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But only a little Utica speeds to be reduced A Utica area woman says she is ~ not happy with a Durham Region decision to reduce the speed limit through Utica from 80 km/hr to 70 "I would have preferred to see the speed limit reduced to 50 or 60 km/hr," Judy MacSween told the Star this week. Mrs. MacSween, mother of two young children, organized a petition with well over 100 names on it, demanding that the limit be lowered on Durham Road 21 from the pre- sent 80 km/hr. There have been several serious accidens in Utica over the past few months and the problem of speeding vehicles is compounded by the fact . that school buses make stops on the * . busy highway. The Durham Region works com- : mittee recommends that the limit . be reduced to 70 km/hr, and this recommendation goes in front of the full Regional council for approval this week (April 9). : The Region's works committee suggested 70 km/hr despite reports from Durham Police that the limit should be 60. Staff Sgt. Doug Aird and Regional constables say the limit through Utica should be 60 km/hr. Earlier this spring, the Regional Police force stepped up radar en- forcement for three days in Utica and charged 80 motorists with speeds ranging from 94 to 130 km/hr in the 80 km zone. Radar studies showed the average speed of vehicles through Utica was 88 km/hr. While Mrs. MacSween expressed disappointment that Durham Region will not drop the limit to 60 km/hr, she said she could accept 70 km/hr. so long as there is continued (Turn to page 8) - Council pledges money and land " Scugog council has given the Port Perry Fair Board written assurance that land and money will be made available for the development of a new Fair site adjacent to the Scugog Arena. After a meeting Monday after- ~ noon with Fair Board president Jim Jamieson and director Ron Deeth, 'the council unanimously endorsed a resolution from Yvonne Christie and Harvey Graham stating that the Township will provide municipal land adjacent to the arena for a new fair site and also financial assistance with the net proceeds from the sale of land to the Durham Board of Education for a new school . Fair's Board of Directors formally surrendering the lease it now has with the Township for the present - Fairgrounds. The Fair Board directors meet this Wednesday evening (April 9) and Mr. Deeth said he is confident year on Monday, April 1. north end of the lake. ! the first time in 1929. It's no April Fools joke ... the ice left Lake Scugog this Early last Monday morning the ice looked like black slush in front of the government dock at the end of Queen Street, but by late afternoon the sun and wind had ac- complished their jobs, driving the remnants of ice far to the This is only the third time since the Star has been recor- ding the dates that the ice went out, that the ice has left the lake on April 1. The last time this happened was in 1973 and The earliest date the ice has ever left the lake since, ac- cording to the Stars records, was back in 1903 and 1921 when the ice left on March 21, the first day of Spring. The latest date recorded was twenty-years ago in 1965 when the ice didn't release its icy-grip until April 29. first the guarantee that land and money would be available from the Township for development of a new Fairgrounds site near the Scugog Arena The Township has accepted an of- fer of $102,500 from the Durham Board of Education for the seven acres of land in the northwest cor- ner of the present Fairgrounds for a new school. Over the past several weeks, the three-cornered negotiations bet- ween the Township, the School Board and the Fair Board over the sale of the land and the pending move by the Fair to a new site, have stirred a lot of opposition, especial- ly from those who use the race-track at the existing Fairgrounds for their horses. Mr. Deeth said Monday the Fair Board is '"'under a lot of pressure' (Turn to page 8) ess ps Vol. 120 No. 19 Tuesday, April 8, 1986 Copy 35* Can you guess who won? Are these guys happy? You bet they are and why not, they just won the all-Ontario Bantam hockey crown for the second straight season. The Port Perry Goreski Bantams defeated a The Scugog Chamber of Com- merce will seriously consider ask- ing Durham Region to officially declare Port Perry a "tourist area" which would allow most stores to re- main open on Sundays. The thorny issue of whether stores can stay open Sundays was raised at the meeting of Township council Monday afternoon after Tom Mit- chell, owner of Settlement House told the council he was warned by police on April 8 for being open that day. He said Luke's Country Store, also on Queen Street, was warned the same day. Although the issue of Sunday store {| openings is not within the jurisdic- joint tion of Township council, members of council agreed that some kind of request by them the local Chamber of Common re be needed. Most retail stores in Ontario are forbidden under provincial law to open on Sundays. However, the Regional government may declare an area as a bona fide tourist area, which would allow stores to be ex- empt from the Sunday laws. Mr. Mitchell daid he has opened Settlement House on Sundays for the past six years and never receiv- ed a complaint, until last week. He told council that being open Sundays is critical for his business stubborn Tilbury team 4-2 at the Scugog Arena Saturday afternoon to take the series four games to one. (See sports pages for a full story and more photos on the championship game). Ice out April 1 [Chamber may ask that and most customers come from out- side the community. He said Sun- days account for about ten percent of his annual business. - Mr. Mitchell told the counc meeting he is unsure who laid the complaint with Durham Police last Sunday. The Star has learned that the complaint came from the wife of Chamber of Commerce president Peter Hvidsten said later the organization would seriously discuss the issue at a meeting this week, including the possibility of asking Durham Region to declare Port Perry a "tourist area." (Turn to page 3)