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1987 - Over 3,000 PPHS students atten From page 54 by council. While not objecting to the concept of seniors' apart- ments, council feels that the par- cel of land is too small for what is being proposed. Council has ordered the law firm of Harris, Fletcher, Tesluk to ei- ther remove their building from an un-opened portion of Shanly Street, or enter into an agreement to up-grade the road to municipal standards, including sewer and wa- ter services. It will cost $1.7 million to relo- cate the Port Perry Fairgrounds to municipal land behind Scugog Arena, according to a consultants' report handed down to council on Monday. Several members of council stated outright it is too much for the Township to handle on its own. High School Reunion commit- tee members were thrilled at the number of people who attended the function which had been in the planning stages for over a year. They came from far and near and it 'is estimated that 3,000 former stu- dents and teachers took part in the reunion activities. Ida May Brit- ton (Woodley), 90 years old, was the oldest person to attend the re- union. JULY Storey Beare was presented a plaque by the Ontario College of * Pharmacy during the Golden Anni- versary of his graduation from the College. Storey, with his wife Doris, attended the special anniver- sary and was one of 28 of the grad- uates from 1937 who returned. The streets of Port Perry bustled for three days, during the town's annual Bahamian Festival Days. With even the weather being tropi- cal, it is estimated that some 20,000 people flooded the down- town core during the three-day ex- travaganza. Miss Bahamas, Betty- APRIL 1987 Ann Hanna and her entourage flew in from the Bahamas for the event High bacteria levels in the water have made the Port Perry beach at Palmer Park unfit for swimming according to the Durham Region health Unit, who has ordered signs posted at the beach warning the public of the danger. Automatic banking has been in- troduced to Port Perry with the CIBC announcing their new In- stant Teller at the local bank. Mayor Jerry Taylor was invited to take money out of the bank, a switch from the old "cut-the- ribbon" routine he is so accus- tomed to. AUGUST An OMB decision has given the green light to the Stephenson's Point subdivision. Work on the new 22 lot subdivision could get underway as early as this fall, ac- cording to officials. A combination of a severe rain- storm and construction of a new subdivision is being blamed for the destruction of at least three backyards and a basement in the Arrow/Scugog Streets area. Vic- torian Village, a new housing pro- ject, may be responsible for repair- ing the damage caused by the muddy flooding. Scugog Board of Education trus- tee Joyce Kelly told the Star that she believes the Board's expropria- tion plans for a school site at the Port Perry Fairgrounds will be of- ficially dropped when trustees meet at their next meeting. Many dignitaries were on hand in Blackstock to help the Post Of- fice celebrate its 100th year of postal service in the community. Postmistress Jean Mahaffy accept- ed a plaque from Ted Jaskinski, Manager of Canada Post's Oshawa zone to commemorate the occa- sion. Nine-year old Jennifer Blackburn of Port Perry made quite a name for herself in Highland Dancing, winning competitions In both Scarborough and Ajax. She hes a dream to compete in Edinburgh, Scotland someday. SEPTEMBER Community Memorial Hospital will be undergoing a major expan- sion in 1990 with the announce- ment last week that the provincial government will provide the mon- ey for 22 chronic care beds. The price tag for the project is estimat- ed to be over $2 million by the time it gets underway. Canoes of just about every shape and size were at the lake- front on the weekend as the newly- formed Scugog Canoe Club gave demonstrations and displays all day long in an effort to introduce residents of the area to the sport of canoeing and racing. Sam Cureatz managed to survive the red tide that rolled across Onta- rio as the Liberals swept away with 95 seats. Cureatz retained his seat in the riding, one of just 16 Conservatives to do so in On- tario. Port Perry Star reporter Cathy Oliffe was informed that she will receive an award from the Crime Stoppers International for an arti- cle she wrote about Crime Stop- pers program in Durham Region. Nestleton Country Store owner Peter Fitton says that the future of the Nestleton Post Office is in doubt since he turned down an of- fer from Canada Post. He said he could not afford to accept the offer he was made by Post Office offi- cials, and was told Post Office of- ficials will look for alternatives to the present services. Citing a serious problem that can only get worse, three mer- chants at the Port Perry Plaza have asked the township to go to bat for them and get traffic lights in- stalled at the entrance to the plaza PORT PERRY STAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE -- Tuesday, September 20, 1988 -- 55 and Highway 7A. Store owners in the plaza are now hiring off-duty OPP officers to direct traffic on weekends. OCTOBER A ten-year-old Blackstock girl was attacked and mauled by a neighbour's German Shepherd. Police say the girl was knocked to the ground and the dog began chewing chunks out of her leg. Young Lori Risebrough pulled herself 1000 feet to the nearest home after the dog wandered off. Following a number of meet- ings over the past month, the Port Perry Downtown Merchants Asso- ciation was finally formed during a meeting of about 20 people last week. Elected chairman of the new or- ganization is Carolyn Bridgewater, with Bill Brock as treasurer, Jean McDermott, secretary and Fred Churchill, Bob Alexander, Tom Mitchell, Brian Calloway, Bonnie