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Vol.113 No. 44 F878 Wid 05344 HI ASI ODL] nly ANID A SELES REL SAC ido dud ait dens bit ufdng uihibuled LACH / \N MYA E NT {vit ' seh bbch shai Wednesday, September 19, 1979 32 Pages ae" Yel) Chairman says ibrary will et expansion The expansion of library services in Scugog Township is not a dead issue, despite a series of delays which have set back construction of new facilities. The Scugog Library Board met last Thursday evening, and Board chairman Chuck Preston said after the meet- ing that all members remain totally committed to the ultimate objective of expan- ding library services and facilities for this community. It will be two years next month since the discussions about a library expansion got underway in earnest, but along the way the Board and the two working sub- committees have run into several set-backs. The latest was a report issued to Scugog council September 10 from the Township's planning consul- tants which recommends that a proposed addition to the present War Memorial Library building on Queen Street not be constructed because the area could be subject to flooding in the event of a severe storm. Mr. Preston said that the Board reviewed the consul- tant's report at the meeting last Thursday, and members concluded that they would at least like to have a second opinion. "The report is a prelimi- nary one", said Mr. Preston. "Obviously our board members want to make sure it is well-founded." A hydrologist from the Ministry of Natural Resour- ces office in Richmond Hill has been asked to inspect the flood potential of the area, , and according to Mr. Preston he will be in Port Perry this week looking at the site. Whether a completely (Turn to page 3) BD ns a » 2) Re AL Old arena may By-laws f the Souvenier By-laws Judy McColl, children's librarian at the Scugog Memorial Library is seen here display- ing a copy of the 1924 Rules of the Library found in early library records. The rules have recently been re-printed and are being sold souveniers [$1.00] as a library expansion fund raising project. Library board members felt because of their humorous and historical aspect, they would be of interest to many local residents. They are available at the library, Patterson's of Port and Port Gifts. Food booths at local fairs, carnivals Health unit to "get tough" The Durham Region Health Unit says it plans to "get tough" next year at functions such as fairs and carnivals where perishable food is prepared and served to the general public. Dr. Ted Watt ofthe Health Unit told the Star last week that lists of guidelines con- cerning the preparation of perishable foods will be sent out in the near future to all groups and organizations in Durham who stage these kind of outdoor activities, ® including the Port Perry and Blackstock Fairs, and West- ern Weekend. Dr. Watt said that a report by a health inspector on the food booths at Western Weekend showed some areas of "particular concern," in the preparation of hamburgs hot dogs, and sausages, but he added that the situation posing potential health haz- ards were not unique to Western Weekend. "Next year, we must get co-operation or we will have to get tough," he stated. While the guidelines will be sent out to the various organizations staging these functions, strict enforcement could make it almost imposs- ible for a charitable or com- munity group to operate a food booth at a fair or carnival. 1 Scugog Chamber of Com- merce president Howard Hall, who is also an organiz- er of the annual three-day Western Weekend in Port Perry, told the Star last ¥ HRA IX or ud A Sana GRO ey week that complying with many of the guidelines would be almost impossible. These include the provi- sions that each food booth must have an adequate supp- ly of piped, potable water, and a hand basin with hot and cold running water, and food must be prepared in the completely enclosed struct- ure. 'I don't know how the food booths on Queen Street dur- ing the Western Weekend (Turn to page 3) after it was noticed that some of the upright support beams were shifting slightly. While the conclusions from the tests will not be known until the engineer's report is completed, a very prelimin- ary estimate puts the cost for repairs in the $15,000 range, and Scugog council will have to decide whether to make the repairs and where the money will come from. The inspections carried out last week revealed that there is some rot in a few of the supports along the south side of the building, and some of the concrete piers along the same side are starting to shift slightly away from the building. If the engineer's report $18,415 grant Scugog Township has received a grant for $18,415 1 to be used to help cover the costs of preparing a compre- hensive zoning by-law which will uniform the regulations for all four wards in the Township. The grant was made by the provincial ministry of housing, and is part of a total of $108,000 being allocated to 15 different municipalities across the province for revision of official plans and zoning by-laws. The largest single grant of $22,000 went to the Township of Field. about 200 RCMP. officers s picking cruisers. was grow Wild Pot A spokesman for Durham Region Police says that unds of marijuana found growing wild in a Scugog Island field last week will be burned by the The Durham spokesman would not elaborate on how the police discovered the wild grass, but about ten nt more than an hour Friday afternoon e plants and loading them into police A detective with Durham Police said the owners of the land apparently were not aware that the marijuana ng wild, and no charges have been laid. Port Perry Public Library + of repd i rs 3 ¥ oy 5 Formulated on May 3, 1924 jg n Erg Pp o the whole Library Board = J Rif | by the y An engineer's report and recommends that the repairs he recommendations are ex- be made and if council de- 4 1 pected to be returned to the cides to go ahead with them, 4] 4 b- 0 I ks rE A dtr da he TEL Arena Board and Scugog it will still delay the start of , a council in the next two weeks operations of the arena this J ny bE bt 3 Pr an re concerning the need for year. v4 a DR ST i See possible structural repairs to That will cut into revenues : | mite sins sete asm be en Bs ye hk fr F the old arena on Water Street as the old arena gets book- 3 : en mae oe 3 in Port Perry. ings from out of town teams ov GP Shen I ants vet On orders from the Arena and groups at the prime rate . | --- " pt . vee By : em rat 2 of ks rt 0s 2 oe Board, tests were carried out of $45 per hour. It could also 11 mde % SRE Fr i Re : on for three days last week for upset scheduling of both the ~~ es ce I possible rotting in the supp- minor hockey and ringette ot a 3 ort beams in the arena, and programs locally as these x Eo cm ¢ vin0 of ena £2 EE inspections were made of the two groups have a total of 10 EA Sb VNU SEE SE concrete piers along the (Turn to page 2) Ly 4 ' sides of the building which y the support beams sit on. | pus The tests were ordered Scugog gets