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A a] 10 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, December 30, 1986 (From page 7) the Port Perry Fair Board in an effort to secure the Fairgrounds as the site for a new public school. People living in the northern part of Port Perry are adament- ly to any commercial development as part of a residential development on the former Brooks Farm property. The Greenbank Gamblers are the 1986 Ontario Intermediate C fastball champions. The Gamblers won the title Sunday afternoon with a 4-0 victory over Garden River. Port Perry's downtown has been given a facelift to make it resemble the little town of Rockport, Indianna circa 1957. Filming of "The Arm" staring Matt Dillon will begin this week. Veterans of the Korean War re-dedicated the Piatiatoc Cenotaph to those wi died in the hour A residential home for five autistic teenagers has been pro- posed at a public meeting into the rezoning of a rural piece of property. The property in ques- tion (known as the Bolahood Farm) has 116 acres and a large farm house. . Movie star "Matt Dillon," camera crews, directors, pro- ducers and extras moved into downtown Port Perry this week for the filming of 'The Arm." The street was lined with curious on-lookers as the film was shot live in front of Stan- dard Trust. A mock disaster took place at Community Memorial Hospital in Port Perry. Just before 3:00 p.m. the hallways of the mater- nity ward filled with smoke, pa- tients started to scream, and the fire alarm clanged. This was all part of an on-going training pro- gram for staff. OCTOBER 1986 Kelly Goreski is back home again after winning a bronze medal in the toughest dirt bike race in the world, the Interna- tional Six-Day Enduro held in Burgamo, Italy. More than 400 dirt bike racers from around the world competed. An Ontario Supreme Court Judge has quashed two Scugog Township by-laws relating to a proposed development of 22 single family homes at Stephen- son's Point on Scugog Island. Two former residents of Port Perry died last week in what Durham Police describe as a 'murder-suicide' at the office of Mara Limestone on Conces- sion two, southwest of Port Perry. A group of twenty-four Japanese educators spent two weeks in North America to tour schools. They spent a few days in Durham Region, including Port Perry High School and R.H. Cornish Public School. The Blackstock, Nestleton, Caesarea area is the latest area to be hit by a rabies scare. Dr. John Churchill says there have been seven confirmed cases of rabies found in the area recently. Anyone drinking water from a spring at Portview Beach on Scugog Island may be "'taking a gamble' according to the Durham Health Unit. Tests on the water show the fecal counts are much too high and are a cause for concern. A new fire truck has been delivered to the Caesarea Fire Hall. The modern, up-to-date fire truck was purchased by the township at a cost of $112,000. The owners of two local homes were honoured when the Oshawa and District Real Estate Board chose them as 136 Water St., Port Perry - 985-9009 winners in their annual Pride of Ownership contest. Daniel and Angela McPhee: and Peter and Nancy Hvidsten received awards for their homes. A Task Force looking into the problem incurred in Lake Scugog over the past few years has released a report containing 16 recommendations which they hope will alleviate, if not eliminate concern for the growth of weeds in the lake. After 12 years of service to the Canadian Cancer Society, Ralph Wilbur has retired. He was honoured for his dedicated service by the local Cancer Society at a surprise dinner at Emiel's Place last Wednesday evening. Two Scugog Township men have been acquitted in the tragic death of a 10 year old boy who died from injuries when a tractor rolled over at a farm near Uxbridge last year. Blane Paton and Shawn Pearsell were found not guilty of criminal ence. More than 500 people attend- ed the offical opening of the new Cathelic School in Port Perry on Sunday afternoon. NOVEMBER 1986 Halloween was generally quiet around Scugog Township, but pranksters did manage to slash tires of three cars parked in driveways in Port Perry, and also the tires of a cruiser and the paddy-wagon in front of the Police office on Water Street.. Scugog Council is ready to negotiate a cash buy-out'of the lease on the Port Perry Fairgrounds, and the council wants to discuss the new pro- posal with the Fair Board at a special meeting this Saturday morning. Thieves continue to be busy in the Township, last week making off with close to $15,000 worth of stolen property. After 28 years in business, Eleanor Wood retired from her flowers business last week. She says she has no real plans for her retirement other than to relax, tend to her garden and visit her children, grand- children and great- grandchildren. A massive commercial- residential development, with plans for a 50,000 square foot enclosed shopping mall have been proposed to council. The development being proposed by Hans Moehring, a Toronto businessman is planned for a piece of property on the north side of 7A highway where Bayshore Take-out and Conway Place now stand. The Scugog Choral Society is packing the house at Town Hall 1873 with its latest production of 'My Fair Lady." It's the 10th an- niversary of this popular group. Port Perry High School held their annual Commencement Exercises in the school's auditorium last week. Valedic- torian for the event was Laura Trembly. Scugog Township council is prepared to offer the Port Perry Fair Board $300,000 in financial assistance to move the Fair to a new site near the Scugog Arena, plus pick up the cost of preparing the new site for the 1986--The year's best and worst annual Fair. Gerri MacDonald, a recent graduate of Port Perry High School, has been presented with the Young Woman of Distinc- tion Award for Durham Region. Scugog Township is consider- ing a numbering system for homes and properties in rural areas for as early as next Spring. The system is designed to prevent confusion in giving directions to police, fire and am- bulances responding to emergencies in rural areas. 'More than 100 animals were vacinated at a rabies clinic held at the Scugog Animal Hospital Saturday afternoon. The Royal Bank celebrated 25 years of service to Port Perry and area last Friday. Tom Mullen, Bill English, Joe Draper and Al Pacey were the bank managers present K for the event. DECEMBER 1986 The Port Perry Fair will be staying were it is. By a narrow margin of 22 to 20, Fair Board members rejected a proposal to break the lease for the Fairgrounds. This means the Durham Board of Education is back to square one in the search Ge Hearing Aid (entre of Port Perry Dr. E. Mueller's Office - 24 Water St. S., Plaza, Port Perry, Ontario Los INO for a site for a new school in Port Perry, and means a fur- ther delay in the construction of a new school. Plans to raise the bridge over the Scugog River in Lindsay are moving ahead slowly. ' Ihe Township has been seeking to raise the Rainbow Bridge to allow larger boats to make their way into Lake Scugog. Don Murdock of Port Perry was among 41 Canadians presented with bravery medals _in Ottawa by Governor General Jeanne Sauve, for his part in helping to rescue a 10 year-old girl from a burning home in Whitby. Marg Wilbur has announced her intentions to seek the New Democratic Party nomination for the new provincial riding of Durham East. The Durham Board of Educa- tion is seriously considering ex- propriation as a final resort to get a piece of the Fairgrounds as the site for a new elementary school i in Port Perry. Reaction among business people has been generally favourable to the Supreme Court ruling upholding 'Sunday eslngs. Dennis J. Hogan ann Hearing Aid Consultant 985-3003 985-9192 UXBRIDGE MEMORIAL COMPANY MEMORIALS OF DISTINCTION GRANITE - MARBLE BRONZE Cemetery Lettering & Renovations Custom Designing FOR PERSONAL SERVICE VISIT OUR SHOWROOM & Lettering local Quality & Satisfaction Assured by our own Written Guarantee. 852-3472 - 108 Brock Street West HOME APPOINTMENTS & TRANSPORTATION BY REQUEST 38 YEARS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. GREYSTONE EQUESTRIAN CENTRE NIKI'S GOURMET SERVICE Port Perry Lawn Bowling Club Dinner of the Month DECEMBER WINNER Jan Gerrow RR. 3, PORT PERRY VALU-MART