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Craig' Ss the first in '87 Talk about a Happy New Year! Susan and Robert Perhinski of Nestleton, rang in the first day of 1987 with the birth of their ~ first child, a bouncing baby boy named Craig Michael. Little Craig, "who was supposed to arrive at the end of January, decided instead "to secure the honour of being the! first baby born in 1987 at Port Perry's Community Memorial Hospital. Just a wee tyke, Craig weighed in at 5 pounds, 10% ounces. Congratulations and Happy New Year! «If Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor had one single wish for the New Year, it would be a successful end to the on- going school site-fairgrounds issue. In a year-end interview with the Star last week on a wide range of , local and regional topics, the Mayor said the school site issue was the "most difficult one" that council wrestled with in 1986. "It took a lot of council's time and the time of/ myself and councillors individually, but we (council) felt it was in the best, interest of all the MAYOR JERRY TAYLOR 'School site issue most 'dominant in '86: Mayor people of the Township to put the (new elementary) school at the fairgrounds,' he said. ~The Durham Board of Education' has served notice that it plans to go ahead and expropriate the seven acre site for. the new school, a move that Mayor Taylor hopes can be averted. "Expropriation is just not in the best interest of any of the parties (the council, the Fair Board and the Board of Education) involved," he . said. Mayor Taylor said he hopes some "headway can be made this Wednes-. day night (January 7) when the Fair Board nieets *'to discuss and vate on possible alternatives to expropria- tion." The Mayor has been invited | by the Fair Board to attend that 5 'meeting. DEVELOPMENT Sewgon is coming off a record building year and there are numerous other development pro- - posals in various stages currently in front of the council. The council's overall position in the past has be@n to encourage new growth and development * 'at a steady level' in the areas designated by the Official Plan and the Hamlet Plans throughout Scugog. But he said that with increased Vol. 121 No. 6. Tuesday, January 6, 1987 Copy 35 Scugog Township enjoyed its best construction year ever if'1986 with the value of all building permits top- ping $20 million. , A report prepared by Township staff last week shows the total value of all permits issued here in 1986 at $20,465,000 nearly 40 per cent higher than the $12.6 million in permits the previous year. ~ The most dramatic single in- crease was in the number of permits' for new homes which hit 189 in 1986, compared with 124 in 1985. And it is apparent. that people are building larger, more expensive homes as the value of the 189 permits was $16.4 million, nearly double the $8.8 million worth of new house con- struction the previous year. The industrial and commercial sector also showed a marked in- crease in 1986 with $1.6 million worth of construction, compared to - . $398,000 the previous year. The value of permits for additions and alterations climbed from "$847,000 in 1985 to just over $1 million in 1986, and the number of permits for garages and swimming pools in 1986 nearly doubled to $635,000 in 1986 from $337,000 the previous 'yedr. growth come problems, and one such problem area the council is looking at involves the traffic icon- gestion on Highway 7A east of Water Street to the causeway. The population growth in the. Township is also putting pressure on recreation facilities (arenas, 'baseball diamonds etc.) angl last year, the douncil hired a consulting _firm to prepare a detailed study on the Township's recreation needs. That study is expected to be finished in the near future and the Mayor said it will give the council a clear picture of what is needed and - what the people want in terms of recreational facilities. "Personally, one thing I think we need is a large banquet facility with seating for 400 people," he said. A second ice surface at the Scugog - Arena is also needed, but that may have to wait for some time in the future. 'Finding the money for these and other new facilities is the major stumbling block. Mayor Taylor noted that if the school site issue is resolved, the Township could be in a position to sell the remainder of the Fajrgrounds for housing which would generate funds for other municipal projects. (Turn to page 2) ya / One sector that showed a decrease last year was in agricyltural per- mits which dropped from $687,000 to $561,000 possibly a reflection of the "uncertainties many farmers face in prices for their crops. It's not surprising that Scugog ex- perienced a record year in 1985, especially in new home construction Scugog records best. ever construction boom in '86 as- most other municipalities -in Durham Region also had un precedented years. . The economy of the Region con- tinues to be strong, led in part by the massive expansions at General Motors in Oshawa and the on-going Darlington nuclear project on Lake Ontario near Bowmanville. Morrison speaks at Chamber of Commerce On the heels of a very successful year, over a dozen business people have let their names stand to become a director of the Scugog Chamber of Commerce. With only eight directors spots to be filled, the elections will be a very Brian Mulroney and President Ronald Reagan; the Philippines elections and the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. Tickets are in short SIopTy SO any interesting part of the Chamber's - = SE Annual Meeting which is being held - next Tuesday, January 13, at the Latcham Centre in Port Perry. " The meeting will commence at 6:00 p.m. with a cocktail hour and dinner will get underway at 7:00 p.m. sharp. Guest speaker for the evening will be Eric Morrison, producer of the CTV National News. Mr. Morrison, who has a solid background in jour- _ nalism is said to have many in- teresting stories to tell about his years as a reporter and producer of television news stories from around the world. Along with the general business of the evening, those attending will be able to enjoy Mr. Morrison's ad- "dress. Inaddition to being producer for the CTV News and Canada AM, he has helped cover the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger; the U.S. raid on Libya; the summit meetings between Prime Minister ERIC MORRISON BD member wishing to attend should purchase their tickets immediately from Rent and Save, Taylor' S ol Star. Regional Police nab two suspects Following a foot chase, two suspects were apprehended and charged after a break-in at a home near Greenbank. Twelve minutes after 8 p.m. last Friday night (January 27, Durham Regional Police were spmmoned to a residence at Lot 9, Concession 13, "by a sdent alarm © On arrival at the scene, police im- mediately discovered a Plymouth Horizon in the driveway, stolen from somewhere in the Peterborough area. With their guard up, policemen searched the area and immediate- ly lauriched a fast and furious foot chase. Constable John Van Seter took off through the fields, chasing ru one suspect onto the road where he ~ was apprehended by other officers. Together, the team of Sgt. Ken Hudson, and PC's Van Seters, Dan * Mitchell, Barry McClure and Sam ~Fox-reunded.up the suspects... "Arrested and charged with break and entering, and possession of stolen property is Benjamin Kloosterman, 21, and Murrary Bain, 23, both residents of a halfway house in Peterborough. . Police récovered more than $1,000 worth of merchandise in the stolen car, removed from the Greenbank house, including a TV, VCR, microwave and hunting rifles. Both suspects were held unti' a . bail hearing Mondas JERGATY 36 Pages redress, smn ane nt