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A real cute couple Colin Wackett of the Port Perry XL Eagles fastball team gets a personal escort down the first base line by none other than Madam Hilda of the California Cuties. It was all part of the fun last Sunday afternoon in Port Perry as the Cuties tangled with the Eagles in an exhibition fastball game. After some serious baseball, the Cuties turned on the comedy in the final couple of innings, much to the delight of a good crowd and the XL Eagle players who were good sports about all the wisecracks and hi-jinks. (Story, more photos inside this issue). It all happens August 29 The countdown is on. In just a matter of a few days, the 122nd An- nual Blackstock Fair takes place on August 19. Plans are being finaliz- ed for a complete day's activities. The buildings open at 9:30 a.m. Visitors to the fair will enjoy the many culinary, homecraft, and flower exhibits as well as commer- cial displays and 4-H exhibits which also expand out into the inner field of the fairgrounds. Durham Police say there has been a series of break and enters and thefts in the Scugog area over the past week or so. A farmer living on Concession Two reported to police that somebody drove into the yard when he was away and made off with 55 concrete building blocks that were stored outside near the barn. The theft was reported on August 15 A resident near Seagrave found his 1978 Kawasaki motorcycle was stolen. It had been parked near his home on Concession 12. The theft was reported on Saturday. A home on Concession Two was The day-long horse show begins at 10:30 a.m. with heavy and light horses, saddle and carriage classes, along with pony classes. For the horse lover it's a must. The colour- ful parade, with an antique theme this year, as this is the Centennial of the naming of the Village of Blackstock, travels through the village and arrives at the fairgrounds at 11:00. Upon its ar- rival the official opening of the fair More break-ins entered some time during the day on August 11 while the owners were away. The thieves broke through a screen and window pane on the front door and made off with a $300 watch, a gold chain valued at $200 and several bottles of liquor. Bedding was strewn around the home as were the contents of several drawers. A Scugog Point man discovered that somebody had fired numerous pellets through the canvass top on his 15° Bowrider boat. The pellets were lying in the bottom of the boat. Damage is estimated at $400. - Vol. 121 No. 38 Tuesday, August 18, 1987 Copy 50¢ 44 Pages Scugog Board of Education trustee Joyce Kelly believes the Board's expropriation plans for a school site at the Port Perry Fairgrounds will be officially drop- ped when trustees meet August 31 after a summer recess. The expropriation issue will have to be dealt with at the next meeting August 31, she told the Star this week. She said she anticipates that of- ficials with the Durham Board will take a resolution on the expropria- tion issue at that meeting. "I can't speak for the other trustees, but I suspect they will vote to end this," she said. "We (the Board) are desperate (to find a site for a new school in Port Perry) but we have to be sen- sible. It is just too expensive,' said Mrs. Kelly. : She was referring to a consultants report earlier this summer which pegged the cost of relocating the "Port Perry Fairgrounds at about $1.5 million for construction of new facilities and the preparation of the grounds at a new location behind the Scugog Arena. If the Board pushes ahead with the expropriation of the seven acres Blackstock Fair set to go will take place in front of the grands- tand and from that point on the fair is in full swing. 4-H Achievement Days will be taking place, the midway will be open and at 12:30 the cattle show starts, with competition of area farmers in beef and dairy classes. This year Blackstock Fair has the honour of District 7, Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency field day taking place during the fair. A variety of displays and competitions will be going on for the spectators _enjoyment. Many interesting and entertaining attractions are scheduled for the re- mainder of the day-magic shows by Stew, Kathy & Keith Garland, amateur talent show, horseshoe pit- ching, Champion Chocolate Cake auction, the All Terrain Vehicle pull, just to mention a few. The Annual Media Milking Contest will be tak- ing place. This event always guarantees fun and laughter and the participants are sometimes surpris- ed at what they will be milking. Since this year's fair has the theme of "Blackstock Fair, Then & Now" in celebration of the Blackstock Centennial, several antique displays will be set up for viewing along with (Turn to page 30) School Board likely to halt exprop of land it wants at the present Fairgrounds at Simcoe Street and Durham Road 8, the Board could end up having to pay a large portion or all of the relocation costs for the Port Perry Fair. Although the Board of Education has not officially abandoned the ex- propriation proceedings, Mrs. Kel- ly said staff have been looking ac- tively for another site in Port Perry for a new elementary school. "They (staff) have been working on things over the summer,' said Mrs. Kelly. She noted that if the Board wants - to submit a proposal to the Ministry riation of Education for funding in 1988 for a new.school in Port Perry, it must do this by October 1 of this year. "The deadline is fast ap- proaching,"' she said. Even if the Board can find another site by Oc- tober 1 and submit the proposal to the provincial government, con- struction would not start until late next year or 1989, with the school to open in the fall of that year. Both elementary schools in Port Perry and Prince Albert are already at maximum enrolments and there are some 25 portable classrooms in use at the two schools. Truck torched Durham Regional Police are try- ing to track down the owner of a late model GMC 8-ton truck that was destroyed by fire August 10 in a laneway off the Scugog-Manvers Town Line Road. A Police spokesman said the truck had no licence plates, serial number or other marks that might lead to the identity of the owner. Police suspect the fire was deliberately set. The burning truck was spotted about 9:30 p.m. by a passer-by on the Scugog-Manvers Line. "It looks like somebody drove the truck there, removed the plates and set it on fire," said the Police spokesman. : Anyone with information on this truck can contact the Regional Police at 579-1520. hing, Peter Appleyard, a world renowned jazz artist, will make a special appearance at the Palmer Park Bandshell, Sunday, September 20. See story on page 10 for details on the tail end of a spectacular line-up of Concerts in the Park. 2