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# "NEW LIBRARY SITE HITS A SNAG In the face of an Ontario Board decision handed down June 11 which did not approve a zoning / / & OMB Decision Unclear By a recorded wgte of 5-2, Scugog council has decided to push ahead for a new library site on Water Street. Municipal Pure Venom Frankie Venom, that is with Teenage Head which played at Club Annrene Sunday night. Durham Police were out in force for the concert, but the crowd was well behaved. [Details, more pictures on page 10.] Statistics 'released last week at the annual meeting of the Community Memorial Hospital in Port Perry show that routine hospital activity has levelled out, and in some areas declined over the previous year. For example, the number of admission (adults and children) stood at 1733 last year, down from 1905 the previous year. The number of births at the hospital, 158, was just one less than in 1978. However, the average length of stay in the hospital for children and adults (including chronic care patients) increased slightly to 7.17 days, up from 6.53 days the previous year. During last year, there were 566 major and minor operations performed at the hospital, again a decrease over the previous year when there were 627 procedures. And in the emergency department, there were 9018 visits in 1979, down from the 9386 visits the previous year. Despite the statistical decline in some activity areas, the report shows that the hospital operated at 74.63 per cent occupancy rate last by-law for the proposed new library site, council at a special Monday evening meeting decided on a double- barrelled course of action. It will ask the OMB to review the decision handed down last week in the hopes, of getting a new hearing in front of the Board; and at the same time, the Township will proceed to draw up a new re-zoning by-law for the Water Street site including such things as a library building site plan, details on how the proposed library would be financed, and architectural drawings of the new building. Vol. 114 No. 30 While five members of council spoke strongly in favour of this course of action, Ward 1 councillor Don Crosier and Ward 4 councillor John Wolters voted against it. In fact, earlier in the meet- ing, councillors Crosier and Wolters tried unsuccessfully to have a resolution passed calling for the Township to drop completely the OMB Library objectors pleased, not sure what OMB decision means Mrs. Myrtle Prentice of Port Perry, one of the two main objectors to the pro- posed library on Water Street says she regrets that the issue has created hard feelings within the commun- ity. "It was never our intention to cause hard feelings," she told the Star last week fol- lowing the release of the Ontario Municipal Board's decision not to approve the zoning change for the pro- posed library on the former Wednesday, June 18, 1980 decision concerning the (Turn to page 5) Lake Scugog Lumber property on Water Street. "'We just believed from the beginning tkat the land should be kept for parkland, and it is not the right place to put a new library or any Turn to page 2 36 Pages Injunction against Group Home rejected by Ont. Supreme Court A temporary injunction against a group home for the mentally retarded on Scugog Island was rejected at an Ontario Supreme Court hear- ing held in Toronto last week. The injunction was sought by a group of Gerrows and Portview Beach property owners opposed to the home which is being operated by the Central Seven Assoc- iation for the Mentally Retarded. In a decision handed down the day of the hearing Assoc- iate Chief Justice Parker ruled that the plaintiffs had not established that the operation of the group home contravenes Scugog Town- ship Zoning by-laws, or that year, up fractionally over the rate the previous year. Hospital administrator Dave Brown told the meeting that the statistics are consis- tent with the growth of the community in general, which levelled out in 1977 after going through a period of rapid expansion during the years 1973-77. Mr. Brown went on to say that during the past year, the hospital had started a prog- ram to provide wider public information about the hospi- tal and health care in general. He cited the four Family it would have an immediate effect on property values or pose any danger to the neigh- bourhood. i The group home for up to eight mentally retarded adults has been the subject of an on-going controversy since last January when the Central Seven Association announced it had been grant- ed use of the property and house rent-free for a period of up to 12 years under terms spelled out in the will of the late owner Mrs. Amy Smith. The property owners living nearby are claiming that the group home contravenes Scugog Township zoning by- law 1175. (Turn to page 2) Hospital Board hold annual meeting . Life Series programs which were well received by the public, programs on better breathing and back care, and an "activation prog- ram" to provide extra mental, physical and social stimulations for certain patients. This program is operated with the help of specially trained adult volunteers. Mr. Brown also mentioned the continued and valuable contributions made by the adult volunteers, Candy Stripers, and the Women's Auxiliary. (Turn to page 6) Hi! You Called? My name is Jess and I'm a Blue Jay supporter. In fact | can catch a ball just about as good as any of the guys on the team, but my talents are being used for another purpose. Turn to page 2 and you can find out what | mean. A c; CAT ¥ x ! 3 6 P p/ Ur, op Teas SEIS {Ion AI ER