Durward and Wendy Davis as direc- tors. Workers at Flamingo/Vachon re- acted with anger and tears when top officials with the company broke the grim news that the plant would be closing. The plant, which has operated in Port Perry for about 20 years will close by year-end throwing about 90 pro- duction workers out of their jobs. Council got its first in-depth look at a massive development plan proposed for lands surround- ing the Conway Restaurant on Highway 7A. Council spent two hours with a consulting firm dis- cussing the plan which includes 90 condominiums, 100 seniors apart- ments, and a large indoor shopping plaza, at an estimated cost of about $25 million. NOVEMBER A Scugog landmark for nearly a century was destroyed when fire raced through the barn owned by Cliff and Helen Redman at the top of Scugog Island. Although about 10,000 bales of hay were lost in the spectacular blaze, no animals were injured and much of the equipment was salvaged. Durham's Top Cop, Chief Jon Jenkins has announced that he will be retiring next November after a 35 year career as a police officer. Chief Jenkins has been head of the Regional force since it was formed 15 years ago. DECEMBER A market impact study prepared by the developers of the proposed Conway project indicates that the Port Perry area is strong enough to support the development, and it may also help keep consumers shopping locally. The new Nestleton Post Office was officially opened with Mayor Jerry Taylor cutting the bright red ribbon. The new post office is lo- cated in the front of the PetroCan garage on Highway 7A owned by Mr. and Mrs. Mark Malcolm. Judge P. Lawson has ordered the law firm of Fletcher, Tesluk to va- cate their law offices on Shanly Street by December 31. The order is expected to be appealed by Spence Stewart, the Toronto law- yer acting for Fletcher, Tesluk. Norm Ball took his turn at hoisting the olympic flame in the historic Olympic Torch Relay on Monday, December 22. 198 - Flamingo Pasteries is JANUARY Scugog Mayor Jerry Taylor be- lieves that 1988 must be the year in which the Township starts to make serious plans to build a large community hall. The hall should be large enough to seat 300-400 people comfortably. The Flamingo Pastries Plant on Simcoe Street has been sold to a Scarborough company, Tech Star Plastics. They will start produc- tion of plastic products in March, and hope to employ about 100 persons. The Port Perry Goreski Bantams got 1988 off to a nice start as they osted a team from Mora, Sweden in an exhibition game New Years' Day at the Scugog Arena. About 600 fans were treated to a good all-round game with Port Perry Soling out on top by a score of Captain Steven Mcintyre, 27, of Prince Albert was one of four Canadian Armed Forces officers killed last Thursday in a helicopter crash near Timmins, Ontario. The helicopter, a CH-135 Twin Huey, crashed during a four-hour training flight from its base at Pe- tawawa to the Kapuskasing area. FEBRUARY Scugog Township councillors met with planning consultant John McDermott this week in an effort to determine how cars and people will safely be able to get in and out of a major shopping mall proposed for Highway 7A in Port Perry. Mr. McDermott sold to Scarboro plastics firm agreed that traffic flows into the Conway Development on the north side of Highway 7A is a major concern the council will have to sort out before the propo- sal gets any kind of formal agree- ment from the municipality. Parking in downtown Port Perry was one of the topics of conversa- tion at the recent meeting of the Port Perry Downtown Merchants Association. One of the main concerns was the number of busi- ness people who routinely park in front of their stores, reducing the number of spaces for the custom- ers. "We don't want to drive away our customers because there is no place to park", concluded one Queen Street merchant. Harvey Graham told the Star last week that he will be seeking election as Mayor this November. Fifty or more low-income fami- lics in this township are expected to use a food bank at the Opera- tion Scugog Store when it opens this month. The purpose of the store is twofold, as it will both distribute food and food vouchers to those who need them and sell used clothing at rummage sale prices. Durham's finance and works committees have recommended that the dumping fee at Regional landfill sites, including the one in Scugog be increased from $18 per tonne to $50 per tonne. The price increase is expected to take effect on May 1. RS witha cu = |__| MARCH Scugog Council has agreed to support an application for an Offi- cial plan ammendment at the Re- gion of Durham for the Brooks Farm Project. The project. will have 119 homes which will be on septic systems when the project is completed. Three men from the Port Perry area were in Calgary for the Win- ter Olympics. Norm Nicol, Garry Beechey and Steve Rensink were among the thousands of people who helped work "backstage" at the games to insure their success. Despite the mud that sometimes threatens to swallow both men and machines, work is nearly completed on the seawall being constructed at the lakefront in Port Perry. The wall is the first stage in the construction of the Conway Development, a massive residen- tial and shopping complex planned for the corner of Highway 7A and Water Street. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce celebrated its 100th an- niversary of service to customers in the Port Perry area. The local CIBC branch was brightly decorat- ed for the occasion and a large rib- bon was cut to mark the 100th birthday. Several people took part including manager Jeff Fell, as- sistant manager Fred Hamilton, loans officer Karen Acton, and customer services officer Grace Pargeter who has been with the SS fa