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Pugh of Dur- ham"s criminal investigation branch said that entry into the post office itself was gained by forcing a rear door, and he estimates that the thieves spent well over an hour in the building. "We think that they knew what they were doing," said Wednesday, August 8, 1979 Detective Pugh. While he said there does not appear to be any connection between this incident and an attempt- ed safe cracking at the XL service station two weeks ago in Port Perry, he would not rule out a connection between the Port Perry Port Office job and attempts about a month ago to break into the vaults at the post offices in Stouffville and Pickering. However, the same kinds of tools were not used in the three incidents. 32 Pages 'Stock Scugog with . 60,000 Muskie fry The Ministry of Natural Resources has announced that 60,000 muskie fry were stocked into Lake Scugog this spring. A biologist with the district office in Lindsay told the Star last week that the fry for Scugog were part of 1.5 million of the fish from the Deer Lake Hatchery near Havelock which went into lakes throughout the Kawar- thas this year. The stocking in Lake Scugog took place in May and the 60,000 fry represent a 20,000 increase over the number placed in the lake last year. Muskie fry measure about an inch in length, and it will be five or six years before they reach the legal size for angling. The Natural Resources biologist said that it is impossible to tell what the mortality rate for the young fry will be as the inch-long fish are not marked. However, extensive netting of the muskie in Scugog two years ago Earl S. Cuddie new clerk -adminstrator Earl S. Cuddie, Scugog Township's new clerk-ad- ministrator, started work with the municipality on / I] H EARL S. CUDDIE Tuesday morning. Mr. Cuddie, who has al- most 20 years of municipal experience was hired by the council last month for the newly created position which carries with it an annual salary of $24.000. Mr. Cuddie will assume control over the operation of the treasury, clerk and build- ing departments and handle planning matters at the local level for the Township. Since 1971, he has been clerk-administrator for the village of Lakefield, just north of Peterborough. He began his career in 1960 as a tax assessor with the city of Kitchener, and from 1964 until 1971 worked as deputy clerk and director of plan- ning with the town of Whitby. He received his early edu- cation in Ottawa and has completed the AMCT and CMC courses. revealed that the fish popu- lation is apparently healthy with good size species thriving in natural condi- tions which are described as good. At the Deer Lake Hatchery this year favourable weather conditions and spawn taking resulted in almost two million muskie fry. About 50,000 went to Manitoba and the remainder were placed in lakes in Ontario. Deer Lake is the only hatchery for muskie in the province. In addition to the Iiry, hatchery personnel raised about 32,000 muskie finger- lings (four inches in length). Most of these went into lakes in the Kawarthas, although none were put in Scugog. About 2000 of the finger- lings went to the Nogies Creek fisheries Research Project where a study on muskie habits is continuing. Police have an excellent description of the kind of tools used in the Port Perry job because the would-be thieves left everything in the building. In fact, when the break-in was discovered as postal employees arrived for work about 7:30 a.m., an electric drill was still stuck in the vault door, and other tools were lying around the floor. Detective Pugh suggested there could be two reasons why the tools were left. Either the thieves got fright- ened and left in a big hurry, or they did not want the tools in their possession when they (Turn to page 3)' J pages 8 and 9. Miss Regatta '79 The weatherman ordered perfect weather this past weekend for the 47th annual Lake Scugog Regatta in Caesarea and hundreds of area residents took part in the events. One of the most popular events of the three-day regatta is the crowing of Miss Regatta and this year's winner was attractive eighteen year old Dawn McMeekin of Richmond Hill. For .more photos of Dawn, her princesses and other regatta events turn to Newman stepping down? Durham-York MPP Bill Newman offered "no com- ment" on published reports that he will be stepping down as minister of agriculture in a cabinet shuffle planned by Ontario Premier William Davis for later this month. Mr. Newman told the Port Perry Star Tuesday that if he does decide to give up the cabinet post this summer, "the executive of my riding association will be the first to know." "After all,"'he continued, "They (the riding executive) are the ones who helped get me elected, and they should be the first to know." A report published Friday in the Toronto Globe and Mail quotes "Government sources' as saying that Mr. Newman will step down as agriculture minister later this month, and his success- or will be Lorne Henderson, the present minister of gov- ernment services. The Globe and Mail cites poor health as the reason why Mr. Newman would be stepping down, and he con- firmed on Tuesday that his health has not been good in the past few months. While he would not say if he has been in hospital, he did admit "that I have not been too well lately." "I've taken a few days off this summer and will take a few more later this month," he said. "I've also been cutting back on my speaking engagements and other com- mittments recently." Mr. Newman, 51, suffers from high blood pressure, and has reportedly been told by his doctor to take things a little easier than a Cabinet position demands. Mr. Newman was first elected to the Legislature in 1967. He was appointed minister of energy in 1974 and took over the demanding agriculture portfolio a year later. In the election of 1975 he won by a narrow margin, but in the election two years later polled more votes than both his opponents com- bined. When asked to comment about whether he would con- sider running again in an election expected next year, Mr. Newman said "It's a little early to be thinking about that."