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The management and staff of the Port Perry Star are this week celebrating the 25th anniver- sary of the paper under the present ownership, and have produced this special issue. In addition to the regular edition, subscri- bers and readers of the Star will find a 56 page supplement, which includes a history of Port Perry and areas newspapers, interesting stories from the early years of publishing, and a 25 year review of the news and pictures from 1963 The Port Perry Star masthead on the front page of this issue, is taken from the Star's pre- decessor, the Port Perry Standard, using the same typestyles used in the Standard the late 1800's. We will return to the more fa- miliar red masthead next week. With a total of 144 pages, (including inserts), this issue of the Star represents the largest edi- tion ever printed in the 123 year history of the newspaper. We hope you enjoy its contents, uring to the present. rr ---- and welcome your comments! he Pov Peven Siar AND NORTH ONTARIO ADVERTISER. TERMS. --$2.00 PER ANNUM) "Extremes are generally errors; the Truth usually lies between." ($1.50 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. VOL. 122., No. 43 PORT PERRY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1988 WHOLE No. 6384. Lilla St, is council s messa In what members of Scugog council say is a "message to the community," a re-zoning applica- tion to turn a Queen Street resi- dence into a commercial property was denied on September 12. "The council have said that we have identified the commercial boundary at Lilla Street," said Mayor Jerry Taylor. The property in question is on the south side of Queen Street, immediately to the west of the Masonic Lodge. It is a large Vic- torian-era home owned for the past 30 years by Ray and Jane Litt. Last month, an application to re-zone the house and property to "site specific" commercial was filed with the Township by lawyer Michael Fowler on behalf of his client Roger Moase, a local ac- countant. Mr. Moase wanted to use the. main floor of the home as an of- fice for his accounting business, and convert the second floor to one apartment. Council was unanimous in turning down the zoning change application. iL The Mayor told the Star after the September 12 meeting that the council feared that if this was ap- proved it would open the way for more commercial zoning changes of properties that are now in resi- dential zones. "Once the barrier is broken, it would be tough to stop it, right up Queen Street to the high school," said the Mayor. Area councillor Harvey Gra- ham and Ward 3 councillor Don Cochrane expressed the same con- cerns. "I don't want to see the Queen Street commercial extend west of Lilla Street," said councillor Co- chrane. "Yes, there is a message (in this decision) that some of the older homes (in Port Perry) should remain residential," stated council- lor Cochrane. He added that he feels there is ample professional office space available in the designated com- mercial zones of Port Perry. - At a public meeting late in August held in the municipal chambers, strong opposition to the re-zoning application was voiced by Mrs. Jamie Stewart, who lives on Lilla Street, imme- diately south of the Town Hall 1873. In a lengthy letter to the coun- cil filed for the September 12 meeting, Mrs. Stewart detailed her objections. She stated that homes should not be re-zoned commercial if they are in residential zones or areas, and especially if the zoning change "would impact detrimental- ly on any residential property, ei- ther abutting or nearby." In her letter, she also ex- pressed great concerns about the parking for the proposed account- ing office, which would need nine spaces. The proposal for the parking was to extend the lot now used by Town Hall 1873 and The Masonic Lodge, a lot which directly abuts Mrs. Stewart"s property to the south. | ® > 4 » Cun E79 % 553 1 A . [220 g nF / M : / J; Lang Cope, a well-known local businessman, has In her letter, she described the current parking lot as "noisy, un- kempt and dirty," and the grade of the lot "is such as to create severe (Turn to page 4) An OPP officer and a 19 year old Goodwood area man suffered serious injuries in a two vehicle crash late Saturday night near Ux- e. Const. Bill Muldoon, 48, who works out of the OPP office in Whitby was on routine patrol about midnight when his cruiser was involved in a head on crash with a Pontiac Firebird driven by much to be thankful for. After surviving a heart attack and then multiple by-pass surgery, he went on to take a course designed to ald heart patients and their families. Above, he shares a laugh with one of the volunteers from Heart To Heart, an Important program that begins again soon. See story on page 10. OPP constable, young man injured in head-on collision Anthony Mezenberg of RR 1, Ux- bridge. e accident occurred under- foggy conditions on Highway 47 at the intersection of Wagg's Road. Mezenberg was transferred to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto with severe head and face injuries oy his condition is listed as criti- cal. Muldoon suffered a broken leg, pelvis and arm. He was first taken to Uxbridge Hospital, later transferred to St. Mike's in Toron- to where he is listéd in serious but stable condition. The cause of the accident is not known at this time. An inves- tigation by OPP Sgt. T. Foley was still being Wo as of Monday afternoon.