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2 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, February 3, 1987 Fair Board wants to go back to bargaining (from page 1) here tonight." Dr. William (Bill) Cohoon, who last week wrote a letter to the editor of this paper sharply critical of Township council and the Durham » i Lo 4 pf Shae 3 - . - "The open air rink at the former lawn bowl- ing green on Queen Street is proving very "popular with Township residents: The rink has been going for about ten days now and hopeful- ly with some cold weather, the ice will hold up for a few more weeks. There is unfortunately a Board of Education over this issue, told the meeting the present Fairgrounds should be left as open - space, and the Board of Education can find another site for its school "if the will is there." SPECIAL - THIS WEEK Wed., February 4th to Sat., February 7th/87 Dr. Cohoon said the Fair Board through this year-long issue "has been used and abused,' and held up as the scapegoat by many in the community as blocking construction ofa new school, which he agreed is 7 conflict growing between those who want to skate and those who want to play hockey. "Changes will be made which could include the dividing of the ice surface, or certain designated hours for hockey players. Signs will be posted in the near future. WINTER % OFF - the regular prices of our Winter Stock! -- PLUS -- Many In-store Bargains! BROADCLOTH Plain Colours Reg. 2: 75 metre I ALL OTHER YARD GOODS 1 /3 OFF Regular Price | DEPARTMENT STORE e IUTST- Tol = SAal-T-1 AE = lo T ol Al X1-1 ol AV) badly needed. "The fault in the planning is not with the Fair Board, but the Board of Education," he statéd. And he concluded his remarks by stating the three previous decisions by the Fair Board not to surrender its lease were good ones. There was a lot of applause in the room when he finished his remarks, but Township councillor Don Cochrane and Dr. Cohoon exchang- ed angry words. Dr. Cohoon at one point said there has been no detailed engineering or pre-planning done on the proposed new site for the Fair to determine if it is even feasible for re-location. And he said that kind of information should be available to the Fair Board before it votes to give up the lease and move. Later in the meeting, Dr. Cohoon was elected as a director of the Fair Board. He turned down a nomina- - Scugog Township .dairy farmer Rod McKay has been selected as the new president of the Port Perry Agricultural Society (Fair Board). Mr. McKay was named to the post at the annual meeting held in Port" Perry January 28. Last year, Mr. McKay served on the Fair Board as committee chairman for the Hols tein division at the Fair. g He is taking over the reins of the Fair Board in the midst of a swirl- ing controversy over whether the Fair should re-locate to a new site behind the Scugog Arena. Mr. McKay takes over the president's chair from Jim Jamieson, who will remain a member of the executive in the post of immediate past president. Also at last week's annual meeting, Clare Vernon was named as first vice president and Ross Bailey as second VP to the Fair Board. The elections of officers and a new board of directors followed a stormy which the controversial move to a new location was discussed at length. (see separate story) -. More' than 30 persons let their names stand for the 16 spots on the Board of Directors for the coming year. Along with Mr. McKay, Mr. Ver- non and Mr. Bailey, the following persons will serve on the Fair Board for the coming year. Dorothy Catton and Penny Pettypiece were ap- pointed for the Ladies Section. Don tion to stand for the position of presi- dent of the Board. Meanwhile, the Durham Board-of Education has served official notice on Scugog Township that it is going ahead with expropriation of the seven acres of land at the Fairgrounds as the site for a new school. But the Durham Board has 'ex- pressed concerns that if the Township council and Fair Board are not able to work out a compen- sation agreement for re-location. the Board of Education may be assessed the re-ldcation costs. At a council meeting Jan. 26, former School Board chairman Ruth Lafarga suggested the School Board may find itself in the position of hay- ing to expropriate the entire 22 acres of Fairgrounds property as a cushion to 'protect itself it it is assessed re-location costs for the Fair. McKay new president of agricultural society Cochrane and Yvonne Christie will continue as the appointees from Scugog Township council. The following is the new slate of directors elected at the annual meetmg by secret ballot. Neil Hunter, Keith Bacon, Fred Christie, Ruby Christie, Paul 'Christie, Grace Bajema, Murray Hoskins, Ron King, Arnold Kerry, Keith Phoenix, Harold Forder, Bill Cohoon and Ralph Honey. The new Fair Board will be holding a meeting this week to name Six persons to a special committee to negotiate with Scugog council over the proposed moving of the Fair to a new location. - Immediately following his elec- tion as president, Mr. McKay said "session of the annual meeting in he hoped that all those who stood for office but were not successful, would agree to become associate directors and "work hard for the Fair this y ear.' NOTICE _ to all customers of - GARY YOUNG PLUMBING, . BROOKLIN WATER CONDTIONING & BROOKLIN RENTALS we now have a new TOLL FREE NUMBER for your convenience: 1-800-263-1959 LOCAL CALLS: 655-4544, 655-4936, 655-3600 CLIP THIS NOTICE OUT & SAVE. PUBLIC MEETING questions. Kinsmen Hall (formerly Scout Hall) Lilla Street. - Thursday, February 5th - 7:30 P.M. BORELIA CO-OPERATIVE HOMES To inform the general public about the purpose of the BORELIA CO-OPERATIVE HOMES INC; its progress; its availability and lay-out; and to answer APPLICATIONS FOR RENTAL UNITS AVAILABLE. Everyone is Welcome. Lunch will be served. Port Perry ph v ale J EE "