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Dangerous! . ' A Ee 2 4 a 5 REIL] SEY PIN 4 eo Sr i 4 IIA y 1" "1 ht dae ' ' ' vo EATER y 5 Se 0 20) FS This scene may look innocent enough, but speeding motorcycles, snow- mobiles, cars and trucks on Lake Scugog pose a real threat to safety. The situation reached foolish proportions on Sunday afternoon, and it has to be stopped before somebody is killed. [See editorial on page four] Board tables report on Greenbank School The Durham Board of Ed- ucation has tabled a report on the Greenbank Public School which, recommends that the school should re- main open until 1982, at "least. The Board was to make a decision on the recommend- ation at its regular meeting Monday evening, but the report was tabled until Feb- ruary 25 because pertinent back-up information was in- advertently left out of the trustees' agendas. Scugog trustee Yvonne Christie said after the meet- ing it was unfortunate the Board could not deal with the Greenbank recommendation on Monday night, but added that trustees could not be expected to make a decision on the recommendation without having a chance to study the back-up informa- tion. The report which was tabled, was handed down by a School Accommodation Committee made up of par- ents in Greenbank, a cit- izen with no children in the school system and four trust- ees from the Board. Showarama " postponed The unseasonable winter weather is starting to hurt crippled children in Ontario. The Port Perry Snow- arama, a 100 km snowmobile ride with pledges going for crippled children, has been postponed until March 2. The ride had been slated for February 10, but organ- izer John Davie said the decision to postpone was made last week because there simply isn't enough -snow on the trails, and the ice conditions on the canal would make snowmobiling dangerous. Snowarama has become an immensely successful method of raising funds for crippled children in Ontario. However, the lack of snow is hurting this year, and Mr. Davie said that of 29 events slated for across the pro- vince, only two have been held so far this winter. Last year, the Port Perry Snowarama attracted well over 100 snowmobile drivers, and $22,000 in pledges was turned over to the Ontario Society for Crippled Child- ren. Mr. Davie said that local organizers feel there should be up to a foot of snow over the trails in order for the Snowarama to take place. He's hoping that by March 2, Mother Nature will oblige. And a lot of crippled children in this province are hoping for the same thing. A school Accommodation Committee is formed wihen enrolment dips below 60 per cent, or when a kindergarten to grade six school has less than 150 students. At present, Greenbank School has 131 students, or (Turn to page 7) Vol.114 No. 12 Wednesday, February 13, 1980 36 Pages Meeting called over group home proposal Property owners from Gerrow's Beach will meet privately this week with the Central Seven Association to discuss further their concerns over a proposal by the Association to set up a group home for mentally retarded adults in a house on the Scugog Island Beach. When the proposal for the group home for up to eight mentally retarded adults first came before Scugog council three weeks ago, about a dozen residents from Gerrow's Beach expressed strong concerns over the location of the proposed home. Gary Fitchett, acting as spokesman for the property owners, said on Friday that several residents got together for a meeting last week and agreed to seek the meeting with representa- tives from Central Seven this week. "There is concern among people who live in the area," said Mr. Fitchett. "We have a lot of pointed and blunt questions' about this proposal, and we want to find out all the facts," he added. Central Seven president Joan Heintzman told the Star that the Association welcomes the opportunity to meet privately with the property owners, and she added that hopefully there will be a further public meeting over this issue. Mr. Fitchett said that some of the concerns of the property owners include the effects on the value of their properties, the safety factor, and whether the location two miles from Port Perry is the right one for a group home. Central Seven has been looking for a suitable location for a group home for the past three months, and several sites in both Scugog and Uxbridge Townships have been ruled out for a variety of reasons. . Three weeks ago, Central Seven learned that the Scugog Island house on a 2.5 acre lot could be available free of charge for up to 12 years, under the terms of the will of the late owner, Mrs. Amy Smith. February is Heart Month February is Heart Month in Canada, and in Scugog Township this week, canvassers will be knocking on doors for contributions to help the number one health problmen. Also, on Friday evening and Saturday, Shawn Muir [left] and Andrea Oosterlo and about 20 other students from Port Perry High School will be selling Heart Fund roses in downtown Port Perry. SRT TRON "3 HY PSLRA, Because an amendment to the Township zoning by-law would be required, representatives of Central Seven made their initial proposal to Scugog council three weeks ago. While council endorsed the proposal in principle, there were strong concerns voiced at the meeting by property owners who live in the area. The fact that Scugog Council unanimously passed that resolution of support at the meeting three weeks ago, has been criticized by Mr. Fitchett, who wrote council a letter on January 31, asking that the resolution be with- drawn. '"'until all residents have had an opportunity to study it (the proposal) and provide informed input." Mr. Fitchett told the Star he was critical of that decision of council because "it pre-judges the matter before all the arguments have been put forth." Although the Gerrow's Beach residents an tral Seven have agreed (Turn to page 7) Queen Street tenders Tenders for the recon- struction of Queen Street in Port Perry from Water to Lilla Street could be adver- tised as early as the end of this week. And Scugog council is ex- pected to award the contract for the extensive construct- ion project at its next regular meeting on March 10. If all goes according to schedule, actual work on the street could begin in the first week in April. and if there are no snags during con- struction, the project could be complete by the end of July. A second and final coat of asphalt will be put down in the summer of 1981 In addition to the complete rebuilding of the road itself. there will be new curbs, widened sidewalks. and Durham Region will be re- placing water mains. some of which are 50 years old [tis estimated that the cost of this project will be in the neighbourhood of $200,000 3 Fae i v 2 : ' b TN a