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Despite weather. 20 Port Perry large crowds | | a [[o]glkSTel gloTo] attend Blackstock SNe [=Ta1 SN ploTg lo] (Te Tractor Pull SEO a] Me Te] alo] f= 165) Vol. 126 No. 33 PORT PERRY, ONTARIO - TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1992 Copy 65¢ 1¢+4¢GsD 48 Pages LL Pa Co Lg . } SRE] 1 PETER HVDSTEN 1 PORT PERRY STAR Red Coats and Musketls There were a variety of activities taking place throughout Durham Region last Wednesday as residents celebrated Canada's 125th Birthday. At Cullen Gardens, the volunteer battalion of the Militia of Upper Canada, circa 1813, performed a battle enactment dressed In authentic period uniforms firing muskets and charging with bayonets. In Port Perry, annual Canada Day ; celebrations drew over 5,000 people to Palmer Park to take part in the activities + | and view the spectacular fireworks. See more photos of Canada Day on page 12. -- . . h] PEST prepares Bl | to fight landfill site in Scugog By Julia Dempsey Port Perry Star Scugog Township creates only three per cent of Durham's annual waste, yet it may be- come the home of the region's waste for the next 20 years. That is unacceptable, says PEST (Preserve the Environ- ment for Scugog Township), a newly-formed action committee set up to fight three of the five proposed landfill sites in Scu- gog. The group held an informa- tion meeting on Sunday evening at the Town Hall 1873 to "in- form and get input for the fight to ensure the Durham dump is not in Scugog Township," PEST co-chairman Dave Sparling told the approximately 65 people in attendance. PEST, which was formed to fight the three sites located near Highway 12 and Concession 3, is working with Blackstock- based Zero Garbage in its fight against the area dumps. "We must join together to challenge the IWA (Interim Waste Authority) on its selec- tion process, its ranking of (the three Highway 12 and two Blackstock-area sites) and its premise that our town of 17,000 people should solve the problem for the over 350,000 people of Durham Region when we gener- ate less than three per cent of the Durham Region waste," a handout from PEST states. Scugog generates about 7,000 metridtonnes of garbage a year, which is well below the regional and provincial ratios. Mr. Sparling said this was due in part to Scugog's lack of in- Turn to Page 2 Township Day Camp programs cancelled By Kelly Lown Port Perry Star Day camps in Scugog Town- ship may be on their way out, making room for the more popu- larspecialty camps. According to Kim Hale, sum- mer recreation program orga- nizer, the first five weeks of the eight day camp programs have been cancelled due to low regis- tration numbers. This may be the last year for the day camps in Scugog. "I think (the day camps) will be phased out," Miss Hale said. She believes there are two reasons for the lower registra- tion, the economy and the in- creased popularity of the spe- clalty camps "The day camp numbers are lower [ think because many are signing up for the specialty camps. But, with the economic times there are many parents who will be home with their chil- dren in the summer and do not need to send their children to camp," she added. Last year the day camps were averaging 25 children per week, but Miss Hale said that number has dropped by more than 50 per cent this summer. For some weeks only four or five children were registered for the day camps. Those children who were registered for the can- celled programs have been placed In the specialty pro- grams. The remaining three weeks of the day camps are scheduled to run as planned. "Numbers are okay for the fi- nal three weeks (of the pro- Turn to Page 4 EE TE NC SS ST CO SS NRE ------------ a