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AEE. ETE rs OI ------ TNR Sr TENE Volume 125 Number 45 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1991 COPY 65¢ a 44 Pages Bogus fundraisers ask for donations Police warn residents to be wary of phone solicitation. See page 2 Scugog launches recycling igloos Business and Township working together..... 8ee page 11 Winners of Waste Reduction contest Star overwhelmed with number of contest entries. See page 14 Commish hopes he'll be in lineup Sunday MoJacks ready to start regular season play..... See page 26 SCUGOG'S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER OF CHOICE ES <4 The Scugog Shores Museum hosted its Fall Harvest Days on the weekend. There was plenty to do and see at the 3rd annual event. Wheelwright Darwyn Hourle of Toronto (top photo) works on a wheel. In bottom photo, Wayne Vander- yagt, a member of the Incorporated Militia of Upper Canada re-enactment team stands on guard with his 75-calibre mus- ket called Brown Bess. Expansion of Hospital ready By Kelly Lown Construction of the Port Perry Community Memorial Hospital expansion is slated to get underway as early as Feb- ruary,1992. Although the government is indicating there is no money, hospital Board members want the community to be assured they are moving "full steam ahead" with the expansion plans. Currently the hospital ex- pansion project is in stage five of an eight-phase project. "Any day now we are expect- ing approval to head into stage six," Dave Brown, hospital ad- ministrator, said on Friday. The current phase is called block schematic and stage six is a more detailed overall view of the project. By this stage most of the plan is accepted, but there is still a lot of work to do on behalf of our people, Mr. Brown said. He admitted they may not be to go through the toughest yet as the specifications and tender are the final two phases. In these they may run into minor chang- es with the consultants. Mr. Brown wants the com- munity to be assured that the projectisstill in full swing. "We are still moving, albeit seems slow, the government is slow, and when the government is in financial crises, it moves even slower," he said. "I don't feel they can pull the plug now, (on the expansion) the dollar commitment was made to us years ago. The gov- ernment is scrambling for mon- ey, but itis for operational costs not capital cost," Mayor Ho- ward Hall said. Although the hospital board hoped that the digging would be underway, the original pro- jection was for 1991-92, and that is not too far off. "We were hoping for 1991 but if we are into it in 1992, we're Turn to Page 3 Merchants defeat sign bylaw in court A controversial sign bylaw was defeated twice in court last week. Bylaw 17-90, which prohibits or regulates signs and other ad- vertising devices, within any defined area abutting any de- fined highway, was challenged in court last week and on both incidents the judge ruled there were loopholesin it. This sign bylaw has been a controversial issue since it was first enforced earlier this sum- mer. Although the bylaw had been in effect since March 1990, the municipality only chose to crack down on the signs recent- ly. Those charged under the by- law had the choice of complying with it, or being charged. Ap- proximately half of the mer- chants chose to comply, while the others opted to challenge it in court. Gord Lewis, owner of Gord Lewis Motor Sales, was one such merchant to challenge it, and he came out victorious. Although he is not too proud about winning the court deci- sion, as he won on a loophole, he does admit he "won his point." In Mr. Lewis' case the loop- hole was the fact that his sign A FAMILY TRADITION FOR 125 YEARS has been in existence before the bylaw had been established. Mr. Lewis says as a result of the decision, the bylaw will have to be re-written. He in- tends to circulate a petition af- ter the election to see how other Turn to Page 3 Cupboards are bare for Thanksgiving Operation Scugog's cup- boards are bare and non- perishable food items are needed to stock up for the "Let's Give Thanks By Shar- ing" Thanksgiving Food Drive. Donations can be dropped off at the Port Perry Fire Hall on Crandell Street on Thursday, Oct. 10 from 3-6 p.m., Friday, Oct. 11 from 3- 6 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 12 from 10-4 p.m. Non-perishable food items can also be dropped in the designated boxes at the Port Perry I.G.A. and Dow- son's Valu-Mart.