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40 Pages Vol. 115 No. 28 'Wednesday, June 10, 1981 A serious accident last Thursday afternoon on the Oshawa Road south of Port Perry has left.-a Seagrave "area man in critical condition in Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. William Kuyt was pinned for about an hour = on A two car accident last Thursday afternoon has left - a Scugog Township man in . critical condition with head and other injuries. William Kuyt, 49 of RR 2, Seagrave, was transferred by emergency helicopter from Oshawa Genera' to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto where he underwent surgery. His condition Monday in the wreckage of the top car before ambulance attendents and" 'Scugog Firefighters could free him. The occupants of the other car were not seriously injured. Little hope for Poplar Pool t There is virtually no chance the Poplar Park Swimming Pool in Port Perry will. open this summer. - That was the. conclusion reached at a special meeting of Scugog council June 3rd with Ted Phelps, an executive with Paramount' Development, the company which owns the pool and surrounding lands. : The meeting with Mr. Phelps had been called by council two weeks ago in 'response a citizen committee's ens to find some way to keep the pool open this summer. The provincial Health Ministry and the Durham Health Unit have indicated that extensive renovations to Council orders fresh paint for Scugog mun icipal offices ~The Scugog Township office building on Perry Street will get a fresh coat of paint this summer. Tenders for painting the exterior have been adver- tised, and council is expected to award a contract in the very near future. Mayor Jerry Taylor told council meeting last week he would like to see the building painted a cream or light yellow colour with dark brown trim. Also, council had decided to seal off a crash door at the 1 east corner of the building. The wooden steps leading from this door appear to be unsafe, and were noted in a recent report by the Public Institutions Inspection Panel, which gave the municipal building less than a passing grade last month. The Panel, appointed by the. Sherrif's office in Whitby, toured several public buildings throughout Durham and made recom- mendations for improving physical and structural appedrance. In response to one of the recommendations, council agreed Monday that an identifying sign will be put up outside the municipal building, and as well, the local fire department will be asked to study the building to see if fire-fighting facilities are adequate. While council agreed to carry out the painting and other ° "recommendations, members declined to have a heat loss study carried out. The report by the Inspec- tion Panel says there may be heat loss from the building due to poor. sealing around windows and doors. Electric heaters have to be used in parts of the building during the winter months. the pool change-rooms -and up-grading of certain pool equipment is necessary before the pool can open to the public. Itis estimated that the cost of meeting- the Health Unit requirements could be in excess of $40,000. Scugog council has made it clear it is not prepared to spend that kind of money to up-grade a facility now: . privately owned by Para-. mount and some council members have expressed strong reservations about Paramount spending the money in return for a credit against future subdivision development fees and requirements. Mr. Phelps told the meeting last Wednesday that the work necessary for the pool and facilities is so extensive that even if it got underway now, there is no chance it could be completed in time for this season. And Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor said Durham Health Unit director, Dr. Jean Gray told him there is "no way" the Unit will relax some of morning was listed as critical from major 'head injuries. The accident: took place about 2:00 PM Thursday on the Oshawa Road, three miles south of Port Perry. According to Durham Police, the Kuyt vehicle and a second car driven by 20 year old John E. Coleman of RR2, Port Perry, were both 'southbound when the acci- dent occurred. The two cars apparently left the road at the same time, went through the ditch and smashed against a large tree on the east side of the . highway. Mr. Coleman was not seriously injured. Coleman, 18, a passenger in Chris 'Scugog man critical after two car crash the car was released from Port Perry Hospital after treatment for head and face cuts, and a second passenger Joanne VanDyk, 20, suffered a broken shoulder and re- mains in hospital. Mr. Kuyt was alone in his car, a 1980 Pontiac Phoenix. The impact of the car strik- ing the tree lifted it into the air, and the Coleman car, a Pontiac Firebird, slid under- neath the back wheels: Ambulance attendants and Scugog firefighters worked for close to an hour with the "Jaws of Life' to free Mr. Kuyt who was pinned in the front seat. The accident is still under investigation by Durham Region Police. Phone campaign for new public library An intensive phone campaign in Scugog Town- ship to raise money for construction of the new public library has been very successful, according to our organizers. About 15 volunteer canvassers worked the phones for six evenings recently, calling every name _in the Port Perry and Black- "stock directories. Co-ordinator Marg Wilbur told the Star last week the response has been excellent. Mrs. Wilbur said that although totals have not yet been finalized, the number of people who said they will contribute to the fund should reach 1000, or about 25 per cent of the total households in the Township. Mrs. Wilbur said that with donations averaging $10 each, the phone blitz will raise about $10,000 for the library building fund. hits nearly $10,000 "We are very pleased with the response and the results. The $10,000 is well above our expectations," she said. - Also gratifying for the canvassers was the fact that only a small number of those phoned turned down the request for money because they object to the location of the new building. That location on Water Street was the centre of- heated controversy last year in the community which led to two Ontario Municipal Board hearings. While the OMB gave its approval to the location,it took a 4-3 vote by Scugog council earlier this year to confirm the building of the new library on the Water Street site. The original cost of con- struction had been estimated at $315,000, with one-third coming from Wintario, one (Turn to page 2) IS summer the requirements which would allow the pool to open this summer. "The Health Unit doesn't even want to discuss easing . up on the requirements for this year,"" said Mayor Taylor. Council decided at the meeting to send a letter to . the Health Unit nevertheless asking for some relief from the requirements. Despite the fact it seems unlikely Port Perry and Prince Albert children will be splashing in the popular swimming spot this summer, there is hope the necessary work will be done in time for next year. Mr. Phelps told council Paramount is now in the process of re-activating a subdivision plan for lands it owns around the pool and park area. If a subdivision agreement is worked out with the council for the adjoining lands, Paramount will turn the pool and park area over to the municipality as part of the parkland dedication. Negotiations between the municipality and Paramount should read some kind of an agreement on who will pay for the up-grading of the pool and facilities. facilities. : Mr. Phelps told the meeting his company will undertake a study this year to determine precisely what the cost of the work will be. When it was first learned four weeks ago the pool may not open this summer, a citizens group was formed to try to come up with a solution to the problem. Several members of the committee were at the meeting last week, and when it became obvious the pool will not open this summer, they asked for assurances steps would be taken to keep youngsters out of the -pool and pond for safely reasons. Mr. Phelps said his company would take "reasonable measures' is safe. Mr. Phelps. told the meeting his company spent about $10,000 to up-grade pool filter equipment prior to (Turn to page 2) to insure the area NER z " AL AT Tr Ae) ' RRA SRA, Aa A & NS NL