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This year's Miss Brooklin Spring Fair is Beth Jacobsen of Ashburn, a 19-year old grade 13 stu- dent at Henry Street High School. Her princesses are Stephanie Butt of Port Perry, left, Vol. 120 No. 28 4 Tuesday, June 10, 1986 " who placed second, and Tiffany Barton of Whit- by, who placed third. Stephanie is 18 and at- tends Port Perry High School. Tiffany is 17 years old and attends Henry Street High School. Copy 35°¢ 40 Pages Council gives the OK for detailed recreation study An Ottawa based consulting firm has been selected to prepare a detailed study on the recreational needs and facilities in Scugog Township. Sesquaig Incorporated is ex- pected to take up to seven months studying recreation in the Township and then compiling a final report. Township council agreed Monday afternoon to hire the small company for the job. Scugog will pay half the $25,000 cost of the study, and the Provincial government will pick up the other half. In giving the contract to the Ot- tawa firm, council agreed with the recommendation of a local commit- tee that has been working for the past several months on the terms of reference for this study and had received several tender bids from companies interested in the contract. Former Township councillor Jack Cottrell, who chaired the committee told council on Monday that Ses- quaig has done a lot of similar work for smaller municipalities like Scugog. He also said that in selec- ting this firm, the committee members felt it would be advan- tageous to have the work done by people who have little or no prior knowledge of the recreation pro- blems facing the Township. The comprehensive study will look at all recreational facilities and programs in Scugog Township, in- cluding an evaluation of the present levels of service offered to the residents of the municipality. Part of the study process will in- clude meetings with every recrea- tional group in Scugog, a Township- wide survey to find out what the general public thinks of recreation needs here, and a series of public meetings to get further in-put. Sesquaid Inc. has completed more than 50 recreation related studies for 30 municipalities, including nine master plans. Part of the final report on Scugog's recreational needs will be a financial analysis of what if would cost to increase the facilities here and whether it is financially feasi- ble for further facilities. Costs could be as high as $2700 Board pulls plug on Port school The Durham Board of Education has pulled the plug on a new school for Port Perry in 1987, despite pro- tests of Scugog trustee: Debbie Tredway and Joyce Kelly. Trustees voted 17-3 in an in- - camera session Monday evening to request the Ministry of ation to transfer the $2.1 million ear-marked for a new Port Perry elementary school next year to a school in Pickering. Scugog trustees Debbie Tredway and Joyce Kelly, along with a trustee from Ajax were the only ones on the Board to vote against the recommendation. oo While expressing a lot of disap- pointment over the move to re- allocate the funds, Mrs. Tredway told the Star after the meeting that a new school for Port Perry will re- main as the Board's number one priority for 1968. She also said the delay will allow parents groups in the community time to put the pressure on the Board for a larger school than the _one originally planned which had been for ten classrooms with four portables on site. However, she said there is no guarantee that the Ministry of Education will continue to put the money up for two hools a year in Durham Region. The Board had a site selected for a new school at the Port Fairgrounds, but that deal fell through May 14 when members of the Agricultural Society voted not to surrender the lease on the Fairgrounds property. (Turn to page 2) Five charged with murder Five persons have been charged with murder in connection with the August, 1982 death of a 52 year old Ashburn area man. : On June 3, Regional Police charg- ed Frederick Fisher, 32 of Whitby; his sister Elizabeth Ann Fisher, 27 of Oshawa; and Janet Fisher, 26 of Scarborough. Later in the week, two additional persons were charged by Regional - Police with murder. They are Ralph Fisher, '33 of Toronto, husband of Janet Fisher, previously charged; and 36 year old Herbert McCoy of Scarborough. All charges are for second degree murder in connection with the death of William Clark Major of Ashburn Road. He died from injuries suffered the night of August 7, 1982 when he was dragged several hundred feet by a van after trying to stop the theft of tires from the front of his rural property. Police believed that Major had | reached inside the van when it was moving to try to remove the keys from the ignition. The van has been recovered by police. Four years ago, the case attracted Tennis courts need major Poor lighting, low spots and a fence that is starting to lean are just a few of the problems plaguing the tennis courts at the lakefront. Port Perry Tennis Club executive member Bob McCrae told council Monday afternoon there is a very low spot on the south-east side of the courts in which up to three fitches of water lays after a rainfall. Over the past year, the acrylic bage that was painted on the courts a few years ago, has begun to lift and peel because of the water. He suggested to council that this should be repaired soon as it will on- ly get worse if left. "The tennis club cannot afford to do the repairs on their own but we are willing to pay up to half' he told council. Quotes from various companies give costs ranging from $500 to $2,700 to repair the courts depending upon the method used. Mr. McCrae also informed coun- cil that over the past few years the frost has begun to lift the steel fen- cing posts out of the ground and they are now beginning to have problems with the gate. 'It is not an urgent matter, but it will have to be delt with in the near future," he said. Further commenting on the courts, Mr. McCrae said that the present lighting on the courts is poor and nobody is happy with the lights. They have recently been re-directed to add more light on the centre court, but according to informed sources the bulbs may be weaken- ing and giving-off less light than when they were first installed. Mr. McCrae said that there is room on the brackets to add one more light on each of the standards, which would cost about $2,500. Regional Councillor Lawrence Malcolm said he was not sure that council should be putting money in- to the lights until they know what the problem really is. "Maybe just replacing three or four bulbs would correct the lighting problem," he said. Mr. Malcolm did make a motion to give the Tennis Club up to $1,500 towards fixing some of the problems at the court with the club picking up the remainder of the tab. considerable attention as police launched a major publicity cam- . paign to try to track down the van. The five accused made an initial appearance. in Whitby Provincial court last week and were remand- ed without bail. Clark Major repairs Council will also direct the works department to take a look at the fen- cing problem and fix a lock on the Tennis Club's storage area. Youth killed in Island crash Funeral services were held Satur- day in Lindsay for a 16-year old Lit- tle Britain area youth who lost his life in a two-car accident June 4 on Scugog Island. Jeffery Robert Mowat, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mowat, formerly of Scogog Island, died about 10:30 p.m. when the car he was driving collid- ed with a second vehicle driven by Rodney Chandler, 48, of Scugog Island. The accident took place at the in- tersection of Regional Road 7 and Concession 10. According to Durham Regional Police, the Mowat car was eastbound on Con- cession 10 and the Chandler vehicle was southbound on the main Island Road (Regional Road 7). Susan Copp, 19, of Lindsay, a passenger with Mowat, sustained serious injuries and was later transferred to hospital in Lindsay. Mr. Chandler and his wife Ann, also suffered injuries as a result of the accident. Both required hospitalization. Durham Police say there will be no charges laid.