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Vol. 122 No. 6 Tuesday, January 5, 1988 Copy 50° 32 Pages Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor believes 1988 must be the year in which the Township starts to make serious plans to build a large com- munity banquet hall. "Personally, I think the municipality needs this kind of | facility, and I think it should be part : of the Scugog Arena," he told the Star in a year end interview December 31. The idea for a large community' banquet hall which could seat 300-400 people comfortably has been kicked around for the past couple of years and was one of the recommen- dations in the Recreation Needs Study prepared for the Township in 1986. : Mayor Taylor told the Star that 4 o> 3 @® -. Brian 0 Malley ~ from the previous year, and Mayor "'Banquet hall should be a ; | priority in 1988," Mayor getting the plans off the ground for. such a facility this year should be a priority item for the Township council. It was a banner year in 1987 for | Scugog Township with the munidipality issuing $40 million in building permits. That's an increase gf'well over 50 percent Taylor said he hopes the trends will continue in 1988. While acknowledging that some residents of Scugog may feel that there has been too much new development too quickly, the Mayor said he believes the building boom has been a good thing for Scugog. He | The Scugog Chamber of Commerce meet next Tues- day night. for their annual membership meeting, and guest speaker for the even- ing is Brian O'Malley, presi- dent and CEO of Standard Trustco Ltd. The meeting takes place at the Latcham centre com- mencing at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12, 1987. President Elgin Knopp will Brian O'Malley be presenting his year end report to the Chamber mem- bers and a number of presentations are to be made dur- ing the evening. Tickets for the Annual Meeting are available at the Port Perry Star, Stedmans Dept. Store and Emmerson Insu- rance. Further information is available from meeting chair- man Allan Goreski at 985-3068. - See page 10 for more information on Mr. Brian O'Malley, Ihe evenings guest speaker. J said expansion in the housing, com- necessity if the local overall economy is to continue to thrive. A decade ago, he said, the council was getting complaints that young peo- ple in Scugog were having a lot of trouble finding a job locally or fin- ding a place to live. "I don't hear those complaints these days." As for 1988, the Mayor said the largest development proposal that will occupy much of the council's time is the commercial and residen- tial project in the area of the Con- way Restaurant. The plan which has been submit- | ted to the council calls for a 60,000 square foot indoor shopping mall, plus a 100 unit seniors apartment building and a further 90 con- dominium units. The Mayor said he expects this project will get approval in 1988 if technical details can be worked out (Turn to page 2) Here she is! Wee Natalle Marie Warner was the first baby born | mercial and industrial sectors is a-- at Port Perry's Community Memorial Hospital in 1988. Natalle, who was due to arrive December 22, said hello to the world on January 2 at 9:10 a.m. weighing 8 Ibs. 112 ounces. Her proud parents are Julie and Jason Warner of Caesarea. $50,000 damage in New Years Eve fire It wasn't a happy New Year's Eve for a Scugog Island family, whose house caught on fire early in the afternoon. The occupants of a home on the 9th concession, owned by Gordon Churchill, were in Port Perry when the fire started, and returned home to discover the house engulfed in smoke. Scugog Hall 1 (Port Perry) were called at 2 p.m. and battled the blaze until 5 p.m., with the assistance of one truck from Scugog Hall 2 (Caesarea). Firefighters suspect a plug-in electric heater was the cause of the fire, which caused approximately $50,000 damage. Fortunately no one was hurt, and the Churchills were insured for the damage. . It was the only call Port Perry firefighters responded to in an otherwise quiet New Year's week. A look back at 1987 JANUARY 1987 propriation proceeding at the fair- : Lr i grounds after Scugog Council said ~ Scugog Township enjoyed its best they were not prepared to' increase construotion year ever in 1986 with the thejr offer of financial assistance of value of building permits topping $20 $300,000 plus the land and land prep- million. The most dramatic increase was aration for a new fair site. ) for new homes which hit 189 in 1986 Roads Superintendent Ronn MacDo- compared with 124 in 1985. nald had a near brush with death when Eric Morrison producer of the CIV his snowmobile plunged info- an open National News was the guest speaker --stretch of frigid water south of Port Per- at the annual Chamber of Commerce yy : Membership meeting. Council has ordered a traffic study for tional Needs Study for Scugog Town- - the congestion problems along High- ship has been completed, but their re- 'way 7A and Water Street. Council commendations won't be made public hopes to find out what would be in- until the committee has had a chance volved in extending Water Street to study the report. =~ : across Highway 7A and then veer the After seven years as secretary of the street east to take traffic into a new ac- Chamber of Commerce Earl Cuddie cess to the Port Perry Plaza. stepped down from the post, turning it It Is expected the the Durham Board over to)past president Bill Barr. Elgin of Education will officially launch ex- KnoppWwill take over the duties as pres- "A draft study report of the Recrea- ident of the Chamber of Commerce for 1987, and Peter Hvidsten will become past president. Eddie Shack and the NHL Oldtimers were at the Scugog Arena last week for a game against the Junior C MoJacks. About 1000 fans turned out to see the game which was won by the oldtimers. Margaret Wilbur will carry the NDP banner in the next provincial election for Durham East after being acclaimed at a nomination meeting in Oshawa. FEBRUARY 1987 Melanie Lee, 17, was confronted by two men wielding a sawed-off shotgun - while working at the Seagrave store. The two suspects left the store with a 'quantity of cash, but were picked up shortly after by police. : A donut shop employee was also the victim of an armed robbery the same night when a man entered the shop and asked for a coffee. As she began pouring the coffee, the: man produced a knife and demanded money. Policeman Greg Heasman has been credited with saving the life of five year old Erin Hoekstra after the young girl plunged 30 feet into an old well. Heas- man. was lowered into the well and pulled Erin from the icy water. Donna Mcintyre has been chosen the 1987 Heart Queen at the annual Cartwright High School Heart Dance. Runners-up were Kelly Hart and Joy Werry. About 100 people gathered at the site of the new Borelia Co-op Housing project for an official sod-turning cere- mony by Allan Lawrence, M.P., and Heather Burk of the Ministry of Hous- . Ing. (Turn to page 9)