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Port Perry Star, 27 May 1981, p. 1

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NTE oll, wn ~ yo - SE AT wl Ne .- DIR a ay Bt TRE - Lh lll a 5 x A oH Se Sa ' Tr Se na) we daly way Vol. 115 No. 26. a . ILL I Sb ERT ¥ SAE SS Be Wednesday, May 27,1981 36 Pages Meeting called over - ~~ N ' 1 = Ni A 3 ¥ % oplar Park Poo : | oid A meeting between the ticklish problem," Ma money on th 7 Bh : 3 yor y on the pool," he said. 3) 14 Township, the Health De- Jerry Taylor told a large He went on to say that an oy partment and a development delegation of citizens at the - agreement between the dev- 3 company has been set up to council meeting Monday elopment company and the 4 try to keep the Poplar Park pool from shutting down this evening. "The Township does not municipality calls for the pool to be turned over to the summer. have the money for the pool municipality in good repair BY $5 Keeping the pool open has renovations, and it may not When the subdivision is dev- 157 been the intention of a cit- be possible legally to give eloped. fio) izens onthi dee Sok med Paramount a $40,000 credit if "Now, it looks like the iii . over the past couple of the compan Ble 8 weeks, and last Monday Fay: spends. ths (Turn to page 8) i os night, committee spokesman 3 ¥ Alex Williamson told council | d bs Ld that Paramount Develop- oun . ary Cc ange 2s ment Company has indicated 5 - verbally the company would LE sarong mney COMES under fire (5 LT eet SRR RSP needed for repairs and ren- | : ; : ovations to the pool if the It's only a line on a map, evening, the boundary line is : y council will allow this money but a Prince Albert citizens one of the group's main ; : No than ks " [| [| [| wa [| k to be deducted from lot &roup is adamently opposed areas of concern in a hamlet Lo : levies when a subdivision is © @ Proposal by Durham plan proposed. for Prince % One and a half year old Crystal MacDonald of Oshawa got a helping hand built some time in the future. Region planners which Albert. BR from her cousins Michelle and Kimberley Finley of Prince Albert on Sunday arameunt ons ie Yeo) a ov Ba te desiope) My ; : diet ; in sou ort Perry, but a =~ f , Ww afternoon as she got the urge fo ride a bicycle. The young ladies were caught by J Zi) WE P08 south from Victoria Street fo unveiled at a public meeting the camera as they were teaching Crystal all she will have to know when she says that major renovations the intersection of Simcoe in Prince Albert two weeks masters her balance and is able to ride alone. Hundreds of people took advantage Say repairs costing close to and Queen, Streets. ago. The citizens committee Sh of 'the terrific weather over the weekend to get out and enjoy the summer-like $40,000 are needed if the pool ~~ Paul Afculus a spokes- held a second meeting to Yo 34 temperatures. is to open this summer. man for the citizens group come up with suggestions | i "We are faced with a told Scugog council Monday (Turn to page 8) fi ii " ® | °o ® o ) : { : ya Township office flunks inspection : . : 0) The Scugog Township are "broken, too steep and ings: R. H. Cornish Public that the atmosphere at the for the group home is that shop for the mentally handi- folie. 'Municipal Building received generally unsafe." School; Central Seven Work- group home is 'pleasant, thereshould be an additional capped on Regional Road 8 tl less than passing gradesina "Generally speaking, the shop, and the Central Seven providing a homey atmos- smoke detector for the lower and Simcoe Street in Port Ph hit report by the Public Institu- exterior of the building is in group home for the mentally phere,"" and that it floor where there are a perry, was found by the MS tions Inspection Panel. rather shabby condition and handicapped on Scugog 'definitely serves a useful. number of hallways and committee to have a '"'very WT The panel, made up of could stand painting. The Island. Yo bedrooms. capable, dedicated staff." Bots seven . Durham Region flower beds areretained by a The committee reports The only recommendation The Central Seven Work- (Turn to page 7) SEIN residents selected . at low wall which is crum- : a Es random, carried out inspec- bling," states the report. a 5 tions on 15 public buildings To help correct the faults Ny i! throughout Durham earlier in the municipal building, & y this month. One of the committee members, Dorothy Forder of Port Perry, said the munici- pal building in Port Perry was: probably in the worst shape of all the buildings inspected. In addition to pointing out that the exterior of the build- ing badly needs painting, the report states that "heat loss is probably excessive," as windows are of the single pane type, and two exterior doors are "badly in need of weather stripping." And the committee also found several exit signs at the building are not illumina- ted, and there are no proper fire extinguishers in the furnace room. The committee reports that a set of wooden steps leading from a rear exit door the committee makes four recommendations: 1. the steps leading from the rear exit be replaced. 2. an identifying sign be fixed to the front of the building; at present there is nothing to tell the public it is . gam a municipal building. 3. a heat loss study be done by an appropriate agency. 4. a check be done by the local fire department or the Ontario Fire Marshall's office to ascertain whether fire fighting facilities are adequate. The report has been for- warded to the Sheriff's Office, Ministry of the Attorney General, Whitby Court House. : During its inspection tour in Scugog, which was held on May 6, the committee also looked at three other build- The Scugog Township municipal. building on Pe Street has been described as "shabby" in a report by the Public Institutions Inspection Panel. The report rry also says there could be a heat loss problem and recommends an inspection to determine if this is so.

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