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Fairs and kids go together so it wasn't a surprise to see young Ryan Cowan, 3, of Brooklin enjoying himself at the Brooklin Spring Fair last Saturday. The annual Spring Fair attracts thousands of visitors to the community and the perfect weather helped make . this year's fair an overwhelming success. Ryan is seen here clim- bing on arope ladder, which was part of the Sport Canada display. More photos on page 14. Ei Fair Day in Brooklin Board orders 125 school buses checked for safety ~ Inreaction to allegations of weal school buses, the superintendent of transportation for the Durham Board of Education has ordered an examination of all vehicles operated by Simcoe Transit. "I've reviewed the situation with : the MTC (Ministry of Transporta- tion and Communications) and they are in the process of examining all the buses at Simcoe," Jack Upton told the Star Friday. Mr. Upton revealed the inspection Vol. 121 No. 28 < ~ started Thursday, and continued Friday. He expected the job would continue well into this week. Simcoe Transit, which runs ap- proximately 125 school buses throughout Durham Region, in- cluding Scugog Township, has been having its fair share of problems recently, and several drivers have been accusing the company of sen- ding out unsafe buses on school routes. At a meeting held June 2, at the Tuesday. June 9, 1987 Copy 50° Corinthian Hall in Columbus, fifty. 'bus drivers met to air their "grievances and to form a driver's association. One woman at the meeting said she refused to drive a bus recently because she claimed the emergen- cy brake wasn't working. She then said someone else was assigned to take the bus, despite the reported malfunction. Few complaints have been aimed (Turn to page 3) = for summer daytime jobs "Jobs paying $5 per hour are going begging in the Port Perry area this month; according te the manager of the local Farm Labour Pool. . "It won't hurt Tippy" Tippy, a part-bred St. Bernard, shows her held Saturday. Dr. Elliott vaccinated 400 cats appreciation to veterinarian Keith Elliott after getting her shot at the Prince Albert rabies clinic hall. and dogs under sunny skies at the community Rolly Coy told the Star last week that his office is having "con- siderable difficulty recruiting workers for the day-work program this summer.' Mr. Coy said that despite the fact his office has actively gone out to recruit student workers from high schools in Oshawa, "the available help for farmers i is going to be less _ ihan last year.' The reason for this shortage of workers is probably due to the fact that there are a lot of other kinds of summer work available for students this year. The kinds of work the Farm Labour Pool can provide on a day basis include haying, strawberry picking, and general seasonal farm work. " "If a young person wants to work, we can give him (her) a pretty steady job for the summer months," said Mr. Coy." Along with the shortage of registered workers for the day labour program on farms, the pro- blem for area farmers may be fur- ther complicated this year by the fact that haying and strawberries are.early this June and a lot of kids Who might get work are still in school. Mr. Coy said if young people are interested in getting work on local farms, they should get in touch with Summer Student Employment rep Anne-Marie Werry at the Labour Pool office 170 Queen Street in Port Perry, or phone 985-3831. "Our office will continue to try to provide the best service we can for the farm community," he said. 'New Regional building Headquarters move debate heating-up Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor and Regional councillor Lawrence Malcolm both kay they have doubts and reservations about the possibili- ty of moving the Durham head- quarters to a new site in either Oshawa or Whitby. The squabble over where to re- locate the Region's administrative offices has become a full-blown political dispute at the Durham council level and last week the coun- cil voted to consider bringing in an outside consultarit to look at the issue and the costs involved - The City of Oshawa and the town of Whitby are locked in a struggle to convince Regional council to re- locate the administration building in their respective municipalities. Most Oshawa city councillors want the building on a site in downtown Oshawa, while Whitby Mayor Bob Attersley i is pushing hard for a site on Rossland Road, just across the street from the present Regional HQ building. Three weeks ago the Region's finance and planning committee's accepted a report prepared by senior Regional staff which states the Oshawa location is the best one. However, the council last week asked staff to review the cost estimates given in that report, and also to recommend whether an out- side consultant should be asked to look at the issue. Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor said (Turn to page 9) 40 Pages | 'Student labour shortage