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& SARS 2 9 NE, Wan "The wind, the sun and a stretch of clear ice all add up to perfect conditions "for the sport of ice-boating. A group of enthusiasts found the conditions on Lake Scugog last Saturday just about ideal for this unusual winter sport. [Story, more pictures on page 8]. A fire in the motor of a Scugog Township Roads department sander parked in the Cartwright garage last Thursday evening caused at least $3000 in damage. The fire destroyed the A three-car accident Christmas Day on Highway 7A just east of Port Perry claimed the life of a 20-year old Newmarket woman. A police spokesman with the Newcastle detachment of the OPP said that Nancy Illian of R.R.1, Newmarket was eastbound on Highway 7A shortly after the noon hour when her car skidded sander box, the motor, and did some damage to the brakes of the truck on which the sander was mounted. The exact cause of the fire is not known, but a passing -motorist turned in the alarm . Christmas fatality out of control on a patch of ice and struck two west- bound vehicles driven by Robert Allen Fudge of Whitby and Jack Goodward of Uxbridge. The accident is still under investigation, but police say there were no serious in- juries to the occupants of the other vehicles. The estimate of the damage is not known at this time. Fire destroys sander about 10:30 Thursday night. Assistant roads superinten- dent Merlin Suggitt was the first to arrive on the scene and he found the garage completely filled with smoke. He turned fire extin- guishers on the blaze and managed to keep it from spreading into the truck. The exact cost in damage will not be known until an insurance investigation is carried out, but Roads superintendent Ron Mac- Donald told the Star that a second-hand sander pur- chased the next day as a replacement cost $1900 and the bill for cleaning up the smoke and water damage in the garage could be as high as $1500. Gravel pit petition A spokesman for Harnden and King Gravel says the company has not purchased land for a gravel pit on the 'east side of Durham Road 23 in Scugog Township, and that information contained in a petition submitted last week to Scugog Council is incorrect. ; ' Ted Smith, vice-president of -the Cobourg-based company told the Star last week that he didn't know where the information in the petition came from. The petition is signed by about 15 people living in the area of Concession 4 and Durham Road 23, and was submitted to Scugog council on December 18. It says the land in question has been sold to Harnden and King, and goes on to say that the residents in the area will "object strongly" to any re-zoning application for gravel extraction. The land is now zoned as agricultural. Mr. Smith said the com- pany is presently extracting gravel from a pit immediate- ly to the north of the land in question with access directly onto Regional Road 23. Although he would not indi- cate specifically whether the company is presently negotiating to buy the property, he did say the company is always looking for land with potential for gravel operations. He added that company trucks very seldom use concession roads, which was one of the fears expressed by the signors of the petition. The petition to council asks that the residents be in- formed if there is any appli- cation submitted to re-zone the property. When council dealt with the petition at its regular meeting on December 18, the members said that if an application is received for a re-zoning, the standard procedure is notify anybody living within 400 feet of the property and this would be followed in this case. Copies of the petition were also sent to Minister of Agri- culture Bill Newman and the Ministries of the Environ- ment and Natural Re- sources. ¢ Vol. 113 No. 7 Thursday, December 28, 1978 20 Pages Survey finds drinking problem among teens A recent survey carried out in Durham Region shows that 24 per cent of teen- agers surveyed showed at least one symptom of "dependent drinking', while eight per cent reported "problem drinking'. The study in Durham Region was ~carried--out by the Ontario Addiction Research Foundation and covered nearly 1000 respon- dents throughout Durham, including 292 teen-agers between the ages of 14 and 18. A statement from the Addiction Research Foun- dation says that the survey indicates that a "significant number of teen-agers repor- ted problems with alcohol." Along with the 24 per cent of the teen-agers who repor- ted at least one symptom of '""dependent" drinking, the survey found that of the 292 teens in the survey, 8.6 per cent reported some "pro- blem' drinking, five per cent 'had three or more depen- dency symptoms, and three per cent had three or more problems with alcohol. One significant finding of the survey among the 292 teen-agers was that 40 per cent of them are classified as "social drinkers', meaning they consume alcohol but have no problem or depen- dency symptoms. Most of the respondents in the survey were 16 and 17 years of age: were full or part-time students; half lived in cities, 33 per cent in small towns and 17 per cent in rural areas. The statement from the Addiction Research Foun- dation says that problem or dependent drinking is found All Round Cor more often among male teen-agers than females. In releasing the results of the survey last week, the Foundation cautioned that "care should be taken not to conclude that all of those young people with a depen- dent or drinking problem are alcoholics or require treat- ment." However, the Research Foundation does say that about eight per cent of the teens surveyed had "drink- ing problems likely severe enough to require treatment or intervention." For the purpose of the overall survey of close to 1000 residents in Durham Region, the respondents were divided. up into four categories: abstinent, no alcohol consumed in the previous year; Social drink- * (Turn to page 6) Port Perry Scout Hall was the setting/last Wednesday evening for a ceremony to present Ruth Parker with her All ound Cord. Ruth is seen above with Port Perry District Commissioner Mdrion Lee receiving her achievement. Newly appointed Commissioner Marion Lee told the Star that the Guides and Brownies "Good Turn' for Christmas was to donate their dues from the meeting to the Grierson family of Seagrave who recently lost their home to fire. A basket of food was purchased from the local IGA store and manager Jim Grieve equalled the amount raised by the Guides and Brownies for the food basket. The basket was presented to the Grierson's last Friday by Mrs. Lee and a representative of both the Guides and Brownies. i) a k(x op % LS MM Son! - a AN ASI . hat d g BECCA Er Sore 4 FAY : 7 at OR Tc ANA a rk Fast 33 Ry . \ ACA 3 " 4] Vag Fe oF CARL SF SAA SAARI A Sr a a dst CH I SULT 8 ge aR Sad a bam SA po A go > N PA her he AOI LDL a Tri x y - 2) [4 rend eh EPEC Sl Di 7S al, rt + SOC Pl ARS TofS Cl A i 5 PPA RR AE -po 1A Sey" oda fen SR x -, & Ye wi LC * eR lv rer ROP SET NC a i oy » 20 - BR Ea a ERISA - v3 3 ~ a ~ -- a, Cr ; CPE re Ting Hwa Zl a] a] yl 7 ~ - rs = he od ey Pl Art ati oe x \ 2 oh A --pes iz rd x