 'said the penalties are "very severe, Most of his Continued on page 2 Lol. 12 No. 3 A mare and her colt grazing on summer pasture. pastoral enough, but it really is not the way "it 2 From a distance this scene may look peaceful and seems. [Turn to page 11 and see why.] Ln ISHII HH 00000000 Wednesday, August 2, 1978 28 Pages Subdivision gets green light but developers cautious A Toronto-based develop- ment company has received the green light to start con- struction of a large subdivi- sion on a parcel of land in Port Perry on the northwest corner of Simcoe Street and Highway 7A. * Paramount Investinents will build 'up "to 99 single family homes in stages over the next three years, and a spokesman for the company said last week that work on the installation of basic ser-. vices will likely be com- pleted some time this fall. i Ted Phelps, director of planning for Paramount, said that while the company will certainly start construc- tion on the first 50 houses in the spring of 1979, there is a chance that this work will get underway this fall, if the services can be completed on time. At the regular meeting of Scugog Council July 24, councillors agreed on a three-year phasing program for the subdivision, with 50 units the first year, 25 in the second and 24 in the final year. On July 26, Durham Region coungil officially endorsed a subdivision agreement between the company and the Region. Mr. Phelps told the Star that 'whether the company goes ahead with the entire development of 99 houses will depend on the housing market in general in Port Perry. He added that the com- "pany would have preferred to build the houses over two years instead of three years. The subdivision has had draft plan approval since 1973, and the company has; had to carry the raw land costs for several years. 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