The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" The Group of Four's exhibit opened at the Kent Farndal are the four artists (from left to right) Les Tibbles, nan and John Joy. Please see story for more details. KELLY LOWN/PORT PERRY STAR e Gallery on Saturday. Pictured Murray McCheyne Stewart, Zora Bucha- Group of Four ~ opens show at Scugog Library The Group of Four, which opened its show at the Kent Farndale Gallery on Saturday offer paintings of many varie- ties. Zora Buchanan, John Joy, Murray McCheyne Stewart and Les Tibbles are all full-time working artists. The four met at the Arts and Letters Club in To- ronto. The artists offer a spread of paintings from flowers to land- scapes. Their work is collected in North America, Europe and Asia. John Joy has built a large fol- lowing in both the private and corporate communities for his finely rendered paintings of To- ronto's old backyards and build- ings. He conveys a quality of nostalgic warmth in his sub- Jects. He uses vibrant watercol- ors to capture the mood of Onta- rio'srural areas. Zora Buchanan works in pas- tels, watercolors and mixed me- dia to depict her garden set- tings. She will be featured on a television program next season. Les Tibbles' paintings offer a close up look at floral groupings. As well as being an artist, heis a field naturalist, meterologist and teacher. He has studied with Carmichael, Harris, Pan- ton and others and is currently teaching watercolors. Murray McCheyne Stewart paints the Canadian landscape using oils and watercolors in a freestyle interpretation. He has painted scenes from coast to coast. Most of his subject mat- ter, however, is captured in Northern Ontario and the Hali- burton regions. The Group of Four's work will be on display at the gallery until November 27. Urban Design Guidelines in its final stages By Scott Anderson Port Perry Star A plan studying Port Perry's downtown commercial area is near completion. Darlene Proudfoot, a planner at Totten Sims Hubicki, pre- sented the 110-page document to Scugog's planning committee on Monday. The meeting was to bring the committee members up to date on the project and solicit any ad- ditional response from them. The Port Perry Urban Design Guidelines, will be used by the township to solve some of the planning problems and provide some guidance for the future, Mrs. Proudfoot said. The guidelines will be utilized to complement policy docu- ments which will be governed by the official plans and zoning bylaw. "It gives a lot of direction and will serve as a working docu- ment for the future," she says. The study, which began on the initiative of council in 1990, concentrates on the area of downtown Port Perry from Sim- coe Street to the waterfront, and from North Street to Highway TA. The four main concerns of the study were parking, signage, design continuity, and pedestri- an orientation. The heritage as- pect of the town was also consid- ered. Although the document makes a number of recommen- dations for future planning, Mrs. Proudfoot says the docu- ment's purpose is to provide just suggestions. She says if it's adopted by council, it will serve as a policy document for the future which will support council's position on its design plans. "It's not enforced, but it is a policy," she said. A public meeting will be held on November 30 at which time the public will be given the op- portunity to comment on the document. Mrs. Proudfoot will then incorporate the public's suggestions, before producing the finished document. She ex- pects it completed by the end of December. Council must then adoptit. But some members of council are already praising the docu- ment. Regional Councillor Yvonne Christie says the $10- $12,000 spent on the study has been well worth the money. She says it contains some "very valid, sane, sensible com- ments" which achieved what the township set out to do. Councillor Christie says the document will simplify the zon- ing and planning process, by re- moving unnecessary language. Althoughitonly provides sug- gestions for future develop- ment, she says it does give the township some direction for its policies. The document requires people interested in making changes to their buildings to come before council. who can then stipulate the conditions under which the changes can be made. "It's a light carving in stone," she says. "It doesn't mean the only thing that must be done," she says. "We're not saying 'you must do this', but instead 'if you want to change, can you operate with- ing these guidelines?" she says. Councillor Christie says the document has been needed for some time as many people in- volved in housing, planning and design have been requestingit. "It's been an interesting pro- cess," she said. "I'm awaiting the public response to it." Memories of war By Kim Cox Every year on the eleventh of November We take a minute to sit back and remember How thankful we are to have a country that's free Thanks to all the sailors who foughtin the sea Many of our soldiers died at such a young age Which left their families with sorrow and rage CHEVROLET = \ GEORGE BRIGHT of Port Perry GEO OUR MAN IN PORT Williamson Chevrolet, Oldsmobile is happy to announce that George Bright has been appointed as our sales representative for Port Perry. We invite you to call him at 852-3331 or at home at 985-3660. ¥% OLDSMOBILE Williamso Uxbridge ---- ol Ll Sone [947 (67:10 |: Yo; But some families were lucky to have happiness in their cries For they could see victory in their young soldiers eyes There is a place called Flanders Fields A place for rest, to lower their shields So on this day don't be shy, shed a tear Or even look back and share your fear Even though people may be far apart Bring them together, open your heart Wear a poppy on this day And remember all who showed us the way FAX SEND OR RECEIVE * Letters * Invoices Real Estate Transactions * Important Documents ANYWHERE WORLDWIDE ALL DAY/NIGHT SERVICE Guaranteed Confidential PORT PERRY STAR OFFICE CENTRE 188 MARY STREET PORT PERRY, ONT. PHONE 985-7383 FAX (416) 985-3708 BT ..iidn"0o.cis