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Volume 123 Number 31 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1989 Copy 50¢ 52 Pages It was "standing room only" for three performances over the weekend by the Millar Lights who presented their musical "Standing Room Only." The Lights, a childrens theatre group under the direction of Dr. Tom Millar present- ed a wonderful variety of music, skits and a segment of the Wizard of Oz, which Is pictured in photo above. More photos from this production of "Standing Room Only" are Inside this issue of the Port Perry Star. Most stores, businesses to close on July 1 holiday Most stores and business in Port Perry will be closed this, Saturday to observe the July 1 tail stores will be closed on Sat- urday, July 1, they will be open on the Monday for regular busi- Canada Day holiday, according Gages hours. to arandom survey by the Star. These include both major food stores, IGA and Dowsons, Brocks, Stedmans, Home Hard- ware, Canadian Tire, Settle- ment House, and Guardian Drugs and Brutons on Queen Street. : Big V Pharmacy in the Port Perry Plaza will be open on Sat- urday for holiday hours from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Whilé these and other re- A few retail shops in Port Perry will remain open on Sat- urday, including the Beckers Stores, the Meating Place and Nuts About Chocalate. The three banks in Port Perry, and Standard Trust will all be closed on the Saturday and the Monday, although the Instabank service will be avail- able to the public. The Port Perry Post Office will be closed on Saturday, and Despite objections, plan will go ahead An Ottawa consulting firm will push ahead with a recrea- tion feasibility study for Scugog this summer, despite a request from a group of angry ratepay- ers that the study be dropped. The study, to be done by Sesquaig will take an in-depth look at the feasibility of three fa- cilities: a second ice pad, swim- ming pool and community hall. But a newly formed group in Scugog calling itself Citizens Against Unjustified Taxes, told a public meeting June 22 the Township is in no position fi- nancially to even consider building new recreation facili- ties and they demanded the study be dropped now. "We are opposed to any pro- jects that are not completely es- sential at this time. We want to put a stop to these plans imme- diately. We just can't afford what you are trying to do," said David Frew at the June 22 meeting. That meeting, chaired by Glenn McCoy of a citizens recre- ation committee, had been called to allow Kim McQuaijg of Sesquaig a chance to inform the public what steps will be taken in the feasibility study and how public input will be collected by the consultants over the next few months. But the meeting in the Township council chambers was angry and at times unruly as several people took the: op- portunity to soundly condemn the increases in property taxes this year. At one point, Mr. McCoy threatened to adjourn the meet- ing, as Barb Walton, chairman of the Citizens Tax group de- open on Monday for counter ser- vice from 9:00 AM to 12 Noon. Both the LCBO and the Brewers Retail outlets in Port Perry will be closed on Satur- day, and open again on Monday. ~The Scugog Township mu- nicipal offices will be closed on the Saturday and the Monday, but Durham Region offices will be closed on the Friday before July 1,but open on the Monday. The Medical Associates of- fices in Port Perry will be closed on both the Saturday and the Monday for the holiday. (Turn to page 2) manded that she be allowed to sread a prepared statement. With Mr. McCoy and Mr. McQuaig stating that the meet- ing was not the right forum to complain about tax hikes, Ms. Walton angrily replied she had every right to make a statement on taxes. Reading from her state- ment, she said, "we are violent- ly opposed to new (recreation) facilities at this time. Stop them now. They are not justified fi- nancially." : She went to crticize the lo- cation of the proposed facilties (at the Scugog Arena) saying they would be of little value to people living outside Port Perry, and she was critical of what she called the plans to put money in the Port Perry water- front parklands, while parks in some of the hamlets are un- touched. Mr. McCoy admitted the timing to start a feasibility study was "not great" in a year of high tax increasess, but he said the "study is going ahead (Turn to page 2) i Eek Ad a A 20 year old Port Perry man was slightly Injured In a car/ motorcycle accident in downtown Port Perry Thursday June 22 at 6:40 p.m. Durham Reglonal Police say Wendy Brown, 30, of Brock Township was northbound on Perry St. when her vehicle struck a motorcycle driven by James Jackman. Ms. Brown was charged with falling to yield. Firefighters were called to the corner (of Queen and Perry Streets) to douse the bike after it caught on fire. Ri a A --r ------