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ES yg Tn es Sa over egreeg Sg-- epr p ag ----, = --- ~ er AIT a -- - TS -------- PRI TITI pe TE ir pm Be A J a -- Vol. 125 No. 14 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1991 Copy 65¢ (61¢plus 4¢ G.S.T) Legal problem puts Greenbank water in grave danger A legal problem has put the Greenbank municipal .water systemin jeopardy. Because the problem is of a legal nature, regional council- lor Yvonne Christie would not devulge any specifics to the Port Perry Star. She did say, however; that the problem was "so ticklish that we're in danger of losing the whole dang thing." If the problem is not cleared up soon, the region will lose the 60 per cent provincial funding for the $3 million project. Mrs. Christie said if this hap- ens, Greenbank will never ave municipal water. Work on the water system . must begin by March 31 or the province will revoke its fund- ing, she said. Water from many of the present wells in Greenbank is of poor quality and has been for years. Mrs. Christie was visibly up- set at the prospect that the pro- ject she has fought for may once again beinjeopardy. Council was to vote on two recommendations in regard to Greenbank's water supply at Wednesday's regional meeting. One of those recommendations referred to the confidential le- gal matter. But the recommendations were withdrawn from the works committee report. They will go back to the committee level tomorrow (Wednesday) for further discussion. Mrs. Christie said she was pleased to see the recommenda- "tions withdrawn. Although she was ready to fight for the water system at regional council, she feared the recommendations would have failed at that level. Scout leaders angry over theft of flags Local Scout leaders are an- gry and dismayed after several flags and banners were stolen Saturday night as Scouts held a winter camp-out in Palmer Park. The flags and banners had been attached to the fence sur- rounding the baseball diamond where the Scouts were camped. Leaders are completely dis- mayed as these flags and ban- ners have no monetary value to those who stole them. Some can be replaced but some have badges that record the history of the troops, and these will only be replaced with great difficulty. The Scouts and their lead- ers have issued a strong public appeal to get their valuable flags and banners returned. See letter to the editor in this week's Port Perry Star from the president of the Pine Ridge Scouts District Council. December opening for local Agricultural Office The Provincial Govern- ment will be opening a new Ag- riculture office in Port Perry this December, according to El- mer Buchanan. Speaking at the annual "Farmers Night" in Blackstock last week, the agriculture min- ister said the new office will be the amalgamation of the two current offices in Bowmanville and Uxbridge that now serve this area. He said there will be a staff of 156. But other than to pin- point December as the target date to get the new office open in Port Perry, he could give no further details such as the exact location. sents Hastings-Peterborough riding, was guest of honour at the "Farmers Night" which is hosted each year by the Black- stock and District Lions Club. During a 20 minute speech to the more than 100 farmers and Lions Club reps present, he touched on several ag-related topics. But the general theme of his address was the strength of traditions and values found in rural and small-town Ontario. Noting that many ag sec- tors are facing rocky times (ris- ing costs and declining farm gate prices) he said there are several priorities which may Turn to Page 2 February was special activity month for primary students at R. H. Cornish Public School. The 235 Grade 1 - 3 students participated in elective workshops every Friday afternoon. The workshops ranged from gymnastics to paper airplanes. Pictured above 1s David Sharpe working on a folk art teddy bear. More photos of the elective program are featured on other pages of this edition of the Port Perry Star. Regional big spenders revealed Durham Region paid out al- most $878,000 in remuneration and expenses to its chairman, councillors and special commit- tee appointeesin 1990. That's the bottom line in a fi- nance and administration com- mittee information report re- leased last week. Regional chairman Gary Herrema raked in the most -- $117,653.88. His remuneration amounted to $71,600, up from $68,000 in '89. His automobile expenses amounted to $5,083.57, while meetings, conferences and con- ventions amounted to $41,070.31. Regional councillors were iven a yearly remuneration of $20 000 --up $1,000 from '89. Thirty-four councillors were on the payroll in 1990. Council only seats 32 but two councillors left to pursue other interests: Oshawa Mayor Allan Pilkey was replaced by Oshawa councillor Marianne Shouldra after Pilkey won a seat in pro- vincial parliament in the NDP sweep across Ontario in the fall, and Ajax councillor Joe Dickson was replaced by John Atkinson after he resigned from regional politics. None of these councillors.received the full $20,000. Committee chairmen John Aker (works and waste reduc- tion), Marie Hubbard (plan- ning), Diane Hamre (health and social services), and Don Hadden (finance and adminis- tration) were paid an addition- al $2,750 for their work. The councillors were also re- imbursed for automotive (mile- age) expenses and conference and convention expenses. Whitby councillor Marcel Brunelle tallied up the most in these two categories with a combined sum of $3,500.92. Pickering councillor Doug Dickerson claimed $3,031.66 while Uxbridge Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connor claimed $2,470.98 in the two categories. Locally, Scugog Mayor Ho- ward Hall ranked fifth highest in expenses with a combined sum of $1,765.20. Scugog councillor Yvonne Christie only claimed $250 for conference and convention ex- penses. She claimed no meeting expenses. Many councillors and the public are appointed to local ards by the region and Dur- ham provides remuneration and expenses for these individ- uals. : Local, councillor Neil Hunter received $236.64 in remunera- tion and $72.85 in meeting ex- penses for sitting on the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority. Councillor Yvonne Christie received $500 in remuneration and $179.80 in meeting expens- es for sitting of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Au- thority. Councillor Glenn Malcolm received $210 in remuneration and $174.34 in meeting expens- es for sitting on the Kawartha Region Conservation Authori- ty. Councillor Al Goreski was also appointed to the Kawartha Region Conservation Authority but received no remuneration and claimed no meeting ex- penses. Mayor Hall claimed $360 in conference and convention ex- penses for sitting on the Com- munity Memorial Hospital board. The municipal act states that remuneration and expenses of regional councillors and region- al appointees must be made public.