Lake Scugog Historical Society Historic Digital Newspaper Collection

Port Perry Star, 27 May 1986, p. 1

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Vol. 120 No. 26 Hed Et a el aR Tuesday, May 27, 1986 Copy 35¢ it's not a mask and he's not crazy! It's just celebration on Friday night at Scugog Arena. For David Wilcox making faces and playing the guitar more photos, see inside. like no one else at the Kinsmen Club's Springfest A committee of the Durham Board of Education has approved a resolution to keep looking for a site in Port Perry for construction of a new elementary school. But the resolution passed by the Property and Transportation Com- mittee May 21 does not give a time frame for when the new site should be secured. Scugog trustee Debbie Tredway, a member of the committee, had asked that the resolution specify fin- ding a new site by June 9, but the committee members deleted this reference before giving it approval. A delegation from the R.H. Cor- nish Parents Association attended the committee meeting in Oshawa last week and urged members to continue looking for a school site so that construction on a new school can get underway late this year or early in 1987 with the hopes that the school can be open for September of next year. Art Mathews and Brian Mark told the committee members, the Parents Association wants to co- operate any way it can with the Durham Board to help get the new school built in this community. Both schools in Port Perry and Parents urge School Brd. Prince Albert already have numerous portable classrooms in use and more will be needed if the Township population continues to grow at present rates. The Association also asked the rd to re-consider'its policies on debentures so that more money could be available for a new school that would be larger than the one planned. The Durham Board has received $2.1 million in capital grants from the provincial government for a new school in Port Perry. The money must be spent in 1987, but right now, the Board has not found a site for the school. Plans to locate a new school on seven acres of Township owned land at Port Perry Fairgrounds fell apart May 15 when members of the Port Perry Agricultural Society voted 22 to 17 against giving up the lease for the Fairgrounds property. The Board of Education is new looking at alternative sites for the new school. A member of the Parents Associa- tion delegation who attended last week's committee meeting said the (Turn to page 3) ater 2, . ~ Na Lae, Beaulah Buchwald and her puppet 'Rusty" were a big hit with the children at Seagrave United Church Sunday morning as they put on a delightful performance as part of the Sunday School Anniversary Service. Mrs. Buchwald has Port doctors for Physicians in Port Perry will join 40 Pages their colleagues across Ontario later this week by withdrawing all but emergency medical services in pro- test against the ban on extra billing proposed by the Provincial government. A spokesman for the ten doctors who work at the Medical Centre on Paxton Street told the Star Monday afternoon that routine office visits will be cancelled this Thursday and Friday (May 29 and 30). All patients who have office appointments for those two days will be notified of the cancellations. Emergency services at Port Perry Hospital will continue those two days from a doctor on call. Other doctors will be available for = § to book off wo days emergency back-up services if required. '"Anyone needing emergency care will get it at the hospital," said the spokesman. : Last week, the Ontario Medical Association asked the 17,000 member physicians across Ontario to withdraw routine services this Thursday and Friday in protest over Bill 94, the proposed legislation that would ban "extra billing' and im- pose fines of up to $10,000 for doctors who continue to extra bill patients above the OHIP rate. Negotiations between the provin- cial government and the OMA have apparently reached an impasse as the Liberal Health Minister an- (Turn to page 7) Buildings hit with vandalism Port Perry buildings were defac- ed last Wednesday night May 21, in a senseless spree of vandalism that left ugly expressions scrawled for public viewing. David's Hairstyling on Queen Street and the Liquor Control Board of Ontario on Perry Street were vic- tims in the incident that sparked anger and shaking heads. "Die Now" accompanied with a swastika was sprayed in black paint across the west side of the building 'owned by David Menzies, proprietor of David's Hairstyling. The work "flake" was also written across the front window of his shop.. " pf J 7 So / 4 r / J [I 4 been working with puppets for several years and _ Mr. Menzies believes the damage was caused sometime after 11 p.m. Wednesday night and before he opened his shop in the morning. "Don't drink and drive' followed by a vulgar expression, was printed in large letters across the west side of the L..C.B.O. as well, in the same black spraypaint. Police suspect both buildings were damaged by the same culprits. L.C.B.O. officials were already making plans to remove the grafit- ti by Thursday morning, but ex- pected the clean-up costs to be considerable. (Turn to page 3) enjoys performing for the kids at church or Sun- day School functions. She is a member of the Oshawa Calvary Baptist Church. The three youngsters in this photo are Joanne Shepherd (left) Amy Bruce and Iris Gilson. a a -- A

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