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4 AT Tyg ARE ASAE SE ENR te No. 42 Wednesday, September 5, 1979 "SECOND SECTION £m, AD ANN A\\\\ Oshawa Mayor Jim Potticary [centre] looks over model of new provincial revenue building [at left of table] with architect Michael Ogus [right] and revenue minister Lorne Maeck after detailed plans of the 460,000 square foot building were released at a press conference in Oshawa last week. be fitted with radios The Ministry of Natural Resources will undertake an unusual experiment to track the movement of Lake Scu- gog pickerel this winter and during the spawning season next spring. Bob Dyke, a technician with the Fisheries Unit in Lindsay, told the Star last week that starting October 15, about 20 female pickerel Jaycees coming The Whitby Jaycees will be talking to business people in Port Perry on September 10 in an effort to set up a Jaycee Unit in Scugog. This is part of the National Jaycees "Excite Canada" Week designed to form new units of the organization throughout Canada. will be netted in the lake and tiny radio transmitters will be placed in an incision made in the stomach of the fish. > The transmitters give off a radio signal which will allow fisheries personnel to track the movement of the fish through the ice this winter and to follow them to their spawning areas in the early spring. Mr. Dyke said that fish will be netted at the far north end of the lake, near Caesarea and near Port Perry. This is the first time this kind of experiment has been tried on pickerel in the Ka- wartha Lakes system, but Mr. Dyke said it was used with some success with some success with muskie in the Nogies Creek area. "We hope to find out where the Scugog pickerel are spawning, and how large the spawning grounds are," said Mr. Dyke. Determining this will lead to further research and studies of the pickerel spawning habits. Mr. Dyke said that Lake Scugog presents something of a unique situation for fisheries personnel. In other lakes, officers can visually observe pickerel in their spawning grounds, but this is almost impossible in Scugog because the lake is so murky. "We now have a pretty good idea where the Scugog pickerel spawn, but we are not certain of the exact locations," said Mr. Dyke. During the winter months, the fish movements will be monitored through the ice twice a week. The transmit- ters, which are about twe inches long and cigar shaped have a life of six months, and it js- possible that some of them will be recovered from the fish next spring. Scugog could gain from Revenue Dept. move to Oshawa Governement officials es- timate that as many a$ 600 jobs could be available when the provincial Ministry of Revenue moves its' head office from Toronto to Osha- wa in 1982. Revenue Minister Lorne Maeck told a press confer- ence in Oshawa last Thurs- day that there are now about 1,300 people employed by Revenue, and surveys at this time show that about half of them will re-locate to the new seven-storey building which will be constructed next year close to City Hall in downtown Oshawa. Many of the positions that will become available are expected to be in the clerical fields, and Mr. Maeck said that recruitment of the new employees will be carried out in Durham Region. . The construction of the "few buildings and furnish- ings is estimated to cost $30 million and certainly will be a financial and economic shot in the arm for Oshawa and Durham Region. The spin-off effect will likely reach as far away as Scugog and Port Perry, as it is conceivable that some of the employees transferred from Toronto may decide to look for housing in this area which is within easy com- muting distance. Scugog Mayor Jerry Tay- lor attended the press con- ference last week along with numerous other politicians, at which an architect's mode] of the new complex was unveiled and details of the project were announced. Tenders for construction of the new building will be called next spring with act- ual work to get underway in the summer. The premises will be ready for occupancy in the summer of 1982. The 465,000 square foot building will sit-on a 1.7 acre site bounded by King, Centre and Athol Streets, and will include 17,000 square feet of commercial and retail space on the ground floor. Questioned by local politi- cians and reporters, Mr. Maeck said that no prefer- ence will be given in the tendering process to local contractors as government policy is to award to the low bidder. However, Mr. Maeck did say that all con- tracts have a clause in them which says that wherever possible local labour should be employed. Architect Michael Ogus outlined some of the unique features of the new building including stringent specifi- cations to reduce energy consumption. Mr. Ogus said that extra insulation, mak- ing the building almost air- tight, and a reduction in windows will help to reduce heating requirements by as much as five times what is usually necessary for office structures. One serious problem that has yet to be resolved is parking. There will be spac- es in an underground garage (Turn to page 23) | SAND BEACH PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT DONATED TO TOWNSHIP w, (OF i SCUGOG BY OF XX y v 2 © nse PORT PERRY INCORPORATED KINSMEN CLUB Ready for next summer The raising ot this sign last week at the Port Perry waterfront was the final task for local Kinsmen in one df the most popular community projects: the creation of a sand beach on Lake Scugog. Fred Varty and Rick Bouillon are with club president Tom Armstrong. Thé sand beach project cost the local club about $6,000, and this is just part of more than $17,000 raised in the past year for community projects. Kinsmen clubs across Canada raised more than $42 million this year for their communities. Re RT Fi nS a PN ra, SE EY or ¥. © ¥y i Oh ', > ys < PRO i A - Fe SEK I Ws Son a, Yo AR a