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"Who's On First?" Peter Stewart hammed it up and cooked some back bacon atop some Molson Canadian as he yukked his way through a Bob and Doug MacKenzie version of 'Who's On First?" It was all part of "Floored at the Town Hall 1873," a cabaret put on Saturday night to raise funds for a new floor for the hall. See inside for more Best Friends Pony rides and pony hugs were the order of the day at the Rotary Club Flea Market held Friday and Saturday at Conway Place in Port Perry. Above, Bobbi-Jo McColl gets close to her equine friend. Council turns down Sunday opening bid Scugog Township has refused to support a bid by the local Chamber of Commerce to allow any store in Port Perry to remain open on Sundays. The council voted unanimously Monday afternoon not to support the request, and Scugog Chamber of Commerce president Peter Hvidsten said the organization will not pursue any further plans for Sunday store openings. (Ward 2 councillor Howard Hall, who operates a business in downtown Port Perry, did not vote on this issue.) Making his second appearance in six weeks in front of council over this issue, Mr. Hvidsten told coun- cillors that the Chamber of Com- merce directors confirmed their Vol. 120 No. 27 original decision to have Port Perry declared a tourist area, which in turn would allow all stores to remain open on Sundays and statutory holidays. "The Chamber of Commerce is not trying to force any store owner to stay open Sundays, we just want to make it legal for those who want to be open," Mr. Hvidsten told council. He pointed out that the Township council is spending money to attract visitors and tourists to Port Perry (the construction of a new municipally owned marina) and said declaring the area a tourist area to permit Sunday store open- ings is virtually the same thing. The Township council does not have the final say in declaring a Tuesday, June 3, 1986 tourist area, that is a function of Durham Region council. However, the Chamber of Commerce direc- tors felt any arguments in front of the Regional council would carry more weight if the local council was strongly in favour of it as well. There are several stores that re- main open in Port Perry on Sunday afternoons at the present time. Most of them (garages, restaurants and others) are permitted to do so because of their size and the kind of product or service they offer to the public. However, in early April, the Durham Region Police, acting on a citizen complaint, warned the owners of Settlement House on Queen Street that staying open Sun- (Turn to page 6) Copy 35° 40 Pages No cheap or easy cure for Lake Scugog weed problem After studying the problem for nearly two years, the Lake Scugog Task Force has concluded that there is no easy or cheap cure for the weed problems in Lake Scugog. But in a 26-page draft report, the Task Force has proposed several ideas for managing the weed pro- blem in Scugog and to prevent the overall quality of the lake from deteriorating further. The draft report was tabled at Monday's meeting of Township council, and Mayor Jerry Taylor, who chaired the Task Force, said the report has value for several reasons. "If ever federal or provincial funds become available for work in the lake, it would be essential first to have a thorough study prepared," he stated. The Mayor also noted that because of the work done by the Task Force over the past 18 months, Parks Canada agreed to increase the number of markers in the navigational channel, has increas- ed weed spraying for that channel, and many private land owners around the lake, including marinas are having smaller parts of the lake sprayed to get rid of the milfoil. Regional councillor Lawrence Malcolm also said the report has value in that it 'gets rid of some of the pie-in-the-sky dreams that some people may have had on how to get rid of the weeds." He also said that spring water levels have been maintained this year through control of the dam at Lindsay. The Task Force draft report came up with 11 recommendations in- cluding the formation of a new organization to carry out the management plan devised by the Task Force. Other recommendations include the continued maintenance of weed free navigational channel through spraying. - public launch areas should be sprayed to keep them free of weeds - dredging should be considered around launch sites, docks and (Turn to page 6) Strong opposition to town house proposal A proposal for a six unit apart- ment building in Nestleton ran into some angry opposition at the public meeting in the Township council chambers Monday afternoon. A group of Nestleton residents told councillors they strongly object to the proposal on the grounds that it could have an adverse effect on their existing wells. YWe don't mind development of single family homes in the area, provided it is done reasonably, and the wells are protected," said spokesman Colin Kemp, a resident of the hamlet on Highway 7A east of Port Perry. The proposal submitted by Guy Latreille and Steve Snider calls for the six unit building to be con- structed on a four acre parcel on the east side of the North Nestleton . Road, just to the north of the main highway. The four acres is part of a 29 acre of Nestleton (with several other owners) that has been ear-marked for residential development of about 30 single family homes. Mr. Latreille told the meeting the four acres he has involved would be - only developed for the six plex. He (Turn to page 24) Rate up 350% The Durham Board of Education has been able to purchase $20 million in liability insurance for the coming year, the same amount as last year. But the Board had to pay through the nose for the same amount of coverage. Figures from the Durham Board show that last year, the cost of liability insurance was $63,000. For the coming year, the cost will be $217,000.