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Vol.114 No.41 " Wednesday, September 3,1980 28 Pages OMB rejects postponement bid Library hearing opens Round two of the battle over the lakefront site for a proposed library got under- way Tuesday in front of the Ontario Municipal Board 2 / . dy ERs co OF > iy 4 Soars 3 . gL +x o G7 x SAY ? 4 " wry LINE with a surprise request from the objectors that the hear- ing be postponed until after the November 10 municipal elections. Sa Judy Colley [right] of R.R. 5 Sunderland was crowned Ontario County Dairy Princess 1980-81 at the Port Perry Fair on Monday. With Judy is 1979-80 Princess Diane Jebson. Cruiser strikes train Const. Tom Hart, of 26 Division Durham Regional Police, escaped injury Fri- day at noon when the cruiser he was driving struck an eastbound CN train on For the first time ever, there was a Baby Show at the Port Perry Fair, and it proved to be a most popular event with 44 "youngsters" Regional Road 23 north of Highway 47. A police spokesman said the cruiser was wrecked in the mishap. An internal police investigation is being conducted, he said. The request came at the outset of the hearing Tues- day morning at Port Perry's Latcham Centre, and was made by Joel Aldred, a well known Scugog resident who is acting as official spokes- man for the library site objectors. Calling the issue 'highly political and contentious," Mr. Aldred asked the two- man OMB panel for the postponement until after the election "to give the new "council a chance to assess the issue" of the proposed site. The request came as a surprise to most of those attending the hearing, inclu- ding Township lawyer Michael Fowler and Library Board lawyer Robert Suther- land, who have lined up more than a dozen witnesses to give evidence at the hearing which may run into Thurs- day of this week. The request for the post- ponement was denied, how- ever, by Peter Wilkes, chairman of the OMB panel hearing the matter. Mr. Wilkes said the OMB is not concerned about the date of an election, and that the Board's decision would be made strictly on land use planning. In making the request for postponement, Mr. Aldred told the Board that one of the reasons was that former MPP Dr. Matthew Dymond could not be present at this (Turn to page 10) Fire truck purchase will likely be delayed Scugog Township council will probably delay purchase of a new pumper-tanker. truck for the Fire depart- ment until after approval to borrow part of the funds is received from the Ontario Municipal Board later this fall. At a recent council meet- ing, .Unit One Fire Chief, Jack Cook said that a price in the $67,000 range for the 1400 gallon capacity truck would likely be subject to increase unless an order for it was placed in the very near future. Council earlier this year agreed that the Township Fire department needs the new truck and ear-marked $40,000 from the current development fee account, and a similar amount from next year's budget. But finance committee chairman Reg Rose said at the council meeting last week that taking the addit- ional $27,000 from current accounts this year would leave the Township's work- ing capital reserves at a dangerously low level -that could lead to short-term borrowing at bank interest rates. Council voted to have the finance committee look into ways of coming up with the needed $27,000 for the full price at this time. Councillor Rose said after the meeting, that the finance (Turntopage5) Constable Steve Mowatt of Port Perry is one of eighteen members of the OPP Golden Helmets precision motorcycle riding team. The Golden Helmets particpate in fall fairs throughout the province during the next few months and will pass through Port Perry on their way to Peterborough on October 3. See story on page 8. Scugog building slump continues The horrendous 1980 construction slump in Scugog Township continued during the month of July, according to figures released by the municipality last week. The total value of building permits issued during July in the Township amounted to $264,470, a staggering decrease from the $718,000 worth of building permits issued during the same month last year. And _the July, 1980 total falls far short of the $951,000 worth of construction carr- ied on the previous month of June. The July totals continue a trend in 1980 in which the value of construction in the Township has been less for each month except January over the corresponding month last year. Possibly one of the most alarming aspects of the July figures is the fact that just three permits were issued for new single family homes. This lack of new house squealing and gurgling for the judges. See page 6 for pictures of the judges' choice. construction is a real prob- lem for the municipality, for not only does it mean that overall assessment levels are stagnant, but the Town- ship is not generating reven- ues from lot levies. The construction slump is having a telling effect on retail business in the Town- ship as well. Bob Walton, manager of Peterborough Lumber, and Ted Griffen, owner of Lake Scugog Lum- ber, both told the Star that sales are down this year over last year. "It is very tough this year. There is a considerable difference between this year and last year," said Mr. Walton. Mr. Griffen said the same thing, stating that overall sales could be off as much as 15 per cent so far this year. Both- Mr. Walton and Mr. Griffen said that while the lack of new house construct- ion has hurt sales, the "do-it- yourself" business for small- er home improvements has been good this summer. --And they both expressed optimism that larger con- struction jobs may start to pick up again this fall. "Things can't stay shut down completely forever," said Mr. Griffen. "It's just a (Turn to page 6) - Man killed A Scugog Township man, Eric Roy Knowlton, 28, of R.R. 2 Port Perry was instantly killed late Friday night when the car he was driving left Thickson Road near the CN bridge and rolled over into the ditch. Durham Region Police said a passenger , Arthur Legere, 19, of 164 Albert St., Oshawa escaped with only minor injuries in the single- car mishap. A police spokesman said the car, a 1970 Acadian, was wrecked.