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A surprised Scugog Town- ship council is pondering a preliminary proposal for a natural gas and-or propane pipeline corridor which could - run through the Township about two miles south of Port Perry. Amoco Canada Petroleum is now studying possible routes for a buried pipeline which will run from Sarnia to Quebec City, in preparation for an application the company will make to the National Energy Board in Ottawa later this year. Scugog council first heard that an area south of Port Perry is one under con- sideration as a potential corridor at its regular planning meeting Monday afternoon in which a brief was tabled describing the present status of the pro- posal and showing two possible west-east routes through Durham Region. One of the potential corridors runs in an easterly direction south of Uxbridge, through Manchester and then on to Burketon Station ¥ % _ Council wants info 'on possible pipeline where it swings to the south. | The other potential corridor runs in an easterly direction: at what is the. very northern border of the Oshawa city lim A reppesenitative from the envirghmental consulting company working for Amoco on the preparation of the study, was in Scugog last week and asked the Town- ship office for data on land use, planning, and environ- mental concerns. (Turn to page 3) re Miss Port Perry Fair One of the highlights of the official opening ceremonies of the Port Perry Fair at the Scugog arena last Saturday evening was the crowning of Miss Port Perry Fair. The six girls in the pageant were judged on talent, speaking ability, attire and impromtu questions. This years winner, Bridget Hamilton is seen here being crowned by the 1978 Princess, Brigitte Spannbauer while this years runner- -up, Lisa Nottingham looks on. Vol.113 No. 42 VRP SF y oly L +°oN APS ECRMPIE RIES ARNT EITHA ¢ Wednesday, September 5, 1979 : LAY SA TL RACE ae Ak ed] SOAP AT SSRI ROP TAC HIP FES 36 Pages J Seven children get §| anti-rabies shots Seven children and one adult in Scugog Township are undergoing anti-rabies preventative treatment after. | = coming in contact two weeks ago with a rabid dog. . The children, who range in age from four to 15 years, and the adult are all from a rural area of the Township east of Blackstock where the dog was kept as a pet on a farm. None of the people now taking the preventative treatment was actually bit- ten by the dog, but they were in close contact with it. According to officials with the Health of Animals Branch in Bowmanville, the dog apparently began to show signs of the disease on August 22, and died three days later. Tests performed the next day at a government lab in Ottawa on brain tissue from the dead animal con- firmed the rabies, and the people who had been in contact with it began taking their treatment at the begin- ning of last week. The dog, which was about four years old, had never been vaccinated against rabies, and was allowed to run loose. Dr. A. W. Harris, chief vet with the Health of Animals Branch speculates that the dog likely was bitten or scratched by a skunk or red fox. A MOTHER'S PLEA Mrs. Marg. Vehof, the "mother of one of the children now undergoing the prevent- ative treatment, said the series of 14 needles is a It's back to school for Tuesday was back to school for nearly 3,300 ele- mentary and secondary school students and 158 teachers at the two high schools' and five public schools in Scugog Township. While declining enrol- ments may be a problem for schools in many parts of the province, principals at the schools in Scugog indicate that the number of students attending classes will increase slighly over last year. The largest single group of students in the Township made their way to the doors of Port Perry High School, Tuesday morning where principal Doug Williams says there are 1,105 students registered, almost identical to the 1,106 at the high school last year. There will be 64 teachers on staff this year, the same number as last year. At Cartwright High School in Blackstock, principal Gord Paisley said that 102 students arrived for classes the first day, an increase of three over last year. The seven full-time teachers at the school remains the same. Under the guidance of new principal Murray Prentice, R.H. Cornish Public School greeted 907 students on the first day of the new school year, a slight decline from the 916 who were at the school in June. However, the school expects that enrol- ment will increase by Christmas when homes in two new subdivisions in Port Perry become occupied. There will be 37 teachers on staff at the school this year. Mr. Prentice replaces principal John Hogg who has taken up a new position as principal of a school in Oshawa. At Prince Albert Public School, principal Roden Rutledge reports that there were 367 students enrolled on the first day of school, an increase of 13 over last year's figures. The staff of painful and frightening ex- perience for anyone, and especially so for a young child. In order to help prevent this kind of thing from hap- pening again, Mrs. Vehof urged all owners of dogs and cats to have them vaccinated against rabies, and said that parents should tell their children to avoid strange animals and never go near wildlife. Mrs. Vehof, who has a dog and cats of her own, said the dog which contacted the disease was not a stranger to children living in the area. Township man "This whole experience has been extremely upsett- ing for us," she told the Star. "We just hope that people will have their pets vaccinat- ed so that other children don't have to go through this." Dr. Harris told the Star that rabies in wildlife is a problem any time of the year, but the number of known cases this year has declined in this area from two years ago when there were several confirmed cases of the disease in wild- (Turn to page 2) drowns in car The body of a Scugog Township man was recover- ed by police Friday night from a station wagon sub- merged in more than seven feet of water in a pond on the man's property in the Chalk Lake area of the Township. Divers with Durham Region Police recovered the body of Gordon Rolph along with two of his dogs, and police are treating the inci- dent as an accidental drowning. According to a police spokesman, Mr. Rolph was last seen on August 29 by a groundskeeper who works at the property. The grounds- keeper returned two days later and saw car tire tracks going off the road into the pond. He notified police. Police believe, that Mr. Rolph was backing the late model station wagon up the driveway when it became stuck on an embankment. He then accelerated forward and the car went into the pond. When police recover- ed the car, all the doors and windows were shut. Police say the deceased man lived by himself on the property in the third conces- sion about a mile east of Regional Road 23. ~ 16 teachers remains the same. Robert Morrison, principal of the schools at Epsom and Greenbank said that the 219 students at the two schools is about the same enrolment as last year, and the ten teach- ers including the principal and vice-principal remains the same. Cartwright Central School in Blackstock reports a slight increase in the number of students from kindergar- ten to grade eight which this year is 596, as opposed to 585 last year. There are 24 teachers on staff, and the school has a new principal and vice-principal this year with John Hinch from Pick- ering and Bob Kennington from Brooklin. All the schools indicated that the number of students enrolled on the first day will likely change somewhat over the next few weeks. But in the meantime the students got down to serious classes after the fun and excitement of the first day back after a long summer break. Sema ou --- a x 0 NE -- --- , RORNEGERD athe, RS tr. a a