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pt FE TRY ay EN FE Gl FE PRT Lp EU SET SA a Soa 12 EFSF 3 ¥ Contract awarded at $323,985 New library gets the green light Construction of a new Scugog War Memorial Library moved a giant step forward last evening as the Board agreed unanimously to award a contract for the building to Sherwood Construction of Oshawa, Thursday. Board members were more than pleased that the total cost for construction of the new 6700 square foot building will be $323,985, just $9000 more than the original target price which had been set when the project was first discussed more than two years ago. The construction contract now needs final approval from Wintario, which has committed funds for one- third of the cost, and building committee chairman Dr. Jack Cottrell told the Board meeting last week he is cautiously optimistic work will get underway about Sep- tember 1 and no later than September 15. Library Board represent- atives will " meet with Wintario officials August 5 to seek the necessary final approval, and this process could take about three weeks. Dr. Cottrell told the Board that Sherwood's bid for the job was the second lowest of ten submitted, but the Building Committee rejected the lowest bid because it was incomplete. ; There was one bid on the project from a local contrac- tor, but it was considerably higher than the Sherwood bid. ' The cost of the $323,985 construction project breaks down in the following ways: general contractor (Sherwood) $262,885; sub- contracts for painting, carpeting, landscaping, walkways, water and sewer services, and asphalt drive- way total $29,600; architect's Fascinating fossil display Seven year old Lindsay Cawker and her nine year old brother Ryan were just two of many visitors fascinated by the display of fossils in the ROM's Museumobile which paid a visit to Port Perry last Friday. Actually, Lindsay and Ryan are holding a model of a horseshoe crab. Most of the fossils, which were found in Ontario, dated back 400 million years, with some 2 billion years old. Unfortunately, if you missed the display last week, the Museumobile won't be back to Port Perry this summer as it is booked into commun- ities all over the province. Ryan and Lindsay are visiting from Vancouver. © fees including one-site inspection are $25,000; and there is $6500 ear-marked for - unforseen contingencies. Library Board chairman Chuck Preston said after the meeting that the decision to award a contract for con- struction of the building was an 'historic moment' for the Library Board, after a long and sometimes bitter two years of work and planning. The Water Street site for the new library building was the centre of a protracted controversy in the commun- ity resulting in two hearings in front of the Ontario Muni- cipal Board and a final 4-3 vote by Scugog council last December to allow construc- tion on the site. At the Board meeting last week, finance committee chairman Nelson Patterson said the public fund-raising drive is close to target, but about $8000 more is needed. With Wintario matching each dollar raised from the public drive, the cost of (Turn to page 2) Al Lawrence blasts move to shut VIA Durham-Northumberland MP Allan Lawrence blasted the decision Monday to shut down the VIA Rail service from Havelock to Toronto, which is used by many .commuters living in the Port Perry area. Ironically, the government announcement on Monday comes as a petition is circulating among Port Perry area commuters to urge that the service be maintained. Federal Transportation minister Jean-Luc Pepin announced that the service would cease some time this fall, but the exact date was not released. In a statement issued from his office in Ottawa, 'Mr. Lawrence called the announcement a "betrayal of public trust." Along with other MP's, municipal officials and patrons of the service, Mr. Lawrence said he has requested a meeting with the transport minister to urge that the decision be re- considered, or at least post- poned until after full public hearings on the issue can be held. "I condemn this decision as strongly as I possibly can," said Mr. Lawrence. "It makes a grim joke of the federal government's highly touted plans for revitalizing passenger train service through the creation of VIA Rail." The Havelock-Toronto (Turnto page 2) . Get me to the dump on time "Get me to the dump on time' may become popular this fall as the landfill site on Regional Road 8 just west of Port Perry will close at noon on Saturdays. Scugog Township council voted July 20th to ask Durham Region to shut the dump at noon on Saturdays, and a spokesman for the 'Regional Works department, which operates the dump, said this will be done. Scugog council asked that the new dump hours go into effect as soon as possible after September 1, so that the public will have at least five weeks advance notice. Members of council fear that without this lengthy notice time, Township residents may show up at the dump Saturday afternoon only to find the gates locked, and some might leave their load of trash beside the road. Durham Region will erect a sign at the dump to tell the public the site will be closing at noon on Saturdays. At present the site remains open all day Saturday. "There is no question that the public should have ample warning, but once residents get used to the idea, there should be no burdens on them," said- Mayor Jerry Taylor when council discussed the idea. The decision to ask Dur- ham to shut the dump on Saturday afternoons was not unanimous however, with area councillor Don Crosier voting against the motion. He stated that '"'a lot of people in Scugog rely on the dump being open Saturday afternoons. There must be some other way of handling the problem of trucks from the South using the dump." That reference to "trucks from the south' -is what prompted the discussion about closing early on Satur- days in the first place. Mayor Taylor raised the issue at .council July 6, stating that because dumps in south Durham close at noon on Saturdays, commer- cial garbage trucks are using the dump in Scugog. - Because the dump is operated by Durham Region, there is no way that trucks from anywhere in Region can be stopped from dumping provided they pay the tonnage fees. However, Mayor Taylor is concerned that the Scugog (Turn to page 2) » ay < A eC Pi NE ER Jr po Ph Sham "is > Aa SO al SESE A ~~ -- -- -~ a a Ro 3 Se ShEaE a R/./ ~~ REISK Com! 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